Purposes of Assessment
Cadre 7 Training
2/8/12
Objectives
• Team members will have a clear
understanding of the four purposes of
assessment
• Team members will develop a District
Assessment Plan by the end of day 2
What assessments are you
currently using in your district?
• Take 5 minutes and in your district teams
brainstorm a list of all the different
assessments your district is currently using
• Save the list-we will be revisiting it
periodically throughout the presentation
Purposes of Assessment
1. Screening
2. Progress Monitoring
3. Diagnostic
4. Outcome
Assessment Plan
Purpose
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Diagnostic
Outcome
Assessment
Big Idea(s)
Tested
Who is
Tested
Frequency
Who
Administers
/Types of
Reporting
Screening
Why give Universal Screeners?
– To determine the health of the core
• Make instructional changes to improve
core instruction
– To identify students who need additional
instructional support
– Are staff using the screening data for BOTH
these reasons?
Universal Screening
• Who: ALL students
– Do all staff believe that it should be for ALL?
• When: 3 times a year
– Fall
Winter
Spring
What makes a universal
screener “good”?
• Robust indicator of academic health
• Brief and easy to administer
• Can be administered frequently
• Must have multiple, equivalent forms
– (If the metric isn’t the same, the data are meaningless)
• Must be sensitive to growth
A universal screener should over-identify
students who might need something more!
What are some commonly used screening
tools?
Reading
AIMSWEB
Reading CBM, Maze
DIBELS NEXT
FSF, PSF, NWF, ORF, Daze
easyCBM
PSF, LSF, WRF, PRF, MC Reading Comp, Vocab
Math
AIMSWEB
M – Computation, M – Concepts & Applications, CBM –
Early Numeracy
easyCBM
Numbers & Operations, Measurement, Geometry, Algebra
Written Language
Writing – CBM (Total Words Written, Correct Writing Sequences, Words
Spelled Correctly)
What are NOT good screening tools?
Reading
•Quick Phonics
Assessment
•Report Cards
•OAKS
•DRA
•Running Records
•QRI
•Fountas & Pinnell
•Reading curriculum
weekly or monthly tests or
fluency passages
Math
Curriculum weekly tests
Teacher created math probes*
OAKS
Written Language
Writing rubrics*
OAKS
* when not administered and scored in a standardized and reliable way, or checked for
consistency of multiple probes
Screening
Purpose
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Diagnostic
Outcome
Assessment
Big Idea(s)
Tested
Who is
Tested
Frequency
Who
Administers
/Types of
Reporting
Progress Monitoring as an “Indicator”
Progress Monitoring Tools
Brief &
Easy
Frequent
Sensitive
to growth
Equivalent
forms!!!
Progress Monitoring Tools
Curriculum-Based Measures
(CBM)
General Outcome Measures
(GOMs)
What are some commonly used progress
monitoring tools?
Reading
AIMSWEB
Reading CBM, Maze
DIBELS NEXT
FSF, PSF, NWF, ORF, Daze
easyCBM
PSF, LSF, WRF, PRF, MC Reading Comp, Vocab
Math
AIMSWEB
M – Computation, M – Concepts & Applications, CBM –
Early Numeracy
easyCBM
Numbers & Operations, Measurement, Geometry, Algebra
Written Language
Writing – CBM (Total Words Written, Correct Writing Sequences, Words
Spelled Correctly)
What are NOT good progress monitoring
tools?
Reading
•Phonic Screeners
•Report Cards
•OAKS
•DRA
•Running Records
•Reading curriculum
weekly or monthly tests
or fluency passages
Math
Curriculum weekly tests
OAKS
Teacher created math probes*
Written Language
Writing rubrics*
OAKS
* when not administered and scored in a standardized and reliable way, or checked for
consistency of multiple probes
Using the Right Tool
The progress monitoring tool should match
the skills being taught.
Additional Progress Monitoring Tools
For more info and a review of available
tools, visit www.rti4success.org
(Progress Monitoring Tools Chart)
What information does it give you?
Reading Curriculum Fluency
Passages/Weekly Tests
VS.
Progress Monitoring Tools
(CBM)
What information does it give you?
Reading Curriculum Fluency
Passages/Weekly Tests
VS.
Progress Monitoring Tools
(CBM)
What information does it give you?
Reading Curriculum Fluency
Passages/Weekly Tests
VS.
Progress Monitoring Tools
(CBM)
Progress Monitoring
Purpose
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Diagnostic
Outcome
Assessment
Big Idea(s)
Tested
Who is
Tested
Frequency
Who
Administers
/Types of
Reporting
Diagnostic
Answer the question…
Why?
Diagnostic assessments may
include:
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•
Quick Phonics Screener
Survey Level Assessments
Error Analysis or Running Records
Any formal or informal assessment that
answers the question:
– Why is the student having a problem?
Diagnostic Assessment Questions
“Why is the student not performing at the
expected level?”
“What is the student’s instructional need?”
We do not use diagnostic data…
…for all students
…to monitor progress towards a long-term goal
…to compare students to each other
Diagnostic
Purpose
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Diagnostic
Outcome
Assessment
Big Idea(s)
Tested
Who is
Tested
Frequency
Who
Administers
/Types of
Reporting
Why use outcome measures?
• To determine how well students are doing
at the end of an instructional time period
(lesson, unit, year)
Why use outcome measures?
• To determine if a goal was met
Examples of Outcome Measures
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OAKS
End of Unit/Program Assessments
Stanford Achievement Test
DIBELS
EasyCBM
Aimsweb
Outcome
Purpose
Screening
Progress
Monitoring
Diagnostic
Outcome
Assessment
Big Idea(s)
Tested
Who is
Tested
Frequency
Who
Administers
/Types of
Reporting
Final Questions/Comments
Tara Black
tblack@ttsd.k12.or.us
(503) 431-4148
Jon Potter
jpotter@ttsd.k12.or.us
(503) 431-4149