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Katie Wollan, Implementation Manager, ACT Aspire

Sherry Reed, Senior Account Executive, ACT Aspire

ACT Aspire and ACSI Schools:Filling the Data Gap After COVID-19

• ACSI Benefits

• Resources for Participants

• ACT Aspire Overview

• ACT Aspire for 2020-2021

• COVID-19 Questions from Educators

• Three Options for Fall 2020-2021

• Pricing

• Answering the Questions

• Q and A

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ACT Aspire and ACSI Schools

• Measures of College and Career Readiness

• Student Reports…Adjust instruction just in time!

• Growth indicators within the school year

• Item models to help teachers

• Instructional Resources through ACT Academy

• ACSI Supported Implementation

• ACSI Customized Webinars

• ACSI Special Pricing for 2020-2021

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• Three Options Brochure

• Three Options Website

• This webinar is recorded

• Webinar slide deck

• All available on the Purposeful Design Website!

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ACT Aspire Overview

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Summative• Overview: 1 assessment in each

grade and content area for grades 3–10 in English, math, reading, science, and writing

• Format: Paper or online, selected-response, constructed response, and technology enhanced items

• Grades: 3 though 10

• Duration: 40–75 minutes each depending on grade and subject

• Available Feedback: Online robust reporting (paper available for a fee)

Periodic: Interim• Overview: 4 assessments

in each grade and content area for grades 3–EHS in English, math, reading, and science

• Format: Fixed-format, online, multiple-choice

• Grades: 3 though EHS

• Duration: 20–48 items; 45 minutes or less

• Available Feedback: Next Day, online analysis and reporting

• Instructional Resources: Via ACT Academy

• Overview: 12 assessments in each grade and content area for grades 3–8 in English, math, reading, and science

• Format: Fixed-format, online, multiple-choice

• Grades: 3 though 8

• Duration: 15–20 minutes

• Available Feedback: Next Day, online analysis and reporting

• Configuration: Each 5 item quiz is mapped to 1 or 2 Standards

Periodic: Classroom

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Test Windows 2020-2021

Fall Summative September 1 - November 20Enrollment deadline: October 9, 2020

Periodic September 1 - June 30, 2021

Spring Summative March 29 - May 21, 2021Enrollment deadline: April 9, 2021

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Fall 2020 Early ReportingEarly testing - early reporting!

Online tests submitted or paper materials returned to scoring by September 25, 2020.

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OnDemand Partial scores: math, reading, science Final score: English

Current Progress, Supplemental, Proficiency Summary English scores only

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In-Progress Reporting: Individual Student Report (ISR), Student Performance File (SPF), and Proficiency Partial scores: math, reading, science Final score: English

10/9 In-Progress Reports updated with final scores, OnDemand, Current Progress,

Supplemental, and Proficiency Summary Final score: all subjects

10/16 – 10/23 Final PDF reports available online

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All final reports rerun and posted Score labels and printed reports – ordering begins

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Three Options: Filling the Data GapCreated by COVID-1

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We didn’t assess our students in the Spring due to COVID-19. How can we access data to determine our students’ needs in the fall?

We are concerned that we won’t have ACT Aspire Summative longitudinal data for students for the academic year 2019-2020. How can we remedy that?

How can we access data to determine if our extended learning opportunities worked during the COVID-19 quarantine?

Due to COVID-19, we believe that families will move around and we will have new students about which we won’t know anything. How can we access data to determine the needs of these new students?

We believe that the “summer slide” will be worse than usual due to the extended time out of school and the limited access our students had to online learning during the quarantine. How can we determine if our students are on track?

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ACT Aspire Fall Summative Assessment

ACT Aspire Fall Summative Assessment

• Assess students in fall 2020 at their 2020-2021 grade level

• Provides data to determine students’ needs

• Early scoring window provides much faster reporting

ACT Aspire Periodic Interim Assessments

• Assess students in fall 2020 at their spring 2020 grade level

• Keeps longitudinal score history intact

• Early scoring window provides much faster reporting

• Assess students throughout the academic year

• Can test at 2019-2020 grade level to determine students’ needs

• Resume taking the Summative Assessment in the Spring

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Option 1:

Fall 2020 Test Options

Assess students in fall 2020 using the ACT Aspire Summative Assessment at their spring 2020 grade level

Benefits: • Identify students in need of additional instructional support for the

coming academic year

• Report progress toward college and career readiness, including predicted ACT scores

• Monitor school and district performance from year to year

• Measure growth from spring 2019 to fall 2020 (spring 2020), and set the baseline for measuring growth from fall 2020 (spring 2020) to spring 2021

• Keeps longitudinal score history intact

• What does that look like on an Individual Student Report?

