More About the Alabama ACT Aspire Tests
State Testing Information for
Alabama Portions of the following material were taken from the
Department of Education website. Please consult your state's education website
for further information on the actual tests administered for your school.
Educators must measure what
students know at a point early enough in their academic career to make
adjustments and continue to measure their progress and what they learn over
time. With the adoption of ACT Aspire, the Alabama State Department of Education
is ensuring that our students are ready. ACT Aspire is a standards-based
assessment system that gauges student progression from grades 3 through 10 in
English, reading, writing, mathematics, and science. ACT Aspire is administered
to all Grade 3-8 students in Alabama public schools. As ACT Plan sunsets in fall
2014, ACT Aspire will be administered to all students in Grade 10.
ACT Aspire is a unique assessment.
Modular administration allows flexibility in scheduling testing across the
entire four-week window.
Students are assessed with selected response as well as constructed response
items. Of course, the constructed response items do not always have just one
answer.
Schools and systems may test their students with computer-based or
paper-pencil assessments. Many schools are choosing to test with a combination
of computer-based and paper-pencil formats.
The fact that ACT Aspire links to the ACT College- Career-Readiness Benchmarks
and aligns with College- and Career-Ready Standards is the most attractive
characteristic of this assessment.
Teachers and parents want to know where their students are! With the ACT Aspire
platform, teachers and parents will be able to get detailed information about
student progress toward specific learning standards. With that information, they
will be able to tailor instruction and resources to increase growth.
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