GAINS staff has a vast knowledge of national standards-based assessments at elementary, middle school, and high school. Our commitment to aid teachers in understanding and developing their own formative assessments (quizzes) is based on district and state standards. In that regard, our low-cost scoring and analysis of practice ACT and SAT materials can be used as a formative rather than summative measure.
OVERVIEW
GAINS’ reporting and analysis capabilities are designed to provide support and direction for students and staff using PSAT/SAT and PreACT/ACT® assessments of English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. These assessments measure components of the CCRS and SI standards, which offer schools the opportunity to align curriculum for student success. GAINS’ report data will facilitate your school improvement efforts. GAINS is dedicated to being your partner in your school’s or district’s long-term success.
TESTING MATERIALS
GAINS can report on ACT® and SAT® tests. Tests can be obtained by schools from ACT®, Inc. (www.act.org) and College Board (www.collegeboard.org). GAINS will supply the preprinted student answer sheets, the scoring services, and a variety of reports that will help schools get the most from the data. Please call for additional information.
ACT®, Inc. offers the following important reminder for educators interested in using sample (retired) tests: Sample tests are not secure assessments, and potential wide item exposure reduces their utility in measuring individual students' skills, identifying needed interventions or assessing the collective skill levels of groups of students, as access to the items is not strictly controlled. Using scores from these sample tests for purposes other than providing students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with test formats and the testing experience is strongly discouraged. For measuring student skills, identifying needed interventions or assessing the collective skill levels of groups of students, your school is encouraged to purchase current tests from ACT®, Inc.
9-12 Scoring and Reporting of Retired ACT and SAT tests
High school assessment materials to empower student mastery of college and career readiness skills.
Assessment scoring and reporting
*$11/student
SAT/ACT analysis reports are generated from student data files*
Test items in reading, language/writing, mathematics, and science (ACT only) are aligned with:
· leveled benchmarks
· CCSS Common Core State Standards
· SAT Skills Insight and ACT College and Career Readiness Skills (CCRS)
Reports are created for the entire school, individual teachers, and each student
Reports, along with individual student and response data, are in an Excel files for additional analysis
*Data files can be provided by the school or from GAINS answer sheets that are scanned/scored
How schools are using the practice SAT/ACT reports
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Schools work with teachers to analyze data and identify strengths and areas that need improvement
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Schools use data to examine student achievement over time
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Schools provide teachers and students with their results and help students identify misconceptions
*Includes Pre-slugged Scantron and all reports.
Printing and postage additional
Diagnostic quizzes based on ACT/SAT standards are also modifiable templates for assessing your course content via ACT/SAT - like question stems and distraction. Quizzes are self-scoring and priced at $350/quiz. District discounts available
DIAGNOSTIC QUIZZES
· GAINS diagnostic assessments are grounded in SAT Skills Insight and ACT College and Career Readiness Skills (CCRS).
· Diagnostics are available in four areas: reading, English/writing, mathematics, and science reasoning.
· Diagnostics are written at five levels of difficulty (8th - 12th grade) based on the SAT and ACT scales.
· All diagnostics are formatted like an SAT or ACT test. Open-ended math items are included.
· The diagnostics are off-the shelf or customizable.
· Benchmark-based scoring and reporting is provided for teachers and the school
How schools are using the diagnostic assessments
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Two or three times during grades 9-11 to determine students’ mastery of leveled benchmarks
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To examine changes in benchmark performance from one time period to the next
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Customized to a quarterly set of benchmarks that are selected by the school
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