Better Assessment of Student Outcomes through Technology

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Better Assessment of Student Outcomes through
Technology

• Gerald Tindal
• Preston Lewis
• Michael Russell
• Martha Thurlow

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Starting Point

• Grade level expectations
• Varying populations and participations
• General education test
• General education test with accommodations
• Alternate assessment with grade-level achievement
  standards
• Alternate assessment with modified achievement
  standards
• Alternate assessments with alternate achievement
  standards

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Validation Model
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District-wide Assessment

• Diagnostic assessment of reading
• Reading pre-skills
• Oral reading fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Individual student and class-wide displays
• Cut scores for performance

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Diagnostic Assessments
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Diagnostic Assessments
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Access and Levels of Support

• Who needs to participate how?
• Screening systems with curriculum-based measures
• A dynamic system that is intervention-oriented
• Accommodations for SWD
• Alternate assessments with integrity
• Support systems for interpretation data driven
  decisions
• Alignment with IEPs and formative measures

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Accommodation Station

• Participation with appropriate supports
• Math test with simplification, read aloud, and
  Spanish version
• Compare teachers and students
• Provide diagnostics

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Participation in Alternate Assessments

• Training in administration
• Training in scoring
• Proficiency in administration and scoring
• Data entry and reporting

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ODE Extended Assessments
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Data Driven Decisions

• Assistance on understanding outcomes
• Displays of data for making decisions

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School Differences in ORF

• Everett ElementaryM108 SD26N
  22 Min72 Max156
• Focus Elementary M 67 SD33 N
  20 Min6 Max129
• My School M91 SD52N24 Min24 Max228

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An Example of ORF and OSA Grade 3
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An Example of ORF and OSAGrade 8
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Web Sites http//brt.uoregon.eduEdprogress.com

• Near Future
• Alignment between Standards and Assessments
• EZ CBM for Diagnostics
• Progress Monitoring Center
• Concept Maze Maker for Discipline Content

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The End