Using Acuity to Guide Instruction
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Guide InstructionGuide InstructionSandra Foster
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Leatha WilliamsOffice of School Improvement
Using Acuity to Target Skills/Objectives
• Teacher-Created or Common Assessments
• Benchmark Assessments • Instructional Probes • Data Reports on Assessments• Instructional Resources
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How can we address this?
532 items available for RLA 4.1.08 Students will interpret and extend the ideas in literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, skim and scan, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, visualize, paraphrase, infer, sequence, determine fact and opinion, draw conclusions, analyze characterize and provide main idea
Common Core Language RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
WVDE State Authored Benchmark Assessments
• WVDE Benchmarks• WV CSOs form the basis of the
assessments• Aligned to 21st century CSOs in
content and DOK• Similar in style and blueprint to
WESTEST 2
Using Acuity Data to Improve Using Acuity Data to Improve Student PerformanceStudent Performance
There is a correlation betweenSTUDENT PERFORMANCE
on Benchmark 3 and WESTEST 2.
Data analysis:• Analyze benchmark data to identify areas of individual
student weakness on specific learning targets• Differentiate instruction
– Assign Instructional Resources at the appropriate developmental level as a re-teach tool for students
– Other instructional resources
WVDE Benchmark 1 for WESTEST 2
Select Date Range: Jan 4, 2011
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Instructional Probes
Short pre-made assessments based on spiraling CSOs
CSO specific; based on deconstruction of CSO skills
Available Probes Math grades 3-8 & Algebra I RLA grades 3-8
Utilized by teachers & interventionists
Instructional Probe StructureInstructional Probe for Math
(Skill: Addition)
Probe Contents:3 questions from MA.5.1.73 questions from MA.4.1.73 questions from MA.3.1.8
3 Probes for each objective/skill (Form A, B, C)
Example:
WVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form AWVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form BWVDE M 5 1 7 Instructional Probe – Addition, Form C
WVDE M
Select Date Range: Jan 4, 2011
M (for math)RLA (for reading/language arts)
4th Grade Math57 Instructional Probes
From this screen • View or print PDF• Assign to students • View Test Map
TEST MAP
Reports in Acuity for Reports in Acuity for AssessmentsAssessments
• Group Reports:• Summary Report• Classroom Matrix Report• Roster Report• Item Analysis Report
• View Distractor Analysis
Individual Student Reports:• Student Summary Report• Student Item Analysis Report
• View Distractor Analysis
Item Analysis ReportItem Analysis Report
Using Acuity Instructional Using Acuity Instructional ResourcesResources
• Mini-lessons which include three sections:
• Instruction
• Guided practice
• Mini-quiz
Screens that introduce and teach a given
skill
Guided Practice
Mini-summative
assessment to evaluate progress
33rdrd and 4 and 4thth Grade Math IRs Grade Math IRs
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55thth and 6 and 6thth Grade Math IRs Grade Math IRs
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33rdrd and 4 and 4thth Grade RLA IRs Grade RLA IRs
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55thth and 6 and 6thth Grade RLA IRs Grade RLA IRs
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Student Name
Assigning Instructional Resources from Reports