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Performance Series
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Performance Series
Benchmark Assessments – 3 times a year
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Overview of Performance Series
• Online computer-adaptive assessment
• Reading (grades 2-12)
• Reading Foundations (grades K-2)
• Math (K-9th/10th grade [Integrated Geometry])
• Life Science (grades 3-8)
• Language Arts (grades 3-8)
• Algebra
• Geometry
Performance Series
How is this different from AIMS Web?
• Computer Adaptive – Individualized Testing
• Immediate Results for Individuals
• Aligned to State Standards
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Traditional Assessments
Normal Distribution Curve
0%
100%
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Computer Adaptive Testing
Sample Path for a Student
3700
Scaled Score
ranges from 1300
to 3700
3500
3300
3100
Scaled Score
2900
Student begins
test one grade
level below
enrolled gradelevel
2700
2500
Future tests begin
where last test
ended
2300
2100
1900
1700
1500
1300
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10
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Question Number
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Computer-Adaptive Assessments
Add whole numbers without
regrouping
Determine the probability of a
simple event
Add 3-digit numbers with
regrouping
Solve problems
Identify using
squares, rectangles, ACT.8-12.20-23.PSD.3
and
circles
compound loci
Determine the graphs of
functions
Determine area of prisms,
cylinders, and cones
Compare fractions using <,
>, or =
IL.7.8.7.11/ACT.8-12.20-23.XEI.3
Determine conversions within
the metric system
Determine mean, median and
mode of a given set of
numbers
Compare and order numbers
to 100
ILAF.8.8.8.12
*Visual representation not drawn to scale
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Scaled Score
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Scaled Scores
1300
3700
• Reliable estimate of each student’s
ability level
• Ideal for examining growth from
year to year, as well as measuring
progress during a given school
year
Immediate Results
for Individual Students
Aligned to State Standards
Classroom Profile View
College, Career, and Readiness
Standards and Alabama Course of
Study
Objectives
Scaled Score and
SIP (Standards Item Pool) Score
A SIP is a Standards Item Pool score, which indicates the probability that the
student will correctly answer the items in the item pool for their grade level. This
indicates the probability that the student will meet state standards. For example, a
student with a reading SIP of 22 is expected to correctly answer 22% of the items
aligned to their grade standards. SIP scores are not comparable over time, since
they relate to items aligned to a specific grade level.
National Percentile Ranking
The National Percentile Ranking (NPR) is a grade
dependent comparison of students across the country. The
NPR uses a student’s Scaled Score to compare the student
to the Performance Series norm sample group.
Lexile Measure
• The Lexile measure is the numeric rating of a reader’s ability and
ranges from 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L. Matching
students with reading materials using the Lexile measure results in an
expected 75% reading comprehension – enough to challenge the
student, but not so difficult as to be frustrating
• The Research measure is the Lexile score that should be used for
accountability reporting, since it is not bound by developmental
guidelines relating to content appropriateness. This score can also be
used to track a student's reading growth across time
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