Transcript Assessment Update CTA Pre-Good Teaching Conference January 10, 2014 Jessica Valdez, Administrator California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office Assessment Development and Administration Division CALIFORNIA.

Assessment Update
CTA Pre-Good Teaching Conference
January 10, 2014
Jessica Valdez, Administrator
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office
Assessment Development and Administration Division
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Formerly referred to as the California
Measurement of Academic Performance
and Progress (CalMAPP), the new
statewide student assessment system is
now the California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
• Announcement of this change was made
to local educational agencies in a January
7 letter from Superintendent Torlakson.
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Required Assessments
for the 2013–14 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test
• California Standards Test, California Modified
Assessment, and California Alternate
Performance Assessment (CAPA) for
Science in grades 5, 8, and 10
• CAPA for English-language arts (ELA) and
math in grades 2 through 11
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Optional Assessments
for the 2013–14 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• EAP in grade 11
– Voluntary for students, as it has been in
previous years
– All grade 11 students, including those
participating in the Smarter Balanced Field
Test, must have the option to participate in
the EAP
– Results for individual students only; no
school-, district-, or state-level results
• Standards-based Tests in Spanish
– Voluntary for LEAs to administer
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Smarter Balanced
Spring 2014 Field Test
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Will take place March 18–June 6, 2014
• Each school has been assigned a six-week
window within this time frame and can conduct
testing anytime within that assigned window.
• School test window assignments available at
http://www.startest.org/FT-windows2014.html.
• No paper-and-pencil version will be available.
• No results will be reported, but students should be
encouraged to do their best.
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Smarter Balanced
2014 Field Test (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 5% of students will take Field Test items from
one content area (i.e., ELA or math) and 95% of
students will take Field Test items from both
content areas.
• Participation expectations:
– Grades 3–8: All 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.
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Field Test
Student Participation Exceptions
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The only students exempt from participating
in the Smarter Balanced Field Test are:
• Students who participate in the CAPA
• For the ELA test only, English learners who
have been attending school in the United
States for less than 12 months
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Smarter Balanced
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Approved by governing states in September
2013
• Intended for use beginning with the spring
2014 Field Test
• Describe three types of student support:
1. Universal tools, available to all
students. Examples include spell-check,
highlighter, embedded ruler,
strikethrough, and English dictionary. 8
Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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, and
stacked translations.
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Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
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 of
accommodations include closed
captioning, braille, calculator, and scribe.
The Guidelines and accompanying FAQs 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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Proposed Emergency
Regulations
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Going to the State Board of Education
(SBE) for approval at its January 15–16,
2014, meeting (Item 5)
• Addresses test security affidavits, testing
windows, and available supports for
students
• Available on the SBE Web site at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr14/agen
da201401.asp
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State Assessment Support for the
2014-15 School Year
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
California Technical Assistance Center
Web site: http://californiatac.org
phone: 800-955-2954
e-mail: [email protected]
CDE Smarter Balanced Field Test Web Page
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/smarterfieldtest.asp
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