Transcript Accountability Within California

Assessment and Accountability:
Update with the California Department of
Education
March 17, 2014
Diane Hernandez, Director
Assessment Development and Administration Division
Keric Ashley, Director
Analysis, Measurement and Accountability
Reporting Division
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484:
California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Assembly Bill (AB) 484 establishes the Measurement of
Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP); through
regulation, the name changes to the California
Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
(CAASPP).
• CAASPP replaces the Standardized Testing and
Reporting (STAR) Program.
• AB 484 outlines assessments in CAASPP, some of
which were used previously in STAR.
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AB 484: Required Assessments
for the 2013–14 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Smarter Balanced Field Test for English
language–arts (ELA) and mathematics:
– Grades 3–8: All students participate.
– Grades 9 and 10: Only students selected for the
scientific sample participate.
– Grade 11: Students selected for the scientific sample
participate. All others are encouraged to participate.
• Science in grades 5,8, and 10
– CST
– CMA
– California Alternate Performance Assessment(CAPA)
• CAPA for Enlish language–arts and mathematics in
grades 2–11
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AB 484: Optional Assessments
for the 2013–14 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Early Assessment Program (EAP) in grade 11:
– EAP will be voluntary for students, as it has been in
previous years.
– All grade 11 students have the option to participate in
the EAP.
– Scores will be produced for individuals only; no school-,
district-, or state-level scores from EAP assessments
will be produced.
• Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS) for
Reading/Language Arts in grades 2 through 11:
– STS will be voluntary for local educational agencies
(LEAs) to administer to English learners.
– LEAs will receive apportionment for STS assessments.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment System
Summative assessments
benchmarked to college
and career readiness
Common Core
State
Standards
specify
K–12
expectations
for college and
career
readiness
Teachers and
schools have
information and tools
they need to improve
teaching and
learning
Formative assessment
tools and practices
for teachers to improve
instruction
All students
leave
high school
ready for
college
and career
Interim assessments
flexible, open, used for
actionable feedback
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Benefits of Participation in the
Smarter Balanced Field Test
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Students: will have hands-on experience with the
functionality of a computer-based assessment
• Teachers and administrators: will gain valuable
exposure to administration logistics during a trial
run
• LEAs: will benefit from knowing where technology
gaps may exist so they can fully prepare for
operational assessments
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Smarter Balanced Field Test
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The Field Test will be administered March 18 through
June 6, 2014.
• On March 14, 2014, LEAs in window 1 were informed
that their window would be adjusted; begins March 25.
• Each school has been assigned a six-week window and
can conduct testing anytime within that assigned
window.
• Field Test window assignments are available at
http://www.startest.org/FT-windows2014.html.
• Field Test will be computer-based only; no paper-andpencil version will be available.
• No results will be reported.
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Smarter Balanced Field Test
Components
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Ninety-five percent of students will take a sample
of items from both ELA and mathematics.
• The remaining 5 percent of students will take a
sample of items in either ELA or mathematics.
• All students will complete one performance task in
one content area, either ELA or mathematics.
• The performance task will be preceded by a
classroom activity.
• The performance task and classroom activity will
be made available to LEAs around March 10, and
will be by school by grade level.
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Smarter Balanced
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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Smarter Balanced
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
1. Universal tools, available to all students.
Examples include spell-check, highlighter,
embedded ruler, strikethrough, and English
dictionary.
2. Designated supports, available to identified
students, including English learners,
struggling readers, and students with
attention deficits. Examples include colorcontrast text, the blocking of distracting
content, stacked translations and bilingual
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dictionary.
Smarter Balanced
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
3. Accommodations, available to students with
an individualized education program or a 504
plan that specifies the need for such an
accommodation. Examples include closed
captioning, Braille, calculator, and scribe.
The Guidelines are available on the CDE
Smarter Balanced Accessibility and
Accommodations Web page at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/access.asp
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Matrix One: Universal Tools, Designated
Supports, and Accommodations for the
California Assessment of Academic
Performance and Progress
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
•
A new matrix that describes the universal tools, designated
supports, and accommodations available for the CAASPP
assessments is now available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ai/.
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CAASPP Accessibility Support
Request Form
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The CAASPP Accessibility Support Request Form is now
available at http://californiatac.org/administration/forms/.
• Local educational agency CAASPP coordinators can submit
this form to the CDE when they determine that a student
needs to use a support that he or she regularly uses in the
classroom but that is not listed on the matrix.
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CAASPP Accessibility Support
Request Form (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The request must be submitted at least ten
business days prior to the student’s first day of
CAASPP testing.
• More information in the 2014 LEA and Test Site
Coordinator Manual for the Spring 2014
Administration that is available at
http://californiatac.org/administration/instructions/in
dex.html.
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California Online Field Test
Administration Manual
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The California Online Field Test Administration
Manual contains instructions on test administration
procedures specifically for California LEA testing
coordinators, test site coordinators, and test
administrators.
• The manual is available at
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/ca/field-testca/resources/.
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Resources
Smarter Balanced
Practice Tests and Training Tests
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Practice Tests
– Provide students with grade-specific testing experience
similar in format and structure to the Smarter Balanced
Field Test, including available supports.
• Training Tests
– Allow teachers and students to experience the features,
functionality, and item types in computer-based testing.
