2012 – 2013 OK Grade 3-8 Benchmarks

Welcome Oklahoma Educators!

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• CTB, the 86 year-old assessment company of McGraw-Hill Education, is internationally recognized for expertise in creating standards-based educational assessments.• CTB is dedicated to providing schools with the highest possible technical quality in terms of measuring student learning. • CTB was awarded the contract for the OSDE OCCT and OMAAP assessment program in Winter 2012.

• Acuity, CTB’s formative assessment system, is the award-winning web-based benchmark assessment program which will host the grades 3-8 benchmarks, free to all public school districts administering the OCCT and OMAAP assessments.• Acuity is a formative assessment system that is simple to use, yet provides robust reporting capabilities to help the “teacher help the child.”

InFormative Assessment

Classroom Assessment

FOR Learning “Assessments for learning happen while learning is still underway. These are the assessments that we conduct throughout teaching and learning to diagnose student needs, plan our next steps in instruction, provide students with feedback they can use to improve the quality of their work, and help students see and feel in control of their journey to success. This is not about accountability—those are assessments of learning. This is about getting better.”

Stiggins et al, Classroom Assessment for Student Learning

Includes:• High quality assessments with supporting research data• Reports that are easy to read and understand, accessible online and in PDF format for printing• Instructional modules that provide instruction, guided practice, and post-teaching skills assessment• Training webinars and tiered technical support for all system users

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Oklahoma 3-8 Benchmark AssessmentsTwo Interim Benchmark Assessments for Each Content Domain•Mathematics• English Language Arts•WritingThe benchmarks act as interim measures to assess student performance in relation to instruction. The assessments are administered online in late October/November and late January/February in suggested testing windows.

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Numbers of Items and Item TypesAssessments

Content Benchmark

SRs CRs Total

Mathematics 1—Fall YES YES 22 Items

2—Spring YES YES 22 Items

ELA 1—Fall YES YES 19-23 Items

2—Spring YES YES 19-23 Items

Writing 1—Fall NO YES 1 Item

2—Spring NO YES 1 Item

Instructional Resources Acuity has several different types of Instructional Resources• Type: Tutorial

– The “tutorial” type refers to Acuity’s original Instructional Resource format– These tutorials can be administered online and offline. – Teacher level reports are available with drill down capabilities.

• Three components to the Acuity Tutorial:Screens that

introduce and teach a given skill

Guided PracticeMini-summative assessment to

evaluate progress

Acuity Reports: OnlineStudent

Class

School

District

•Roster Reports•Assessment Reports•Item Analysis Reports•Classroom Matrix Report

Class Roster ReportProvides at-a-glance assessment results for students in a class

Class Assessment ReportShows how the group of students performed by the standards

Item Analysis ReportShows an item-by-item analysis of how students answered the questions

Distractor AnalysisShows an item-by-item analysis of how students answered the questions

Toggle to Report by Standards Set OK educators will be able to report by either the Oklahoma C3 Standards or the CCSS Standards.

Let’s logon to Acuity!• Educator Experience• Acuity Assessments• Acuity Reports • Acuity Instructional Resources• Student Experience

For questions regarding OK Acuity Benchmark or other technical information, please contact:CTB/OK Help DeskToll Free: (888) 282- 2010Email: OK_Helpdesk@ctb.comWebsite: http://www.ctb.com/ok

For questions regarding OK Acuity Grades 3-8 policy and testing procedures, please contact:Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Accountability and AssessmentsWeb site: http://www.sde.ok.gov

After attending this webinar, if you would like to administer Benchmark assessment for Grades 3-8, please complete the second page of the Memorandum that was sent via e-mail to all district contacts the week of January 14, 2013. Your “yes” response is needed no later than Monday, January 28, 2013.Please e-mail your response to OK_Helpdesk@ctb.com. Presentation slides will be posted to: www.ctb.com/ok

      

Thank You!