Acuity Platform Assessment
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Acuity is a web-based
platform that provides schools with assessment, feedback, scoring and
reporting. Acuity provides interim and
formative assessments designed to inform teaching and improve student learning.
Acuity Benchmark Assessments are instructional benchmarks designed to assess
student progress over the course of the school year. These benchmark assessments are designed for
students in grades 3-11 and are intended to provide a “snapshot” of student
progress as it relates to the acquisition of selected 21st century
CSOs. This snapshot can be utilized by
teachers to guide instructional design and interventions. The objectives assessed in each Benchmark
were chosen from several county curriculum maps and from the input provided by
West Virginia teachers. Counties are
encouraged to develop their own benchmark assessments aligned to their district
level curriculum maps.
The benchmark assessments
are designed to be administered quarterly in the content areas of mathematics,
reading/language arts, science and social studies. All assessments, representing a quarterly
instructional time period, are based on the West Virginia 21st
Century CSOs. The assessments allow
educators to target instruction in reading/language arts and math with
important data on student performance relative to state standards. Acuity reports are available on the district,
school, classroom, and student level.
Teachers have access to the student results immediately after students
complete the assessment, and students are to be given access after the testing
window ends.