1. Coachella Valley Unified School District
Local Assessments

2. District Local Benchmark Assessments
Grades 3-6 Acuity
Grades 7-8 NWEA MAPS
Grades 9-12 Interim Assessment Block

3. Acuity ELA and Math Coachella Benchmark Assessments
Administered 3 times per year to all grades 3-6 students
Form A & Form B will contain items measuring both below grade and on grade standards
Form C is all on grade level
Forms are designed to accurately measure what students know. Measures student performance in relation to summative expectations. Educators can see the extent to which students are progressing toward proficiency on state-determined grade level expectations.
Completely Auto-Scored to save teachers time and effort!
Rigorous Items: TEI allows educators to measure skills that are difficult to assess with traditional multiple choice items.
Balanced Data: Allows educators to quickly identify areas of critical need, create instructional groups, assign instructional resources and initiate interventions as needed.

4. Acuity ELA and Math Coachella Benchmark Assessments
The Acuity Instructional Resources support data-driven school management using an assessment as learning approach:
Target the unique needs of each student
Preserve instructional time with self-guided student activities
Capture student engagement
Reinforce, Remediate, Enrich

5. Acuity ELA and Math Coachella Benchmark Assessments
Roster Report: Provides a snapshot of achievement and completion status for a list of students, classes or schools.
Assessment Report: Provides actionable data regarding achievement relative to standards.
Item Analysis Report: Includes Distractor Rationale Report that provides item level data about students to help identify and understand misconceptions.
Matrix Report: Provides detailed performance information for each student and item on an assessment in a spreadsheet format.

6. Acuity ELA and Math Coachella Benchmark Assessments
Live Demo

7. NWEA ELA & Math Benchmark Assessments
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) ELA and Math
Required Grade 7-8 Coachella Benchmark
Selected Grade 9 Personalized Learning Plan Teachers
MAP is computer adaptive interim assessments that provide a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student’s learning level
By adjusting the difficulty of items up or down, MAP precisely measures every student’s achievement as well as growth over time
Educators can use data to inform instruction using valid, reliable and real-time data
Accommodations: keyboard navigation, color contrast*, magnification*, highlighter and calculators*

8. NWEA ELA & Math Benchmark Assessments
Completely computer scored – does not require hand scoring
Test requires student login with Session ID number and password
65 Questions per subject area
Typical student completion time per subject is 60 minutes
Only next button, not a back button – students will not be able to go back to previous question
Test name:
MAP: Math 6+ CA 2010
MAP: Reading 6+ CA 2010 V2

9. Acuity and NWEA ELA & Math Benchmark Assessments
Live Demo
Students can access Map Practice Test:
Student Access:

10. How are assessments being used?
Teachers
Challenges
Principals obtain subs for teachers to plan by grade level and department team meetings.
Teachers work together to develop plan of action and address specific standards for re-teaching and evaluating student learning
Creative schedules: finding time during the day to meet all the needs of the students (Data Team)

11. Questions Continued challenges:
What programs are you using for EL students in terms of assessment and support?
What programs are you using that is supporting EL student success?