NJASK Parents Workshop

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NJASK Parents Workshop

• By
• NJPEP

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NJPEP Website
Assessment
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NJPEPs Assessment Page
NJ ASK support
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NJ ASK - Overview

• The NJ ASK serves the assessment needs of the New
  Jerseys public schools.
• The federal law requires states to use tests as a
  way of determining the performance levels of the
  schools.
• The tests are designed to assess how well
  students are learning the knowledge and skills
  called for by the States standards.

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NJ ASK - Overview

• The NJ ASK is designed to give your school
  information about how well students are achieving
  in the areas required by the States Core
  Curriculum Content Standards (CCCS).
• The CCCS determine what students should know and
  be able to do at a certain grade level.
• The CCCS were revised in 2002-2004 and were
  developed by teachers and other education
  professionals from New Jersey.

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Math Assessment - Overview

• The NJ ASK has two major types of questions.
• Multiple choice (MC) students are asked to
  choose one correct answer from among four
  choices.
• MC questions add much to the reliability and
  consistency of the test because many good
  questions that focus on a broad range of skills
  can be answered in a short span of time.

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Multiple-Choice Questions

• The Multiple-Choice (MC) items on NJ ASK are
  designed
• to assess higher-level cognitive processes. I
• take an average of between one and two minutes to
  answer each MC question.
• to be objective and do not require scoring by
  trained professionals.

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Open-Ended Questions

• Open-Ended (OE) items require students to
  construct their own written or graphical
  responses and explain their responses.
• It is anticipated that students will take
  approximately ten minutes to answer each OE
  question.
• Responses are hand scored holistically on a scale
  from 0 to 3 using the open-ended rubric.

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Numbers and Types of Items on the NJ ASK 3 4

• The total number of questions and items listed
  here for each grade reflects a possible student
  total score. The actual test has additional
  "field test" items - and these items are not
  reflected in the student score.

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Numbers and Types of Items on the NJ ASK 3 The
total number of questions and items listed here
for each grade reflects a possible student total
score. The actual test has additional "field
test" items - but these items are not reflected
in the student score.
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Numbers and Types of Items on the NJ ASK 4The
total number of questions and items listed here
for each grade reflects a possible student total
score. The actual test has additional "field
test" items - but these items are not reflected
in the student score.
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Parent Support NJDOE

• NJ ASK 2006 Parent, Student, and Teacher
  Information Guide (a 40 page PDF document at
  http//www.ets.org/Media/Tests/NJASK/pdf/2006_pst_
  info_manual.pdf).
• Elementary Assessment Helpful Hints at
  http//www.njpep.org/assessment/espa_hints/index.h
  tml

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More Parent Support

• U. S. Education Department Parents Resources
• http//www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml?srcfp
• NJPEP
• Assessment http//www.njpep.org/assessment/index.
  html
• Parents/Students http//www.njpep.org/parents_stu
  dents/index.html
• N. J. Department of Education Parents Circle
• http//www.state.nj.us/njded/parents/

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Helping Your Child with Test-Taking -- Helping
Your Child Succeed in School (US ED)

• Dos and don'ts about tests and testing.
  http//www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/pa
  rt9.html
• The Helping Your Child publication series with
  activities for children ages 5 through 11 aims to
  provide parents with the tools and information
  necessary to help their children succeed in
  school. The booklets provide
• information about things that you can do at home
  to contribute to your child's school success
• activities that you can use to help your child
  acquire the skills to succeed in school
• answers to often-asked questions about how to
  work with teachers and schools and
• tips on how to help your child with test taking.
  http//www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/in
  dex.html
• NOTE booklets are also in Spanish and some are
  directed toward specific content

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NJPEP CONTACTS

• Office phone [phone]
• Manager Dr. Lavinia Kumar
• Regional Professional Development Specialists
  South - Dorothy Atkins Central - Patricia A.
  Green North - Maria Mendez

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NJPEP

• Websitewww.njpep.org
• E-mailnjpep_at_doe.state.nj.us