ACAP and
ACT Resources
Office of Student Learning Website
ACAP Summative
- Important Websites
- ALSDE ACAP Website
- DRC Website (Blueprints, Performance Descriptors, Item Specs, Grade Specific Instructional Docs, etc. ) - No login required
- DRC Insight Portal - Login required
- Updated 2024-2025 Resources - CLICK HERE - Updated 7/18/24
- Notable updates include -
- Test Blueprints: Updated title on ELA blueprints; Added reading blueprints
- Performance Level Descriptors: Added grades 2 and 3 reading PLDs
- Instructional Supports: added links for updated ELA supports
- Text-Depending Writing: Updated links that were inactive
- 2023-2024 Resources - CLICK HERE to find PDF files with links to updated 2023-2024 ACAP Summative and ACAP Alternate resources, including Test Blueprints, Instructional Supports, Performance Level Descriptors, and Text Dependent Writing Supports. ELA Instructional Supports are currently being updated and will be released and linked to the Instructional Supports document when they are available. Item Specifications are also being updated and will be available soon.
- ACAP Data
- 2022 ACAP Summative PARCA Report for Schools & Districts (2021-2022 Comparisons)
- ACAP Summative Proficiency Data (scroll to Proficiency - Download Spreadsheets)
- Considerations for Using ACAP Summative Resources
- Pacing & Planning -→ Blueprints
- Instruction → Instructional Supports, Retired Questions, & PLDs
- Assessments → Item Specs, Retired Questions, & PLDs
- Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs)
You can access PLDs in the DRC Website (under ACAP Summative) and the ALSDE ACAP Website. PLDs are especially helpful for student goal setting, common assessments, rubrics, standards-based grading/assessments, and essential questions/I Can statements. Sample student scores and rationales are provided as well.
- PLD Presentation (2022) with Math and ELA Activities
- 2023 PLDs (posted 10/7/22 & 1/6/23)
- By Grade Level
- By Content Area
- PLD Educator Recorded Training (2023) (10 min.)
- Instructional Supports
Foundational tools that educators may use to help students become independent learners as they build toward mastery of the Alabama Course of Study content standards. Instructional supports are designed to help educators engage their students in exploring, explaining, and expanding their understanding of the content standards.
- Spring 2023 Instructional Supports by Grade Level (posted 11/2/22)
- Spring 2023 Instructional Supports by Content (posted 11/2/22)
- Math and Science Related ACAP Summative Resources
- AMSTI ACAP Summative Math Wakelet
- Geometry, Measurement, and Data Strand on ACAP Summative
- AMSTI Math Assessment Item Bank
- AMSTI Science Formative Item Sets (expose students to ACAP-like test items) These items can be used to help measure progress towards mastery of standards.
- Additional MATH ACAP Summative Resources (curated by JSU AMSTI)
- ACAP Summative Math (Mega 2021 Presentation)
- ACAP Summative Science (Mega 2021 Presentation)
- 2023 Recorded Trainings
- How to Write Items Aligned to the Course of Study: Math (47 min.)
- How to Write Items Aligned to the Course of Study: Science (27 min.)
- English Language Arts (includes Reading, Writing, & Listening) Resources
- ARI ACAP Summative Padlet
- ACAP Summative Instructional Supports Aligned to the New AL ELA COS (Grades 2 & 3)
- Recorded ELA ACAP Summative Trainings (app. 1 hr. each)
- Listening (Grades 2-8)
- Training - ACAP Summative: Assessing the Listening Standards for Grades 2 through 8
- Grades 2-3 measures phonological/phonemic awareness and fluency. Grades 2-5 measure phonics. Grades 4-8 measures text-dependent writing (grades 2-3 next year). See memo for more.
- Teachers and students can see what Listening looks like in the OTT ELA Tests - see screenshot below.
- Text-Dependent Writing
- Modes are Argumentative, Informational, or Narrative.
