Interim Formative Assessment to Improve WETEST Performance

Mary BrickeyWilbur Mills ESC

ACE Testing History

The Need• Superintendents’ concerns for an interim

assessment:

o To raise the End of Course scores for the CTE courses

o To do it online

Course Selection• Courses were chosen by the greatest number of

students tested in each subject area. • Core courses were used in Business and Family

and Consumer Science• Core course for Agriculture was in revision so we

used the course that was being tested which would effect the most students in our coop area

Item Development Process

• Teachers were trained on item development• Teachers were given the item analysis from test

year 2010-2011• Teachers did assessment of personal areas of

weakness• Teachers worked together to create test questions

using framework objectives

Item Review• Teachers reviewed the questions and corrected or

discarded the questions that they felt were incorrect or misleading

Test Development• Curriculum specialist was hired to help review the

questions • Questions were entered into the testing system• Questions were reviewed after entry to once

again check for mistakes

Test Delivery• Online

• Familiar with D2SC/PCG as the vendor for Target Test Project

Training• Brenda Beard with PCG did an after school

workshop to show the teachers the testing process

• Teachers were given detailed handouts to cover all areas of the assessment process

First Cycle• Teachers were contacted as tests were released• ESC monitored to ensure that all teachers were

testing and contacted those that had not

Use of the Data• Reviewed reports

o Item analysiso Individual student responses

• Analyzed responses and reviewed incorrect/correct rationale

• Retaught skills

Item Analysis

Item Analysis

Student Responses

Next Steps• Analysis of the test• Validation of the testing questions • Test revision as necessary• Second semester testing

Project Expansion• Adding additional courses• Expanding item bank• Eventually expanding participation

o ESCo Districts

Contact InformationPCG• Mary Brickey,

• CTE Coordinator, • WDEMSC Coop • 501-882-6745

mbrickey@wilbur.k12.ar.us

• Con Sullivan, • Agriculture Inst. • DesArc High School

sullivanc@desarc.wmsc.k12.ar.us

• David Sheao dshea@pcgus.como 281-543-8166

• John Kingo jaking@pcgus.como 870-703-4910