Hi all (again) I thought some of you might be interested in this (especially the reading specialists and IST’s)– I already forwarded it to Nancy and Ella. When you look at the attachment, make sure you scroll all the way to the top of the spreadsheet to see ELA and Math, and the various filters you can use. Begin at the bottom of the email to see the conversations thread. Janet What Cheryl is speaking about are the items in the custom test item bank. This effects a small percentage of the total items in the bank, mostly in the ELA area. The work around is to click "Any" at the grade level expectation (performance indicator) drop-down. The other option is to search for skills by skill group instead of by standard. Items will be realigned during our summer release. There should be no dead-ends for next fall. Items on the predictive and diagnostic pre-built test forms should already be properly aligned. If there is an objection to any of the items on the diagnostic or predictive tests, please report that to us asap including the test form, item number and description of the problem. Thank you!!! Tom From: Caraveo, Cheryl Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:49 PM Janet- I have a document that I have attached “Item Bank Count by Standard”. The dead end that your curriculum writer experienced is a glitch in the system and is being fixed. Tom do you have any additional information for Janet? Cheryl From: Gillmeister, Janet A. Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:28 AM To: Caraveo, Cheryl; Wynne, Dawn; Parsons, Thomas Subject: Question from the field Hi everyone. In meeting with various groups, and with the Curriculum coordinators, I have received the following question. One of the curriculum writers, who had also been trained to turn key trainer was surprised when she clicked on a subskill area of Acuity to find there were no questions. Back in October my goal was to align the curriculum power benchmarks to the subskill areas addressed on the state assessments. I had asked if it was possible to get a copy of Acuity’s subskills tested. Can I get this list, I’d like to check for consistency. Is it possible to obtain this for ELA and Math? Sounds like they would want this for the Diagnostic, Predictive, and Custom Test Item bank?????? Janet Janet A Gillmeister Director of Evaluation, Assessment, and Planning