A+ Assessments

Jake SeilerNew Horizons Alternative School

A+ Assessments Are A+ Assessments Are DifferentDifferent

Questions are designed to test Questions are designed to test students’ understanding of concepts, students’ understanding of concepts, not simply recall of information.not simply recall of information.

A+ LearningLink is…

Authentic, interactive, scaled, online formative assessment

Interactive – students have to do stuff (not just filling in blanks, or doing math problems)

Scaled – norm referenced, criterion referenced

Online – nothing to install, can be used anywhere

A+ Assessments

*Standardized*Comparable to other

tests*Crosses grade/age

spans*Cannot be changed

by users*General reading and

math ability*Placement,

Prediction, Progress

Tests in Lessons

An important type of assessment in A+ is the testing provided within each lesson. These test items are used in four ways:

Practice tests Pretests Mastery tests Review tests

Course Assessments

Skills

Content

Assessment Reporting

P3

*A fixed form test*Test items from the title drawn from all of the skills in a title *Prescribes from skills not mastered

Course Assessments

Adaptive Assessment (adapt to the needs of instruction) Prior to assessment Short-cycle

assessment Individualizing

instruction

Discussion

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