Transcript Nebraska State Accountability NeSA Update August 2009

Pat Roschewski, Ph.D.
Director of Statewide Assessment
[email protected]
Agenda
• Standards Revision
• Nebraska State Accountability – NeSA Tests
• New Protocols and Procedures
• Accountability
Standards Revision
Reading –State Board Approved – December 11, 2008
Mathematics – State Board Approved – October 8, 2009
 Districts must adopt within one year – December 2009 and
October, 2010
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ndestandards/AcademicStandards.htm
 NeSA-R built on newly revised standards
 External validation – Reid Lyon, McRel, Achieve
 Science Standards Review Beginning December 2009
 Alternate Assessment (For students most cognitively
challenged) - same process
Common Core Standards
 National discussion
 July 1st draft – High School only
 January – elementary grades added
 Implications?
 Assessment to follow – “Race to the Top” grants
What do board
members need to know
about the NeSA-State
Tests?
2009 Reading Field Test
• Field Tested – 61% of Grades 3-8, 11
90, 0000
72,000 online
Balance = Paper/pencil
• Field Tested the items
• August – Build Operational Tests
• September – Alignment Study – Verified the test
Testing Windows
Nebraska State Accountability-NeSA
Reading, Writing, Mathematics Field Test, ELDA (English
Language Development Assessment, Alternate
February 1-19
NeSA-W (Writing)
3 weeks
No local scoring
State Spanish scoring
February 15-March 26
English Language Development
Assessment – ELDA
March 29-April 30
NeSA Reading
Reading Make-up tests
NeSA AA-Reading (Alternate)
NeSA AA-Mathematics (Field Test)
2010 Operational Reading Test
March 29-April 30, 2010
 Districts need to plan ahead
 Tests Vocabulary and Comprehension
 Two session test
 Two days or one day w/break
 Make-up tests must be administered
 60-70 items (includes embedded field test items)
 If taken online – raw score and percent correct available
to the building at the end of each day during the testing
window
What do we know about NeSA-M?
• Four concepts will be measured:
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number sense
geometric/measurement
algebraic
data analysis/probability
• Two sessions, approximately 60 multiple choice items plus
embedded field test items
• No Calculators, Common Reference sheet
What do we know about
NeSA-AAR
(alternate – 1%)
• Spring 2009 – Field tested – 350 students
• Academic Standards have been extended to be appropriate
for students who qualify for alternate
• Appropriate academic tasks in vocabulary/comprehension
• Approximately 25 multiple choice items plus (5 embedded)
Nebraska State Accountability
NeSA Protocols and Procedures
 Security and Ethics
 Accommodations
 Scoring Rules
What do board members need to know?
NeSA Security and Ethics
• Standardized Procedures – New state security document
• Principal’s Security Agreement (Administrative Manual)
must be signed and returned by principal
• All teachers to be trained in testing security procedures
• District Security Policies are a must
• A sample of district policy sent out in August
NeSA Approved Testing
Accommodations
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/Assessment
• Testing Administration Practices (all students)
• Accommodations for students with disabilities or 504
plans
• Accommodations for students learning the English
language
Approved Accommodations, continued
• Accommodations and modifications are not the same
thing
• State tests cannot be modified to change the test
construct or content
• No out-of-level testing on the state test
• All students are to be tested at grade level enrolled
NeSA Scoring Rules
www.nde.state.ne.us/Assessment
These rules apply to NeSA-Reading, NeSA-Writing, NeSA-AA (Alternate), English
Language Development Assessment (ELDA), NeSA-Mathematics (2011) and
NeSA –Science (2012).
1. All enrolled students in required grade levels are to be included
in Nebraska State Accountability in one of three ways:
NeSA – General education tests
NeSA – General education tests with approved
accommodations
NeSA – Alternate
Scoring Rules, continued
2. If enrolled students are not tested, the district must
account for the reason why a student is not tested:
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Emergency medical waiver-granted only
through the Statewide Assessment Office
(waived score)
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Recently arrived limited English students who
have attended schools in the U.S. for less than
12 months (waived score for reading test
only)
Scoring Rules, continued
2. If enrolled students are not tested, the district must
account for the reason why a student is not tested:
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Parent refusal (zero score)
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Absent for entire window (zero score)
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No longer enrolled (moved-waived score)
Scoring Rules, continued
3. All students will be tested at grade level – no “modified
tests”
4. Students will receive scores only on the items that are
completed. Incomplete items will count as incorrect
items
5. Students will be considered a participant if they respond
to at least one question or prompt
Accountability
1. State Accountability
•Ratings on Assessment Quality
•Ratings on Student Performance
•New tests – changing everything
•State Board in discussions
Multiple Indicators
Improvement over time
2. Federal Accountability – AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
3. What’s Ahead??? – Rule 10 will change in the next year
Questions?