Arizona

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Arizonas Assessment Program

• New Charter School Operator Workshop
• March 27, 2009
• Irene Hunting
• Director of State Test Administration

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Arizonas Assessments

• Standards Based Assessments
• Measure student proficiency of the Arizona
  Academic Content Standards in Writing, Reading,
  Mathematics, and Science
• Required by state and federal law
• Norm Referenced Assessments
• Measure student national percentile ranking in
  Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics
• Required by state law

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Arizonas Assessments

• Standards Based Assessments
• Arizonas Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)
• Developed by Arizona teachers
• Owned by Arizona
• Norm Referenced Assessments
• TerraNova
• Developed by CTB/McGraw-Hill
• Owned by CTB/McGraw-Hill

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Arizonas Assessments

• AIMS HS (High School)
• Standards based
• Grades 10, 11, 12
• AIMS 3-8 (Dual Purpose Assessment)
• Standards based norm referenced
• Grades 3 through 8
• TerraNova
• Norm referenced
• Grades 2 and 9
• AIMS A (for students with significant cognitive
  disabilities)
• Grades 2 - 12

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AIMS HS

• Covers content that is expected to be taught in
  ninth and tenth grade.
• Based on the Arizona Academic Content Standards

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AIMS HS

• Writing
• One extended writing prompt
• Reading
• Selected response
• Mathematics
• Selected response
• Science
• Selected response

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AIMS HS

• Scored using the FAME scale
• Exceeds the Standard
• Meets the Standard
• Approaches the Standard
• Falls Far Below the Standard

Passing
Failing
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AIMS HS

• Writing, Reading, Mathematics
• Administered in the Spring
• All 10th graders (based on cohort)
• All 11th and 12th graders who have not yet met
  the standard
• 11th and 12th graders who have met the standard,
  but not yet exceeded, may retake to improve score

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AIMS HS

• Science
• Administered in the Spring
• 10th graders (based on cohort)
• 9th graders who are currently taking a life
  science course may opt to take in 9th grade
• No retests on Science

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AIMS HS

• Writing, Reading, Mathematics
• Administered in the Fall
• All 11th and 12th graders who have not yet met
  the standard
• 11th and 12th graders who have met the standard,
  but not yet exceeded, may retake to improve score

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AIMS HS

• Students must pass Writing, Reading, and
  Mathematics content areas of AIMS HS to graduate
  from high school.
• Students have several chances to pass AIMS HS.
• Science is not included in the graduation
  requirement.

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AIMS HS

• Students with an IEP or a 504 plan are not
  required to pass AIMS HS for graduation unless
  required in IEP or 504 plan.
• Students who passed a qualifying NCLB compliant
  HS exam in another state are not required to pass
  AIMS HS.

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AIMS 3-8

• AIMS 3-8 contains both AIMS items and TerraNova
  items.
• AIMS items are based on the grade specific
  Arizona Academic Content Standards.
• TerraNova items are nationally normed items.

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AIMS 3-8

• Writing
• One extended writing prompt
• Reading
• Selected response
• Includes TerraNova Reading and Language Arts
  Items
• Mathematics
• Selected response
• Includes TerraNova Mathematics Items
• Science (Grades 4 and 8 only)
• Selected response

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AIMS 3-8

• AIMS portion

AIMS Items
Terra Nova Items


TerraNova/ AIMS Items
TerraNova portion
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AIMS 3-8

• AIMS portion scored using the FAME scale
• Exceeds the Standard
• Meets the Standard
• Approaches the Standard
• Falls Far Below the Standard
• TerraNova portion scored using percentile

Passing
Failing
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AIMS 3-8

• Administered in the Spring
• All students in grades 3 through 8 are tested on
  the AIMS 3-8 which includes Writing, Reading,
  Mathematics, and TerraNova (Reading/Language
  Arts, and Mathematics).
• All students in Grades 4 and 8 are also tested on
  Science.

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TerraNova

• Reading/Language Arts
• Selected response
• Mathematics
• Selected response
• Scored using percentile
• Administered in Spring
• All 2nd graders
• All 9th graders

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Testing Accommodations

• All students in grades 2 through high school
  participate in state testing.
• Some students may receive testing accommodations
  (SpEd, 504, ELL).
• Students with a significant cognitive disability
  (approximately 1 of the population) may qualify
  to participate in an alternate assessment, AIMS
  A.

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Test Preparation

• All activities used to prepare students for
  testing must meet the guidelines established by
  the Arizona Board of Education.

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Testing Requirements

• All public schools are required to properly
  administer state mandated assessments
• Designate a test coordinator and notify
  Assessment Section of ADE
• Become familiar with the various testing
  resources and information available on the ADE
  website
• Attend pre-test workshops

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Test Support Materials

• Sources on ADE website
• http//www.ade.az.gov/standards/aims/Administering
  /
• AIMS Student Guides
• AIMS Sample Tests
• AIMS Writing
• AIMS Released Items

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Test Support Materials

• Sources on the IDEAL website
• http//www.ideal.azed.gov
• Performance Objective Snapshots (PDF)
• Strand Concept Level Quizzes (PDF)
• Formative Assessment For Learning Item Bank
• Grades 1 10
• Mathematics
• Reading
• Language Arts
• Science
• Social Studies

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Test Support Materials

• IDEAL Website
• Contact Information
• Chris Paulino
• Director of Formative Assessment
• Assessment Section, ADE
• 602.364.2814
• Chris.Paulino_at_azed.gov

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Contact Information

• Arizonas Assessment Program
• Mary Pat Wood
• State Test Coordinator
• Assessment Section, ADE
• 602.542.5345
• MaryPat.Wood_at_azed.gov