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Tempe Union presents common final exam data, pilots basic math assessment and reports early FAFSA outreach
Summary
District staff reported on 67 common final exams, assessment reliability and item reviews, a pilot basic math assessment with low initial reliability, and early FAFSA completion workshops and postsecondary enrollment trends.
At the Tempe Union High School District meeting, district assessment lead Doctor Lehi presented the district’s common final exam program, shared results across English and math, discussed technical measures used to evaluate tests, and described early FAFSA outreach and postsecondary enrollment tracking.
Lehi said the district maintains a “balanced assessment system” that spans daily teacher-created checks, PLC unit assessments and common final exams used both formatively and summatively. "Anything really above 0.7 is considered a reliable test," Lehi said when explaining the reliability metric used to evaluate common finals, and described cadre processes for reviewing item discrimination, test difficulty and proficiency standards.
Key details Lehi gave: - The district houses 67 common final exams that are tied to course blueprints and aligned…
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