Assessment 101Madison City Schools’

New Teacher OrientationAugust 8, 2013

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EOC

STAR

ACT

EXPLORE

PLAN

ACCESSASPIRE

ASA

ARMT+

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? oAdminister on-going formative and summative

assessments throughout the year

Madison City Schools’ Goal

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.

Are students learning?

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.

Renaissance Learning

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

STAR ReadingSTAR Math

STAR Early Literacy

STAR

READING

STAR

MATH

STAR

EARLY

LIT

STAR reports are available immediately following the test administration

Reports can be viewed…◦ By student◦ By class◦ By grade level◦ By school◦ By district

STAR Reports

SCREENING

REPORT

GROUPING

REPORT

LEARNING

PROGRESSIONS

Madison City Schools’ Data Dashboard