Acuity Overview

Agenda Intro to Acuity Background Components Terminology Class Activity Timeframes

Acuity: Assessment System Overview What are the key components of Acuity? Online and Offline Tests Online Reports Now! Online Instructional Resources Item Banks for Customized Tests

Acuity Assessments 4 per grade level per content area Assess student retention and knowledge of core content areas Tailored to meet West Virginia’s New CSOs Diagnostics (from CTB) 30 – 35 MC Aligned to new WV CSOs Broad Curriculum Mapping Benchmark Assessments Customized to County Needs Created from Acuity Item Bank (25,000 items) Diagnostic Item Bank WV Custom Item Bank

Acuity: Assessment Features Designed to be administered in one-two class periods online or offline. Test items are research based. They have been developed and subjected to rigorous test item analyses for reliability and validity.

Terminology –Acuity Specific Role – a defined user with certain access privileges Permissions – level of access given to each role within Acuity Assignment – allows an individual (student, educator) access to perform a particular function within Acuity. Assigning a test to a student allows the student to physically take the test. Custom test – refers to the function to create a test regardless of it’s intended purpose Instructional Resources – online tutorials Tiers – used in reporting student performance Diagnostic – refers to the CTB created benchmark assessments

Item Banks Benchmark Assessments can be created from any or all of the following: Benchmark Assessments can be created from any or all of the following: Acuity Diagnostic Item Bank/Tests WVDE Custom Item Bank/ Custom Tests Acuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom Tests

Acuity Assessments: Custom Test Builder Approximately 25,000 items in RLA, Mathematics and Science Item Bank aligned to new WV CSO’s Multiple choice, constructed response, and fill-in-the-blank item formats Offline or Online

Acuity Reports: Online Student Class School District Roster Report Assessment Reports Item Analysis Reports * Permission Based

Acuity: Instructional Resources Online exercises for customizing learning activities by WV CSO or skill group Easily assigned from reports Three components: Screens that introduce and teach a given skill Guided Practice Mini-summative assessment to evaluate progress

Technical Specs Compatible with both PC and Apple computers Supported Internet Browsers: Apple – Safari and/or Firefox PC – Internet Explorer 6.0+ Cookies Enabled ActiveX Enabled Autocomplete Set to “OFF” Allow Pop-ups

Technical Specs QuickTime 6.0+/RealPlayer 6.0+ or Windows Media Player Adobe Reader 5+ Flash 7+ Pop-up blockers turned OFF

Rostering WVEIS Data Match Possible Daily Data Refresh

Servers Numbers / Placement Server Types Data Locations

User IDs / Passwords Uniformity Webtop WVEIS Data

Permissions Super User District Administrator School Administrator TeacherScorerObserver Test Administrator Super User – WVDE (John Miller) District Administrator School Administrator – Teacher – Test Administrator – Scorer – Observer – Student

Acuity: Assistance Online Help within Acuity County Administrators contact WVDE Professional Development on a Continuing Basis as Requested Telephone Support

How to Contact Acuity Support For help with Acuity, CTB has staff available 8:00a.m Monday through Friday. All calls are returned within 24 business hours. You may contact CTB’s Acuity support at: – Telephone: (866) – Fax: (800) – Submit your questions using a web-form from the Acuity Help menu.

Acuity Demonstration The Student Experience

Acuity Demonstration The Teacher Experience

Acuity Demonstration The Administrator Experience

Timeframes Now – CSOs are being loaded into Acuity by CTB Summer – WVDE will verify alignment of items Fall – CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will finalize Diagnostic 1 Fall/Winter –CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will develop Diagnostics Ongoing – Continue to write/upload items Ongoing – Benchmark Assessment Team will work with the Office of Instruction; as they assist counties with unpacking of CSOs, we will assist you with creating customized benchmark assessments

Benchmark Assessment Team Contact Information Beth Judy, Lead Coordinator Allegra Kazemzadeh, RLA/Social Studies Coordinator John Miller, Technology Coordinator Sonya White, Math/Science Coordinator Office of Assessment/Accountability