1. Acuity Overview

2. Agenda Intro to Acuity Background Components Terminology Class Activity Timeframes

3. Acuity: Assessment System Overview What are the key components of Acuity? Online and Offline Tests Online Reports Now! Online Instructional Resources Item Banks for Customized Tests

4. Acuity Assessments 4 per grade level per content area Assess student retention and knowledge of core content areas Tailored to meet West Virginia’s New CSOs Diagnostics (from CTB) 30 – 35 MC Aligned to new WV CSOs Broad Curriculum Mapping Benchmark Assessments Customized to County Needs Created from Acuity Item Bank (25,000 items) Diagnostic Item Bank WV Custom Item Bank

5. Acuity: Assessment Features Designed to be administered in one-two class periods online or offline. Test items are research based. They have been developed and subjected to rigorous test item analyses for reliability and validity.

6. Terminology –Acuity Specific Role – a defined user with certain access privileges Permissions – level of access given to each role within Acuity Assignment – allows an individual (student, educator) access to perform a particular function within Acuity. Assigning a test to a student allows the student to physically take the test. Custom test – refers to the function to create a test regardless of it’s intended purpose Instructional Resources – online tutorials Tiers – used in reporting student performance Diagnostic – refers to the CTB created benchmark assessments

7. Item Banks Benchmark Assessments can be created from any or all of the following: Benchmark Assessments can be created from any or all of the following: Acuity Diagnostic Item Bank/Tests WVDE Custom Item Bank/ Custom Tests Acuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom Tests

8. Acuity Assessments: Custom Test Builder Approximately 25,000 items in RLA, Mathematics and Science Item Bank aligned to new WV CSO’s Multiple choice, constructed response, and fill-in-the-blank item formats Offline or Online

9. Acuity Reports: Online Student Class School District Roster Report Assessment Reports Item Analysis Reports * Permission Based

10. Acuity: Instructional Resources Online exercises for customizing learning activities by WV CSO or skill group Easily assigned from reports Three components: Screens that introduce and teach a given skill Guided Practice Mini-summative assessment to evaluate progress

11. Technical Specs Compatible with both PC and Apple computers Supported Internet Browsers: Apple – Safari 1.2 + and/or Firefox 1.5 + PC – Internet Explorer 6.0+ Cookies Enabled ActiveX Enabled Autocomplete Set to “OFF” Allow Pop-ups

12. Technical Specs QuickTime 6.0+/RealPlayer 6.0+ or Windows Media Player Adobe Reader 5+ Flash 7+ Pop-up blockers turned OFF

13. Rostering WVEIS Data Match Possible Daily Data Refresh

14. Servers Numbers / Placement Server Types Data Locations

15. User IDs / Passwords Uniformity Webtop WVEIS Data

16. Permissions Super User District Administrator School Administrator TeacherScorerObserver Test Administrator Super User – WVDE (John Miller) District Administrator School Administrator – Teacher – Test Administrator – Scorer – Observer – Student

17. Acuity: Assistance Online Help within Acuity County Administrators contact WVDE Professional Development on a Continuing Basis as Requested Telephone Support

18. How to Contact Acuity Support For help with Acuity, CTB has staff available 8:00a.m Monday through Friday. All calls are returned within 24 business hours. You may contact CTB’s Acuity support at: – Telephone: (866) 282-2250 – Fax: (800)428-2329 – E-mail: Submit your questions using a web-form from the Acuity Help menu.

19. Acuity Demonstration The Student Experience

20. HTTP://H52.eppg.com

21. Acuity Demonstration The Teacher Experience

22. Acuity Demonstration The Administrator Experience

23. Timeframes Now – CSOs are being loaded into Acuity by CTB Summer – WVDE will verify alignment of items Fall – CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will finalize Diagnostic 1 Fall/Winter –CTB/Benchmark Assessment Team will develop Diagnostics 2 - 4 Ongoing – Continue to write/upload items Ongoing – Benchmark Assessment Team will work with the Office of Instruction; as they assist counties with unpacking of CSOs, we will assist you with creating customized benchmark assessments

24. Benchmark Assessment Team Contact Information Beth Judy, Lead Coordinator bjudy@access.k12.wv.us bjudy@access.k12.wv.us Allegra Kazemzadeh, RLA/Social Studies Coordinator akazemzadeh@access.k12.wv.us John Miller, Technology Coordinator jpmiller@access.k12.wv.us jpmiller@access.k12.wv.us Sonya White, Math/Science Coordinator snjwhite@access.k12.wv.us snjwhite@access.k12.wv.us Office of Assessment/Accountability 304-558-2546