Barrington 220
Assessment
Lines PTO – January 15, 2012
Becky Gill, Director of Elementary Curriculum
Susan Milsk, RtI Facilitator
Julie Luck-Jensen, Director of Extended Services
Sharon Kranz, Instructional Coach
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
Purposes of
Assessments
 Universal Screeners
 Diagnostic
 Formative Assessment
 Summative Assessment
 Progress Monitoring
 Program Evaluation
 Student Achievement
Barrington 220 Assessments
 Curriculum Based
Measurements (AIMSweb)
 NWEA Measures of Academic
Progress (MAP)
 Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
 Illinois State Achievement Test
(ISAT)
 Classroom Assessments
Curriculum-Based
Measurement (AIMSweb)
Curriculum Based
Measurements (con’t)
 Administered universally in
Grades K-2
 Reading and Math
 Strategic progress monitoring
K-8
 Both discrete skills and general
outcome measures; predicts
future success
 Comparison group is both
national and local
 Timed
NWEA Measure of Academic
Progress (MAP)
Charlie Brown
NWEA MAP (con’t)
 Administered universally in Grades 2-8
(administered to targeted, at-risk students in high
school)
 Math and Reading
 Computer Adaptive
 Untimed
 Measures achievement – reports using
RIT score
 Measures Growth
 Nationally normed
 Informs instruction
Cognitive Abilities Test
(CogAT)
 Administered Grades 3-6
 Measures DEVELOPED
abilities not innate abilities
 Is not an IQ test
 Tests general and specific
learned reasoning abilities in
three different areas: verbal,
quantitative and nonverbal.
 Timed
 Both Nationally and Locally
Normed
Illinois Standard Achievement
Test (ISAT)
 Administered Grades 3-8
 Reading & Math
 Science – Grades 4 & 7
 Measures annual
achievement
 Measures mastery of grade
level standards
 Accountability measure
 Timed
Classroom Assessments
 Fountas and Pinnell
Benchmark Assessment
(Reading) – K-8
 Assessing Math Concepts
(Math) – K-3
 Common Assessments
(Formative and
Summative)
 Performance
Assessments
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
Assignments are synced to MAP test results for Math and Language Arts
Select folder to begin: RIT scores will show you where your
child could use extra practice.
Start activity
Follow the arrow 
For non- MAP tested students (K-1), general grade-level activities are
offered for practice.
Check your Backpack for completion and score on activities.
Check Recent Work
Check Score and Status
Parent math support videos at home:
http://www.hmheducation.com/singaporemath/helping-your-child.php
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
What Math in Focus Impact in
the
• Same Mathematics,
Different Focus:
Problem Solving &
Thinking
• Concrete to Pictorial to
Abstract: Supporting
Visuals, Specific
Language
• Teaching to Mastery :
Multiple Modes of
Representation
Math in Focus: Singapore Math
Framework
Beliefs
Interest
Appreciation
Confidence
Perseverance
Monitoring of one’s own thinking
Self-regulation of learning
Numerical calculation
Algebraic manipulation
Spatial visualization
Data analysis
Measurement
Use of mathematical
tools
Estimation
Reasoning,
Communication, and
connections
Thinking skills and
Heuristics
Applications and
modeling
Numerical, Algebraic, Geometrical,
Statistical, Probabilistic, Analytical
EXAMPLE
B220 2nd Grade
Student Math
Journal
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
State Assessment
Change Timeline
Spring 2013:
ISAT with 1020% Change
to CCSS
Spring 2014:
ISAT with
Additional
Change to
CCSS
Spring 2015:
PARCC
Assessments:
Fully Aligned
to CCSS
Changes in Types of Understanding
Assessed
Current ISAT Questions:
PARCC Prototype Questions:
3rd Grade Math:
4th Grade Math:
Find the answer:
7X5=
Amber didn’t know what 7 X 5 equals, but
she knew 5 X 5 = 25 and 2 X 5 = 10. Use
drawings, words, and/or equations to
explain why Amber can add 25 and 10 to
find what 7 X 5 equals.
6th Grade Math:
8th Grade Math:
Expand (x – 2)( x – 3).
