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2 Agenda  What is ReadiStep™?  The College Readiness Pathway  Basics  Coordinating the ReadiStep Program –Before the Test –On Test Day –After the Test

3 What is ReadiStep ™

4 What is ReadiStep ™ ?  Flexible middle grades assessment that provides early feedback  Measures skills students need to be on track for college success  Provides tools to address skill gaps and improve curriculum  Supports transition to high school and high school course planning  Offers tools for early college and career exploration

5 The First Step ReadiStep and The College Readiness Pathway

6 A Pathway to Performance College and Career Readiness Expectations for All Students Three integrated assessments – one powerful tool The College Board’s College and Career Readiness Pathway is a series of integrated diagnostic assessments that measures college and career readiness from the eighth through the 12th grades Intervening Early Identifying Opportunity Providing College Access

7 Offers feedback as students transition into high school ReadiStep: The First Step  Designed to work with PSAT/NMSQT and SAT to –Measure a progression of skills –Support skill interventions from middle school through high school  Consistent content and format, and reporting –Same content areas: reading, writing and mathematics –Same skill categories at a grade-appropriate level –Aligned to Common Core, state standards and NAEP standards –Progression of benchmarks at each level

8 ReadiStep Assessment About the Test

9 ReadiStep Assessment Basics  Content : –Three multiple-choice sections: reading, writing and math –No essay or student-produced response questions  Administration: –Easy-to-administer paper-and-pencil test –Given in school, during the school day –Test date: Oct. 16, 2013

10 Skill Categories Measured Mathematics  Content Skills –Number & Operations –Algebra & Functions –Geometry & Measurement –Data, Statistics & Probability Critical Reading –Determining the Meaning of Words –Author’s Craft –Reasoning & Inference –Organization & Ideas Writing –Grammatical Relationships between Words –Words & Phrases Used to Modify or Compare –Phrases & Clauses –Correctly Formed Sentences –Relationships of Sentences & Paragraphs Process Skills –Problem Solving –Representation –Reasoning –Connections –Communication

11 Before the Test ReadiStep Implementation

12 Know Your ReadiStep School Code  CMS—  CTMS—  GMS—  HMS— OPTIONAL CODE AVID Students—Code 11

13 Informing Staff, Students & Parents  Select and train testing staff –One testing assistant is needed in each testing room. –Testing assistants may be teachers or members of the administrative, secretarial or clerical staff. –Ensure that staff review the Supervisor’s Manual prior to test day.  Notify staff, students, and parents about ReadiStep –Flyers, presentations, and other support materials are available at readistep.collegeboard.org. readistep.collegeboard.org –Inform students that this is a timed test. –Remind students to bring a calculator on test day.

14 Informing Staff  Select and train testing staff –One testing assistant is needed in each testing room. –Testing assistants may be teachers or members of the administrative, secretarial or clerical staff. –Ensure that staff review the Supervisor’s Manual prior to test day. –The WORD-for-WORD instructions are found on pages of the Supervisor’s Manual.

15 Setting Up the Testing Rooms  Classroom arrangement –All students must face the same direction. –All chairs must be placed directly behind those in the preceding row. –There should be unimpeded access to every student for effective monitoring. –There should be a large wall clock that is clearly visible to all students.  Have your last class help you re-arrange your desks, the evening before testing, Oct. 15.

16 On Test Day ReadiStep Implementation

17 On Test Day—Materials Distribution  Materials may be picked up beginning at ______________ in ___________.  When you come to get your materials, you will count that you have 25 tests and answer documents.  When you return your test materials, I will count that you are returning 25 tests and answer documents.

18 Testing Procedures Admission to the testing room –Seat students to ensure they work independently. You should be able to monitor all students from any location in the room. –Students should not leave testing room without permission. Distribution of test materials –Hand a test book to each student, one at a time, along each row. –Have students write their name on the test book cover. –Distribute an answer sheet to each student. Timing of the assessment –Allow 20 minutes for students to complete registration information. –Adhere to the 40-minute timing for each test section.

19 Testing Procedures Calculators –For the math calculator section, students who have large or raised displays should be seated separately from other test-takers. Ensure that only test books, answer sheets, pencils and erasers are on students’ desks during the test. Any other items are prohibited

20 After the Test Collecting and counting answer sheets –Collect answer sheets from each student individually. Do not have them passed to you. –Make sure students do not put their answer sheets inside the test books. –Count answer sheets and verify that you have one for each student. Collecting and counting test books –After accounting for the answer sheets, collect the test books from students individually in the same order in which you distributed them. –Count used test books and verify that you have one for each student. Protecting test materials after the test –When all test materials have been accounted for, place them where they will not be accessible to the students. –Keep test books in secure storage until score reports arrive in December.