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CEDAR RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
JANUARY 15, 2015
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ACT Provides the Following:a standards-based system of assessments to monitor progress toward college and career readiness from grade 3 through early high school, connecting each grade level to the nextstatewide assessment, data management and reporting functions for all students, districts, schools, aggregated and disaggregated groups of learners, and the individual learneralignment with the ACT College Readiness Benchmarksstudent outcomes aligned to the Domain and Cluster reporting categories of the Common Core State Standardscapability for predicting outcomes on the ACT
Assessmentsassessments in summative, interim and classroom formatssummative content areas of English, math, reading, science and writingmultiple question types including multiple choice, constructed response and technology-enhanced itemsonline delivery of assessments using state-of-the-art technology while also offering paper-and-pencil testing optionscapability to create a personal needs profile for students on an individual education plan (IEP)
Interim Assessments
Classroom Assessments
Data Reportingonline reporting for professionals based on approval levelscapability for state downloads of data to secure district websitescapability for district downloads of data to secure district sitescapability for school downloads of data to secure school sites for parental reviewcapability of paper reporting for parental review
Sustainabilityongoing research, support, and validation of the system to reflect changes in college and career readiness standardsflexible professional development on the state, district or school levels
http://www.discoveractaspire.org/assessments/summative/
Content Specifications – Technical Bulletin #1
“The ACT Aspire mathematics assessments emphasize quantitative reasoning frequently applied to real-world contexts rather than memorization of formulas or computational skills. “ (p. 26)Some items give the formula(s) they need, but others do not.“Students are allowed and expected to strategically use acceptable calculators on the ACT Aspire mathematics assessments for Grade 6 and above.” (p. 27)Paper-and-pencil tests test do not have technology-enhanced items. Multiple choice items are used in their place. (p. 27)
http://www.discoveractaspire.org/pages/test-features
Time – 45-50 minutes
Number and types of questions
Selected response and technology enhanced items are worth 1 point each.
Constructed response items are worth 4 points each. (TB #1, p. 27)
Reporting CategoriesAll questions are either measuring Grade Level Progress – mathematical topics new to the grade Foundation – topics learned in previous grades
Some questions are also categorized as Modeling – questions that assess understanding of mathematical models and
their creation, interpretation, evaluation, and improvement Justification and Explanation – giving reasons for why things work as they do,
where students create a mathematical argument to justify (constructed response)
How does ASPIRE match the CCSSM?
“Through grade 7 the two are the same.” (page 5)
Grades 8-12 based on ACT College and Career Ready Standards.
“Across all parts of the test, students can apply Mathematical Practices to help them demonstrate their mathematical achievement.” (page 2)
http://www.discoveractaspire.org/pages/life/insight-driven
Points by Content Category by Grade6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Total 46 46 53Number & Operations in Base 10Number & Operations – FractionsThe Number System
1-31-33-5
1-31-33-5
1-31-32-4
Operations & Algebraic ThinkingExpressions & Equations
1-33-5
1-33-5
0-25-7
Ratios & Proportional Relationships 3-5 3-5 0-2
Functions 3-5
MeasurementGeometry
0-25-7
0-24-6
1-36-8
DataStatistics & Probability
0-23-5
1-33-5
1-34-6
Justification & Explanation 16 16 20
Points by Content Category by Grade
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade
Total 46 46 53Number & Operations in Base 10Number & Operations – FractionsThe Number System
1-31-33-5
1-31-33-5
1-31-32-4
Operations & Algebraic ThinkingExpressions & Equations
1-33-5
1-33-5
0-25-7
Ratios & Proportional Relationships 3-5 3-5 0-2
Functions 3-5
MeasurementGeometry
0-25-7
0-24-6
1-36-8
DataStatistics & Probability
0-23-5
1-33-5
1-34-6
Justification & Explanation 16 16 20
Justification and Explanation Level 1 – students should have a fluent command of these skills
Level 2 – most closely aligned with grade level focus
Level 3 – more advanced
As students progress from grade to grade, expectations increase according to which JE skill belongs to which level. Some level 3 JE skills will become level 2, and some level 2 will become level 1.
A full-credit response shows evidence of the required level of JE skills needed to solve the problem and applies these skills to complete the task.
Evaluated by trained scorers.
Score Scale
Depth of Knowledge “…assessing new topics for the grade and whether students continue to strengthen their mathematical core. Within this structure of content comes a level of rigor represented in part by a distribution of depth of knowledge (DOK) through Webb’s level 3. The Foundation component includes only DOK level 2 and level 3 because the component is about assessing how well students have continued to strengthen their mathematical core. Across all parts of the test, students can apply Mathematical Practices to help them demonstrate their mathematical achievement.”
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
1. Recall and Reproduction
2. Skills and Concepts3. Strategic Thinking /
Reasoning4. Extended Thinking
Percentage of Points by DOK
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th GradeDOK 1 7 – 15 % 7 – 15 % 8 – 15 %DOK 2 33 – 41 % 33 – 41 % 30 – 38 %DOK 3 48 – 57 % 48 – 57 % 51 – 58 %
Foundation questions are DOK 2 and 3.
Practice Test
http://www.discoveractaspire.org/assessments/test-items/
UN: math PW: actaspire
5.NBT.B MP3 N(13-15)
6-8 Foundation JE Level 3DOK Level 3
8.F.A MP -- F(20-23)
8 Grade Level Progress JE Level --DOK Level 2
6.G.A MP3 G(20-23)
6 Grade Level Progress JE Level 3DOK Level 37-8 Foundation JE Level 3 DOK Level 3
Multiple levelsMultiple problems with common informationQuestions are independent of each other. It is not necessary to get one correct in order to correctly answer the others.Students must extract only the information needed for a particular question.
7.EE.B MP4 A(24-27)
7 Grade Level Progress JE Level --
DOK Level 38 Foundation
JE Level -- DOK Level 2
6.SP.B MP-- S(16-19)
6 Grade Level Progress JE Level --
DOK Level 37-8 Foundation
JE Level -- DOK
Level 2
www.thoughtfulclassroom.com
More Practice Itemswww.illustrativemathematics.org
http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions
Contact Information
Becky Cornelius
Jeanne Simpson
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