Lake Bluff District 65

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Lake Bluff District 65

• Assessment Program, 2009-2010
• Presented by Dr. Susan Armbruster
• November 17, 2009

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Assessment Goals

• To measure and evaluate student growth and
  achievement in order to improve instructional
  programs.
• To assist teachers in making data informed
  decisions about each students educational
  program.
• To compare overall student ability and
  achievement levels with students in Illinois and
  across the nation.

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Triangulating Data
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Illinois Snapshot of Early Literacy (ISEL)

• Assesses early literacy development.
• Administered to students in K and 1.
• Assesses alphabet recognition, story listening,
  phonemic awareness, one to one matching, word
  naming, letter sounds, spelling, word recognition
  and reading.
• Guides decision-making about literacy
  instruction.

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Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs)

• One to three minute assessments in reading and
  math.
• Administered to students in K-8.

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How do we use CBM data?

• Quick screening to identify students who are
  academically at risk.
• Monitor progress for students receiving academic
  interventions.

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Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT)

• Assesses thinking skills
• Tests verbal comprehension and reasoning
• Tests nonverbal figural and quantitative
  reasoning
• Compares students to others locally and
  nationally

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Who takes OLSAT tests?

• Students in grades one through eight were tested.
• September, 2009 was the first time OLSATs were
  administered in District 65.

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How do we use OLSAT data?

• To compare District 65 students to same age peers
  locally and nationally.
• As an indicator of school ability in academic
  areas.
• To develop curriculum for all ability levels

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Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT)

• No Child Left Behind Act, 2001
• Administered in March in grades 3-8
• Measures individual student achievement of
  Illinois Learning Standards

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Who takes the ISATs?

• Students in grades three through eight are
  testing in reading and math.
• Fourth and seventh graders are also tested in
  science.
• Students in grades three, five, six and eight
  take the ISAT writing test.

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How do we use ISAT data?

• To compare students to grade level peers in
  Illinois.
• To measure student performance on Illinois
  Learning Standards.

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Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

• Adaptive computerized assessments
• Measures a students instructional level in
  reading, math and language usage.
• Grade-independent analysis of a childs learning,
  equal interval RIT scale

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Who takes MAP tests?

• Students in grades two through eight are tested
  in reading, mathematics and language usage.
• Students are tested in the fall and spring.

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How do we use MAP data?

• To view students as individuals with different
  learning needs.
• To identify curricular strengths and weaknesses.
• To establish individual and classroom goals.

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Inform

• Accessing all data in one location.

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• Thank you!