understanding your students’ predictive assessment reports
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Understanding Your Students’ Predictive Assessment Reports. School Year 2008-2009. Acuity Predictions on the Assessment Report. Last year… Overall Scores: % correct on an assessment This year… Overall Scores: % correct on an assessment - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Understanding Your Students’ Predictive Assessment Reports
School Year 2008-2009
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Acuity Predictions on the Assessment Report
Last year…
Overall Scores: % correct on an assessment
This year…
Overall Scores: % correct on an assessment
Prediction: forecast of a student’s performance level on the New York State tests
Scale Score: level of achievement that can be used to show growth within and across years
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How are Acuity predictions determined?
Data Used:
2007-08 Fall Predictive Assessment scores
2007-08 NY State test results
Anchor Set:
19-20 Multiple Choice item subset
Exist on both last year’s and this year’s Fall Predictive Assessments
Used to develop the scaled score and predicted level of performance
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Hannah Granger
Hannah: 15 out of 19 correct
2008-2009 7th Grader
Other Students: 15 out of 19 correct
Proficient
ProficientBasic Proficient
AdvancedAdvanced
BasicProficient
Acuity predicts that Hannah will score in the
Proficient performance level category.
2007-2008 7th Graders
Acuity Prediction Example
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The Student Assessment Report – Predicted Performance
The student assessment report
- represents the students expected performance level on the NY State test if the student continues on the same learning path
- is the standard error of prediction
Changes in instruction between the administration of the Acuity Predictive assessment and the NY State test can improve your students actual score on the State test
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Acuity Predictive Vertical Scale
The Scale Score can be applied across all grades of Acuity Predictive Assessments
The minimum of the scale is the lowest a student can perform on a 3rd grade fall assessment (280)
The maximum of the scale is the highest a student can perform on an 8th grade spring assessment (815)
Each assessment has a unique scale that is contained within the overall scale
280
330
380
430
480
530
580
630
680
730
780
Grade 3 Fall Assessment
(280-700)
Grade 8 Spring Assessment
(350-815)
815
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The Student Assessment Report – Vertical Scale Score
The Student Assessment Report displays the student’s Acuity scale score
The min and max score represents the lowest and highest scores possible and are different for each assessment
The number in parenthesis is the standard error of measurement and represents the possible variation in the student’s scale score
Unlike the state test, you can use the Acuity scale score to measure student progress over time
The Acuity vertical scale score is not the same as the scale score provided on the NY State test
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The Class Assessment Report
The class assessment report displays:
The performance level categories and the percentage of your class that is expected to perform in each category on the NY State test
The average vertical scale score and average overall percentage points obtained for the students in your class
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Navigation/Demo
Log into Acuity:
Periodic Assessment Web site: http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/ResourcesforEducators/PeriodicAssessments
Click “Acuity”
User Names are DOE Outlook email addresses (e.g., emullins5)
Passwords are 6-digit file numbers
Go to the Class Roster report – [Point out the overall percentage points obtain and scale score]
Drill down to a Student Assessment report – [Review key components]
Go to the Class Assessment Report –[Review key components]
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Instructional Next Steps
Use the Predictive assessment reports for your class or individual students to identify areas of strength and weakness
Identify areas where you have the greatest chance of improving your students’ NY State test scores
Assign Instructional Resources to reinforce skillsCreate custom assignments using the Acuity Item
Banks to assess progress on particular skills
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Educator Support
If you have any questions, please contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at:
OR
reference the Additional Help section of Acuity
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