Welcome to Acuity!

Acuity Training ITeacher Introduction

Customer Service: (800) 282-4705

Training Agenda

• Teacher Login • Viewing and Printing Class Rosters• Viewing and Printing Answer Keys• Scoring Constructed Response (CR) Items• Scoring Multiple Choice (MC) Items • Checking Assignment Status

Acuity windows

• Acuity A: Sept. 15th-Oct. 3

• Acuity B: Nov. 24th- Dec. 12th

• Acuity C: Feb. 2nd- Feb. 20th

Scheduling

• Language Arts: 60 min

• Math: 60 min

• Schedule more time for students that get extended time

• As best as you are able, provide accommodations to students

Proctoring

• Make it as standardized as possible• DON’T allow accommodations for students

who don’t receive them on state assessments– Don’t read the items to students on this if they

won’t have the test read to them for state assessments

Teacher Login

• URL: acuity.aps.k12.co.us

• Enter User name & Password (same as used to log in to your computer)

Log in to Acuityacuity.aps.k12.co.us

Login Page is the same for students & teachers

Acuity at home- out of district network

Main Menu

View and Print Class Rosters

View and Print Class Rosters

View and Print Class Rosters

View and Print Class Rosters

View and Print Class Rosters

• After clicking on Print Entire Roster, a printing prompt will appear in a new window

______________________• Best Practice

– Prior to your Testing Dates – Confirm your Class Roster(s) are correct.

– New students will show in Acuity the day after they are enrolled in IC . If they do not then contact Susan Collins in IT via email.

• Provide, your name, school, student’s complete first and last name, grade level, and subject/course.

Printing Rubrics and Answer Keys

View and Print Answer Keys

View and Print Answer Keys

View and Print Answer Keys

View and Print Answer Keys

Constructed Response Score Entry

Constructed Response

• Students may complete CR via paper/pencil for math only (CR Answer Sheet)

• Online response entry for Language arts only• Teachers must score CRs using Rubric• Teachers need to manually enter CR scores into

Acuity • CR Items should NOT be completed if student did

NOT complete MC Items

Scoring CR Items

• No Response = 0– Student skipped (did not attempt) item, but completed

other items (do not use for absent students)– counts as an Incorrect score (zero points)

• ZERO Score = 0– Student attempted to answer item, but answer was

incorrect, zero points based on rubric

• Leave Blank – If student did not complete any multiple choice items

(absent)

Scoring CR Items

Scoring CR Items

Manually Scoring CR Items

Manually Scoring CR Items

Manually Scoring CR Items

Manually Scoring CR Items

Closing the test window

Steps to insure your results will be accessible as soon as students are done testing

Assignment Status• Hover over Assignments, hover over Assessment

Assignments, and click on View Assignments.

• Fill in all information on the assessment on the left (subject, grade, etc.)• Your assessment should show up on the right.• You will see information on the assessment including the dates of the

window, the number of students assigned and scored, and percentage completed.

• To see more details, hover over the Actions button to the right, and click on Assignment Status

Contact for Help

• Kimberly Terry• kkterry@aps.k12.co.us• Ext. 28335

• Christina Ethier• ckethier@aps.k12.co.us • Ext.28337

• Susan Collins• sacollins@aps.k12.co.us• Ext. 28288