Assessment and Program Evaluation

The Assessment Department at Tigard-Tualatin School District is responsible for facilitating the administration of standardized assessments and promoting the effective use of assessment data within the district.  Assessments provide educators with measurable data of student performance on both behavioral and academic expectations.  Such information can be used to evaluate student abilities, inform classroom instruction, and improve educational programs.

Screening and Progress Monitoring

Reading Assessments	Grade Level	Description
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills	K-5	Provides a number of measures which can be administered quickly to individual students to assess their Reading abilities as appropriate for their grade level.  Tigard-Tualatin uses DIBELS to measure students' skills which range from the awareness of letter sounds (Phonemic Awareness) and the ability to blend them (Nonsense Word Fluency) to  speed and accuracy when reading aloud (Oral Reading Fluency).
Maze	6-8	Used to measure the ability of students to comprehend written text.  Students are presented a reading passage in which every 7th word is removed and students are asked to select the missing word from three possible choices.  This task measures the students ability to understand the context of the passage they're reading.
Math Assessments	Grade Level	Description
Missing Number	K-1	Students are presented with a a sequence of numbers with one number removed.  This task measures number recognition and sequencing.
Math Computation	2-5	Timed, paper-pencil tests that contain a random sample of the basic math facts or more complex computation problems. It measures overall mathematical competence through accuracy and fluency.

 

Assessment Systems:

• Intervention, Planning & Assessment System (IPAS)
  
• Oregon Assessment of Knowledge & Skills (OAKS)
  
• School-wide Information System (SWIS)
• Data Warehouse