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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???