2. Welcome
Welcome to the Precision Exams presentation. We are so excited to be here to talk with you about how PE can assist you with CTE assessments and certifications – and also bring value to students, teachers and administrators. I am the Regional Director for Illinois and have the pleasure of working with most of the career centers in the state. In addition, I work with CPS and Valley View SD and many other high schools across the state supporting their CTE efforts. This is Adam Sanchez, our National Director. A little later in the presentation, I am going to have him speak about IRCs, but for now, I am going to tell you a little more about PE and who we are…
Bringing value to CTE students, teachers and administrators through assessments, reporting and certifications.

3. New York Testing
CTE Program Technical Assessments (includes practical evaluation)
4+1 Approved
Course level / benchmark assessments
SLO / APPR (pre/post)
stackable credentials
21st Century Skills
Certificates to show employability
Easy to use
Teachers proctor written assessment
Industry does NOT have to proctor practical evaluation
Exams designed for a 50 minute class period
100% online
Consistent testing across BOCES, schools and districts

4. Bridging the Gap in CTE Assessment
Certification Testing
Relationship with the student
Very little feedback/value to the teacher
Standardized Assessment Testing
Relationship with the organization
Very little value to the student
Problem with each type of assessment they either benefit the student OR the organization. Student receives cert, but no data to help inform instruction. OR School gets data, but student is not invested because it is for data purposes only, so students don’t engage or care about exam and data comes well after time that it could benefit that student.
Precision Exams is the first to truly provide the benefits of an IRC, TSA, and consistent, accurate, and fair measurements for teachers and administrators to measure student growth and improve instruction

5. Value to Students and Industry
Certificates
Value to Students and Industry

6. Student Value: Career Skills Certificate
Motivate and empower
Quantify education and experience
Validate skills attained
Certificate for job interviews and resumes
Recognition on college applications
We know the boxes that need to be checked for teachers and administrators, but without a value to the student, testing really is a waste of time. All of our exams result in a certificate for students. Teacher who successfully position an exam as an opportunity to earn a certificate that will help students in the futures, will see students motivated and encouraged to earn the certificate.

7. Skill Standards Listed on Certificate
So with employers looking for knowledge and skills, we wanted to find a way to help students articulate their knowledge and skills… You work with HS students – ask them what classes – list off, ask what they learned – deer in the headlights… it is difficult to articulate what they learned. We provide a summary of what they learned – providing content for resumes, college applications and talking points for interviews.

8. Your CTE Student’s NEW Resume
Elena Woznak
East High School Graduate – 2014
Certifications Earned
Food & Nutrition I
Apply the skills of kitchen equipment and management.
Identify types, use and care of selected kitchen equipment.
Select appropriate equipment for specific product preparation.
Demonstrate the proper use and care of equipment.
Employ standard safety procedures when using equipment.
Accounting I
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental accounting equation.
Understand the accounting equation: assets = liabilities + owner’s equity
Explain why the accounting equation must be in balance.
Manipulate the accounting equation to find the missing variable.
Classify accounts as assets, liabilities, or owner’s equity.
Business Communication I
Understand need to measure performance against established expectations (e.g. Performance gaps, organization goals).
Analyze and understand the importance of financial information.
Know basic financial terms (e.g. Assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, revenue, expenses).
Projects Completed
Created and help manage a school store
Kept the general ledger for the store and created weekly financial statements
Prepared and sold baked goods at a profit of 800%
Compare to my HS resume…

9. Value to Students, Teachers, Programs and Industry
Knowledge Standards
Value to Students, Teachers, Programs and Industry

11. Knowledge Standards

12. Performance Standards

13. Alignment to standards
“Precision Exams have become our “go-to” tests. The exams appealed to us because they are specific to our teachers courses. We really like the way our courses align the to the knowledge standards.
We can trust the standards.”
- Tammi Conn, Valley View SD

14. PRECISION EXAMS RECRUITS INDUSTRY PARTNERS THROUGH THE VALUE OF STANDARDS
Engagement of local to international companies helps to solidify the value of education that successfully supports student, industry, and educator needs and goals.
Brock: When utilizing that first step of endorsing the existing certification program, employers are quick to engage and provide input and support.  Once they learn the language of industry recognized standards, and how to recognize students who have certified in the appropriate knowledge and skill, it is amazing how business leaders catch the vision of how this can positively impact their talent shortages with their involvement.
These steps can be utilized in your areas by sharing the standards of your courses, the BPA competitions, and the certifications your students earn to solicit that employer awareness of just how prepared your students are for the workforce.

