21st Century Balanced Assessment:
What Does It Mean to My School?
WVDE 2008 Fall Regional School
Counselors Workshop
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Summative Assessment of Learning
• Align to WV 21st century content
standards and objectives
• Provide individual and group
achievement status at a point in
time
• Inform students, educators,
parents and the community of
student, school and system
performance
Policy 2340: WV MAP
• Policy defines Building Level
Coordinator and Examiners.
• Counselors are not required by Policy
2340 to serve as Building Level
Coordinators or monitor assessments.
• Counselor responsibilities are defined in
Policy 2315.
21st Century Content Standards
and Objectives
• Reflect national content standards
• Incorporate NAEP, TIMSS and
PISA frameworks
• Include 21st century learning skills
and technology learning tools
• Align to ACT and SAT standards
http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies (Policy 2520.*)
21st Century
Balanced Assessment System
• Formative Assessments for
Learning: A process during learning
• Classroom Assessments for
Learning: A proces during learning
• Benchmark Assessment of/for
Learning: An event during/after learning
• Summative Assessment of
Learning: An event after learning
Formative Assessments for Learning
• Conducted throughout teaching
and learning
• Learner-centered, context specific
• Provides feedback to students and
parents for monitoring progress
• Include multiple performancebased measures
Classroom Assessment for Learning
• Occurs during the instruction
• Student Involvement critical
• Acknowledges instructional
decisions of teachers and
students
• Continuous descriptive feedback
• Only difference between
formative and classroom
assessments is student
involvement.
Benchmark Assessments of/for
Learning
• Use multiple measures
• Provide feedback on students’
relative progress toward
instructional targets
• Provide instructional feedback to
teachers
• Provide timely information that
allows “in course” correction
Acuity funded by WVDE until 2014.
2008-2009 Testing Calendar
WESTEST 2 Field Test
September 22-October 3, 2008
PSAT Pilot for 10th Grade Students*
October 15, 2008
October 18, 2008
EXPLORE and PLAN
October 27-November 7, 2008
NAEP
January-March 2009
*WVDE will fund pilot for 10th grade this year. Other
grade level PSAT test takers will proceed as in
previous years.
2008-2009 Testing Calendar
WESTEST 2 Online Writing: Grades 3-11
March 2-27, 2009
Grades 6-8
March 23-April 10, 2009 Grades 9-11
March 30-May 1, 2009
Grades 3-5
WESTEST 2: Grades 3-11
May 18-29, 2009
APTA
April 27-May 8, 2008
Tests on this slide are used to calculate
AYP!!
WESTEST 2 Field Test
No individual student, school or county
results.
Test of the items, not student performance.
West Virginia teachers created many items
for the WESTEST 2 development.
PSAT Pilot for 10th Grade
Students
• Measures academic achievement
in mathematics, critical reading and
writing
• Identifies students with potential to
succeed in AP courses
• Predicts success students will have
in AP courses
*WVDE will fund Pilot for 10th grade this year.
Other grade level PSAT test takers will proceed
as in previous years.
EXPLORE
Grade 8
• Measures academic achievement in
reading, mathematics, English and
science
• Predicts how students will perform on
PLAN and the ACT
• Compares student performance to the
ACT College Readiness Standards
• Identifies needs and ways to improve
skills
• Provides information on career based
on interests
PLAN
Grade 10
• Measures academic achievement in
reading, mathematics, English and
science
• Predicts how students will perform
on the ACT
• Compares student performance to the
ACT College Readiness Standards
• Identifies needs and ways to improve
skills
• Provides information on career based
on interests
WESTEST 2 Online Writing
• Field test conducted in spring 2008 in grades 3
- 11
• Composed of passage and prompt
o Narrative
o Descriptive
o Informative
o Persuasive
• Untimed
• Scored
o Hand scored (field test only)
o Artificial intelligence
NAEP
• 2009 State Results reported for
o Reading 4, 8 and 12
o Mathematics 4, 8 and 12
o Science 4 and 8
• Measures what students know and can
do in reading, mathematics and
science
• Provides information to state and
national policy makers about student
achievement
Sample items are available on
• http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/it
mrls
• http://sites.google.com/a/wvde.k12.wv.us/na
ep-2009/
WESTEST 2
• Math and science tests will have
two gridded response questions
• Reading/language arts passages
will be paired or tripled by theme
• Social studies will have one
Document-Based Question per
grade level; each DBQ will consist
of 4-9 questions based upon 3-7
documents
Acuity Item Bank
• Grades 3-11
• Reading/language arts,
mathematics, science and
social studies
• Classroom, school and district
• Online delivery
• CTB/McGraw-Hill and WV
developed items aligned to
21st century CSOs
Optional Support
Teach21
• Teaching strategies
• Unit plans
• Assessment updates
• Sample WESTEST 2 items
http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/
Writing Road Map 2
• Unlimited writing practice grades 3-12
http://www.writingroadmap2.com
Acuity
• website under development
• PowerPoint for Acuity training
http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html#acuity
Contact Information
(304) 558-2546
WESTEST 2
Beth Judy bjudy@access.k12.wv.us
PSAT / PLAN / EXPLORE
Beth Cipoletti dcipolet@access.k12.wv.us
NAEP
Vickie Baker vbaker@access.k12.wv.us
WESTEST 2 Online Writing
Sandy Foster slfoster@access.k12.wv.us
Acuity
Sandy Foster slfoster@access.k12.wv.us