Transcript Document

Assembly Bill 484
Assessment Update
Common Core State Standards Symposium for
Special Educators
December 2, 2013
Diane Hernandez, Director
Assessment Development and Administration Division
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Transition Milestones
Preliminary test
blueprints
approved
November 2012
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
SBE adopted
Common Core
State Standards
August 2010
2010-11
Smarter
Balanced
awarded fouryear RTTT grant
September 2010
Usability,
Accessibility, and
Accommodations
Guidelines approved
September 2013
Technology
Readiness Tool
launched
March 2012
2011-12
SSPI’s recommendations
delivered to the Legislature
January 8, 2013
2012-13
CDE outreach efforts
begin to develop SSPI
recommendations for
assessment
reauthorization
March 2012
California joined
Smarter Balanced
June 2011
Smarter
Balanced
grant ends
September 2014
2013-14
AB 484 signed
into law
October 2, 2013
AB 484 (Bonilla)
introduced
February 19, 2013
2014-15
Smarter Balanced
summative
assessments to
be implemented
operationally
Spring 2013
Pilot Test
Technology Strategy
Framework and System
Requirements Specifications
released
December 2012
Spring 2014
Field Test
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Assembly Bill (AB) 484
• Signed into law on October 2, 2013
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Establishes California’s new statewide student
assessment system, the California
Measurement of Academic Performance and
Progress (CalMAPP)
• To review full bill text as enrolled:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient
.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB484
• AB 484 Q&A now available on the California
Department of Education (CDE) Web page at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/ab484qa.asp
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Primary purposes of the CalMAPP system is to
assist teachers, administrators, students, and
their parents by promoting high-quality teaching
and learning through the use of a variety of
assessment approaches and item types
• Allows Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to
focus on transition to Common Core State
Standards
• The full transition to the new assessment system
will take place over time.
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Outlines assessments in CalMAPP, some
of which were used previously as part of the
Standardized Testing and Reporting
(STAR) Program
• Exempts English learners who have been in
the United States less than 12 months from
taking the English Language Arts (ELA)
assessment.
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• California Alternate Performance Assessment
(CAPA) for ELA and math in grades 2 through
11
• Science in grades 5, 8, and 10, including
California Standards Test (CST), California
Modified Assessment (CMA) and CAPA
• Standards-Based Tests in Spanish (STS) in
grades 2–11
− Voluntary for LEAs to administer (State
pays for ELA)
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• CSTs used for Early Assessment Program
(EAP) in grade 11:
– Voluntary for students, as it has been in
previous years
– Scores for individuals only–will not
produce school, district, or state-level
reports from these assessments
– Transitions the EAP to the Smarter
Balanced grade 11 assessment
beginning in 2014–15.
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• By March 2016, the Superintendent will take to
the State Board recommendations to expand
CalMAPP to include additional assessments,
such as history/social science, technology, and
visual and performing arts.
• Additional assessments in ELA, math, and
science may also be recommended.
• Allows for a variety of item types and
assessment modalities (e.g., population
sampling, matrix sampling).
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Authorizes the Superintendent, with State
Board approval, to not produce Academic
Performance Index (API) in 2013–14 and
2014–15.
• Restricts the comparison of certain scores from
CalMAPP to STAR
• Prohibits the display of scores that would
identify students or teachers
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AB 484 (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Calls for independent evaluation of
CalMAPP
• Begins the school year of the first full
administration of the consortium computer
adaptive assessments, which will be
2014–15
• Every three years thereafter
• For the purpose of continuous
improvement of the assessments
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Smarter Balanced 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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AB 484 (Cont.)
Smarter Balanced
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Requires LEAs to participate in the spring 2014
Smarter Balanced Field Test.
• Establishes the purposes of the field test:
– Enable the consortium to gauge the validity and
reliability of the items.
– Conduct necessary psychometric studies.
– Not be used for any other purposes.
• Provides opportunity to experience the Smarter
Balanced assessments:
– Low-stakes environment
– Gauge own technology readiness
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Smarter Balanced (Cont.)
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 having learned where
technology gaps may exist, and then can
fully prepare for operational assessments.
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Smarter Balanced (Cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Field test will take place March 18–June 6, 2014.
Shorter windows within this time frame will be
assigned to schools by the CDE and Educational
Testing Service (ETS).
• Will assess students in grades 3 through 11.
– Grades 3–8: Students are expected to participate.
– Grades 9 and 10: Only students selected for the
scientific sample are expected to participate.
– Grade 11:* Students selected for the scientific
sample are expected to participate; all others are
encouraged to participate.
* All grade 11 students may participate in the EAP.
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Smarter Balanced (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Ninety-five percent of students take a sampling
of both ELA and mathematics items plus one
performance task for one subject.
• Five percent of students take either ELA or
mathematics items plus one performance task
for one subject.
• Content area will be assigned by the CDE and
ETS for each school by grade.
• Testing time remains the same for both groups
at approximately 3.5 hours.
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Smarter Balanced (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Field test windows were approved by governing
states on September 10, 2013.
• In grades 3–8, 66 percent of a school’s annual
instructional days must be completed before
testing can begin.
• In grade 11, 80 percent of a school’s annual
instructional days must be completed before
testing can begin.
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Smarter Balanced (cont.)
• Practice tests launched May 29, 2013;
enhancements added in August 2013
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
• Provide students, parents, teachers,
administrators the opportunity to become
familiar with the online testing environment
• Should not be used to guide instructional
decisions regarding individual students
• Available for ELA and math for each of grades 3
through 8 and grade 11
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CDE Practice Tests Web page at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/practicetest.asp17
Smarter Balanced (Cont.)
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
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Smarter Balanced (cont.)
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
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 color-contrast text, the blocking
of distracting content, stacked
translations, and bilingual dictionary.
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Smarter Balanced (cont.)
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
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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2014 Administration of the California Measurement of Academic Performance and
Progress Assessment System
California District Support
CDE
Smarter
Balanced
ETS Technical
Assistance Center
District
Testing
Coordinators
District
Technology
Coordinators
ETS District
Outreach Team
External
Partners
ETS
Technology
Support
• Consortium
• Field Test Team
• Test
Development
System Vendor
For Further Information
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Join the CDE Smarter Balanced Electronic Mailing List
[email protected]
CDE Assessment Transition Office
[email protected]
Technology Readiness Coordinator
[email protected]
CDE Smarter Balanced Web Page
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sbac/
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Web Site
http://www.smarterbalanced.org
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