Transcript Online Training Nov 6 ELA

Welcome to the
ELA Smarter Balanced Practice
and Training Tests
November 6, 2014
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Assessment and Research
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ELA Smarter Balanced Practice and
Training Tests
Welcome
Stacey Murrell, Ed. D.
Interim Assessments Coordinator
Office of Assessment and Research
Balanced Assessment System
Interim assessments and
practice performance tasks
Smarter Balanced ELA Claims
ELA: Targets by Grade Level for each Claim
Smarter BalancedPractice Tests
Practice Tests are
about
content/standards.
• Experience a full grade-level assessment and
see what students will see on summative test
• Includes a variety of question types and
difficulty
• Approximately 30 items each in ELA and math
• Also has an ELA and math performance task
• Includes embedded universal tools,
designated supports, and accommodations for
IEP/504 students
Practice Tests Embedded
• All universal tools
• Most designated supports, including:
– Color contrast
– Masking
– Text-to-speech directions and test
questions
– Translations (glossary): Spanish
• Most accommodations, including:
– American Sign Language for all math
items and ELA listening passages and
items (only)
– Braille
– Streamlining
Embedded Universal
Tools: Breaks,
Calculator, Digital
Notepad, English
Dictionary, English
Glossary, Expandable
Passages, Global Notes,
Highlighter, Keyboard
Navigation, Mark for
Review, Math Tools,
Spell Check,
Strikethrough, Writing
Tools, Zoom
Smarter BalancedTraining Tests
Training Tests are
about question types
and navigating the
site.
• Opportunity to learn software and navigational tools
• Available as grade bands:
– Grades 3-5
– Grades 6-8
– Grades 9-11
• 14-15 items, including these new technology enhanced
questions: matching tables, table fill-in, evidenced
based selected response
• No performance tasks
• Includes embedded universal tools, designated
supports and accommodations for IEP/504
Training Tests Embedded
• All universal tools
• All designated supports, including:
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Color contrast
Masking
Text-to-speech for directions and test questions
Translated test direction: Spanish
Translations (glossary): Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, Filipino,
Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
– English glossary
– Full Translation: Spanish
• All accommodations: Streamlining, American Sign
Language, Braille, Text-to-speech for reading passages in
grades 6-11
How to Access Tests
• Quick Access (any users): Any Internet-connected
computer using a current Web browser including:
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Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
Apple Safari
• Advanced Access: Secure Browser can be usedlikely TIS would support this installation on the
computers.
Practice and Training Tests
User Guides
• Main Resources and Documentation Page:
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/
– Practice and Training Test User Guide (PDF):
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/PracticeAndTrainingTes
t_UserGuide_021414.pdf
• Provides in-depth guidance on the practice and training
tests
• Step-by-step directions for using both tests
User Guide: Test Layout
Basic Rules:
• Unable to skip test items- Must mark for
review and return to it later.
• Answer all test items on page before going to
next page. May need to scroll vertically to see
all items.
• Marked for review items can be located using
Questions drop-down list at top of page.
Test Tools: All Tests
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Highlight passages and questions
Zoom in and out
Mark for review
Make notes in notepad
View tutorials about item type
Strikethrough (cross out answer choices)
Access test instructions and Help screen
Test Tools: All
• Expand passage tool
– Left pane has reading passage
– Right pane has test questions on passage
– Click on icon in upper right corner of left pane to
expand passage
– Click on same icon to collapse passage
Audio Tools/Headphones
for Practice and Training Tests
Used in Tests
Accessed Via
Universal Tools
All students:
Students listen to recorded
speeches or texts using
headphones. They then
answer questions on the
audio passage.
Practice and Training Tests
website, using Chrome,
Mozilla
Designated Supports:
Students who have been
given supports such as ELL,
IEP, 504, and SAT plans.
Students have the
directions and test
questions read to them by
an embedded text-tospeech program.
Requires the Secure
Browser be downloaded to
the student’s computer
Accommodations:
Students who are
identified by an IEP or 504
plan as needing the
accommodation.
Students have the
directions, test questions,
and (optional) ELA reading
passages read to them by
an embedded text-tospeech program.
Requires the Secure
Browser be downloaded to
the student’s computer.
• ELA Training Test has
reading passage
capability, ELA Practice
Test DOES NOT.
Secure Browser Note:
Practice and Training Tests
• Text-to-Speech is only available in a secure browser. Here
are the Supported Secure Browsers for Text-to-Speech:
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Windows Secure Browser 6.0 and 6.3
Mac Secure Browser 5.5 and 5.6
Mac Secure Browser 6.0 and 6.3
Linux Secure Browser 6.0 and 6.3
AIRSecureTest mobile secure browser for iOS
AIRSecureTest mobile secure browser for Android
AIRSecureTest mobile secure browser for Google
Chromebooks
Instructions for downloading the secure browsers are available on the
Smarter Balanced portal
(https://sbac.portal.airast.org/browsers/default.html) and in the Technical
Specifications Manual for Online Testing.
