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 Developed to meet the criteria set by the Learning Community and OPS Assessment Steering Committee  Developed as a measure to monitor student progress at grades K, 1, and 2 in both reading and mathematics 2

 Spring/Summer 2009 Development of Assessment Classroom Trials  District-wide Field-testing & Training Cut Scores established for four Performance Levels: Beginning, Progressing, Proficient and Advanced  District-wide Training and Implementation Scores entered in Assessment Entry System 3

The K-2 Reading Assessment evaluates key skills in the areas of phonics, word analysis, and vocabulary for students in grades K, 1, and 2, with a focus on specific reading processing skills:  Letter knowledge  Early literacy concepts  High-frequency words  Phonological awareness  Letter-sound relationships  Word structure 4 Most of the K,1,2 skills assessments are administered to students individually to assure accuracy of results.

 Students are tested beginning and end of year  Assessments are scored by teachers using cut scores established for the performance levels: Beginning, Progressing, Proficient, and Advanced  Raw scores are entered Assessment Entry System (AES) and performance levels are calculated 5

6 Data are reported as Success Rates at each grade level and/or skill. Success Rate describes the percentage of students who mastered, at the proficient or advanced levels, the set of skills for a test. The district goal for individual student mastery is 80%.

7 KINDERGARTEN SKILL Letter Recognition * Sound Recognition * Early Literacy Behaviors (Concepts of Print) Reading High Frequency Words: 25 Words * Reading High Frequency Words: 50 Words Phonological Awareness: Initial Sounds * Phonological Awareness: Blending * Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Words * Phonological Awareness: Rhyming * Writing Picture Names Concept Words: Colors Overall Success Rate District Success Rate goal of 80% Met.

8 FIRST GRADE SKILL Phonological Awareness: Blending Words Phonological Awareness: Segmenting Words Phonological Awareness: Rhyming Reading High Frequency Words: 50 Words * Reading High Frequency Words: 100 Words * Phonograms * Consonant Blends * Vowel Clusters * Synonyms Antonyms Overall Success Rate District Success Rate goal of 80% Not Met.

SECOND GRADE SKILL Reading High Frequency Words: 100 Words * Reading High Frequency Words: 200 Words * Vowel Clusters * Grade 2 Word Features Test * Synonyms Antonyms Overall Success Rate *Indicates a priority skill on the Intervention Indicator report District Success Rate goal of 80% Met.

Summer/Fall 2010 ◦Development of assessment begins ◦Teacher Review Spring 2011 ◦District-wide Field-testing & Training Fall 2011 ◦Cut Scores established for four Performance Levels: Beginning, Progressing, Proficient and Advanced Spring 2012 ◦District-wide Training and test administration ◦Scores entered in Assessment Entry System 10

 Kindergarten: Number System and Overall Math Performance  First Grade: Number System, Computation, and Overall Math Performance  Second Grade: Number System, Computation, and Overall Math Performance 11

 Students are assessed at the end of the year  Assessments are scored by teachers using cut scores established for the performance levels: beginning, progressing, proficient, and advanced  Raw scores are entered Assessment Entry System (AES) and performance levels are calculated for the concepts of number system, computation, and total math performance 12

GRADE LEVEL DISTRICT SUCCESS RATE Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Success rate is the percent of students proficient or advanced on the overall score of the K-2 Mathematics Assessment. District Success Rate of 80% Not Met at K, 1, or 2. However, progress is evident at K and 1.

GRADE LEVEL NUMBER SYSTEMSCOMPUTATION Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

 The results provide data to inform the teaching and learning process in both reading and mathematics.  Online student and classroom reports assist schools to identify students with needs and students who need additional challenges. 15

K-2 Assessments & myOPS Electronic Access to Data K-2 Assessment Results available on the Intervention Indicator Report: Reading – Priority Skills Mathematics - Concepts Scores entered in the Assessment Entry System Individual Student Reports Classroom Reports

 Parent reports developed for both reading and mathematics  Development of Academic Dashboards for K-2 Assessment results  Continued professional development for teachers focusing on using data to inform instruction 17

As has always been the practice, the district staff from Research and Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment continually work with schools to review multiple indicators of student performance to determine a comprehensive representation of student performance in order to adjust instruction to meet student needs. Principal Meetings Academic Data Representative (ADR) Trainings EXCELS Plus Monitoring and Planning Teacher Inservice Help Desk for Assessment Information 18

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