Comprehensive Assessment System: Assessment Maps in Appendix A

Part II& The CAS Self-Assessment Tool

Webinar #5November 9, 2011

Session Topic:

Assessment Maps:Appendix A

Following Up andAnswering Questions

And Introducing the

CAS Self-Assessment Tool

Session Objectives

The purpose of this session is to:• Briefly summarize Assessment Maps Part I• Answer questions about using the Assessment

Maps• Introduce the CAS Self-Assessment Tool

Assessment Maps – Part I Recap

What are assessment maps?• Visual tool used to inventory assessments• Organizes assessments by specific criteria

Why should you use assessment maps?• Identify assessment gaps/needs• Highlight redundancies in assessments

Who should use assessment maps?• LEA administrators • School leaders, if applicable

Assessment Maps – Part I Recap

Where can you find RIDE’s assessment maps?• In Appendix A of the CAS Criteria & Guidance http://www.ride.ri.gov/assessment/DOCS/CAS/Assessment_Matrix-Map_Tool_final.xls

When should you use them?• Utilizing this tool now will help lay the foundation

for a multitude of initiatives

Assessment Maps – Part I Recap

How are the assessment maps completed?

• Download the form• Fill out the form with assessments used at the

local level with the required informationo local computer-based assessments (i.e. PALS, Aimsweb, NWEA MAP)o assessments used in the RTI processo LEA interim or benchmark assessments

• Use the results to create a plan for developing/refining CAS

FAQs

“Where do I find this information?”

• District Testing Coordinator• Curriculum Director or Assistant Superintendent• Special Education director• RTI Coordinator/point person• Testing manual and/or technical manual• Principals (in smaller districts)

FAQs

“How do I know what the purposes of the assessment is?”

• Familiarize yourself with the difference between screening/diagnostic, interim/progress monitoring, and summative/accountability assessments (refer to pgs. 5-6 in CAS) • Document how you think assessment is being used in LEA

• Is it consistent with the intended purpose of the assessment?• Refer to assessment’s technical manual or accompanying documents, if available• If it’s a local assessment, confer with team who created the assessment

• Think about how the purpose of the assessment is being communicated across the LEA. Is it being implemented with fidelity to its intended purpose?

FAQs

“Where do I go from here?”

• Identify gaps and overlaps in CAS

• Create a plan to strengthen your assessment system based on inventory results

• Complete CAS Self-Assessment• to document current status of CAS• to prioritize areas of need

Questions?

CAS Self-Assessment Tool

Purpose is to help LEAs answer the questions:

Where do we want it

to be?

Where is our Assessment

System now?

How do we close the gap to develop and refine a Comprehensive

Assessment System?

http://www.ride.ri.gov/assessment/CAS.aspx

CAS Self-Assessment Tool

Indicators of a Strong SystemStatus of Implemetation

(Circle one)Evaluation of Implementation

(Circle one, if applicable)Notes/Next Steps

1LEA leadership has read and discussed the Comprehensive Assessment System Criteria & Guidance issued by RIDE.

Not Started In Process Complete

Weak Satisfactory

Strong

2LEA has inventoried their system using the Assessment Maps (Appendix A) in the Criteria & Guidance.

Not Started In Process Complete

Weak Satisfactory

Strong

3Educators in the LEA understand the purpose of a Comprehensive Assessment System.

Not Started In Process Complete

Weak Satisfactory

Strong

4The LEA documents and effectively communicates

CAS-related decisions to educators and other stakeholders.

Not Started In Process Complete

Weak Satisfactory

Strong

Category

Awareness

CAS Self Assessment Tool

• Complete Assessment Maps if applicable• Continue to email RIDE with any questions

about the process• Use the CAS self-assessment• Participate in CAS webinars

Next Steps…

Resources

http://www.ride.ri.gov/assessment/CAS.aspx

Link to:CAS Criteria & Guidance Document

Assessment MapsCAS Self-Assessment Tool

Questions?

www.RIDE.RI.gov/Division-EEIE/Office_IAC.aspx

For questions about using Assessment Maps contact:Lindsay Wepman

Lindsay.Wepman@RIDE.RI.GOV

For other CAS-related questions contact:Laura Kacewicz

Laura.Kacewicz@RIDE.RI.GOV

Contact Info

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