– A training test is available for each of three grade bands
(3–5, 6–8, and high school) and contains approximately
6–9 items per band, per content area.
Note: Smarter Balanced Practice Tests and Training Tests are
available at http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/.
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Resources (cont.)
Smarter Balanced Field Test
Training Modules
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• New training modules are available on the Smarter
Balanced Assessment Consortium Field Test portal at
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/ca/field-test-ca/resources/.
• Ten videos (6 to 55 minutes in length) are available
that provide information on a variety of topics, including:
– Accessibility and Accommodations
– Smarter Balanced Test Administration Overview
– Technology Requirements for Online Testing
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AB 484: Required Assessments
for the 2014–15 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Operational Smarter Balanced Assessments for ELA
and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 and 11.
• Smarter Balanced Assessments for grade 11 will be
used for purposes of the EAP.
• CST and CMA for science in grades 5, 8, and 10 will be
administered until new science assessments based on
the Next Generation Science Standards are developed.
• CAPA for ELA and mathematics in grades 2 through 11
and for science in grades 5, 8 and 10 will be
administered until new alternate assessments are
developed.
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Smarter Balanced Summative Windows
for the 2014–15 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Window was approved by governing states on
September 10, 2013.
• In grades 3–8:
– Sixty-six percent of school’s instructional days
must be completed before testing can begin.
• In grade 11:
– Eighty percent of a school’s annual instructional
days must be completed before testing can
begin.
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2014-15 and Beyond
Future Assessments
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• AB 484 requires the SSPI to bring a
comprehensive plan to the SBE regarding
assessments in other content areas and grades by
March 2016.
• AB 484 also requires the SSPI to develop, and the
SBE to adopt, a new primary language assessment
by the 2016–17 school year.
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California High School Exit
Examination (CAHSEE)
TOM TORLAKSON
• Assembly Bill 1705 extended exemption to eligible
students with disabilities to July 1, 2015
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The SBE may further extend the date by one year.
• Assembly Bill 250 assessment requirements
• SSPI Report: Transitioning California to a Future
Assessment System
• Assembly Bill 484
• HumRRO Biennial Report
State Assessment Support
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
California Technical Assistance Center (CALTAC)
http://californiatac.org/
800-955-2954
CAASPP Office
[email protected]
916-445-8765
CDE redesigned Smarter Balanced Field Test Web
page
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/smarterfieldtest.asp.
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Accountability and Special
Education
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• LCFF reduced the Academic
Performance Index (API)
significant student group size to 30
students
• The State Board of Education
(SBE) approved the same student
group size of 30 students for
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
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Accountability and Special
Education (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The Smarter Balanced
Assessment System incorporates
universal tools, designated
supports, and accommodations,
which will meet the needs of
special education students.
Therefore, the ELA and
mathematics CMAs are no longer
needed.
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Accountability and Special
Education (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• There are approximately 10
accommodations that will change
the construct of the test and will
impact accountability – meaning a
score is produced for the student,
but wouldn’t be used in a school’s
accountability
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AB 484: Test Results and
Accountability
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• No assessment results available from
the field test – prohibits use for
accountability
• Restricts comparison of scores from
California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
to Standardized Testing and Reporting
(STAR) Program
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Status of AYP
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 2013 - AYP reports released
• 2014 - AYP reports for high schools will
continue since grade 10 CAHSEE and
CAPA and graduation rates are used to
make AYP determinations
• The U.S. Department of Education (ED)
approved a California waiver that would
suspend AYP reports for elementary
and middle schools for 2014
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Status of AYP (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 2013 AYP determinations for
elementary and middle schools carry
over to 2014
• Program Improvement (PI) status
freezes in place for elementary and
middle schools
• Elementary and middle schools do
not advance or exit from PI; no new
schools would be identified as PI in
2014
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Status of API
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 2013 – Growth API released (The Base
API will not be calculated)
• 2014 – Growth and Base APIs will not be
calculated – approved by SBE
• 2015 – No Growth API will be calculated,
but a baseline will be established with the
Base API using the new CAASPP results –
approved by SBE
• 2016 – The first Base to Growth
comparison using CAASPP results will be
reported
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New Indicators for the API
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The Public Schools Accountability
Act (PSAA) Advisory Committee
has completed a graduation data
methodology – still needs SBE
approval
• PSAA is currently working on a
recommendation for a
college/career indicator
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Graduation Data Indicator
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The SSPI supports the PSAA
Advisory Committee’s
recommended methodology which
awards points for:
– On-time graduates
– Certificates of completion
– GED completers
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Graduation Data
Indicator (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
– Additional points for on-time
graduates within disadvantaged
student groups (English learners,
students with disabilities,
socioeconomically disadvantaged,
and foster youth).
• Still pending SBE approval
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College/Career Indicator
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The PSAA Advisory Committee
approved a methodology that
would use multiple ways for
students to contribute to a school’s
API through various college and
career measures toward a single
indicator of success
• Details of the multiple measures
are under discussion
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Accountability Contact
Information
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Data Reporting Office
Randy Bonnell, Administrator
[email protected]
• Academic Accountability Unit
Jenny Singh, Administrator
[email protected]
• Data Visualization and Reporting Office
Michelle Center, Administrator,
[email protected]
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