Transcript RediStep Assessment Information

Wednesday, October 15
1st through 3rd periods, ReadiStep testing
4th through 7th periods, regular schedule
What is Readistep?
A Pathway to the Future
Helping Increase Your College and Career Readiness
The College Board’s College and Career Readiness Pathway is a series
of integrated assessments that help measure your college and career
readiness from now through the 12th grade.
How Can Readistep Help You?
Readistep helps you by providing:
 Early Indicators of your college readiness
 Tools to help improve your skills
 Planning for your transition to high school
 Resources to help you identify career interests
 Information to help your teachers and counselors
adjust your courses
What’s on the test?
 No essays or open-ended questions
 Three multiple-choice sections
• Reading Skills:
•
Reading Passages and sentence completions
•
40 minutes, 45 questions
• Writing Skills:
•
Identifying errors and improving grammar and usage
•
40 minutes, 50 questions
• Math Skills:
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Questions on operations, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability
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40 minutes, 36 questions TOTAL
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20 minutes (18 questions) with calculator
•
20 minutes (18 questions) without calculator
Test Structure
Section
Timing
# of Items
Critical
Reading
40 Minutes
45 Items
Writing
Skills
40 Minutes
50 Items
Mathematics
40 Minutes
36 Items
(20 calculator, 20 non-calculator) (18 calculator, 18 non-calculator)
Total
120 Minutes
131 Items
You will only have 120 minutes to answer 131 questions. Bubble as you go
Now we will look at some sample questions in
each of the categories
 Critical Reading
 Writing Skills (think revising and editing like STAAR
last year)
 Math Skills
Critical Reading
Writing Skills
Math Skills
How Do you Prepare?
You prepare by
 Getting a good night’s sleep so you are well
rested
 Eating breakfast
 Doing your best
What Happens on Test Day?
Test Day: Wednesday, October 15
 When the bell rings, put all belongings except
for pencils, erasers, and calculator in your
locker
 Report to your assigned testing room (There
will be signs posted if you forget where to
report)
 Testing will occur during 1st, 2nd and 3rd period.
 After testing you will be reporting to your 4th
period class and follow the rest of your daily
schedule.
Test Day: Wednesday, October 15
Testing Room Procedures
 You will only be allowed to have a calculator,
pencil and eraser at your desks. (no
highlighters)
 You will only be allowed to use a calculator
during the Mathematics Section 3A
 You CANNOT work on anything or read
anything if you finish a section early. You will sit
quietly until the start of the next section.
 If you leave the room the time does not stop
and you will not get extra time to finish
Test Day: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Testing Room Procedures
Items prohibited at any time during testing:
 Telephones or cell phones
 MP3 players/iPod
 Watch alarms
 Cameras
 Dictionaries (including electronic)
 Books/Kindles
 Papers of any kind
Calculators
Not Approved:
- Cell phone calculators
- Calculators with (typewriter-like)
keypad or paper tape
- Calculators that make noise or “talk”
- Calculators that plug in to the wall
- iPads or other tablets
Test Day: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Helpful Hints
 Read all directions
 Read all answer choice carefully
 Do scratch work in the test books
 Work at a steady pace
 Bubble your answers as you go (Don’t wait until
the end)
 Answer all questions
Where do you go on test day?
Teacher
Room
Students
Adley
403
Abler – Berglund
Bowers
401
Billey – Campos
Durkee
203
Camales – Dempsey
Farmer, A.
410
Derelioglu – Feltrop
Gary
602
Ferguson – Harrington
Glander
404
Hart – Jones
Gonzalez (Bell)
407
Kaple – Luck
Pearce, M.
405
Luszcz – Mills
Romero
408
Minor – Peoples
Schroeder
608
Perez – Rebeau
Solomon
604
Reeves – Shaath
Watkins
406
Shamp – Summers
Wilson
201
Svagerko – Walker
Winebaugh
402
Wallace – Zisk
What Happens After the Test?
What Happens After the Test?
Additional Resouces
When 9th grade counselors come to do
your high school plan in January, the
Readistep scores are what they look at
first.
Things to Remember
 Test Day: Wednesday, October 15
 Be on time to your testing room.
 Re-schedule any appointments you may have made
for that morning
 Bring Pencil and Eraser
 Bring Calculator
 Bubble as you go
 DO YOUR BEST!