1. Assessment Department 2018-2019
Overview - September 2018
District Assessments: ACPs (w/Example sets) and Common Assessments

2. First Semester ACPs Elementary Grades K-2 Reading, Math
Grades 3 Reading, Math
Grades 4 Reading, LA, Math
Grades 5 Reading, Math, Science
Red indicates no Second Semester test

3. Semester ACPs Middle School
RLA 6, RLA 6 Pre-AP, Math 6, Math 6 Pre-AP, Science 6, Science 6 Pre-AP, World Cultures 6, World Cultures 6 Pre-AP, RLA 6 ESL Beginner, RLA 6 ESL Intermediate
RLA 7, RLA 7 Pre-AP, Math 7, Math 7 Pre-AP, Science 7, Science 7 Pre-AP, Texas Studies 7, Texas Studies 7 Pre-AP, RLA 7 ESL Beginner, RLA 7 ESL Intermediate
RLA 8, RLA 8 Pre-AP, English I, Math 8, Algebra I Pre-AP, Science 8, Physics 8, Astronomy 8, US Studies 8, US Studies 8 Pre-AP, RLA 8 ESL Beginner, RLA 8 ESL Intermediate
Technology Applications, Health Education 6, 7 and 8
Spanish, French, PE 6, PE 7&8, MS Varsity Band, MS Art I Studio (full year)
Red indicates no Second Semester test
Green indicates a new test

4. Semester ACPs High School
Algebra I, Algebra II, Algebra II Pre-AP, Geometry, Geometry Pre-AP, Pre-Calculus, Pre-Calculus Pre-AP, Algebraic Reasoning
English I, English I Pre-AP, English II, English II Pre-AP, English III, English IV
ESOL English I Beginner, ESOL English I Intermediate, ESOL English II Intermediate
Biology, Biology Pre-AP, Chemistry, Chemistry Pre-AP, Physics, Physics Pre-AP, Environmental Systems, IPC, Astronomy
W. Geography, W. Geography Pre-AP, W. History, W. History Pre-AP, US History, Government, Economics
French I, French II, Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish for Heritage Speakers-Fundamentals
HS Health, Studio Art I, HS Varsity Band
Red indicates no Second Semester test.
Green indicates a new test

5. Second Semester ACPs eliminated
Elementary
All Second Semester ACPs eliminated
Middle School
Grades 6-8 Reading Language Arts
Grades 6-8 Math, Algebra I Pre-AP
Grade 7 Science Pre-AP and Grade 8 Science
US Studies 8 and US Studies 8 Pre-AP
High School
Algebra I, English I, English I Pre-AP, English II, English II Pre-AP, Biology, Biology Pre-AP, US History, English I ESOL Beginner, English I ESOL Intermediate, English II ESOL Intermediate

6. Specials Testing 2018-2019 Standard ACPs only – No Performance
Elementary: None
Middle: Varsity Band, PE, MS Art I Studio
High: Varsity Band, Studio Art I
Standard ACPs only – No Performance

7. 2018-2019 ACPs in Color 2018-2019 ACPs -- (Fall Semester) – Elementary
Math
Reading LA
Science
Social Studies PE
Art
Music
Kindergarten
combined
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Reading only
Grade 4
separate
Grade 5
All Elementary have a Spanish version
ACPs -- (Fall and Spring Semesters) -- Middle School
Algebra I
Reading LA
ESL
Varsity Band
World Languages
Health
Tech App
Grade 6
Regular
Sem 1 only
Pre-AP
Grade 7
Grade 8
Phys/Astro
ESL tests have two levels: Beginner and Intermediate
Varsity Band, PE, and Art are only standard tests, no performance components
Science 8 will have no Pre-AP test, but will have a Physics and an Astronomy ACPs
PE 7&8 will have one test for both grade levels
For ART, Band, World Languages and Technology: tests are course-specific, not grade-specific.

