ReadiStep

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ReadiStepUsing Results Fall 2012
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Agenda

• ReadiStep Overview
• ReadiStep Score Scale
• Student Reports and Tools
• School and District Reports and Tools
• Using Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS)
  Reports
• Additional Resources

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Using ResultsReadiStep Overview
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What is ReadiStep?
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The College Readiness Pathway
An integrated series of assessments that provide
insight and feedback at critical points from
middle school through high school

• Measures a progression of skills
• Same content areas reading, writing, and
  mathematics
• Same skill categories at grade-appropriate levels
• Supports skill improvement
• Skills Insight at each level
• Reports that help educators understand skill
  strengths and weaknesses
• Tools to help measure, monitor, and direct
  student progress

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The ReadiStep Assessment

• Designed to work with the PSAT/NMSQT and SAT
• Measures reading, writing, and math skills
  students learn in school
• All multiple choice (no essay or student-produced
  response questions)
• Four answer options for each question

Section Timing of Items
Critical Reading 40 Minutes 45 Items
Writing Skills 40 Minutes 50 Items
Mathematics 40 Minutes (20 calculator, 20 non-calculator) 36 Items (18 calculator, 18 non-calculator)
Total 120 Minutes 131 Items
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Critical Reading
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Writing Skills
Identifying Sentence Errors (33)
Because we asked for extra time well in advance,
Mr. Wiley gave Colleen and I three more days to
finish our science project. No error
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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Mathematics
Geometry and Measurement (25)
Number and Operations (35)

• The price of a desktop computer was decreased
  from 600 to 450. The decrease was what percent
  of the original price?
• 25
• 30
• 33 ¹/3
• 45

C

• Point C is the center of a circle with radius 8.
  The figure above shows one-quarter of this
  circle. What is the perimeter of the figure?
• 8 2?
• 8 4?
• 16 2?
• 164?

Algebra (25)

• If x is negative, which of the following
  expressions must be positive?
• 12x 40
• 12x 40
• -12x 40
• -12x 40

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ReadiStep Tools and Reports
Report Format Distribution Delivery Date
Student Score Report Paper report (2 per student) Shipped to school or district Dec. 10, 2012
MyRoad Online tool Access code on Student Score Report Dec. 10, 2012
Skills Insight PDF In Using Results Guide (on data CD) and online Dec. 10, 2012
School Summary Report (School Copy) Paper report Shipped to school or district Dec. 10, 2012
School Summary Report (District Copy) Paper report Shipped to district Dec. 10, 2012
School Student Data CD Excel-ready CSV file on CD Shipped to school or district Dec. 10, 2012
District Student Data CD Excel-ready CSV file on CD Shipped to district Dec. 10, 2012
Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) PDF Available online access code provided via email Early January 2013
Reports shipped to location indicated on the
ReadiStep order.
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Using ResultsReadiStep Score Scale
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Revised ReadiStep Score Scale

• Original Scale
• 28 per section
• 0.2 increments

• Revised Scale
• 17 per section
• 0.1 increments

• Scores on a scale of 1 to 7 per section (0.1
  increments)
• Linked directly to PSAT/NMSQT and SAT score
  scales
• Accounts for lower skill levels of younger
  students

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Revised Scale
ReadiStep PSAT/NMSQT SAT
80 800
79 790
78 780

71 710
7 70 700
6.9 69 690
6.8 68 680

2.2 22 220
2.1 21 210
2 20 200
1.9

1.2
1.1
1

• PSAT/NMSQTand SAT only(higher ceiling)

• Consistent scale for all three programs

• ReadiStepTM only (lower floor)

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Revised Scale How Scores Change

• 2012-13 scores will appearlower than 2011-12
  scores
• Complete conversion tablewill show the original
  andrevised scales(see sample at right)

Full conversion table posted at http//readistep.
collegeboard.org/using-results
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Benefits of the New ReadiStep Scale
Direct link to PSAT/NMSQT and SAT score scales

• Allows ReadiStep to beinterpreted within the
  contextof PSAT/NMSQT and SATscore scales
• Allows for easier measurementof growth and
  progress over time
• Allows for a progression of college readiness
  benchmarks from 8th grade through high school

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Using ResultsStudent Reports and Tools
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Student Score Report (Front)

• Score
• Score range
• Percentile
• Correct answer
• Student answer
• Difficulty level

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Student Score Report (Back)

• Students MyRoad access code
• More information about improving skills online

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MyRoad Online Planning Tool

• MyRoad is an online college andcareer planning
  tool that lets students
• Take a short, fun quiz to understandtheir
  personality types
• Learn about careers and college majorsthat fit
  their personality types
• Start exploring colleges by location,major, cost
  and more
• Track what they need to do in high schoolto
  prepare for college
• Accessing MyRoad (free for all ReadiStep
  test-takers)
• Visit www.myroad.com.
• Sign up using the instructions for test-takers.
• Enter the access code provided on the back of the
  student score report.

