Introduction to Acuity School District of Philadelphia Extended Day Program and Strategic Intervention Programs Assessment

Philadelphia EDP Agenda 4:00-6:00 – Acuity Review – Generate Reports – Completing Graphic Organizer – Assign Instructional Resources

Overview of Assessment Plan ACUITY Grades 3-8 Extended Day Program: – Three tests: A = October 15 (Math) & October 16 (Reading) B = January `13 (Math) & January 14 (Reading) C = May 13 (Math) and 14 (Reading) – Multiple Choice + Open-ended Questions CTB scores Open-Ended items  NO TEACHER SCORING – Materials will arrive the week before – This round will have separate answer sheets for Math & Reading

Overview of Assessment Plan ACUITY Grades 1 & 2 Extended Day Program Two Acuity test administrations: – January 13 (Math) & January 14 (Reading) – May 13 (Math) & May 14 (Reading)

EAP Professional Development The Lead Teachers at this workshop – Will attend the 2-hour professional development sessions – Will train other EAP teachers back at school Dates – September (23, 24,25) – November (18,19,20) – February (10,11,12) Re-delivery at school – approximately 1 hour

EAP Professional Development Passwords – Everyone attending this training will be given the School Admin Log In Information You can use this to look up other educators’ usernames and passwords for distribution at your school You can use this to assist you with your own training – If your school does NOT have educator information loaded in Acuity Teachers can log in using a GENERIC teacher role (which you can look up as the school admin) –Username: staffxxxstaff –Password: (acuity generated)

Acuity: Assessment System Overview What are the key components of Acuity? Online and Offline Tests – For EAP - Paper-pencil tests using scannable answer documents Online Reports Online Instructional Resources Item Banks for Customized Tests

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

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

On To Acuity! Philadelphia Schools Acuity Website Training URL: acuitytraining.ctb.com

Sample Graphic Organizer

Completing the Graphic Organizer Generate the Assessment and/or Item Analysis Reports Look up Strengths, Challenges Critical Needs – Strengths=75-100% – Challenges=50-74% – Critical Needs= 0-49% Determine Standards and Anchors to Target for Remediation or Enrichment Assign Acuity Instructional Resources

Assessment Report Example

Completing the Graphic Organizer

Assessment Report Example

Completing the Graphic Organizer

Assessment Report Example Click on a Tier Percentage

Completing the Graphic Organizer Targeted Action Plan

Item Analysis Report Example

Completing the Graphic Organizer

Evaluations: Acuity Half-Day PM session Train-the-trainer Valerie Valenti-Zapf