CAL Test Builder:
Using CAL's online computer test delivery and reporting system, CAL TestBuilder is the online tool that brings the Alaska Computerized Formative Assessment (ACFA) program to all Alaskan schools. ACFA items are linked to specific Alaska content standards and grade level expectations (GLEs). The system is intended to provide feedback that can be used to adapt teaching and learning to meet student needs. ACFA tests in reading and mathematics are already assembled and available for immediate use.
Reading
Six item sets related to passages are available. Items related to a passage
measure specific Alaska reading GLEs. The number and type of reading GLEs
linked to any one item set vary across passage tests. Passage tests have
been grouped into item sets to provide a
sense of student performance in the content
strand areas: word identification, general understanding, and content and
structure. Reports for the passage tests show results for each item as well
as the total test score.
Mathematics
Test items are grouped into one of six content strand areas: estimation/computation,
geometry, functions/ relationships, statistics/ probability,
numeration, and measurement. With a few exceptions, there are two tests
assembled for each content strand area at each grade level.