Welcome to Acuity!
Acuity Training I
Teacher Introduction
Customer Service: (800) 282-4705
Training Agenda
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Teacher Login
Viewing and Printing Class Rosters
Viewing and Printing Answer Keys
Scoring Constructed Response (CR) Items
Scoring Multiple Choice (MC) Items
Checking Assignment Status
Acuity windows
• Acuity A (Fall): Sept. 14th-Oct 8th
• Acuity B (Winter): Nov. 30th- Dec. 18th
• Acuity C (Spring): Feb. 1st- Feb. 26th
• End of Year: April 25th-May 13th
Scheduling
• Language Arts: 50-60 min
• Math: 50- 60 min
• Schedule more time for students that get
extended time
• As best as you are able, provide
accommodations to students
Proctoring
• Make it as standardized as possible
• DON’T allow accommodations for students
who don’t receive them on state assessments
– Don’t read the items to students on this if they
won’t have the test read to them for state
assessments
Teacher Login
• URL: acuity.aps.k12.co.us
• Enter User name & Password (same as used to log in
to your computer)
acuity.aps.k12.co.us
Login Page is
the same for
students &
teachers
Log in to Acuity
Acuity at home- out of district network
Main Menu
View and Print Class Rosters
View and Print Class Rosters
View and Print Class Rosters
View and Print Class Rosters
View and Print Class Rosters
• After clicking on Print Entire Roster, a printing
prompt will appear in a new window
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• Best Practice
– Prior to your Testing Dates – Confirm your Class Roster(s)
are correct.
– New students will show in Acuity the day after they are
enrolled in IC . If they do not then contact Susan Collins in
IT via email.
• Provide, your name, school, student’s complete first and last
name, grade level, and subject/course.
Printing Rubrics and Answer Keys
View and Print Answer Keys
View and Print Answer Keys
View and Print Answer Keys
View and Print Answer Keys
Constructed Response Score
Entry
Constructed Response
• Students may complete CR via paper/pencil for
math only (CR Answer Sheet)
• Online response entry for Language arts only
• Teachers must score CRs using Rubric
• Teachers need to manually enter CR scores into
Acuity
• Teachers can input students’ constructed response
answers if students completed them on paper
Scoring CR Items
• No Response = 0
– Student skipped (did not attempt) item, but completed
other items (do not use for absent students)
– counts as an Incorrect score (zero points)
• ZERO Score = 0
– Student attempted to answer item, but answer was
incorrect, zero points based on rubric
• Leave Blank
– If student did not complete any multiple choice items
(absent)
Scoring CR Items
Scoring CR Items
Manually Scoring CR Items
Manually Scoring CR Items
Manually Scoring CR Items
Manually Scoring CR Items
Closing the test window
Steps to insure your results will be accessible as
soon as students are done testing
Assignment Status
• Hover over Assignments, hover over Assessment
Assignments, and click on View Assignments.
• Fill in all information on the assessment on the left (subject, grade, etc.)
• Your assessment should show up on the right.
• You will see information on the assessment including the dates of the
window, the number of students assigned and scored, and percentage
completed.
• To see more details, hover over the Actions button to the right, and click
on Assignment Status
Contact for Help
• Kimberly Patten (Assessment Coordinator)
• kdpatten@aps.k12.co.us
• Ext. 28335
• Tonia Wilcox (Assessment Technician)
• tdwilcox@aps.k12.co.us
• Ext.28378
• Susan Collins (IT)
• sacollins@aps.k12.co.us
• Ext. 28288