8. ACPs in Color
ACPs -- (Fall and Spring Semesters) – High School
Regular
Pre-AP AP
Math
Algebra I
Sem 1 only
Geometry
Algebra II
Pre-Calculus
Algebraic Reasoning
English
English I
English II
English III
English IV
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Environmental Systems
IPC
Astronomy
Social Studies
World Geography
World History
US History
Government
Economics
ESL
English I for ESL - Beg
English I for ESL- Int
English II for ESL - Int
Tech
Health
HS Health
Visual and
Studio Art I
Performing Arts
HS Varsity Band
World Languages
French I
French II
Spanish I
Spanish II
Spanish for Heritage Spkrs

9. ACP Testing Schedule Preliminary testing schedule: Fall ACP Spring ACP
Elementary December 12–19
Secondary December 14–19
Spring ACP
Secondary May 23-29

10. Overage MS ACP Testing Students remain at home schools
Schools customize the students’ instructional needs

11. Common Assessments 2018-2019 Central District-wide Six-weeks Tests
Available for Six Weeks 1, 2, 4 and 5.
Will cover STAAR-tested courses only.
The Assessment Department in collaboration with Teaching and Learning will provide:
Blueprints
Tests
Answer Keys
Materials will be available on the Assessment Website.
Schools will use Performance Matters plain paper answer sheets and scan it into the system. (No centralized scanning. The Assessment department will be creating and allocating answer keys one week prior to the beginning of the testing window.)

12. Common Assessments
Data will be available on Performance Matters.
Data will not be on MyData Portal.
Intended to be a tool for the teacher to use to gauge student strengths and weaknesses and enact change.
Each six weeks the assessment will get longer to help build stamina for the STAAR tests.
Suggested maximum time will be provided for each of the tests.

13. Common Assessments
*Courses and Subjects with early STAAR testing (Writing, Grades 5,8 Reading and Math) will not take a SW5 Common Assessment.
Schools will scheduled the order of the tests taken within the window to suit their needs.
Deliverable
Date Posted on the Assessment website
Common Assessment Administration Date
1st Six Weeks
August 6, 2018
September 24–28, 2018
2nd Six Weeks
September 24, 2018
October 29–November 2, 2018
4th Six Weeks
December 10, 2018
February 19–22, 2019
5th Six Weeks*
March 1, 2019
April 8–12, 2019

14. ACP Example Items
Assessment has produced a set of Example Items for every ACP.
Example sets represent the types of items that students will see on the ACP.
Example Items are available in the early part of each semester on the Assessment Website (teacher log in is required).

15. ACP Vertical Overviews
found on assessment.dallasisd.org
ACP Vertical Overviews
Assessment Overview: Mathematics
Items
# of Choices
ACP
Sem 1
Sem 2
Kindergarten Mathematics 15
N/A 3
Grade 1 Mathematics 21
Grade 2 Mathematics 4
Grade 3 Mathematics 22
Grade 4 Mathematics
Grade 5 Mathematics
Mathematics 6 23
Mathematics 6 Pre-AP
Mathematics 7 24
Mathematics 7 Pre-AP 26
Mathematics 8
Algebra I Pre-AP 28
Algebra I
Algebra II
Algebra II Pre-AP
Geometry
Geometry Pre-AP
Pre-Calculus
Pre-Calculus Pre-AP
Algebraic Reasoning

16. ACP Correlations with the STAAR
found on assessment.dallasisd.org
ACP Correlations with the STAAR

17. ACP Correlations with the STAAR
found on assessment.dallasisd.org
ACP Correlations with the STAAR

18. ACP Correlations with the STAAR
found on assessment.dallasisd.org
ACP Correlations with the STAAR

19. ACP Calibration with STAAR
Fall 2016 Grade 5 Math ACP Scores and Percentage Achieving Approaches Standard, Meets Standard, and Masters Standard on the Spring Grade 5 Math STAAR 2017
ACP Scale Score
2017 STAAR Performance
Total
Approaches
Meets
Masters N %
<60
534
26.9 51
2.6 3
0.2
1987
60-69
1316
63.0
271
13.0 25
1.2
2088
70-79
3255
90.8
1520
42.4
349
9.7
3584
80-89
2465
99.0
1974
79.3
974
39.1
2490
90-100
1178
99.9
1133
96.1
923
78.3
1179
Last year’s info
Note. First administration of STAAR only.

20. Assessment Website Assessment.dallasisd.org ACP Blueprints
Vertical Overviews
ACP Example Items
Common Assessment
ACP and STAAR Correlations
ACP Calibrations with STAAR
Assessment news and information

21. Assessment Contacts
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