Alabama State Board of Education
PLAN 2020
Our Vision
Every Child a Graduate – Every Graduate Prepared
for
College/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century
Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities
ALABAMA’S
2020
LEARNERS
ALABAMA’S
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SUPPORT SYSTEMS
ALABAMA’S
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PROFESSIONALS
ALABAMA’S
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SCHOOLS/SYSTEMS
Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities
ALABAMA’S
2020
LEARNERS
BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
By Purpose
FORMATIVE DATA
to quickly inform
instruction
BENCHMARK DATA
to benchmark and
monitor progress
SUMMATIVE DATA
to evaluate cumulative
learning
To Plan Learning
(prior to
instruction)
To Support Learning
(during instruction)
To Monitor Learning
(between
instruction)
To Verify Learning
(after instruction)
 Teacher/Student
Discussion
 First-day
Observations
 Teacher/Student
Portfolio
 Class Blog; Student
Journal
 Open Questioning
 Running Records
 Exit Activities
 Portfolios
 Screeners
 Chapter Pre-Tests
 Graded Class Work
 Curriculum-Based
Measures (CBM)
 Running Records
 Portfolios
 Office Discipline
Referrals
 Curriculum-Based
Measures (CBM)
 Progress Report
 Interim
Assessment
(Post-Test)
 Prior Year’s AP
Exams
 Prior End-of-Year
Scores
 Item Analysis of Prior
Summative Test
 End-of-Unit
Assessments/Grades
 Benchmark Test
Scores
 End-of-Semester
Grades
 AYP Reports
 Suspension Rates
Alabama’s 2020 Learners
• Universal Screeners
• Summative Assessments
• Formative, Benchmark and/or
Interim Assessment
Repository
• Project-Based Assessments
• Career Interest and Aptitude
Assessments
1. All students perform at or above
proficiency and show continuous
improvement.
2. All students succeed.
3. Every student graduates from high school.
4. Every student graduates high school
prepared.
• Universal Screeners,
Grades K-2
• Developmentally
Appropriate
Assessment(s), Grades 1-2
Formative, Benchmark and/or Interim
Assessment Repository with Resources
Grades 3-12
A pool of aligned items to each standard at
each grade level within each assessment content
area will be available for teacher, school, or system
use for formative, benchmark and/or interim
assessments to be used to inform instructional
practice. Included will also be links to instructional
resources aligned to the standards for use by
teachers, schools, or school systems.
Project-Based Assessments
Grades 6-12
These assessments are designed to foster
research inquiry skills, persistence,
independence, and intercommunications in ways
that are not accomplished with more traditional
summative and end-of-course assessments.
Project-based assessments are scored based on
templates or rubrics that produce rich,
multileveled evaluations of student work.
Career Interest/Career Aptitude
Assessments
Grades 6-12
These assessments are designed to inform
student, parent, teacher, counselor, and
principal decisions about appropriate
coursework and co-curricular opportunities for
students culminating in a comprehensive and
annually updated 4-year high school plan of
study.
Alabama College- and Career-Ready
Assessment System
Grade
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
Assessment(s)
WorkKeys
ACT w/Writing
PLAN
Transition
EXPLORE
ARMT+
ARMT+
ARMT+
ARMT+
ARMT+
End-of-Course
English 9, 10, 11, 12
Alg I, Geometry, Alg II w/Trig,
Pre-Cal
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
U.S. History
ARMT+ (Reading/ELA, Math,
Science and Writing/Social
Studies Based)
Aligned to College and Career
Readiness Benchmarks
All assessments
could be offered
in online and/or
paper
and pencil
format
with a standardsbased reporting
format that
will be
immediate.