Transcript PowerPoint Template for SBCTC

Are you familiar with the Smarter
Balanced Assessments?
Who is involved with implementing
the Smarter Balanced Placement
Agreement at their college?
Have you had a chance to look at the
Transitions Course curriculum?
Recent History of High School
Assessments
WASL
WA Assessment of Student Learning
1997-2009
HSPE
High School Proficiency Exam
2010-2014
EOC
End of Course Assessment
• Algebra & Geometry
• Biology
2010-Current
SMARTER BALANCED
ASSESSMENTS
SBA
Smarter Balanced Assessments
• English
• Math
Spring 2015
EOC
End of Course Assessment
• Biology
2010-Current
The Agreement
• Agreed to by all 34 Community
Colleges
• WA Public Baccalaureate Institutions
have a similar agreement
• HS can use their Smarter Balanced
scores to place into college
classes
Smarter Balanced Assessment
• Smarter Balanced is a state-led
consortium comprised of members that
have come together to create a highquality system of assessments aligned
with the Common Core State Standards to
measure college and career readiness.
Funded by the Race to the Top
Assessment Program, Smarter Balanced
assessments will be implemented in
Spring 2015 for 11th graders.
Key Elements of Higher Education Agreements
 Offers Washington high school students the
opportunity to establish their readiness for collegelevel coursework based on their scores on the 11th
grade Smarter Balanced assessment
 Represents Washington higher education’s
commitment to improve student college readiness by
– providing an incentive for achieving the Common Core
standards
– creating alternatives for students to use their senior
year more effectively
Details at http://www.wsac.wa.gov/college-readiness
or http://c2cwa.wordpress.com/
3-Year Agreement Timeframe
Class of
2016
Class of
2017
Class of
2018
Take SB
spring 2015
Take SB
spring 2016
Take SB
spring 2017
Enter higher
education
fall 2016
Enter higher
education
fall 2017
Enter higher
education
fall 2018
Review agreement in winter 2018 and consider revision/renewal for class of 2019
Smarter Balanced Agreement
11th Grade
Score
Level
4
3
Math Placement Options
Available Based on Score
English Placement Options
Available Based on Score
Any entry college-level math
course through pre-calculus I
An entry college-level English
course (including but not limited
to English Composition or its
equivalent)
 An entry college-level terminal
math course not on the calculus
pathway
 An entry-level calculus
pathway math course,
contingent on a B or better in a
calculus pathway class in the
senior year of high school
An entry college-level English
course (including but not limited
to English Composition or its
equivalent)
Smarter Balanced Agreement (2)
11th
Grade
Score
Level
2
Math Placement Options Available Based on English Placement
Score
Options Available Based
on Score
An entry college-level terminal math course
not on the calculus pathway, contingent on a B
or better in the statewide college readiness/
transition course or through local institutional
processes (transcript, high school GPA,
additional testing, etc.)
An entry college-level
English course (including
but not limited to English
Composition or its
equivalent)
[contingency same as
math]
1
Additional placement information, determined
by local institutional processes (transcript,
high school GPA, additional testing, etc.),
[Same as math]
needed for all entry-level courses
Mathematics: Estimated Percentage
of Students at Each Achievement Level
100%
90%
Est. % at Each Level
80%
70%
12%
13%
15%
14%
13%
13%
11%
27%
24%
18%
19%
20%
19%
22%
60%
50%
40%
29%
36%
32%
32%
31%
30%
27%
10%
32%
27%
3
4
Level 3
Level 2
30%
20%
Level 4
35%
35%
36%
38%
40%
5
6
Grade
7
8
11
0%
Estimates based on Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced field test conducted
in 21 states and USVI.
Level 1
ELA/Literacy: Estimated Percentage of
Students at Each Achievement Level
100%
90%
18%
18%
15%
11%
8%
30%
30%
Est. % in Each Level
80%
70%
20%
23%
29%
9%
32%
11%
30%
Level 3
60%
50%
27%
22%
40%
23%
29%
28%
Level 2
31%
31%
Level 1
30%
20%
Level 4
35%
37%
33%
3
4
5
10%
30%
34%
28%
28%
0%
6
7
8
Grade
Estimates based on Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced field test conducted
in 21 states and USVI.
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