Waterbury Public SchoolsResearch, Development, and Student Testing

Presented by:Ms. Tara Battistoni, Supervisor

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District-wide Assessments• DIAL (Pre-K)• Kindergarten Entrance Inventory (K)• mCLASS (K-5)• CogAT (Grade 3)• CMT/CAPT Science – DPI/SPI (Grades 5, 8, and 10)• Smarter Balanced – DPI/SPI (Grades 3-8 and 11)• LAS Links (K-12)• Acuity (K-12)• PSAT/SAT (Grades 10-12)• AP (Grades 10-12)

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Purpose• Meet state and federal mandates• Monitor trends in district, school, and grade level/course

performance• Measure progress toward college and career readiness• Improve individual student achievement by addressing

deficiencies as early as possible• Identify and enrich individual strengths of students,

including entry into the FOCUS (gifted) program• Incorporate data into Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)• Share results with parents

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Importance• All tests must be taken seriously• All directions must be followed• Test security must be adhered to at all times• Test booklets must be completed properly at the

school level• All FERPA (privacy) regulations must be followed

when utilizing student data

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Resources• www.ctreports.com

• SharePoint

• Acuity application

• mCLASS application