While we are waiting…….

Identify a data source the school has, such as ACT Aspire Summative, ACT Aspire Interims, AIMS Web, NWEA MAP, etc.

Reflect on how teachers currently use this data source and what is a more effective way to use this data source.

Interpreting and Using ACT Aspire Summative ResultsWebinar 8/24/16

Spring 2016 Test Administration Dr. Mary Kearney, Associate SuperintendentDr. Jorge Peña, Director of School Improvement and Accreditation

Workshop Objectives

4:00 - 4:20 Objective 1- Understand how to interpret the Current Progress Report

4:20 - 4:35 Objective 2- Understand how to interpret the Skill Proficiency Report

4:35 - 4:50 Objective 3- Identify the skills that were the most challenging to students on the summative test

4:50 - 5:15 Objective 4- Describe how school’s will share results with parents/students

Prayer(Sign of the cross)

God of wisdom and might,we praise you for the wonder of our being,for mind, body and spirit.Be with our children as they begina new school year.Bless them and their teachers and staff.Give the strength and grace as their bodies grow;wisdom and knowledge to their mindsas they search for understanding;and peace and zeal to their hearts.We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

(Sign of the cross)

Workshop Norms

1. Take an inquiry stance.

2. Ground statements in evidence.

3. Assume positive intentions.

4. Stick to protocol.

5. Start and end on time.

6. Be here now.

Sure as Sunlight by Ronald Ferguson

There’s a child here in your caring Who may someday cure all cancer But you’ve got to lay the groundwork So that it can come to pass.

She’s a child who hasn't blossomed So you cannot see her brilliance But as sure as there is sunlight, She’s here. Now. In your class.

I can’t tell you what her name is Nor her height, nor weight, nor color, Only that she is potentially A history-making lass.

Archdiocese of Chicago Academic Improvement Goals

Reading and Math

Student are to be proficient in learning Archdiocese of Chicago Curricular Benchmarks in English/language arts and math

As measured by meeting or exceeding ACT Aspire College Readiness Benchmarks: “ready” or “exceeding”

Understand how ACT Aspire results are reported

1. Log into the ACT Aspire Portal

2. Change from ‘district-level’ (name of school ARCHCHI school code) to the ‘school-level’ view (name of school and school code)

3. In the View Summative drop-down menu, click on View Summative Reports

4. Generate the Educator Report: Current Progress for each grade

Choose the ‘school-level’ when you log into the ACT Aspire Portal

In the Summative Tests menu, click on View Summative Reports

Click on the Educator tab

Choose Current Progress

Understand and interpret the Current Progress report

Confirm the readiness level

ACT Aspire Readiness Level

Are we ‘ready’ or ‘exceeding’?

Closer look at reading

Let’s pause for questions

Workshop Objectives

4:00 - 4:20 Objective 1- Understand how to interpret the Current Progress Report

4:20 - 4:35 Objective 2- Understand how to interpret the Skill Proficiency Report

4:35 - 4:50 Objective 3- Identify the skills that were the most challenging to students on the summative test

4:50 - 5:15 Objective 4- Describe how school’s will share results with parents/students

Choose the Skill Proficiency report

Understand and interpret the Skill Proficiency report

Let’s pause for questions

Use the Objectivity/Specificity Matrix to describe the results

Objectivity/Specificity Matrix, Data Analysis Example

Analyze the results

Analyze the Current Progress and Skill Proficiency reports

Use the “I notice/I wonder” protocol

Write specific and descriptive “I notice” statements

Write specific and descriptive “I wonder” questions

Workshop Objectives

4:00 - 4:20 Objective 1- Understand how to interpret the Current Progress Report

4:20 - 4:35 Objective 2- Understand how to interpret the Skill Proficiency Report

4:35 - 4:50 Objective 3- Identify the skills that were the most challenging to students on the summative test

4:50 - 5:15 Objective 4- Describe how school’s will share results with parents/students

Assessments Measure Standards

ACT Aspire measures the Archdiocese of Chicago Curricular Benchmarks

Identify the lowest performing strand in reading or math

Access the AoC Curriculum Benchmark Report and identify the skills for the lowest performing strand/skill

Access the Complexity Report and identify the complexity of the skills in the strand/skill

Access the AoC Curriculum Sequence Report and identify when the skills are taught and assessed

Let’s pause for questions

Workshop Objectives

4:00 - 4:20 Objective 1- Understand how to interpret the Current Progress Report

4:20 - 4:35 Objective 2- Understand how to interpret the Skill Proficiency Report

4:35 - 4:50 Objective 3- Identify the skills that were the most challenging to students on the summative test

4:50 - 5:15 Objective 4- Describe how school’s will share results with parents/students

Sharing results with parents and students

1. Decide which report to share: ISR or one-page ISR

2. Decide how the school will share the results: printed hardcopy or digital copy using PowerSchool

3. Decide the date when the school will share the results with parents

Individual Student Report (ISR) or One-page ISR

Individual Student Report (ISR)

Multi-page report in color

Full results in this report: scale score, readiness level, performance by strand/skill, predictor range for this academic year, feedback for improvement, explanation of reporting categories such as ‘progress with text complexity,’ and national percentile for each test

One-page Individual Student Report (one-page ISR)

One-page report in black and white

Only the essentials are reported: scale score, readiness level, national percentile rank, and supplemental scores

Decide how the school will share the results

Printed hardcopy ISR: print in color and staple the reportOne-page ISR: print in black/white

Digital copy using PowerSchool ISR is the report that will be in PowerSchool School’s PowerSchool administrators executes the steps

in PowerSchool to make the reports viewableParents must have access to the PowerSchool parent

portal

When will parents/students receive the reports?

Teachers at the school are to interpret the ACT Aspire results to inform their practice and to discuss the results with parents/students

School decides the date when the school will share the results with parents

Locate the ISR and One-page ISR Click on the School tab

Next stepsReview next steps:

• Teachers are to interpret the ACT Aspire results to inform their practice and to discuss the results with parents/students

• Determine which report to share with parents/students: ISR or one-page ISR

• Determine how the school will deliver the results to parents: hardcopy or PowerSchool

• Determine the date when parents/students will receive the results

• Take an inquiry stance: email or call questions to Dr. Jorge Peña: jpena@archchicago.org/ 312-534-5289

Plus and Delta Protocol

+ Plus

What worked well about this workshop? Pluses are specific

and descriptive

∆ Delta

What should change for the next workshop?

Thank you for all that you do on behalf of Catholic schools!!