Transcript SBAC Overview - Hebron Public Schools

Hebron Public Schools
December, 2013
Vonda Tencza
Director of Curriculum and Technology
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The new SBAC assessments will be ready by
the 2014-2015 school year.
◦ Smarter Balanced assessments will go beyond
multiple-choice questions and include short
constructed response, extended constructed
response, and performance tasks that will allow
students to complete in-depth work that
demonstrates analytical skills and real-world
problem solving.
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State-led effort to establish a shared set of
clear educational standards
◦ Common Standards will help ensure students are
receiving a high-quality education consistently
from school to school and state to state.
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Designed to be robust and relevant to the
real world, reflecting the knowledge and
skills that our young people need for
success in college and careers.
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Critical thinking and problem solving—including
the ability to make decisions, solve problems,
and take action as appropriate;
Communication skills—the ability to synthesize
and transmit your ideas both in written and oral
formats;
Collaboration and team building—the ability to
work effectively with others, including those
from diverse groups and with opposing points of
view;
Creativity and innovation—the ability to see
what’s NOT there and make something happen.
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Intentionally sequence instructional strategies
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Think, Pair-Share (or Think, Write, Pair-Share)
Show/model “thinking” in classrooms
Practice questioning and wait time
Group students and use engaging problems
Use questions and prompts with student groups
Allow struggle time
Encourage/model logical reasoning
Model connecting learning to bigger picture
Hebron’s Transition to the Common Core
Implementation
2014-2015
Transition
2012-2013
2011-2012
• CCSS Content
Standards and CT GLE
• CMT
• CCSS Content
Standards
• CMT
• Practice SBAC
Assessments
Transition
2013-2014
• Implement CCSS
• Practice SBAC –All
Assessments
• Science CMT 5th
Our Current
2013-14 second
grade students
will be tested as
third graders
ELA/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-8 and High School
School Year
Last 12 weeks of the year*
DIGITAL LIBRARY of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model
curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules;
and teacher collaboration tools.
Optional Interim
Assessment
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
Optional Interim
Assessment
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
Summative Assessment for
Accountability
Performance
Tasks
• ELA/literacy
• Mathematics
Scope, sequence, number and timing of interim assessments
locally determined
*Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions.
Computer
Adaptive
Assessment
• ELA/literacy
• Mathematics
Re-take option available
 Performance
Tasks
Close Reading
Informational Text
Analytical Writing
 Technology Enhanced Questions
 Multiple Question Types
 Multiple Correct Responses
Stimulus
• readings
• video clips
• audio clips
• research
topic/issue/problem
• graphs, charts, other
visuals
•etc.
Information
Processing
• research questions
• comprehension
questions
• simulated internet
search
• etc.
Product/Performance
• essay, report, story,
script
• oral presentation or
speech with/without
graphics, other media
• responses to
embedded
constructed-response
questions
• etc.
Field Test 2014 Live Test 2015
Computer Adaptive
No*
Yes
Administered
March 18 –June 6*
Last 12 weeks
Content Areas
Mathematics and
ELA
Mathematics and
ELA
Grades Assessed
Grades 3 – 8 & 11
Grades 9 & 10
Grades 3 – 8 & 11
Computer Only
Computer
Paper-Pencil
Option*
Yes – 10 webbased modules
Yes
Yes
Yes
Where Administered
Administration
Training
Coordinator and
Administrator Manual
Summative Assessments
APPROXIMATE Testing Times
CAT
PT Only
Total
In-Class
Activity
3-5
1:30
2:00
3:30
0:30
4:00
6-8
1:30
2:00
3:30
0:30
4:00
11
2:00
2:00
4:00
0:30
4:30
3-5
1:30
1:00
2:30
0:30
3:00
6-8
2:00
1:00
3:00
0:30
3:30
11
2:00
1:30
3:30
0:30
4:00
3-5
3:00
3:00
6:00
1:00
7:00
6-8
3:30
3:00
6:30
1:00
7:30
Content Area Grades
English
language
arts/Literacy
Mathematics
Combined
Computer Required
11
4:00
3:30
7:30
1:00
The test duration estimates described above are applicable to most
students. However, Smarter Balanced assessments are not timed tests.
Some students may need more time while others may made need less
time to complete the assessment.
Total
8:30
Staff- continued implementation of CCSS, participate in practice
test in January, review SBAC examples, continued performance task
development
Students- continued interaction with CCSS, rich learning
opportunities, keyboarding instruction, exposure to practice test
examples, participation in performance task in math and ela
(grades 3-6), collaborative experiences
Curriculum- continued alignment of math/ela, identifying explicit
technology readiness skills, continued staff straining, inclusion of
more non-fiction materials, explicit modeling for ‘habits of mind’
Assessment- development of performance tasks, new
assessments, standards-based rubrics, revision of report cards to
be aligned to standards, exploration of NWEA for additional data
Shows item types and tools/features
All grades, both content areas
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
Link to SBAC Practice Test Information
https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/
Link to SBAC Practice Test Student Log-In