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As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Imagine SchoolsMission Statement

IS GONE

IS NEW

PBT = PAPER BASED TESTCBT = COMPUTER BASED TEST

WHAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO DO…

• Open response – Students must state/type their response in their own words, citing evidence from the text.

• Hot Text – Students will be asked to select two or more words/phrases/sentences provided from text within a paragraph by highlighting or clicking over the text.

• Multiple Choice – Students will have standard four choice questions as well as ones with more than four answer choices. Students may be asked to select more than one answer.

OPEN RESPONSE

HOT TEXT

MULTIPLE CHOICE

TWO PART QUESTIONS

YOUR CHILD’S DATA

Input your child’s data for reading and math onto the APTT Meeting #1 Form to take home and review strategies that will help your child grow.

READING FLUENCY Instructional level expectation for fluency for

third grade. Words correct per minute—

timed one minute, subtract miscues.

September January May

Advanced 101 and higher 111 and higher 131 and higher

On Level 85-100 95-110 115-130

Below 84 and under 94 and under 114 and under

85 was the target for September

Student Confidential Number

Sept. Goal85 WPM

Grade LevelExpectationby May

Reading Fluency

STAR TESTING

WHAT IS STAR ENTERPRISE?

Based on Core Progress learning progressions

Aligned to state standards and CCSS

Linked to state proficiency tests

Computeradaptive test (CAT)

34 items

BENEFITS OF STAR TESTING

Immediate resultsGreat reportsQuestions get easier or harder

depending on the student answersStudents can test up to once a week

to monitor progress and growth

REPORTS GIVE GREAT FEEDBACK FOR INSTRUCTION

TELLS WHICH STUDENTS STILL NEED WORK ON THIS STANDARD

REPORTS GIVE GREAT FEEDBACK FOR INSTRUCTION

I CAN TELL WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON PERIMETER

GIVES SAMPLES OF QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE

SCALED SCORE

Since the testing software can create many different test forms and reports, the data on the STAR test is converted to a scaled score that ranges from 0 to 1400. The score is also based on the difficulty of the test questions and the student's patterns of right or wrong answers.

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September Target 357

Star Reading

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September Target 500

Star Math

PARENT ROLE

Repeated readings are the best way to improve fluency. Read a passage with your child. Help them with words they are struggling with then have them read the passage again. Start with on-level text then gradually increase complexity.

INTERMEDIATE GRADING

Move to letter and percentage grading

Standards-based report cards

A 90-100%

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

D 60-69%

F 59% and below

RESOURCES

Great math resource

Set up by standards

Allows students to work on that standard at the level they are currently on.

Login information will be emailed to you

IXL

Math and Reading resource

Set up by skillsAllows students

to work on specific standards

Login information will be emailed to you

DYNAMATH MAGAGINE

Math ResourceAligns to

Common Core8 issues$7.00

SETTING GOALS

Please take time to review the Goal Setting form with your child and complete together.