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Interim Formative Assessment to Improve WETEST Performance Mary Brickey Wilbur Mills ESC

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ACE Testing History

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The Need Superintendents concerns for an interim assessment: o To raise the End of Course scores for the CTE courses o To do it online

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Course Selection Courses were chosen by the greatest number of students tested in each subject area. Core courses were used in Business and Family and Consumer Science Core course for Agriculture was in revision so we used the course that was being tested which would effect the most students in our coop area

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Item Development Process Teachers were trained on item development Teachers were given the item analysis from test year 2010-2011 Teachers did assessment of personal areas of weakness Teachers worked together to create test questions using framework objectives

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Item Review Teachers reviewed the questions and corrected or discarded the questions that they felt were incorrect or misleading

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Test Development Curriculum specialist was hired to help review the questions Questions were entered into the testing system Questions were reviewed after entry to once again check for mistakes

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Test Delivery Online Familiar with D2SC/PCG as the vendor for Target Test Project

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Training Brenda Beard with PCG did an after school workshop to show the teachers the testing process Teachers were given detailed handouts to cover all areas of the assessment process

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First Cycle Teachers were contacted as tests were released ESC monitored to ensure that all teachers were testing and contacted those that had not

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Use of the Data Reviewed reports o Item analysis o Individual student responses Analyzed responses and reviewed incorrect/correct rationale Retaught skills

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Item Analysis

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Student Responses

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Next Steps Analysis of the test Validation of the testing questions Test revision as necessary Second semester testing

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Project Expansion Adding additional courses Expanding item bank Eventually expanding participation o ESC o Districts

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Contact Information PCG Mary Brickey, CTE Coordinator, WDEMSC Coop 501-882-6745 mbrickey@wilbur.k12.ar.us mbrickey@wilbur.k12.ar.us Con Sullivan, Agriculture Inst. DesArc High School sullivanc@desarc.wmsc.k12. ar.us sullivanc@desarc.wmsc.k12. ar.us David Shea o dshea@pcgus.com dshea@pcgus.com o 281-543-8166 John King o jaking@pcgus.com jaking@pcgus.com o 870-703-4910