1. Curriculum Night Elementary

2. What do I as a parent need to know to support student assessments at CCAS? Essential Question

3. CCAS Assessments State Assessments Milestones Update Assessment Q&A Title I Elementary Top Five Agenda

4. MAP Primary (K-1)  2 Subjects Tested  Reading and Math  Read to students  Computerized Response  Assessed three times throughout the school year MAP (2 nd – 5th)  2 – 3 Subjects Tested  Reading, Math and Science (3 rd grade and up)  Independent reading  Computerized Response  Assessed three times throughout the school year CCAS Assessments NWEA Benchmarks

6. Percentile Rank This number indicates the percentage of students in the NWEA norm group for this grade that this student’s score equaled or exceeded. The norm group is established at 50 %. NWEA Assessments Scoring and what does it mean?

7. RIT Tests developed by NWEA use a scale called RIT to measure student achievement and growth to simplify the interpretation of test scores. The RIT score relates directly to the curriculum scale in each subject area. It is an equal-interval scale, like feet and inches, so scores can be added together to calculate accurate class or school averages. RIT scores range from about 100 to 300. RIT scores make it possible to follow a student’s educational growth from year to year. NWEA Assessments Scoring and what does it mean?

8. Lexile Levels A Lexile measure represents both a child’s reading ability and the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. Lexile measures provide you with valuable information about your child’s reading ability and helps to make reading practice more meaningful. Using the Lexile Book Database and an automated library media catalog, you can help your child choose books and other materials within his or her Lexile range (about 50L above and 100L below his or her Lexile measure). NWEA Assessments Scoring and what does it mean?

9. While Lexile measures target the difficulty of a text, they do not measure the appropriateness of the content. For example, a text with a low Lexile measure may not contain appropriate material for the students within that text’s range. Lexile measures do not translate specifically to grade levels. Within a classroom, there will be a range of readers and a range of materials to be read. Lexile measures track reading growth over time and across content areas, no matter what grade your child is in. NWEA Assessments Scoring and what does it mean?

10. Student data (scores) are used to help create student Personal Learning Plans and Learning Goals and Targets Growth goals reflect range from a 1.5 to 2.0 years academic growth Student data is also used to target instruction and facilitate learning cohorts (groups). NWEA Assessments How is the data used?

11. CMAs provide information on grade level standards mastery. Type: Paper or online, multiple choice How often: Every 4 - 6 weeks Data provided: If a student masters or does not master grade level standards. Used to formulate instructional focus calendars to ensure student mastery of standards. Grade levels: 1 st -8 th grades ELA and Math CMA Assessments Common Monthly Assessments

12. Developmental Reading Assessment & Running Reading Records Kindergarten through Eighth grades. Assessed 2-3 times per year. It allows teachers to systematically observe, record, and evaluate change in a student’s reading performance over time. The DRA2 & RRR provides teachers with information that helps them determine a student’s independent reading level and to focus on specific goals that the student needs to learn next. CMA Assessments DRA/RRR

13. GKIDS The Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) is a year-long, performance-based assessment The primary purpose of GKIDS is to provide ongoing diagnostic information about kindergarten students’ developing skills in English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Personal/Social Development, and Approaches to Learning. State Assessments

14. Georgia Milestones Grades 3 – 8 End of Grade (EOG) in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies End of Course (EOC) in language arts and science Blend of Criterion-Referenced and Norm Referenced State Assessments

15. Georgia Milestones Unique Features Inclusion of constructed-response items in ELA and Mathematics Inclusion of writing in response to text at every grade level Transition to online administration Technology enhanced items Retest required in grades 3, 5, 8 State Assessments

16. Beginning Learners do not yet demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students need substantial academic support to be prepared for the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. State Assessments Scoring

17. Developing Learners demonstrate partial proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified by Georgia’s content standards. The students need additional academic support to ensure success in the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. State Assessments Scoring

18. Proficient Learners demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are prepared for the next grade level or course and are on track for college and career readiness. State Assessments Scoring

19. Distinguished Learners demonstrate advanced proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are well prepared for the next grade level or course and are well prepared for college and career readiness. State Assessments Scoring

20. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org English Language Arts Due to rounding, percentages may not total 100%. 2014-2015 Georgia Milestones Preliminary State Results

21. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Mathematics 2014-2015 Georgia Milestones Preliminary State Results

22. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Science 2014-2015 Georgia Milestones Preliminary State Results

23. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Social Studies 2014-2015 Georgia Milestones Preliminary State Results

24. Assessments Q&A

25. Title I

26. 1. Teacher Retention 2. Student Withdrawal Rate 3. Communication 4. Expansion Plans – Lack of Space 5. Curriculum Top Five