Note Students age 12 and under can only create
MyRoad accounts under thesupervision of a
parent, guardian or school staff member(see
instructions at readistep.collegeboard.org).
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Skills Insight

• What is Skills Insight?
• Report detailing the link between scores and
  skills
• Description of skills reflected at each score
  band
• Sample questions illustrating each skill
• Suggestions for improvement
• Who uses Skills Insight?
• Students, parents, and educators

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Skills Insight Student Action Plan

• What is the Skills Insight Student Action Plan?
• Step-by-step instructions for using the Skills
  Insight document
• Worksheet to help students and parents make a
  skill improvement plan
• Available at readistep.collegeboard.org/student

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Tips for Using Student Tools and Reports

• Distribute student test books with score reports.
• Allow students to review questions theyomitted
  or answered incorrectly.
• Review questions in math and ELA classes.
• Review all questions or focus on commonly missed
  questions
• Have students work in groups to develop
  explanations for correct answers and then present
  them to the class.
• Schedule a computer lab session to introduce
  students to MyRoad.
• If some students are age 12 or under, read the
  instructions in the Using ReadiStep Results
  Guide and collect permission from parents in
  advance.

Note Test books can only be reviewed in school
(students cannot take them home).
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Using ResultsSchool and District Reports and
Tools
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College and Career ReadinessBenchmark New!

• ReadiStep benchmark
• Indicates whether students are on track for
  college and career readiness
• Available for 8th grade
• First in a series of benchmarks from 8th to 12th
  grade
• Reported only oneducator reports
• School Summary Report
• Student Data CD
• Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) Report

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School Summary Report

• The School Summary Report compares school,
  district, and total group data
• Students tested in each grade
• Mean scores by grade, across the three test
  sections
• Percent of students on track to be college and
  career ready

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Student Data CD

• What is the Student Data CD?
• Excel-ready .CSV file provided on CD
• Includes specific details aboutperformance of
  each student inthe district
• Includes fields provided through
  bulkregistration/pre-ID process
• How can districts use theStudent Data CD?
• Add ReadiStep data to existing databases of
  student information
• Sort and filter data to conduct analyses for
  different schools, andsub-groups of students
• Add columns for teacher name and provide each
  teacher with datafor his or her students

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Using ResultsSummary of Answers and
Skills(SOAS) Reports
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Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS)

• Aggregate skill- and question-level feedback
• Comparisons to the nation, state, and a
  comparable group
• Same format asPSAT/NMSQT SOAS reports
• Provided to each school and district testing at
  10 or more students in a grade

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SOAS Performance Overview

• The number of students tested
• Mean scores
• Standard deviation
• Score distribution
• Benchmark

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SOAS Skills Analysis

• Provided for each test section (Critical Reading,
  Writing Skills, and Mathematics)
• Lists skill and average number of questions
  correct for that skill
• Lists all questions measuring that skill and
  percentage of students answering correctly

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SOAS Question Analysis

• Provided for each test section
• A visual display of student responses and answer
  patterns
• Shows percent selecting each answer option
• Shows same information for state and nation

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SOAS Comparable Group Analysis

• Provided for each test section
• Compares your students performance on each
  question to students in a comparable group
• Visual representation helps identify outliers,
  questions that your students performed better or
  worse than expected

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What Is a Comparable Group?

• A useful statistical model.
• A statistically created group (virtual group).
• Mirrors your groups performance profile.
• Creates an expected performance indicator for
  your group on each question.
• Provides more actionable feedback than state
  or national averages on questions/skills.

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ReadiStep SOAS Is Now Online!

• New for the 2012-13 school year
• ReadiStep SOAS reports delivered online (in the
  same location as PSAT/NMSQT SOAS reports)
• Eighth-grade SOAS reports contain new benchmark
  indicator
• Test questions and answer explanations provided
  with reports
• Enhanced support materials available to help
  educatorsuse reports
• Accessing SOAS reports
• Reports available in early January
• Access codes emailed to school and district
  contacts
• Multiple staff members can access reports each
  must create aCollege Board account and use the
  SOAS access code

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Tips for Using SOAS Reports

• Review SOAS reports with a copy of thetest book
  in hand.
• After reviewing individual results with
  students,collect test books and save them for
  staff to usewhen reviewing SOAS reports.
• Distribute test books to teachers when reviewing
  the SOAS reports.
• Review ReadiStep and PSAT/NMSQT SOASreports
  together
• See suggested activities and discussion topics in
  the SOAS Tutorial available online.

Note After test books have been used for review
by students and staff, they must be destroyed.
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Additional Resources

• Visit the ReadiStep websitereadistep.collegeboa
  rd.org
• Downloads available
• Using ReadiStep Results and Skills Insight guide
• Skills Insight Student Action Plan
• Parent handouts in English and Spanish
• Sample score reports
• Student Data CD file layout
• Summary of Answers and Skills (SOAS) Tutorial