ACTIVITY: 4Sight Analysis

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ACTIVITY 4Sight Analysis End of Year

• State Standards, Anchors, Eligible Content, Test
  Blueprint
• Formative Assessments
• Administered Sept, Nov, Jan and May
• Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (next year add 9, 10 and
  11)
• PSSA Style
• PA Standards/Anchors/Eligible Content
• Reports
• Progress over time
• Identify areas of weak academic understanding
• SFA Member Center Web Site
• Manage student profiles
• Create reports and charts
• Lists students performing as advanced,
  proficient, basic and below basic for
  standards/anchors/eligible content

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ACTIVITY 4Sight Analysis End of Year
1. Subscale Report Shows mastery of specific
PA Standards in Reading or Math for
grade/class/student. The report shows individual
students scores and correct for each PA
standards/anchor.
Identify weak areas of understanding for
individual students
Use this report to identify weak areas for
specific standards/anchors for individual
students.
2. Item Analysis Report Shows individual
questions and answers for test and the of
students who selected each answer option. High
indicates mastery of concept. Low indicates it
is an area of weak understanding for that
standards/anchors and requires additional
instruction.
Look at test questions and identify weak areas
Use this report to review standard/anchor
questions that show weak understanding (performed
below 45 math or 54 reading).
3. Administration and Scoring Guide This
manual is available on the SFA web site and is
also packaged with each classroom test set. The
guide contains Answer Key and Alignment guide,
PSSA correlation guides, and other information
about the test.
Identify weak standards and anchors
Use the Answer Key and Alignment guide to see the
exact PA standard/anchor and descriptor for each
question of the test.
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PSSA Eligible Content Standards/Anchors tested
on the 2006 PSSA

• Math
• Numbers and Operations (standards 2.1 and 2.2)
• Measurement
• (standard 2.3)
• Geometry
• (standards 2.9 and 2.10)
• Algebraic Concepts (standard 2.8)
• Data Analysis and Probability
• (standards 2.6 and 2.7)
• Open-Response Items

• Reading
• Comprehension and Reading Skills
• Interpretation and Analysis of Fiction and
  Nonfiction Text
• 1.1 Reading Independently
• 1.2 Reading Critically in All Content Areas
• 1.3 Reading Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
• Open-Response Items

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PSSA Blueprint of questions on the PSSA for
each tested standard
Math Reporting Categories Grade 3 Grade 5 Grade 8
Number and Operations 42 48 41 45 18 22
Measurement 13 16 12 15 12 15
Geometry 13 16 12 15 15 20
Algebraic Concepts 13 16 13 17 25 30
Data Analysis and Probability 13 16 12 15 15 20
Reading Reporting Categories Grade 3 Grade 5 Grades 8
Comprehension and Reading Skills A.1 Fiction A.2 Non Fiction 75 70 50
Interpretation and Analysis of Fiction and Nonfiction Text B.1 Components within text or components within and across text. B.2 Literary Devices B.3 Concepts and Organization of Fiction and Nonfiction Text 25 30 50
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Standard
Anchor

• Standard 2.1. Numbers, Number Systems and
  Number Relationships
• 2.1.8. GRADE 8
•  A. Represent and use numbers in equivalent forms
  (e.g., integers, fractions, decimals, percents,
  exponents, scientific notation, square roots).
•  B. Simplify numerical expressions involving
  exponents, scientific notation and using order of
  operations.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education
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Standard
Anchor
R5.B Interpretation and Analysis of Literature
ASSESSMENT ANCHOR R5.B.1 Describe and interpret
literary elements within and among texts.
Standard 1.3. Reading, Analyzing and
Interpreting Literature 1.3.5. GRADE 5  A. Read
and understand works of literature.  B. Compare
the use of literary elements within and among
texts including characters, setting, plot, theme
and point of view
R5.B.1.1 Compare characters, settings and plots Reference 1.3.5.B R5.B.1.1.1 Items may ask the students to compare or explain relationships among the following Characters main, supporting, actions, motives and emotions/feelings Settings where or when the story takes place, a detail that describes the setting, or information form the text that suggests a setting Plots conflict, rising action, climax and resolution. Note Items may ask students to utilize story maps or Venn diagrams to show sequence, cause effect, and/or comparison/contrast.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
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ACTIVITY 4Sight Analysis End of Year
1. Subscale Report Shows mastery of specific
PA Standards in Reading or Math for
grade/class/student. The report shows individual
students scores and correct for each PA
standards/anchor.
Identify weak areas of understanding for
individual students
Use this report to identify weak areas for
specific standards/anchors for individual
students.
2. Item Analysis Report Shows individual
questions and answers for test and the of
students who selected each answer option. High
indicates mastery of concept. Low indicates it
is an area of weak understanding for that
standards/anchors and requires additional
instruction.
Look at test questions and identify weak areas
Use this report to review standard/anchor
questions that show weak understanding (performed
below 45 math or 54 reading).
3. Administration and Scoring Guide This
manual is available on the SFA web site and is
also packaged with each classroom test set. The
guide contains Answer Key and Alignment guide,
PSSA correlation guides, and other information
about the test.
Identify weak standards and anchors
Use the Answer Key and Alignment guide to see the
exact PA standard/anchor and descriptor for each
question of the test.
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Elementary Subscale Report - Math
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Standard Anchor
Possible number of points for Std/Anchor
Number of points for student
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Elementary Item Analysis Report - Math
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of students who selected answer
Correct answer bolded
Possible answers
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AYP Math 45 Proficient or Above
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Middle School Subscale Report - Reading
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Standard Anchor
Possible number of points for Std/Anchor
Number of points for student
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Middle School Item Analysis Report - Reading
Problem Question 33 is below the 54 threshold
set for Reading for Adequate Yearly Press (AYP)
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AYP Reading 54 Proficient or Above
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• Item 5 Problem Question from Item Analysis
• Below 54 of the students got this correct
• Category Interpretation and Analysis
• PA Standard Reading, Analyzing, Interpreting
• 1.3.8B
• Descriptor Point of View
• R7.B.2.2.1

Note Correlations are available for grades that
have take the PSSA for more than one year.
Grades 3, 5 and 8.
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ACTIVITY 4Sight Analysis End of Year

• Reflection on findings