Acuity

1. Acuity

2. Key Components of Acuity • Online and offline tests • Online reports virtually instantly • Online Instructional Resources • Item banks for customized tests • Above-Grade level testing for compacting, differentiation in the general classroom, acceleration, present levels for IEPs. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

3. Acuity Benchmark Assessments Diagnostics from CTB Custom Assessments Customized to student needs Created by teachers Aligned to West Virginia’s CSOs Created from Acuity’s 25,000 item bank WV custom item bank • Assess student knowledge of core content areas • Aligned to West Virginia’s CSOs • Broad Curriculum Mapping State Authored Benchmark Assessments 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

4. Benchmark Assessments can be created from any and all of the following: WVDE Custom Item Bank/ Custom Tests Acuity Diagnostic Item Bank/Tests Acuity 25,000 Item Bank/Custom Tests Item Banks

5. Permissions • Super User • WVDE (John Miller) • District Administrator • School Administrator • Teacher • Test Administrator • Scorer • Observer • Student

6. Assign Custom Test: http://acuitytraining.ctb.com charliebrown acuity123

7. Acuity Plugins 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

8. Acuity Plugins

9. https://www.acuityathome.com/login http://acuitytraining.ctb.com WVDE 2009 SETLA

10. charliebrown acuity123

11. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

12. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

13. Primary 2nd Grade Tina Anderson Intermediate 4th Grade Eleanor Culver Middle 7th Grade Kenneth Ayon High 10th Grade Donna Hood 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

14. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

15. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

16. 21st Century Special Educators: Leading the Change! WVDE SETLA 2009

17. Acuity Assign Custom Test

18. Assign Custom Test: Select Tests Select Custom Tests Select Create/Manage Choose Subject Select Show Existing Tests

19. WVDE 2009 SETLA

20. WVDE 2009 SETLA

22. View & copy WVDE 2009 SETLA

25. Create Tests Select Tests Select Custom Tests Select Create/Manage Choose Subject Select Create New Tests

27. Standards or Skills Groups Fill In The Blank Multiple Choice Constructed Response Grid-In WVDE 2009 SETLA

28. Create Tests Click Select Item Manually (or let computer select View – select Scroll down and Save Name test Save as draft

29. Assign Custom Test: Step 4

30. WVDE 2009 SETLA

33. Assign Custom Test: Step 6 Cannot assign students until saved as Final.

34. Practice at http://acuitytraining.ctb.com charliebrown acuity123