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Jefferson County Students Outperform the State on Math and Reading Tests
6/27/2011 By:
Challenges
• Lack of consistent data
tracking student progress
toward state standards
• Lack of predictive
assessment data
Jefferson County Public
Schools is Colorado’s largest
district with almost 86,000 students
across 155 schools. In
2006, Jeffco set out to find
an online solution to provide
consistent data and inform
instructional decisions—from
the district level to the individual student level.
Solutions
Today Jeffco Public Schools utilizes
Acuity® and Yearly ProgressPro™ to
support informed decision making and
instruction, and improve student learning.
“Since 2006, Jeffco has partnered with
CTB/McGraw-Hill to make these online
assessments available to all students and
teachers,” said Eric Everding, Executive
Director, School and Student Success in
Jeffco’s Division of Instruction. “Acuity and
Yearly ProgressPro allow us to systematically
monitor student progress and ensure
the use of data in every classroom.”
Acuity
Acuity is used with all students in Grades
3–10 as the district’s universal screener
in its Response to Intervention (RtI) program.
Acuity is a unique integration of
predictive and diagnostic assessments,
reports, instructional resources, item
banks, and item authoring—all aligned to
state standards and designed to improve
student achievement.
“Acuity has proven to be highly predictive
of our state assessment,” said
Everding. “It offers valuable information
about what students know and are able
to do related to grade-level standards
in reading and math. As a result, we
no longer have to wait to get our state
test results back to determine student
strengths or areas of need, or to plan professional
development.”
Yearly ProgressPro
Yearly ProgressPro is used with a variety
of students in Grades 1–12. The online
progress monitoring solution combines
ongoing formative assessment, prescriptive
instruction, reporting, and data management.
Built on 25 years of research
in curriculum-based measurement, each
test assesses all the skills in the annual
curriculum.
“We use Yearly ProgressPro to provide
targeted and intensive information about
students’ skills in math and reading on a
weekly basis,” said Everding.
Data Management
and Reporting
With Acuity and Yearly
ProgressPro, educators can
easily track student performance
and generate reports
at the student, class, school,
and district levels.
“Acuity and Yearly
ProgressPro give us a common
data point, providing accurate,
reliable information for decision
making,” said Everding.
Results
•Improved CSAP test scores
Thanks to educators’ focused efforts, Jeffco
students outperform the state in all grade
levels and content areas on the CSAP.
“Acuity and Yearly ProgressPro help
us ensure we’re meeting the needs of all
our students throughout the school year,”
said Everding.
Learn More
For more information on Acuity or
Yearly ProgressPro and to view an
online demo, visit CTB.com or call
800.538.9547 to schedule an in-person
demonstration.
Acuity is a registered trademark and
Yearly ProgressPro is a trademark of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.