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Option 1: ReportingAssess students in fall 2020 using the ACT Aspire Summative Assessment at their spring 2020 grade level

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Test Admin Grade Level Tested

Spring 2019 5

Fall 2020 6

Spring 2021 7

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Option 2:

Fall 2020 Test Options

Assess students in fall 2020 using the ACT Aspire Summative Assessment at their 2020-2021 grade level

Benefits: • Identify students in need of additional instructional support for the

coming academic year using on-grade level data

• Report progress toward college and career readiness, including predicted ACT scores

• This is more of a pre-post testing option

• Important to save the reports and data after the fall administration before students complete the spring assessment

• What does that look like on an Individual Student Report?

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Option 2: ReportingAssess students in fall 2020 using the ACT Aspire Summative Assessment at their 2020-2021 grade level

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Test Admin Grade Level Tested

Spring 2019 5

Fall 2020 7

Spring 2021 7

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Option 3:

Fall 2020 Test Options

Assess students in fall 2020 using ACT Aspire Periodic Interim assessments throughout the 2020-2021 academic year

Benefits: • Schools use Interim assessments to identify students in need of

additional instructional support for the coming academic year

• Monitor progress throughout the academic year

• Off grade level testing available to catch students where they are performing and accelerate the learning based on the data

• Students would then resume summative testing in spring 2021

• What does an Individual Student Report look like for an Interim Assessment?

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Option 3: ReportingAssess students in fall 2020 using ACT Aspire Periodic Interim assessments throughout the 2020-2021 academic year

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Pricing 2020-2021

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ACT Aspire Summative Assessment – Online  $25/studentACT Aspire Summative Assessment ‐ Paper  $31/studentACT Aspire Periodic Assessments – Online Only $10/student

NEW FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2020‐2021!

ACSI Organizational Discount for ACSI Schools‐• Summative Discounts based on Quantity of students

• ACSI Member Schools ‐ $2/off per student• Purchase Summative & Periodic

• $2/off Summative for the number of Periodic testers

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ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT FOR FALL 2020‐‐OPTIONS, 1 and 2!

Discount for ACSI Schools‐• Summative Discounts –

• If you test ONLINE in the first scoring window in Fall 2020• Then test Spring 2021 (as you normally would)• You are eligible for a $7 discount per student• Assessed with the Spring Summative invoice! 

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Pricing 2020-2021

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PREPAID INVOICE OPTION: 

For ACSI Schools‐

If you have funds for school year 2019‐2020 and would like to commit those funds for using ACT Aspire assessments in 2020‐2021, that option is available.  

Please email assessmentsupport@acsi.org for assistance.

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• Paper testing: invoice based on materials shipped

• Online testing: invoice based on tests launched

Invoicing Schedule: • Fall Summative & Periodic in Fall 2020:

• Invoice for both products in December; • additional Periodic students invoice in June

• Summative & Periodic Spring 2021:• Invoice for both products in June 

• Periodic only: • Invoice in June

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We didn’t assess our students in the Spring due to COVID-19. How can we access data to determine our students’ needs in the fall?

We are concerned that we won’t have ACT Aspire Summative longitudinal data for students for the academic year 2019-2020. How can we remedy that?

Option 1 or Option 2, using ACT Aspire Fall Summative will provide the depth of data you expect from ACT Aspire.

Option 3, using ACT Aspire Periodic Interim Assessments will provide you with data to help teachers plan instruction.

Option 1, using ACT Aspire Fall Summative for the grade level the student was in Spring 2020 will provide the longitudinal information

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How can we access data to determine if our extended learning opportunities worked during the COVID-19 quarantine?

Due to COVID-19, we believe that families will move around and we will have new students about which we won’t know anything. How can we access data to determine the needs of these new students?

We believe that the “summer slide” will be worse than usual due to the extended time out of school and the limited access our students had to online learning during the quarantine. How can we determine if our students are on track?

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Option 1, using ACT Aspire Fall Summative will provide the depth of data you expect from ACT Aspire to make decisions about instruction that is needed to fill the gap in learning.

Option 2, using ACT Aspire Fall Summative will provide the summative data you need to determine where the student is performing based on the current grade level and what instruction is needed.

Option 3, using ACT Aspire Periodic Interim Assessment will provide you with data to help teachers plan instruction.

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Which option might best “fill the data gap” for your school?

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Thank You!

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