ACUITY Practice

Now that ACUITY results are in, what is next? It is important that we use as much of the data gathered in order to inform instruction. Look at your class reports.

This is from the 2nd page.




You will need to look for standards that scored high percentages in column 1, or low in column 4. These are the standards that a majority in the class need reviewed or retaught. This can be done during maintenance times, or if this skill has not be taught yet in class, it should come up during a Focus Standard time during future 8-Step planning. If not, make sure that it is addressed at some point.

For individual students, you can address their specific needs directly from the ACUITY website by assigning standards they are struggling with, and using computer lab time to allow them to work on them. Here is how:

1.  Sign in to ACUITY
2.  Click on Assessment Reports and then Class Assessment Report



3.  Make the appropriate choices from the drop down menus. (Be sure you choose PREDICTIVE and Indiana Language Arts or Mathematics) Then click "Get Report"




4.  Now click on ASSIGN on the standards that has the ASSIGN option to the right.

 

 5.  When the pop-up window appears, click on



This will cause more information to appear under that button. You will see student names, and at what tier they performed at for that standard. Check the students you wish to assign help for that standard. This help includes instruction and assessment! When you have assigned instruction for that standard, click





 You can now repeat this step for each standard, assigning instruction to each student who is struggling with a standard.

TO HAVE STUDENTS MAKE USE OF THESE ASSIGNED MATERIALS:

1.  Have students sign in to ACUTIY
2.  They then click on Study, then the subject for study.
3.  If they have any study materials, it will appear on screen for them.

This is a great use of Computer Lab time. Especially BIG UNIVERSE time. While some students are doing BIG UNIVERSE, you can be working with small groups with specific standards, making sure they are reading and understanding the given materials. I am sure that this would qualify as an RtI intervention as well.