Formative Assessment

Using formative assessment to drive content instruction.

Jane Davis-Superintendent of Hershey Public School

Shanna Duggan-Hershey Public School

What is the purpose of an assessment?

I have all of this data, now what do I do with it?

How can we use assessments to guide and direct our instruction?

TESTING SCORES

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Effective teaching moments are shaped by insight.  This is the purpose and the power of good assessment.

Renaissance Learning

How we use STAR Assessment results to aide in content instruction.

How do I get from reviewing the results of the STAR assessments to determining what the students in my classroom need?

What is STAR?

What resources are available once I have the data? What about the nonfiction aspects of reading?

Renaissance Learning

How do I get to the results?

Customized assessments

Projected performance on state assessments

What is a STAR Assessment?

Computer-adaptive testing in the classroom (progress monitoring)

STAR Reading test takes about 15-20 minutes

Customizable to test specific or desired standards (STAR Custom) [Can be taken as often as once a week throughout the school year, if needed to measure progress on specific skills]

National Norm Referenced Assessment that provides scaled scores and National Percentile Rankings

Immediate Feedback

The Reading Dashboard is a convenient place to find the data from STAR

Reading Assessments.

Growth and AchievementThis can be displayed by individual

student performance, class performance, or group

performance.

Student/Classroom GrowthThis shows performance of student on Star Assessment or the average of class or group performance on

assessments.

Comparable GrowthThis displays how the student or

classroom performed against school, district, or national levels. If

you have chosen an individual student, it shows how he/she

performed with the average of the class as well.

Instructional DiagnosticsThis shows performance of student on Star Assessment or the average

of class performance on assessments.

AR Quiz PerformanceThis shows average AR Test

performance. Orange is individual practice; while the blue is the instruction

average performance from AR 360.

AR Points/Minutes ReadThis shows how many AR points (orange) and total minutes read

(black) accumulated throughout the school year and compares it with

class and nation.

Total % of NonfictionThe orange shows what percentage of AR reading was nonfiction. The blue

is the percentage of nonfiction instructional reading with AR 360.

ZPD LevelThis compares the selected group or

individual’s Zone of Proximal Development with the levels of

reading the group or student has tested on.

Practice DiagnosticsShows group performance in

comprehension, Pace to reaching yearly AR Points, nonfiction reading,

and reading within ZPD level.

Group SetsGreen students are achieving

at/above BenchmarksBlue students are achieving at or

just below BenchmarksYellow students are achieving

below Benchmarks and should be placed in interventions

Red students are achieving well below Benchmarks and need

immediate and intensive interventions

Practice DiagnosticsIndividual student performance in comprehension, Pace to reaching

yearly AR Points, nonfiction reading, and reading within ZPD level.

Growth Planning orLearning Progression

This shows what the student is ready to work on next to progress

to succeed at the next level of comprehension.

DomainsThese are the areas that are

addressed and the level at which they are ready to be introduced to.

These also include the standards that address the skills.

Teachable OrderThese standards appear in the

order suggested to teach students.

Skill DetailsDescribes the skill area and the

standard that addresses the skill.

ResourcesTheses are the resources

developed, provided, and created for practice in the chosen skill along

with the number of resources provided.

Type of ResourceVarious avenues to perfect the

chosen skills

Sample Question

Teacher Activity

Video Lesson

AR ArticleThis is a unique resource that is

provided by Renaissance Learning and available with AR 360.

AR 360Provides nonfiction text that addresses the desired skill with

highlighting various sections of text to show knowledge of skill, interactive responses and quizzes for student practice.

State Test Performance Projection

State Test Performance Projection

State Test Performance Projection

State Test Performance Projection

STAR Test ResultsData points for performance on

STAR Test and dates taken

STATE RELEVANCY

- Performance Reports- State Standards Reports

GROWTH DATA

- Longitudinal Report- Growth/Proficiency- Growth Report- Annual Progress

RTI

- Screening- Progress Monitoring

PARENT

- Parent Report- School to Home Report

DIAGNOSTIC - Diagnostic Report

- Core Progress Learning Progression- Record Book- Instructional Planning

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS

- Assessment Proficiency Report- Customizable Progress- STAR Summary

DASHBOARDS

- Reading Dashboard- Math Dashboard- District Dashboard