- Training: ACAP Summative Text-Dependent Writing (TDW) Item Rubric (Grades 4–5)
- ACAP Summative Text-Dependent Writing (TDW) Item Rubric (Grades 6–8)
- TDW Resources by Grade Level (includes new rubrics)
- TDW Resources by Mode (includes new rubrics)
- Sample Student Rubric using ACAP Rubric Language
- Sample Student Rubric - Google Sheets Version for Online Scoring
- More ACAP Docs and Resources
- ACAP Summative Assessment Practice Test Informational Presentation
- ACAP Summative Teacher Checklist Doc and Presentation (OSI, William Jones)
- ACAP Summative Principal Checklist Doc
- 2023 Documents Posted in DRC Portal (including Retired Questions in the Item Specs)
- ACAP Grade-Level One Pagers Resources Grouped by Each Grade
- ACAP Summative Sandbox (K-8, Math, Science, ELA) Great for bellringer/modeling activities.
- Click on Online Tools Training (OTT)
- Retired 2021 Questions
The sample/retired ACAP Summative items are located within the Item Specifications for each content and grade. These are also included within the Scantron Achievement Series.
- ACAP Summative Sample Test Items sorted by Grade Level
- ACAP Summative Sample Test Items sorted by Content Area
- Related Professional Learning
- ACAP Summative & Alternate Recorded Presentations (2023)
- All recorded presentations are linked in each of the documents for easy access.
- ACAP Interactive Reports Presentation(December 2022)
- Includes the following:
- ACAP Summative Cognitive Complexity Training Packet
- ACAP Summative Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) Educator Training
- ACAP Alternate Cognitive Complexity Training Packet
- How to Use Sentence Strips and Picture Cards in Daily Instruction
- ALSDE/ACAP Resources that Support the Instructional Cycle
- TWIRL to ACAP Readiness
- ACAP Summative Teacher Checklist
- Beyond ACAP Summative: Using Proficiency Scales to Guide Instruction and Assessment
- ACAP Mega 2022 Presentations
- Through the Lens of 6-12: Let’s Focus on Writing and the ACT, OSI & Assessment Slides
ACT
- ALSDE ACT Website
- Alabama ACT Performance Level Descriptors (ELA, Math, & Science)
- ACT Performance Level Descriptors PDF - ELA
- ACT Performance Level Descriptors PDF - Math
- ACT Performance Level Descriptors - Math On Demand Webinar (25 Minutes)
- ACT Performance Level Descriptors PDF - Science
- ACT Performance Level Descriptors - Science On Demand Webinar (23 Minutes)
- ACT Assessment Standards by Content Area and Alignment with State Standards - Worksheets (ACT)
- Anchoring the Curriculum Using ACT Standards (ACT)
- ACT Rigorous & Relevant Instruction
- MEGA ‘23 Presentation
- Rigorous & Relevant Instruction Workbook
- Practices of Top Gaining Schools on the ACT (PARCA)
- The ACT Knowledge and Skills Map can be used to learn more about ACT's approach to measuring college and career readiness. Each subject area provides a grade-by-grade overview of knowledge and skills that research suggests a student should master on the path to college and career readiness. (ACT)
- ACT Writing
- ACT Writing Scores and Sample Prompts and Scored Essays (ACT)
- ACT Writing Test Scoring Rubric
- The ACT Writing Webinar
- Understanding the ACT ELA Score
- PDF - Understanding ACT ELA Scores
- Webinar - Understanding the ACT ELA Score
- ACT Practice Site (March to Success)
- ACT Prep for Alabama
- Includes how to register students and create courses (video tutorials and manuals)
- This document was developed during the math course of study revision process to assist secondary teachers with the alignment of the newly adopted 2019 mathematics course of study standards to the math section of the ACT with Writing assessment.
- Technical Manuals (ACT)
- Accountability and PreAct-ACT Growth Information
- Other ACT Related PD:
- TWRL to ACT Readiness
- Impactful Literacy Practices – Preparing our Students for the ACT and Beyond
- ACT Professional Development Training Recordings
Recommend sharing at grade-level, content, or common planning meetings.
On Demand Webinar - The ACT English Test
On Demand Webinar - The ACT Math Test
On Demand Webinar - The ACT Reading Test
On Demand Webinar - The ACT Science Test
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Updated 3.11.25