ACAP and ACT Resources

ACAP and

ACT Resources

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ACAP Summative

● Updated -

ACAP Summative

Teacher Checklist Doc and Presentation

(OSI, William Jones)

●

ACAP Summative

Principal Checklist Doc (Draft)

● ALSDE ACAP Website (Item Specs, Blueprints, PLDs, etc.)

● NEW - Considerations for Using ACAP Resources

○ Pacing & Planning -→ Blueprints

○ Instruction → Instructional Supports, Retired Questions, & PLDs

○ Assessments → Item Specs, Retired Questions, & PLDs

● DRC Website (With Mini-Modules, Performance Descriptors, Item

Specs, and Grade Speciﬁc Instructional Docs) - No login required

○ DRC Insight Portal - Login required

● NEW - Retired 2021 Questions

○ The sample/retired

ACAP Summative

items are located within the Item

Speciﬁcations for each content and grade. The Item Speciﬁcations can be

retrieved from the Assessment webpage of the ALSDE website (under the

ACAP Summative

tab) and the DRC Insight Website (2022 Summative –

Document Type Item Speciﬁcations – Show Documents - posted 1/6/22).

○ These are also included within the Scantron Achievement Series.

○ Direct links:

■ ACAP Summative Sample Test Items sorted by Grade Level

■ ACAP Summative Sample Test Items sorted by Content Area

● Test Blueprints - ACAP Summative 2022

● NEW - Instructional Supports

Foundational tools that educators may use to help students become

independent learners as they build toward mastery of the Alabama Course

of Study content standards. Instructional supports are designed to help

educators engage their students in exploring, explaining, and expanding

their understanding of the content standards.

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○ Spring 2022 Instructional Supports by Grade Level

○ Spring 2022 Instructional Supports by Content

● Math and Science

○ AMSTI ACAP Summative Math Wakelet

○ Geometry, Measurement, and Data Strand on ACAP

○ NEW - AMSTI Math Assessment Item Bank

○ NEW - AMSTI Science Formative Item Sets (expose students to ACAP-like test

items) These items can be used to help measure progress towards mastery

of standards.

○

ACAP Summative

Math (Mega 2021 Presentation)

○

ACAP Summative

Science (Mega 2021 Presentation)

● English Language Arts

○ ARI ACAP Summative Padlet

○ Listening (Grades 2-8)

■ All students will need access to headphones. See memo for more

details.

■ As listening is considered part of the ELA ﬁeld test, these questions

will not be scored for accountability.

■

ACAP Summative

ELA and Recording (Mega 2021 Presentation)

■ Teachers and students can see what it looks like in the OTT.

●

○ Text-Dependent Writing (Grades 4-8 in 2022. Grades 2-3 will begin in 2023.)

■ NEW - Modes will be Argumentative, Informational, or Narrative.

Students will not receive a score this year, but will next year.

■ TDW Resources by Grade Level (includes new rubrics)

■ TDW Resources by Mode (includes new rubrics)

■ NEW - Sample Student Rubric using ACAP Rubric Language

● Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs)

○ You can access PLDs in the DRC Website (under ACAP Summative) and the

ALSDE ACAP Website. PLDs are updated when new courses of study are

added. PLDs are especially helpful for student goal setting, common

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assessments, rubrics, standards-based grading/assessments, and essential

questions/I Can statements.

○ NEW - 2022 PLDs (posted 2/21/22)

■ By Grade Level

■ By Content Area

● ACAP Summative Sandbox (K-8, Math, Science, ELA)

Would be great

for bellringer/modeling activities.

○

Click on Online Tools Training (OTT)

○

● Testing Calendar

○ 2021-2022

○ 2022-2023

● Related Professional Learning

○ TWIRL to ACAP and ACT Readiness

○

ACAP Summative

Teacher Checklist

○ Beyond

ACAP Summative

: Using Proﬁciency Scales to Guide Instruction and

Assessment

○ ACAP Alternate (Mega 2021 Presentation)

● Other Testing Practice and Classroom Assessments

○ EdCite - Drive Student Growth with ACAP-Style Assessments.

Technology-enhanced (Shared by another district - may be cost associated).

■ NEW - Free EdCite Tools (must create account). See screenshot below

for how to browse state assessment questions by content, grade, etc.

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Updated 3.7.22 / Melissa Shields

ACT

● ALSDE ACT Website

● Alabama ACT Performance Level Descriptors (ELA, Math, & Science)

○ ACT Performance Level Descriptors - Math On Demand Webinar (25

Minutes)

○ ACT Performance Level Descriptors - Science On Demand Webinar (23

Minutes)

● ACT Assessment Standards by Content Area and Alignment with

State Standards - Worksheets (ACT)

● Anchoring the Curriculum Using ACT Standards (ACT)

● Practices of Top Gaining Schools on the ACT (PARCA)

● The ACT Knowledge and Skills Map can be used to learn more about

ACT's approach to measuring college and career readiness. Each

subject area provides a grade-by-grade overview of knowledge and

skills that research suggests a student should master on the path to

college and career readiness. (ACT)

● ACT Writing

○ ACT Writing Scores and Sample Prompts and Scored Essays (ACT)

○ ACT Writing Test Scoring Rubric

○ The ACT Writing Webinar

● Understanding ACT ELA Scores

● ACT Practice Site (March to Success)

● ACT Prep for Alabama

○ Includes how to register students and create courses (video tutorials and

manuals)

● 2019 Math ACOS Secondary Course Alignment to ACT

○ This document was developed during the math course of study revision

process to assist secondary teachers with the alignment of the newly

adopted 2019 mathematics course of study standards to the math section

of the ACT with Writing assessment.

● Technical Manuals (ACT)

○ Breakdown of PreACT and Technical Manual

○ Breakdown of ACT

● ACT Related OSI PL Slides:

○ TWRL to ACAP and ACT Readiness

○ The Nexus Between ACAP and ACT (presented at Mega)

○ Impactful Literacy Practices – Preparing our Students for the ACT and

Beyond

○ NEW - ACT Professional Development Training Recordings

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Recommend sharing at grade-level, content, or common planning

meetings.

On Demand Webinar - The ACT English Test

On Demand Webinar - The ACT Math Test

On Demand Webinar - The ACT Reading Test

On Demand Webinar - The ACT Science Test

We are here to help! Please contact the OSI Team member in your area for support.

Updated 3.7.22 / Melissa Shields