August 2014

 Required District Assessments

 CogAT  October 20-24, Grades 2 & 5  You can start early, but you must finish by 10/24  3 Batteries of 3 Sub-tests  Should be completed in 3 sittings  December 1-12, Kindergarten  Must be completed by December 12  Screener Only  1 test per battery  Should be completed in 1 sitting

 Assessment At-a-Glance by Grade Level

  Learning Platform Rubric  Personalized Learning Plan  Assessing Growth What about CBAs?

 Assessment Expectations

Grade LevelIstationACT Aspire KUniversal Screener College Readiness 4Tier 2 and Tier 3 OnlyCollege Readiness 5Tier 2 and Tier 3 OnlyCollege Readiness

 DMAC

 ACT Aspire

 What is ACT Aspire?

ACT Aspire Periodic Interim Assessments (3) Classroom Assessments (5) Summative Summative Assessment

 How will we use it in GCISD?

 Preparing to Test

  Posted under Assessment for CTC  National Assessments  aspire.avocet.pearson.com/actaspire/home  actaspire.tms.pearson.com On-Line Resources

 Proctor Caching

 During Testing

 After Testing

 Reports Print reports to send home Look at Assessment Data with Teachers

 When will we Receive Measurement Results?

 iStation

  Purpose- universal screener/progress monitoring tool  BOY, MOY, EOY Required for:  all Kinder-3 rd grade (early reading) students in reading  tier 2 and 3 students in 4 th and 5 th advanced reading  all 2nd-5 th grade math students (if they telescope to 6 th grade they are not required) Administration

  Istation.com  Instruction > correlation> Texas grade  Is Istation aligned to our state standards?  Instruction> Istation Math  What grade levels are currently available?  Instruction > Response to Intervention  How many minutes per week are recommended for each tier?

 Reports ISIP Summary Report Priority Summary

 Reports Skill Growth Report Student Summary Handout

 Lexile

  Training/Q & A/Feedback  Teacher liaisons Genevieve