Los Angeles Unified School District Comprehensive Assessment Program to Support Instruction Presented by Chris Mullins Specialist, Periodic Assessment Program Telephone # Alison Towery Coordinator OCISS

Vital to Instruction and Intervention From the content-area Reference Guides for the Periodic Assessments: Multiple assessment opportunities are a vital component of an effective, well-balanced instructional program and support teachers’ ability to plan effectively, monitor student progress in standards-based instruction, and determine the efficacy of instruction and intervention matched to student need.

Vital to Instruction and Intervention A Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtI 2 ) framework embraces the use of assessments to monitor student progress in standards-based instruction and intervention.

LAUSD Assessment Center THREE PORTALS  Periodic Assessments  Progress Monitoring Assessments  Diagnostic Assessments  AFTER SIGN-ON – Users will select the appropriate Portal to access the assessment sought

Portal 1: Periodic Assessments Assessments continue at all current grade levels/courses in the program Addition of History/Social Science Grade 11 (U.S. History) as an optional feature, available online

Also contained under the Periodic Assessment portal: End-of-Course Examination for Algebra Addition of a pilot program for Elementary English/Language Arts Periodic Assessments, Grades Two through Five, aligned with standards. Portal 1: Periodic Assessments

More on Periodic Assessments Assessments reviewed and revised as necessary to predict student achievement on California Standards Test (starting with Periodic Assessments 2 and 3 for ). Data aggregated at school, local district, and central levels. Results online within hours of school mail pick-up. Performance and Participation continually updated.

Portal 2: Progress-Monitoring Assessments For courses with Periodic Assessments Available and print-ready online Brief (10 items maximum) Tied to one specific standard, or even to one important standard element Teachers choose from pre-formatted assessments or “create your own assessment” using an Item Bank of California standards-based items Administrators can also create and assign these Progress- Monitoring Assessments

More on Progress Monitoring Assessments For ELD/ESL and Intervention Courses Available and print-ready online A total of 18 per grade/course Required Sample Maze measure:

More on Progress Monitoring Assessments For Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2 Schools will receive support for the use of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) A minimum of: 20/20/20 in Kindergarten and Grade 1 Grade 2 an entry level assessment

Portal 3: Diagnostic Assessments  Diagnostics provide critical data for determining instruction and intervention  Current Diagnostics include: Mathematics at 5 th and 8 th CAHSEE Diagnostic for all 9 th and 10 th graders

More on Diagnostic Assessments NEW Diagnostics for English/Language Arts for 5 th and 8 th – for spring 2011 administration

Additional Considerations Reference Guides for Periodic Assessments and Calendar Memorandums currently available Coming soon: Reference Guides for new features, as well as for CST Predictability reporting Assessment Center will report with equal quality and consistency all data for all LAUSD schools – including alternative schedule and continuous enrollment schools

Scoring Options Central Scanning for Periodic Assessments continues Online Scoring option continues; available for all assessments Teachers may use generics for Progress- Monitoring for Central Scanning (see the Reference Guide) Online administration/scoring is possible – details forthcoming.

Tier 1 All Students Periodic Assessments Standards-Based Item Bank Tests K-2: DIBELS Benchmark Tier 2 Some Students Tier 1 Assessments + Grades 4 – 10: Intervention and ELD/ESL Progress Monitoring K-2: DIBELS Progress Monitoring Tier 3 Few Students Tier 1 Assessments + Tier 2 Assessments with more intensity and frequency Or other Diagnostic Assessments as needed.

Los Angeles Unified School District Comprehensive Assessment Program to Support Instruction Presented by Chris Mullins Specialist, Periodic Assessment Program Telephone # Alison Towery Coordinator, OCISS