Directors Carolyn Hanschen, District and Campus Accountability Debra Ready, PIEMS Mark Billingsley, Systemwide Assessment Holly Williams, Research and Evaluation Norma Jost Contact Information 1

Benchmark Assessments Short Cycle Benchmark Assessments Primary Reading/Math Schoolnet & TMSDS AISD Formative Assessment Program 2 Child Study and RTI Agenda AISD Administrator Institute 8/2/11 Bill Caritj, Debra Ready, Norma Jost

AISD Formative Assessments Common vision of system-wide assessment program Curriculum-based – short cycle & benchmark tests (and aligned to state assessments) Early identification and instructional adjustments – Child Study (eCST), RTI, and Primary Reading Beyond basic skills and state assessments – teacher-made assessments (e.g., multiple measures and performance measures) BOYs will go to printer this week; and there is a new review process that includes panels of teachers (BOYs and all MOY I) Benchmark and SCA Calendars are complete 3 Training videos – how to scan, print bubble sheets & run

Benchmark Assessments Measure student mastery of the taught curriculum and provide predictive data for future success (e.g., STAAR and EOC Exams) Curriculum-based; only taught curriculum; emphasis on readiness standards BOYs to printer this week; TAKS-based MOYs will be provided for grades and students repeating grade 9 See ES, MS, and HS Benchmark Calendars 4 Training videos – how to scan, print bubble sheets & run Mastery85-100%Green Satisfactory70-84%Blue Needs Improvement55-69%Yellow Critical Need0-54%Red

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Short Cycle Assessments Provide brief & timely curriculum-based assessments to assess content mastery Curriculum-based; 1-3 TEKS/SE; short tests; replaces elementary 3-week and secondary 6-week tests All SCAs for 1 st grading period will be developed by Aug. 2011; online by MOY 1 Calendar is being finalized (level mtgs.) 6

Short Cycle Assessments Grades 3-5 ELA/Reading Math Science 7 Grades 6-8 ELA/Reading Math Science Social Studies Courses English I-III Algebra I and II and Geometry Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and IPC World Geometry, World History, and U.S. History

SCA Schedule – Sample Grade 3 Mathematics 8 TESTING WINDOW 9 WKS. PERIOD TEST #UNIT NAMEITEMS 9/14-9/201stT1Place Value (Wks 1-4)6 10/12-12/181stT2Addition & Subtraction (Wks 5-8)6 11/9-11/152ndT1Multiplication & Division (Wks 9-12)6 11/30-11/62ndT2Patterns 1 (Wks 13-15)6 12/14-12/202ndT3Patterns 2 (Wks 16-17)6 1/25-2/23rdT1Fractions (Wks 19-22)6 2/15-2/213rdT2Geometry (Wks 23-25)6 3/21-3/273rdT3Measurement (Wks 26-29)6 4/3-4/114thT1Measurement (Wks 30-31)6 4/18-4/244thT2Probability & Statistics (Wks 32-33)6 5/16-5/224thT3Patterns in Mult/Divn (Wks 35-39)6

Primary Reading: TPRI/Tejas LEE and DRA/EDL Individually administered; different structures (e.g., TPRI/Tejas LEE provide data on specific skills); Same as ; all students See Benchmark Calendar; TPRI/Tejas LEE (K-2) – 3 times; DRA/EDL (grades 1-2) – 3 times/Kg – twice 9 TPRI/Tejas LEE – identify students who need early intervention; match interventions to the needs; and document response to interventions & making changes in content/methodology based on data DRA/EDL – measure level students can read “independently” (not than “instructional level”)

Schoolnet: Classroom Assessments Permit teachers to build their own tests; create and save new items or test forms Developed by classroom teachers About 5,000 TAKS release items are loaded; Intel Assess bank by Sept. 30 th On demand at any time 10

TMSDS TEA math/science item bank & assessment system; Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Biology, Chemistry and Physics TEKS. May be used to create campus assessments, quizzes and diagnostic tests. Content is available in English and Spanish AISD has permission to enter TMSDS content into Schoolnet; State TMSDS system is still available and will be supported. 11 * Texas Math and Science Diagnostic System Provide timely curriculum-based assessments On demand at any time

Child Study/RTI Behavior Attendance Academics Speech and Language See Sally Rothenberg 12 Identify students who need early intervention Match interventions to the specific needs Document response to interventions & making changes in content/methodology based on data eCST case management software is being finalized and demonstrated (Simon Tidd) Vertical team support and Training

Response to Intervention (RTI) Tiers I-III Reading and Mathematics Universal Screener and Progress Monitoring English and Spanish See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline 13 Identify students who need early intervention Match interventions to the specific needs Document response to interventions & making changes in content/methodology based on data TPRI/Tejas LEE (K-2) – same as Reading/Math – AIMSweb (all MS and pilot ES) Texas Early Math Inventory (pilot ES/ K-2)

Universal Screener Is used as a benchmark to measure the performance of ALL students (Tier I) Data are used to determine which students need closer monitoring or an intervention Helps you assess the effectiveness of your instruction and curriculum Several sources of data might be used – past TAKS scores; daily class work; and universal screeners TPRI/Tejas LEE administered in grades K-2 AIMSWeb – all middle schools and pilot ES (new) Texas Early Math (TEMI) – K-2 (eight pilot ES) 14 See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline

Progress Monitoring Short skills-based assessments matched to interventions Dibels (K-5) AIMSWeb – all middle schools and pilot ES (new) Texas Early Math (TEMI) – K-2 (eight pilot ES) 15 See Benchmark Calendar; and RTI timeline Permit instructional changes to ensure a positive response to intervention Decide whether to adjust an intervention Allow students in Tier II & III the opportunity to move to another tier as progress is made.

Question #1 Based on what I have seen, the Schoolnet system is going to meet my school’s assessment and reporting needs. A)Strongly Disagree B)Disagree C)Agree D)Strongly Agree 16

Question 2 Teachers will have the assessment tools they need to differentiate instruction in the upcoming school year. A)Strongly Disagree B)Disagree C)Agree D)Strongly Agree 17

Question 3 The changes we are making to the formative assessment program will help us prepare for STAAR and EOC exams. 18 1)Strongly Disagree 2)Disagree 3)Agree 4)Strongly Agree

Questions/Discussion What are two things you will need from Curriculum and Assessment this year to help you continue to close achievement gaps and ensure that students are progressing toward college and career readiness? 19

Please take time to complete the Evaluation Survey. Go to the Educator Quality page on the AISD website. Click on “2011 Administrators Institute” on the left hand side. Click on the survey link: Your feedback is very important and will be used to guide our future work. Evaluation Survey 20