1. Madison City Schools’ New Teacher Orientation August 8, 2013

2. DIBELS EOC STAR ACT EXPLOREEXPLORE PLAN ACCESS ASPIRE ASA ARMT+

3.  What is the goal of Madison City Schools? ◦ Prepare all students to be College and Career Ready when they graduate from high school without the need for remediation  How will you know if your students are on track to meet the goal at the end of high school? o Administer on-going formative and summative assessments throughout the year

4.  The only way to know whether learning is taking place is to measure it. Once you do that you can do a host of other things. ◦ You can provide students with appropriate materials. ◦ You can identify students who need help. ◦ You can analyze problems occurring within grades or schools; set learning goals; and make plans for meeting those goals. ◦ And you can determine whether the instruction and intervention you provide are effective.

5.  Ren Learn is the parent company of STAR assessments.  STAR assessments are computer-adaptive tests designed to give you accurate, reliable, and valid data quickly so that you can make good decisions about instruction and intervention.  STAR tests are accurate, reliable, and valid, and are highly rated for screening and progress-monitoring by the National Center on Response to Intervention.

6.  Administered 5 times per year  Test windows are set for the entire district  Each test takes approximately 15-20  STAR Reading – Grades 1-12  STAR Math – Grades 1-12  STAR Early Literacy – Grades K-1

7. STARSTAR READINGREADING

8. STARSTAR MATHMATH

9. STARSTAR EARLYLITEARLYLIT

10.  STAR reports are available immediately following the test administration  Reports can be viewed… ◦ By student ◦ By class ◦ By grade level ◦ By school ◦ By district

11. SCREENINGSCREENING REPORTREPORT

12. GROUPINGGROUPING REPORTREPORT

13. LEARNINGLEARNING PROGRESSIONSPROGRESSIONS