Smarter Balanced Assessments 2014-15 Webinar #4 January 13, 2015 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Division of Assessment and Student Information.

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Smarter Balanced Assessments
2014-15
Webinar #4
January 13, 2015
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Division of Assessment and Student Information
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Today’s Topics
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Introduction
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Interim Assessments
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Summative Assessments
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Portal
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A Balanced Assessment System
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Today’s News
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On Thursday, January 8, 2015, the State Board of
Education approved the Smarter Balanced achievement
levels (aka ‘cut scores’)
The State Board also approved (with very few changes)
the draft position statement on high school assessments
found on pages 59-60 of the board packet
(http://www.sbe.wa.gov/documents/BoardMeetings/2015/J
an/EntireBoardPacket3.pdf).
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Training
Training Webinars
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Technical Requirements
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Tuesday, February 3, 3:00 pm PDT
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Thursday, February 5, 10:00 am PDT
TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine)
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Friday, February 27, 3:00 pm PDT
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Thursday, February 19, 10:00 am PDT – preceding TDS Webinar
Test Delivery System (TDS)
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Thursday, February 19, 11:00 am PDT – following TIDE Webinar
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Thursday, February 26, 1:00 pm PDT
Online Reporting System (ORS)
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Tuesday, February 24, 3:00 pm PDT
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Thursday, February 26, 10:00 am PDT
Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS)
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TBD
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
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OSPI currently reviewing options some districts may want
to utilize by allowing students to use their own
(technology) devices.
Intended for districts that have already implemented
BYOD and have sufficient district capacity to ensure
equity of access.
OSPI is in the final stages of developing the policy.
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Digital Library
Educator resources for
formative assessment practices
to improve instruction
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Digital Library
Modules now available in the Digital Library:
 31 math Exemplar Instructional Modules
 31 ELA Exemplar Instructional Modules
 20 Assessment Literacy Modules
 10 Score Report Modules
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Interim Assessments
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Interim Assessment Components
Interim
Assessment
Interim
Comprehensive
Assessment (ICA)
Interim Assessment
Blocks
(IAB)
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Interim Assessments Timeline
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Interim Assessments were available Jan 6th
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Jan 6th – Comprehensive Interim (ICA)
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Jan 27th – Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB)
Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) will be available
January 19 (MLK Holiday)
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Students can test now.
Hand scored items will be held for scoring until THSS is
available.
Overall score will be generated after hand scoring is complete.
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Interim Test Login (draft)
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Interim Assessments
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Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs) for ELA
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The non-PT ELA blocks have 7-10 questions.
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Each ELA block is different for hand-scored items:
 Listening, Research and Edit/Revise blocks will have no hand-scored
items
 Brief Write block will be all hand scored
 Reading Lit and Reading Info blocks will have at least 1, maybe 2
hand-scored items per block
All PT blocks have three questions and a full write.
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Two Research items and a Full Write will be hand-scored.
One Research item will be machine scored.
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Interim Assessments
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Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs) for Math
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All the non-PT blocks have between 13 and 16 items.
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All the non-PT block items are automatically scored.
None of the items on the non-PT blocks will be hand scored.
The PT block has 6 questions per PT.
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2-3 questions per PT block are automatically scored.
Only 3-4 questions per PT block will need to be hand scored.
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Operational Tasks from Interim
through Summative
November 6, 2015
Where We’re Going
What Happens Up Front
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Assessing Students
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Staff accounts
Student Data
Administering assessment
Hand-scoring
Retrieving Data
Looking Ahead
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Staff accounts
District uploads staff to TIDE
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“School Coordinator” = Principal or School Test Coordinator
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Rosters students to teachers for reports
Can see results for all students in school
“School Test Administrator” = Proctor/Teacher
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Administers tests
Can see results for rostered students
Staff sign in to create accounts
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Email from MAAC
Click link; finalize account
30 Days (but let’s say 3 days) to create account
Resources: TIDE training module and manual
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Undergoing update to reflect dropping “Teacher (TE)” read-only
role, but instructions on adding/uploading still generally true
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(add single users)
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(upload users)
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Student Records
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Student records in TIDE reflect CEDARS on about 12/15
Next update: extracted 1/14, sent 1/15
