interim formative assessment to improve wetest performance
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Interim Formative Assessment to Improve WETEST Performance. Mary Brickey Wilbur Mills ESC. ACE Testing History. The Need. Superintendents’ concerns for an interim assessment: To raise the End of Course scores for the CTE courses To do it online. Course Selection. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Interim Formative Assessment to Improve WETEST Performance
Mary BrickeyWilbur Mills ESC
ACE Testing History
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
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
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
Item Review• Teachers reviewed the questions and corrected or
discarded the questions that they felt were incorrect or misleading
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
Test Delivery• Online
• Familiar with D2SC/PCG as the vendor for Target Test Project
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
First Cycle• Teachers were contacted as tests were released• ESC monitored to ensure that all teachers were
testing and contacted those that had not
Use of the Data• Reviewed reports
o Item analysiso Individual student responses
• Analyzed responses and reviewed incorrect/correct rationale
• Retaught skills
Item Analysis
Item Analysis
Student Responses
Next Steps• Analysis of the test• Validation of the testing questions • Test revision as necessary• Second semester testing
Project Expansion• Adding additional courses• Expanding item bank• Eventually expanding participation
o ESCo Districts
Contact InformationPCG• Mary Brickey,
• CTE Coordinator, • WDEMSC Coop • 501-882-6745
• Con Sullivan, • Agriculture Inst. • DesArc High School
• David Sheao [email protected] 281-543-8166
• John Kingo [email protected] 870-703-4910