Practice Test Answer Keys
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Grade 3 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 4 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 5 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 6 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 7 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 8 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 11 ELA/Braille [PDF]
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/#manuals
Smarter Balanced:
2013 Pilot Test Extra Practice
• These are PDFs which could be used as additional
practice for students (such as SmartBoard, group work,
etc.).
• Grade 3 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 4 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 5 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 6 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 7 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 8 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• Grade 11 ELA/Braille [PDF]
• http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/#manuals
Office of Assessment:
ELA Cluster Assessments
• Claim 1 Literary Texts- available now grades 3-11
• Claim 1 Informational Texts- under construction,
available mid-Dec. grades 3-11
• Claim 2 Writing Performance Tasks- available now
grades 3-11
• Claim 3 Speaking and Listening- under
construction, available mid-Dec. grades 3-11
• Claim 4 Research- under construction, available
late Nov. grades 3-11
• Answer Key provided for each cluster
Part 2:
Survey Questions and Answers
• Q: How to use tools
• A: The tools available in the practice and
training tests are explained in detail here:
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/PracticeAndTrainin
gTest_UserGuide_021414.pdf
• Q: How will tests be scored?
• A: Smarter Balanced will soon be releasing the
proficiency score ranges for the tests. I will be
discussing scoring/score points possible on ELA
test questions in detail during Nov. 12 training.
• Smarter Balanced ELA item specifications provide
exact scoring points for each item type and task.
• Q: Are there samples of student writing available
as exemplars for writing performance tasks?
• A: At this time, student exemplars have not been
released to the public. I will share the websites
with county test coordinators once the exemplars
are shared.
• There are exemplar answers shown for the
constructed response items that students answer
before they write their essays.
• Q: For writing performance tasks, will the
sources be fictional, non-fictional, or both?
• A: Based on Smarter Balanced practice
performance tasks online, there were no fictional
texts used as sources.
• The SB sample Grade 6 performance task asks
students to write a narrative. This is the ONLY
sample of a narrative writing performance tasks
at any grade level.
• Q: How can we prepare our special education
students so they are not overwhelmed?
• A: Download the secure browser to their
computers and let them practice using the tools,
supports, and accommodations within the
practice and training tests.
• Additionally, the interim program replacing Acuity
will allow students the same experience in both
the interim program and the summative test.
• Q: Will Smarter Balanced be tailored to WV NxG
or Common Core standards?
• A: The practice and training tests are aligned to
Common Core. There is a crosswalk document
from the Office of Secondary Learning. The main
difference is the numbering system format;
however, WV did edit some of the language and
concepts.
• http://wveis.k12.wv.us/Teach21/public/ng_cso/E
LA_N.pdf
• Q: When will ELA teachers get more specific
trainings?
• A: Once the interim assessments program
(like Acuity) has been provided, then we will
begin offering RESA and county trainings.
• Q: How similar is the writing performance task to WV
Writes?
• A: Two points I want to share. First, the student writing in
WV Writes will have prepared us for the writing. Our
students can draft well-written essays. The challenge is
that they now read sources and must use the information
within the sources to support their own writing.
• Second, the essays written in the interim assessment
program will NOT be instantly scored by a computer. The
essays will have to be hand scored by teachers. The essays
for the summative performance task will be hand scored by
the assessment vendor.
• Q: Where can I find classroom activities to use as
models for creating my own in the classroom?
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• Grade 3: Out of This World [PDF]
• Grade 4: Animal World [PDF]
• Grade 5: Working Together [PDF]
• Grade 6: Technology of the Future [PDF]
• Grade 7: Sleep [PDF]
• Grade 8: The Money We Use [PDF]
• Grade 11: Financial Responsibility [PDF]
• http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/#manuals
• Q: Will grades 9 and 10 have an ELA test?
• A: Yes, we are planning on testing grades 9
and 10 in ELA. Smarter Balanced has items for
both these grade levels. They do NOT offer
practice tests; however, WVDE has practice
clusters for grades 9 and 10 and will be
providing additional practice clusters.
• Q: Will the reading and writing tests be scored
together or separately?
• A: Each student receives an overall ELA/literacy
score and four claim (Reading, Writing, Speaking
and Listening, and Research) scores or subscores
reported at the individual level.
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http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2014/05/ELA_Preliminary_-Blueprint-2014_04-30Final.pdf
Questions?
• Survey on this training session
• Go here:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F3K6TR8