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CAS Assessments: The Whole Picture

Measuring Student Growth

February 27, 2009

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Desired Outcomes

• A big picture of the process

• Better understanding of the assessment instruments, tools, terms and vocabulary

• Increased familiarity with assessment reports

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ASSESSMENT AT CAS

Focus of today’s presentation is on you…

Students

ASSESSMENTS

AT CAS

ParentsTeachers

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How We Analyze & Strategize

How We Measure

How We Record and Track

What We MeasureAcademic Concepts & Skills Learning Skills & Strategies

Gifts & Talents Resiliency

Develop Areas of Focus

Report Cards, Portfolios, Observations, Curriculum Based

Assessments, Informal Assessments, Norm-reference

Tests

Parent/Teacher conferences Parent/Student conferences

Collaboration times with other teachers

Effectiveness Cycle for Assessment

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Areas of FocusAreas of Focus

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Frequency

Materials Used

Purpose

•Once a year•Quarterly, semiannually•All year

•SAT 10 – all domains•TOWL – writing •GORT – reading comp and fluency

Baseline tests built in the curriculumReading fluencyEkwall Informal Reading InventoryCAS Informal Writing Assessments Math GMADE or MLI

•Unit Tests (Fundations)•Content Mastery (Lang!)•Homework and classwork•Tests (midterms/finals) and quizzes•CAS Student Portfolios •Projects and Book Reports•CAS LS&S and Resiliency Inventories

•To gather evidence of student progress; •To gather evidence of generalized skills in test-taking•To assess whole school effectiveness;

•To obtain frequent periodic checks on student progress in the academic concepts area;•To inform instructional differentiation through small groups;

•To obtain immediate feedback on student outcomes based on curriculum materials •To inform instruction: differentiation, small grouping•To gather student work samples as evidence of growth Resiliency and LS&S areas.

Norm-Referenced AssessmentsInformal AssessmentsCurriculum Based Assessments

Quick Look @ CAS Assessments

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CAS Assessments

Informal

Assessments

Curriculum Based

Measures

Norm-Referenced

Tests (NRT)

All academic areas,

LS&S and Resiliency

Comprehension,

Fluency, Writing, Math

Assessments from

the curriculum

Reading Inventories,

Grade Level Passages

CAS Informal Writing,

GMADE or MLI

SAT 10,

GORT, TOWL

Informal Assessment

Report

Q1, Q2, Q3

Historical NRT

Report

Report Cards,

Student Portfolios,

Teacher Comments

AnnuallyAll year

All Academic

Areas

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REPORT CARD

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Informal Assessments

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Historical NRT Report

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THRIVE INDEX REPORT

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1. Currently, Thrive Index includes norm referenced and report card results. These scores are converted into Thrive Level for the current school year.

2. Provides a means for tracking growth across all CAS Program Components.

3. Helps predict transition readiness.

The Thrive Index Report

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Looking Forward…

End of March

Informal Assessments

Completed – fluency, comprehension,

writing, Math

End of March – May

Formal Assessments SAT 10, TOWL, GORT

Through end of June

Continue with Curriculum Based

Assessments

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Time for Questions???