Alabama State Board of Education

PLAN 2020

Our VisionEvery Child a Graduate – Every Graduate Prepared

forCollege/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century

Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities

ALABAMA’S2020

LEARNERS

ALABAMA’S2020

PROFESSIONALS

ALABAMA’S2020

SUPPORT SYSTEMS

ALABAMA’S2020

SCHOOLS/SYSTEMS

Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities

ALABAMA’S2020

LEARNERS

To Plan Learning (prior to

instruction)

To Support Learning

(during instruction)

To Monitor Learning(between

instruction)

To Verify Learning(after instruction)

FORMATIVE DATAto quickly inform instruction

Teacher/Student Discussion

First-day Observations

Teacher/Student Portfolio

Class Blog; Student Journal

Open Questioning Running Records

Exit Activities Portfolios

BENCHMARK DATAto benchmark and monitor progress

Screeners Chapter Pre-

Tests

Graded Class Work Curriculum-Based

Measures (CBM) Running Records

Portfolios Office Discipline

Referrals Curriculum-Based

Measures (CBM)

Progress Report Interim

Assessment(Post-Test)

SUMMATIVE DATAto evaluate cumulative learning

Prior Year’s AP Exams

Prior End-of-Year Scores

Item Analysis of Prior Summative Test

End-of-Unit Assessments/Grades

Benchmark Test Scores

End-of-Semester Grades

AYP Reports Suspension

Rates

BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEMBy Purpose

Alabama’s 2020 Learners• Universal Screeners• Summative Assessments• Formative, Benchmark and/or

Interim Assessment Repository• Project-Based Assessments• Career Interest and Aptitude

Assessments

1. All students perform at or above proficiency and show continuous improvement.

2. All students succeed.3. Every student graduates from high school.4. Every student graduates high school

prepared.

• Universal Screeners, Grades K-2•Developmentally

Appropriate Assessment(s), Grades 1-2

Formative, Benchmark and/or Interim Assessment Repository with Resources

Grades 3-12

A pool of aligned items to each standard at each grade level within each assessment content area will be available for teacher, school, or system use for formative, benchmark and/or interim assessments to be used to inform instructional practice. Included will also be links to instructional resources aligned to the standards for use by teachers, schools, or school systems.

Project-Based Assessments Grades 6-12

These assessments are designed to foster research inquiry skills, persistence, independence, and intercommunications in ways that are not accomplished with more traditional summative and end-of-course assessments. Project-based assessments are scored based on templates or rubrics that produce rich, multileveled evaluations of student work.

Career Interest/Career Aptitude Assessments

Grades 6-12

These assessments are designed to inform student, parent, teacher, counselor, and principal decisions about appropriate coursework and co-curricular opportunities for students culminating in a comprehensive and annually updated 4-year high school plan of study.

Alabama College- and Career-Ready Assessment System

Grade Assessment(s)

12 WorkKeys11 ACT w/Writing 10 PLAN 9 Transition 8 EXPLORE 7 ARMT+ 6 ARMT+ 5 ARMT+ 4 ARMT+ 3 ARMT+

End-of-CourseEnglish 9, 10, 11, 12Alg I, Geometry, Alg II w/Trig, Pre-CalBiology, Chemistry, PhysicsU.S. History

ARMT+ (Reading/ELA, Math, Science and Writing/Social Studies Based)Aligned to College and CareerReadiness Benchmarks

All assessments could be offered in online and/or paper and pencil format with a standards-based reporting format that will be immediate.

Proposed Timeline

Assessment schedule will be designed to align with and support the Accountability Timeline