Acuity Assessment for High School | Common Core Assessment

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Prepare students for college and careers with assessments that measure deeper levels of understanding and demonstrate student mastery

High school students deserve to be challenged beyond simple multiple choice tests—they need assessments that measure deeper levels of student understanding. The Acuity Common Core High School solution offers a variety of the latest Common Core assessment content, including Constructed Response, Interactive, and Performance Task items, enabling teachers to quickly identify strengths and areas for improvement, so students are successfully prepared for 21st century careers. This generation deserves to experience and grow using Acuity's innovative content and technology in the classroom so they can succeed in the real-world.

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Common Core diagnostic forms for English Language Arts and Math
ELA forms aligned to English 1 and 2 courses
Math forms aligned to Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II
Item bank with over 1250 items for ELA and Math
Custom test building
Item authoring
Performance task and rubric building

Acuity Reports, available online and in printable PDF formats, offer an in-depth but clear picture of student achievement throughout the year. Teachers, principals, and district administrators get a thorough analysis of student strengths and weaknesses, allowing strategic instructional improvement and intervention decisions to be made quickly.

Types of Acuity K–12 Reports

Student, Class, School and District Level Reports:

Assessment Report
Item Analysis and Distractor Reports
Portfolio Report
Progress Report
Summary Report
Instructional Resources Report
Matrix Report
Roster & Summary Report

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Create K–12 comprehensive assessments that accurately align to your curriculum to appropriately measure learning in your classroom.

Allows you to create your own custom assessments by selecting items and length of assessment
Provide intervention opportunities before it’s too late
Target specific small-group or individual student instructional needs
Create your own items and choose to share with other Educators in your district

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Over 160 Common Core Math instructional resources
More than 40 new Common Core ELA instructional resources, with more coming soon
Easily assignable from popular Acuity reports, aligned to the Common Core
Supports individual, small-group or whole class instruction
Available for all skill levels in Grades 9–12

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Performance tasks allow for complex student demonstrations of achievement and learning and function as a model for seamlessly measuring deeper levels of student understanding so teachers can implement a more targeted, instruction and intervention plan.

Performance task and rubric building
Item bank with age-appropriate performance tasks written to the Common Core
Students can upload their own files to provide evidence of completion of performance tasks
Teachers can view student responses in a rubric, enter score points and respond to students all online (no papers to carry home)

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Acuity's technology platform continues to rapidly evolve with new enhanced tools that easily allow districts to customize their Common Core assessment delivery and scoring needs.

Online, student response device, or traditional paper-pencil assessment (or a combination of all three)
Scalable technology platform ensures responsive online delivery
Support of student response devices eliminates need for computer labs, print and answer sheets
Common Core aligned-reports generated immediately
Performance Task delivery: students can easily upload their own files
Performance Task scoring: online, teachers can view student responses in a rubric, enter score points and respond to students (no papers to carry home)

CTB has been supporting student assessment needs for eighty-five years and can help devise a balanced assessment program that meets the unique needs of districts and schools.

From our online community, with over thirty-thousand members, who learn and share ideas with one another every day, to our step-by-step implementation program that will guide you from planning through delivery, our customer service and technical support teams are committed to supporting every and any district- large and small.

CTB/McGraw-Hill is dedicated to understanding your feedback as a way to continually improve and enhance the value and effectiveness of the Common Core Acuity K–12 balanced assessment solution.

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Acuity Common Core for High School Resources

Challenge. Innovation. Opportunity.

The Role of Assessment in the Effective Transition to the Common Core State Standards

CTB/McGraw-Hill offers the right solutions at the right time, giving states and districts the opportunity to prepare students, teachers, administrators, parents, and stakeholders for the changes ahead. Educators can use these solutions to support authentic and positive improvements to learning and teaching. Through our products, our programs, our ongoing research initiatives, and our forums for collaborative assessment development, we are partnering with our clients to create next-generation, balanced assessment systems.

To learn more or to discuss your needs with an Assessment Solutions Consultant, please call us at 800.538.9547.

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The Acuity InFormative Assessment solution helps you diagnose, predict, report, communicate, and provide
individual instruction—all in one powerful and award-winning solution. Now Acuity delivers innovative resources for Grades K–12 that support your gradual and effective transition to teaching and learning relative to the Common Core State Standards.