Nightly uploads begin after 1/15 (send Monday night
through Friday night)
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Will reflect CEDARS data as submitted that day
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Add/Append – no ‘delete’ to keep vast swatches of students being
‘exited’ or dropped
Info on non-enrolled students
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If not actively enrolled this year, must do a ‘Bulk SSID Upload’ or
‘Screen Entry’ in CEDARS once ready
WILL associate students to a site in TIDE; WON’T enroll the student
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Student Records
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Roster Students in TIDE or ORS
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ORS only rosters students one by one; TIDE has roster upload
function; can happen before or after admin, but must be done for
TAs to get scores from ORS
Rostering requires that staff be in TIDE
Upload/enter Supports and Accommodations into TIDE
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WAMS Students Receiving Services opening soon
 Document Braille, Large-Print, Translations for paper materials
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EOC & Science DAPE Translated CDs
MSP Science translated CD for paper and online (no embedded translation)
NOTE: a student needing paper per IEP at an online site MUST use the ‘print on
demand’ option; do not order additional booklets
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(review students)
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(roster students in ORS)
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(download/upload roster)
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Administration and Scoring
Administer Assessment
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Test Delivery System
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TA Logs into TA interface through Portal site creates a session
Students log in through secure browser; TA approves students as they log in
Guides and Training Modules:
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Test Administrator Online System Interface Module (available)
Student Testing Interface Training Module (in progress, but there are practice and
training tests)
Smarter Balanced Test Administration Manual (under review)
Score Constructed Response Items
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Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) available 1/19
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Teacher/Scorer logs into THSS through Portal Site and scores
Rubrics live inside THSS
Training Module: Teacher Hand Scoring System Training Module (under review)
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Online Reporting System
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Roster reports
Student level data
Data extracts
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Contacts
Broken applications, Tech/Network, and password issues
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AIR Help Desk: [email protected] 1-844-560-7366
Student data in TIDE
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OSPI Assessment Analysts: [email protected]
360-725-6109
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Summative Assessments
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Summative Assessments
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Paper/pencil option registration
Test material format
Administration windows
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Summative Assessments – Paper/Pencil
Paper/Pencil Registration
 An additional window is now available in case a district
needs to change testing status of a grade or content area
from online to paper/pencil or vice versa. Registration
closes 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14.
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Summative Assessments – Paper/Pencil
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Test booklets and answer documents will be Smarter
Balanced material and not ‘Washingtonized’.
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No state designation; only grade and subject. Sample covers will
be provided soon.
All Washington booklets (HSPE, EOC, MSP) will retain
formatting/design used in previous years, but will be printed
b/w.
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Summative Assessments –
Administration Window
Online Testing Windows
 MSP Science Gr5 & 8: April 20 – June 5
 SB ELA G3: March 10 – April 23
 SB Math G3: March 10 – June 15
 SB ELA & Math Gr4-8: March 10 – June 15
 SB ELA & Math Gr11: April 6 – June 15
 ELA Exit Exam Gr10: March 10 – June 15
 Off Grade ELA & Math Gr10, 11, 12: March 10 – March
26
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Summative Assessments –
Administration Window
Paper/Pencil Testing Windows
 EOC Math Gr9-12 & Biology Gr7-12: May 11 – June 12
 HSPE Reading Gr11&12: March 17
 HSPE Writing D1 Gr11&12: March 18
 HSPE Writing D2 Gr11&12: March 19
 MSP Science Gr5 & 8: April 20 – May 19
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Summative Assessments –
Administration Window
Paper/Pencil Testing Windows
 SB ELA Gr3: March 10 – April 15
 SB Math Gr3: March 10 – May 20
 SB ELA & Math Gr4-8: March 10 – May 20
 SB ELA & Math Gr11: Concludes May 30
 DAPE Off Grade Gr10, 11, 12: March 10 – March 26
 Off Grade ELA & Math Gr10, 11, 12: March 10 – March
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 ELA Exit Exam Gr10: Concludes May 30
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Portal
WCAP Portal – Opened December 5, 2014
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Please share widely with all district and school personnel
OSPI’s Smarter Balanced page at
http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/default.aspx as well as
AIR’s WCAP portal at http://wa.portal.airast.org/
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WCAP Portal – Opened December 5, 2014
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Portal
The following resources will be available soon:
 Smarter Balanced Test Administration Manual (TAM)
 Test Administrator (TA) User Guide
 Updated TIDE User Guide and Training Module
 Online Reporting System User Guide and Training
Module
 Student Interface Training Module
 Teacher Hand Scoring System User Guide and Training
Module
 Braille Requirements User Guide
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Practice and Training Tests
The Smarter Balanced Practice and Training tests are available
now on the WCAP portal: http://wa.portal.airast.org/
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Practice and Training Test options
Guest student
Guest session
• This is how students can take practice tests at home,
for example, or how a member of the public can take a
practice test
Guest student
Real session
• Requires a Test Administrator with a user account in
TIDE
Real student
Real session
• Requires the student to be present in TIDE and
requires a Test Administrator with a user account in
TIDE
• This most closely mimics the operational environment
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Resources
New resources from www.ReadyWa.org
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Thank you!
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