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What Do The New AzMERIT Test Results Mean For My Child? · 2018-01-22 · Other Ways You Can Help...
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What Do The New AzMERIT Test Results Mean For My
Child?
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Hosted By
• Expect More Arizona • Arizona PTA • Arizona Educational Foundation
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• What the new state tests mean for your child• How to interpret test results• How teachers use test results • How to help your child succeed• Parent support and resources
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Presentation Overview
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What is AzMERIT?
• AzMERIT = Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching
• Arizona’s new statewide achievement test• Unique to Arizona, developed based upon an
Arizona test blueprint
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What is AzMERIT?
• Annual checkup to provide meaningful information to parents and teachers
• Constant, objective benchmark to track your child’s progress
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AzMERIT Overview
• Students in grades 3-11 take AzMERIT
• Subjects: English Language Arts and Matho Note: Students in Grades 4, 8 and high school
will still take the AIMS Science test
• Given via pencil/paper and onlineo Schools selected to give it via computers or
pencil/papero 40% of schools took the test online last year
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Why is a New Test Needed?
• Aligned to what students are learning in classrooms today
• AIMS set the bar too lowo Passing AIMS meant students met a minimum
expectation for 10th grade• AzMERIT helps parents and teachers to know if their
children are on track for college and careero Passing AzMERIT will show that a student meets a
high expectation for that gradeo Passing score means that students are on track for
college and career
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What You Need to Know
• Students will have to show their work, demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving skills
• High School Students
• End of course tests
• Not required for high school graduation
• Untimed, less testing than AIMS
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How to Interpret Test Results
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What Will Scores Look Like?
• New test = new scores• We are setting a new benchmark for
student performance• Scores will look different than before,
but it doesn’t mean our students are doing worse – instead, it’s more accurate view of how our students are doing
• Students and teachers will need time to adjust to the new test
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When Will I Get My Child’s Scores?
• Initial test results will be available later this fall as we transition to the new test
• Future test results will be available much more quickly
• Student data will continue to be protected by state and federal laws
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What You Can Expect with Your Child’s Scores
• Four Scoring Categories:
• Highly Proficient – Advanced understanding
• Proficient – Fundamental understanding
• Partially Proficient – Partial understanding
• Minimally Proficient – Modest understanding
• Family Score Reports & a Family Guide will go to the families of each child who took AzMERIT last spring
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Sample Family Score Report
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Sample Family Score Report
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Sample Family Report Guide
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How Teachers Use Test Data
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AzMERIT is Not the Finish Line
• Test results will be used to:
o Make instructional decisions.
o Determine individual needs of students:
Extra support?
More challenging work?
Recommendations for future classes?
• Scores do not impact final grades, GPAs,
class rank or college acceptance.
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How Teachers Use Data
• Determine how students are doing compared to their own past performance and to peers.
• Communicate better to parents about progress
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How Teachers Use Data
• Evaluate effectiveness of curriculum and instruction
• Determine teaching strategies to adjust
• Facilitate professional conversations with other educators
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Helping Your Child Succeed
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Top Ways to Help Your Child
Throughout the Year• Build a Strong Relationship with Your
Child’s Teacher• Attend Your Parent-Teacher Conference• Set High Expectations for Your Child• Involve Learning in Every Day Activities
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Other Ways You Can Help Your Child Succeed
• Have your child read a variety of materials at home, including fiction and informational texts.
• Involve learning in everyday activities. o Mix math into cooking or shopping. o Ask your child to express opinions
and to back their views.
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Resources for More Information
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Arizona Parent Resources
• AZPTA.org
• ArizonaAimsHigher.org
• AzMERITPortal.org
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National Parent Resources
• National PTA - Parents’ Guides to Student Success• Parent Tool Kit• BeALearningHero.org• Great! Kids Milestones Video Series• Business for Core – Assessment Information• Hunt Institute Math Video Series• Council of the Great City Schools’
Parent Roadmaps & Video
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AzMERIT Parent Video
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Sample Tests
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Access sample tests and other resources online at:
AzMERITportal.org
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Questions?
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Thank You!
ExpectMoreArizona.orgAzPTA.org
AzEDFoundation.org