History Policies, Programs, and Grants Scales and Scores 1 Scales and Scores 2
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What is Annual Yearly Progress (AYP)
When George W. Bush signed NCLB in 2002 all schools were required to show they had passed this measure to prove they successfully educate students
100
What is Race to the Top (RTT)
This competitive grant encouraged states to adopt the common core standards through a points system
100
What is a formative evaluation/assessment/test
A diagnostic test used to adjust future teaching, lessons, or tools
100
What is the PIA (Paced Interim Assessment)
On mclass you can see exactly which question your student got wrong and the answer they chose on this assessment
200
Who are the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
The National Governors Association and this group teamed up to develop the Common Core Standards
200
What is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The Obama administration cleverly ditched their predecessor's title for federal education policy in favor of this original title
200
What is a summative evaluation/assessment/test
This type of test shows a snapshot of learning at particular point in time
200
What is Dibels (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
This assessment gives a composite score 3 times a year but can also be used to check progress every 10 days
300
What is the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers)
Next year DC will adopt this assessment to replace teh DC-CAS
300
What is Scope and Sequence
This document created by DCPS guides teachers through the common core standards
300
What is NAEP (National Association of Educational Progress)
This "nation's report card" is a sample snapshot of students and does not show individual student improvement
300
What is Achievement (Network/ANET)
This network allows you to see which standard your student needs help on
400
What is the DC-BAS
This interim assessment was replaced by multiple tests chosen by each school in 2010.
400
What is 5 (Alaska, Texas, Nebraska, Virginia, and Minnesota)
The number of states that have not fully adopted the common core standards
400
What are Dibels and Fountas & Pinnell
These 2 tests can measure individual student growth
400
What is MAP (Measure of Academic Progress)- NWEA also acceptable
This assessment's scores are on an equal interval scale and have the same meaning no matter grade or age of student
500
What is Burst
This literacy program is associated with Dibels but is not necessary to get the scores
500
What is TRC (Text Reading Comprehension)
This 3 letter assessment determines a student's instructional reading level using a combination of accuracy, oral comprehension, and written comprehension
500
What is Fountas & Pinnell
This assessment's letter score can be mapped onto a text level to find books that match the student's reading ability






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