15. Connecting Education and Industry

16. Value to Students, Teachers, and Programs
Assessments
Value to Students, Teachers, and Programs

17. Precision Exams Assessment Profile
Written to 10th grade reading level
Built to be taken in a 50 minute class period
Average number of items: 60
Exams are reviewed by SMEs every 1-3 years
Summative
All assessment reports are tied to scores by standard, providing formative information to both the student and educators
IEP Accommodations
Readers, non-randomized, extended time, pausing, browser functions

18. Enhanced Question Types
Multiple Choice, Drag & Drop, Labeling, Grouping, Ordering, Multiple Select, Hot Spot
Drag & Drop
Multiple Choice
Labeling
Grouping

19. Value to Students, Teachers, Administrators and Programs
Reports
Value to Students, Teachers, Administrators and Programs

20. Student Score Report
Instant detailed feedback to each individual student
Used in combination with knowledge standards as study guide for students

21. Student Growth Reporting
Effectively measure student growth with Pre and Post testing
Colorado Summary Results:
Summary Suite Report
District Level Report
Report for: SC
Testing period:
Aug, 15, 2016 – Dec, 31, 2016
Pre Number of Participants: 10
Post Number of Participants:
Exam ID
Exam Name
Student
Pre
Post
% Change
Number tested
Avg score
Student %
State %
401Pre
Marketing, Semester Part I (401Pre)
Student 1 1
38.79
57.00
54.22
401Post
Marketing, Semester Part I (401Post)
49.71
73.00
75.53 16
Student 2
36.79
54.00
58.71
86.00 32
Student 3
44.36
65.00
53.79
79.00 14
Student 4
27.86
41.00
40.71
60.00 19
Student 5
45.86
67.00
57.64
85.00 18
Student 6
46.29
68.00
55.86
82.00
Student 7
36.93
51.50
76.00 22
Student 8
54.14
80.00 20
Student 9
45.29
57.29
84.00 17
Student 10
47.79
70.00
59.00
87.00

22. Teacher Standards Level Report
Favorite teacher report
Pre-test: Baseline of what students know (or don’t)
Mid-term: See how students are pacing and what needs to be reviewed prior to post-testing
Guide for professional development and program improvement
Perkins funding and CTEI grant

23. No software, downloads or updates. No IT department.
I just finished testing my class - it went great!  There were no lags or hang ups anywhere…and the feedback from the instructors and students was very positive.
The instructors and 2nd year students remember what this process was like from last year, and they just couldn't believe how much better testing with Precision Exams was.
Lucas Papinuea
Dean of Students / Special Projects Coordinator
Kankakee ACC
No software, downloads or updates.
No IT department.
If you have internet, you can test.

24. Precision Exams Support
Precision Exams is very simple to use for teachers and students.  Best of all, is the outstanding and knowledgeable customer service.  Immediate response to support calls reducing any delay in testing.
Teri Pablo
CTE & Assessment Director
Yelm School District, Washington
Customer Service is your “Bat Line”
while you are testing!

25. Pricing
“Exam bank” model OR Site license model Site licenses are good for 12 months of unlimited testing across ALL 170+ exams. Bundle site licenses offer unlimited testing for 12 months across an industry sector Group Discounts

26. Thank You! Kellie Openshaw Regional Director
Stat stays on screen while waiting for everyone to arrive. Numbers speak for themselves, but a quick comment to set the stage of how important their work is, and how our focus is to provide them with additional tools in their toolbox to help them with their mission.