1. Formative Assessment Using formative assessment to drive content instruction. Jane Davis-Superintendent of Hershey Public School Shanna Duggan-Hershey Public School

2. What is the purpose of an assessment?  Clip I have all of this data, now what do I do with it?

4. How can we use assessments to guide and direct our instruction? TESTING SCORES

5. “ ” Effective teaching moments are shaped by insight. This is the purpose and the power of good assessment. Renaissance Learning How we use STAR Assessment results to aide in content instruction.

7.  How do I get from reviewing the results of the STAR assessments to determining what the students in my classroom need?  What is STAR?  What resources are available once I have the data?  What about the nonfiction aspects of reading? Renaissance Learning  How do I get to the results?  Customized assessments  Projected performance on state assessments

8. What is a STAR Assessment?  Computer-adaptive testing in the classroom (progress monitoring)  STAR Reading test takes about 15-20 minutes  Customizable to test specific or desired standards (STAR Custom) [Can be taken as often as once a week throughout the school year, if needed to measure progress on specific skills]  National Norm Referenced Assessment that provides scaled scores and National Percentile Rankings  Immediate Feedback

10. The Reading Dashboard is a convenient place to find the data from STAR Reading Assessments.

11. Growth and Achievement This can be displayed by individual student performance, class performance, or group performance. Student/Classroom Growth This shows performance of student on Star Assessment or the average of class or group performance on assessments. Comparable Growth This displays how the student or classroom performed against school, district, or national levels. If you have chosen an individual student, it shows how he/she performed with the average of the class as well. Instructional Diagnostics This shows performance of student on Star Assessment or the average of class performance on assessments.

12. AR Quiz Performance This shows average AR Test performance. Orange is individual practice; while the blue is the instruction average performance from AR 360. AR Points/Minutes Read This shows how many AR points (orange) and total minutes read (black) accumulated throughout the school year and compares it with class and nation. Total % of Nonfiction The orange shows what percentage of AR reading was nonfiction. The blue is the percentage of nonfiction instructional reading with AR 360. ZPD Level This compares the selected group or individual’s Zone of Proximal Development with the levels of reading the group or student has tested on.

13. Practice Diagnostics Shows group performance in comprehension, Pace to reaching yearly AR Points, nonfiction reading, and reading within ZPD level. Group Sets Green students are achieving at/above Benchmarks Blue students are achieving at or just below Benchmarks Yellow students are achieving below Benchmarks and should be placed in interventions Red students are achieving well below Benchmarks and need immediate and intensive interventions

14. Practice Diagnostics Individual student performance in comprehension, Pace to reaching yearly AR Points, nonfiction reading, and reading within ZPD level.

15. Growth Planning or Learning Progression This shows what the student is ready to work on next to progress to succeed at the next level of comprehension. Domains These are the areas that are addressed and the level at which they are ready to be introduced to. These also include the standards that address the skills.

17. Teachable Order These standards appear in the order suggested to teach students. Skill Details Describes the skill area and the standard that addresses the skill.

18. Resources Theses are the resources developed, provided, and created for practice in the chosen skill along with the number of resources provided. Type of Resource Various avenues to perfect the chosen skills

19. Sample Question Teacher Activity Video Lesson

20. AR Article This is a unique resource that is provided by Renaissance Learning and available with AR 360.

21. AR 360 Provides nonfiction text that addresses the desired skill with highlighting various sections of text to show knowledge of skill, interactive responses and quizzes for student practice.

22. State Test Performance Projection

25. STAR Test Results Data points for performance on STAR Test and dates taken

26. STATE RELEVANCY - Performance Reports - State Standards Reports GROWTH DATA - Longitudinal Report - Growth/Proficiency - Growth Report - Annual Progress RTI - Screening - Progress Monitoring PARENT - Parent Report - School to Home Report DIAGNOSTIC - Diagnostic Report - Core Progress Learning Progression - Record Book - Instructional Planning CONSOLIDATED REPORTS - Assessment Proficiency Report - Customizable Progress - STAR Summary DASHBOARDS - Reading Dashboard - Math Dashboard - District Dashboard