Transcript Smarter Balanced – An Overview
Smarter Balanced – An Overview Elementary Early Release January 7, 2015
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
I can identify and describe the three components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System I can describe how and why the results of the Smarter Balanced summative assessment are likely to be different than previous state assessment results
Topics
Topics
Smarter Balanced Assessment System Digital Library Interim Assessments ICA (Interim Comprehensive Assessment) IAB (Interim Assessment Blocks) Summative Assessments Across the grade levels “Parts and Pieces” Preparing for New Test Scores One-Stop Shopping: The Smarter Balanced Portal ( http://wa.portal.airast.org
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Assessment System
A Balanced Assessment System
Assessment System
Washington State K-12 Learning Standards Smarter Balanced –
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Formative
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Interim
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Summative
Digital Library
Digital Library
Smarter Balanced Assessment System
Digital Library
Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Digital Library
Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Digital Library
Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Digital Library
Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Digital Library
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessments
Smarter Balanced Assessment System
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessment Options
Interim Assessment Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA) Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB)
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessment Options
Interim Comprehensive Assessments
(ICAs) use the same blueprint as the summative assessments, assess the same range of standards, and provide scores on the same scale.
Interim Assessment Blocks (ICBs) focus on smaller sets of related concepts and provide more detailed information for instructional purposes. There are between five and seventeen blocks per subject per grade.
Interim Assessments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
IABs for ELA
Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grades 3-5 Read Literary Texts Read Informational Texts Edit/Revise Brief Writes Listen/Interpret Research Narrative Performance Task* Gr 4 and 5 only in 2014-2015 Opinion Performance Task* N/A in 2014-2015 Informational Performance Task* Gr 3 only in 2014-2015 * This is a full Performance Task as students experience in the summative assessment
Interim Assessments
IABs for mathematics
Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grade 3 1 2 3 4 Operations and Algebraic Thinking Numbers and Operations in Base 10 Not available in 2014-2015 Fractions Measurement and Data 5 Mathematics Performance Task* * This is a full Performance Task as students experience in the summative assessment
Interim Assessments
IABs for mathematics
1 2 3 4 4 5 Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grade 4 Operations and Algebraic Thinking Numbers and Operations in Base 10 Fractions Geometry Not available in 2014-2015 Measurement and Data Mathematics Performance Task* * This is a full Performance Task as students experience in the summative assessment
Interim Assessments
IABs for mathematics
5 6 1 2 3 4 Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grade 5 Operations and Algebraic Thinking Numbers and Operations in Base 10 Fractions Geometry Measurement and Data - Not available in 2014-2015 Mathematics Performance Task* - Not available in 2014-2015 * This is a full Performance Task as students experience in the summative assessment
Interim Assessments
Interim Assessments Timeline
Interim Assessments will be available… Jan 6 th – Comprehensive Interim Jan 27 th – Interim Assessment Blocks Initial release will include fixed forms; adaptive forms will be available as the item pool allows
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Smarter Balanced Assessment System
Summative Assessment
Parts and Pieces
Two Assessments: ELA Math Three Parts to each Assessment CAT: Computer Adaptive Test Classroom Activity Performance Task
Summative Assessment
What is “Covered” in the Summative Assessment?
Claims are broad statements of the assessment system’s learning outcomes
Summative Assessment
What is “Covered” in the Summative Assessment?
Summative Assessment
Assessment Windows
Grade 3 ELA Smarter Balanced 2015 Testing Windows
March 10 to April 23 – online
Grades 4–8 ELA and Grades 3-8 Math
Last 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 10 and no later than June 15
Grade 10 ELA
Last 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 10 and no later than June 15
Grade 11 ELA and Math
Last 7 weeks of school, but no earlier than April 6 and no later than June 15
Off Grade Level (formerly called DAPE)
March 10 - 26– online
Estimated Time
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Preparing for New Test Scores
Summative Assessment 2015 results will set a new baseline of student performance in Washington Some people are predicting that the spring 2015 test results will see Washington students falling off a “performance cliff”, with scores dropping.
But the new tests are not comparable so we should not compare scores from one to the other.
We have a new baseline!
Summative Assessment Think of the standards and the assessment as a new target with new results…. Two people who successfully climb Mt Rainer (at 14,000 ft), will find Mt McKinley (at 20,000 ft) more challenging.
Some will be able to meet the challenge, some will be close and some who previously were able to summit Rainier will not be able to summit McKinley at first.
Summative Assessment
Preparing for New Test Scores
Smarter Balanced assessments measure the full range of the Common Core State Standards. They are designed to let teachers and parents know whether students are
on track to be college- and career-ready
by the time they graduate.
Because the new standards set
higher expectations
for students- and the new tests are designed to assess student performance against these higher expectations--our definition of grade level performance is higher than it used to be. As a result, it’s likely that
fewer students will meet grade level standards
, especially for the first few years. Results should improve as students have additional years of instruction aligned to the new standards and become better equipped to meet the challenges they present.
This does not mean that our students are “doing worse” than they did last year. Rather, the scores represent a
“new baseline”
that provides a
more accurate indicator
parents as they work to meet the rigorous demands of college and career readiness.
for educators, students, and
Summative Assessment
Let’s Take a Step Back – in Time AND Perspective
Jeopardy!
The category is Washington State Assessment 101
Answer: 1996-1997 Question: What year was WASL first administered?
Answer: 28% Question: What percentage of Camas fourth graders met proficiency on the Math WASL in 1996-97?
Answer: 71% Question: What percentage of Camas fourth graders met proficiency on the Math MSP in 2012-13?
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
61%
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Smarter Balanced + Higher Ed
Washington has had unprecedented movement to use mandatory high school tests in college placement Agreement to provide access to credit bearing courses to 11 tests th graders who score a 3 or 4 on the Smarter Balanced ELA and math Washington’s Community Colleges Washington’s Baccalaureates Recently announced - WACT will be using scores of 3 and 4 for Running Start placement
Smarter Balanced Portal
Smarter Balanced Portal: http://wa.portal.airast.org
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
I can identify and describe the three components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System I can describe how and why the results of the Smarter Balanced summative assessment are likely to be different than previous state assessment results
What do you need next to support or extend your learning?
Smarter Balanced – An Overview Elementary Early Release January 7, 2015