Practical Classroom Use Of ThinkLink P'a's Test

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Practical Classroom UseOfThinkLink P.a.s Test

• Presented By
• Christy Hunt
• Matt Wood

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• Predicts proficiency with up to 90 percent
  accuracy.
• Assessments can be delivered on paper or online.
• Correlated to TN State Standards

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Why at Adamsville?

• Of the 205 schools that met AYP in 2002-2003,
  ThinkLink helped 200 or 98 maintain AYP in
  2003-2004.
• Of the 194 schools that did not meet AYP in
  2002-2003, ThinkLink helped 137 of 194 schools or
  71 improve and meet AYP benchmarks in 2003-2004.
  
• Remarkably, most of the schools that used
  ThinkLink were Title I schools.

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Gathering Useful Data

• TVAAS
• Yearly Progress
• School Progress
• Student Projections
• ThinkLink
• Current Knowledge
• Student Diagnosis
• Accurate Assessments

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Individual Student Reports

• Quick glance tells you if the student has
  mastered, partially mastered, or not mastered
  specific state objectives.
• At the bottom of each report it states if the
  overall score is not proficient, proficient, or
  advanced.
• You can compare three test scores before students
  begin the standardized test to help you target
  skills where students are demonstrating weakness.

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Testing

• The students take a test three times a year.
  These tests cover a few questions on all state
  objectives.
• The teacher can create individual test, for each
  sub-skill with approximately ten questions. You
  can set these up on different grade levels.
• You can retest on specific sub-skills as many
  times as you like.
• Each test is aligned to state objectives.

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Test Objectives

• Mathematics
• Number/Operation
• Compute
• Algebra
• Problem Solving
• Data/Probability
• Measure
• Geometry
• Graphs

• Language Arts
• Content
• Grammar
• Meaning
• Technology and Skill
• Vocabulary
• Writing/Organization
• Writing/Process

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Teaching Resources

• ThinkLink Learning has a matrix which lists the
  reporting categories for each grade in English,
  math, science, and social studies.
• By selecting the proper grade level and
  reporting category, the teachers will see the
  definition of the reporting category and
  sub-reporting categories plus an array of
  websites that cover each reporting category.

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Application and Implementation

• Accelerated Math Individualized Curriculum.
• Administer ThinkLink P.A.S. Test
• Download Class Report
• Select P.A.S. Identified Objectives
• McGraw/Hill Correlated Curriculum
• Exam View Software
• Online Practice Test - Differentiated Learning
• Differentiated grade levels for each sub-skill
• Resources to develop creative lesson plans
• Assessments test for mastery

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• Evaluating Reports
• Using the Data
• Monitoring Progress
• Ongoing Assessments

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The End

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  and useful.