What is the value of 3x + y + 3 – 3(x + y)
when x = 18.22 and y = -1?
Find a value for k and a value for n so that
(x – 2)(x – 3) = x2 + kx + n.
PARCC Item Development ITN
Changes in Types of Understanding
Assessed
Current ISAT Questions:
4th Grade Math:
Find the answer:
7x5=
PARCC Prototype Questions:
3rd Grade Math:
8 x 5 = __
8 x __ = 40
9 x 4 = __ x 9
4 x 2 x __ = 40
4 x 2 x __ = 5 x 2 x 2 x 2
9 x 4 = 4 x __ x __
8 x __ = 4 x __
PARCC Item Development ITN
Grade 4: PARCC Sample Performance Task in Mathematics –
Part One – Tasks Assessing Concepts, Skills, and Procedures
Math Standard 4.NBT.3: Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole
numbers to any place. Math Practice Standards 1, 4, 6
Grade 4: PARCC Sample Performance Task in Mathematics–
Part Two – Tasks Assessing Expressing Mathematical Reasoning
Math Standard 4.NBT.3: Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole
numbers to any place. Math Practice Standards 1, 2, 3
Grade 4: PARCC Sample Performance Task in Mathematics –
Part Three – Tasks Assessing Modeling & Application
Math Standard 4.NBT.3: Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole
numbers to any place. Math Practice Standards 1, 2, 4, 8
Prototype CCSS/PARCC Questions for
English Language Arts Standard 3: Key
Ideas & Details
 Students read Robert Cole’s retelling of a series of
historical events in “The Story of Ruby Bridges.” Using
their knowledge of how cause and effect gives order to
events, they use specific language to describe the
sequence of events that leads to Ruby desegregating
her school. (Third Grade)
 Students explain the relationship between time and
clocks using specific information drawn from Bruce
Koscielniak’s “About Time: A First Look at Time &
Clocks.” (Fifth Grade)
State Assessment
Transition from ISAT
to PARCC
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions
Continuum of Services
 Differentiated classroom instruction
content, process, product, learning style,
interest
 Consultation with gifted educator
strategies, materials, groupings
 Extended Services
instruction above grade level
Extended Programs in Elementary School
 Math Replacement: Grades 3-5
 In home school with Extended Resource Teacher
 Based on accelerated instruction, 1-2 reps. for mastery, depth of
problem solving and analysis
 Reading Replacement: Grades 3-5
 In home school with Extended Resource Teacher
 Concept-based approach to higher level reasoning and thinking
through inquiry dialogue
 Self-Contained Program: Grades 3-5
 At Hough School
 Full day program for students whose needs can not be met by
replacement Extended classes
Identification for Extended Resource Classes
(Instruction above grade level)
 Teacher recommendation
 Formal assessments:
Achievement : MAP Reading and/or Math
95+ National Percentile
Reasoning:
CogAT Reading and/or Math
95+ Local Percentile
Identification for Hough Self-Contained Classes
Grades 3-5

Ability determined to be in top 1-2% of district 3rd, 4th, 5th grade

Nominated by classroom teacher

Eligibility documented by:
Individual IQ tests
Achievement assessments, informal assessments
Interviews
Work samples, anecdotal information
Intensity & accelerated interest
Less time for mastery (1-2 repetitions)
Intense concentration; sustained intellectual effort
Passion for area(s) of interest
Abstract introspection; awareness; sensitivity
Theoretical & moral thinking
Needs beyond Extended replacement classes
Other Elementary Continuum
Services
 Determined by readiness, developmental
appropriateness, ongoing assessment, review
 Literacy program
 Science program
 Extended staff – consultation and materials
 Information regarding outside enrichment
 Professional development for general ed and Extended
teachers – differentiation classes, conferences,
workshops
Assessment Overview
Agenda
At-home Support
Math in Focus Impact
Future in Assessments
Extended Services
Questions