Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessments
California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress Program
Principal’s Training
Version: 102115
Interim Assessment
Principal’s Training
To download this power point:
1. Go to Student Testing Branch home page
2.Click on Interim Assessments
3.Click on Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments
4.Under “Training Materials” click on
Principal Training PowerPoint
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Critical Links
http://achieve.lausd.net/testing
http://www.caaspp.org/
 Best Practice
Bookmark
these
Webpages
CAASPP 2015
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Interim Assessment
Principal’s Training
Agenda
Interim Assessment Principal’s Training Objectives
Professional Development Topics
Interim Assessment LAUSD Policy (REF-6507.1)
LAUSD Comprehensive Assessment Program Help Desk Reference Guide
Interim Assessment Purpose
Interim Assessment Types
a) Smarter Balanced Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICA)
b) Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB)
7) TOMS and Digital Library Accounts (REF-6578)
8) Interim Assessment Viewing System “Teacher View”
9) Interim Assessment Administration
a) Designated Supports and Accommodations (REF-6420)
b) Student Log in Information
c) Test Administrator Interface
10) Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System
a) Interim Assessments Estimated Hand Scoring Times
b) Hand Scoring System Overview
11) Interim Assessment Reporting System
a)
Requirements for viewing Interim Assessment Scores (Digital Library account)
b)
ICA Score Reports
c)
IAB Score Reports
12) Interim Assessment General Information
a)
LAUSD – Division of Instruction Smarter Balanced Assessment Scoring Training Plan
b)
Technology Updates
c)
Earbuds – REF-6571
d)
For More Information – Contact Information
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Interim Assessment
Principal’s Training
Training Objectives
•
To provide school site Principals with an overview of the
Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments and its components.
•
To provide school site Principals with an overview of the
comprehensive training that the school site Testing
Coordinators will receive that will enable them to guide their
schools in the administration of the Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessments.
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Interim Assessment
School Site Testing Coordinators Training
Professional Development Topics
1. Test Administrator Security Affidavit and Learning Zone Class and Assessment (30 min)
2. Interim Assessment overview and Interim Assessment Viewing System (35-45 min)
3. Interim Assessment Hand Scoring
A. Training Guides and Exemplars (2+ sessions)
i.
For instructional planning (35-45 min)
ii.
For scoring student’s Interim Assessments (30 min)
4.
Interim Assessment Reporting System (25-30 min)
5.
Interim Assessment Administration (2+ sessions)
A. Test Security protocols (25 min)
i.
TOMS accounts
ii.
Student log in credentials
B. Creating a test session in Test Administrator Interface (25-30 min)
C. Student log in procedures and test session management (25-30 min)
D. School specific testing logistics (25-30 min)
i.
Device scheduling
ii.
Interim Assessments to be administered
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LAUSD Interim Assessment Policy
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Reference Guide is to provide information about the
Comprehensive Assessment Program for 2015-2016. The Comprehensive
Assessment Program is designed to be formative and to provide multiple
measures to drive decisions about instruction and intervention. This document
details program policies and also provides the 2015-2016 assessment
schedules in calendar form.
MAJOR CHANGES:
For 2015-2016, the District will adopt the Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium’s Interim Assessment Blocks* (IAB) in Mathematics and
English/Language Arts for Grades 3rd -11th (9th and 10th grade students can
only take the 11th grade IABs). Science and History/Social Science
assessments will continue to be the District’s California State Standardsbased assessments. For ELA and Mathematics, grades 3rd -12th, schools will
have the option to:
(1) give the SBAC IABs, or
(2) give the District’s CA State Standards-based interim assessments in ELA
and Math, or
(3) give CCSS-based interim assessments determined by the school and with
approval of the Local District Superintendent (see Attachment J).
The District’s Interim ELA and Math assessments for grades TK-2nd will
continue to be the California State Standards-based interim assessments.
Kindergarten Literacy interim assessments will not be optional, as they were in
2014-2015. Additionally, Grade 3 will have an end-of-year Integrated Unit,
joining the Integrated Units for Grade 4 and 5.
*NOTE: The Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA) is another version of
the SBAC Summative and requires as much time as the Summative for
administration. Use of the ICA is ultimately a school decision and may replace
or supplement one of the options above.
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LAUSD
Comprehensive Assessment Program
Help Desk Reference Guide
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessments
Summative assessments
benchmarked to college
and career readiness
(Grades 3-8 and 11)
Standards set
expectations
on path to
college and
career
readiness
Digital Library:
Formative assessment
tools and practices
for teachers to improve
instruction
Teachers and
schools have
information and
tools to improve
teaching and
learning
All students
graduate
college
and career
ready
Interim assessments
Flexible, open, used for
actionable feedback
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Interim Assessment Purpose
• The Interim Assessments are one component of the Smarter
Balanced assessment system and are designed to support
teaching and student learning throughout the year. The items
are developed under the same conditions, protocols, and
review procedures as those used in the summative
assessments.
‒
‒
Not secure, but not public
Limited access to only those individuals within the District
who have a professional interest in the use of the
assessments
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Interim Assessment Purpose
cont.
• The interim assessments are optional, but are
recommended. They enable teachers to check
student progress throughout the year,
providing actionable information to inform
instruction and help students meet the
challenge of college-and career-ready
standards.
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Interim Assessment Purpose
cont.
• The content of the tests have been aligned to
the Common Core State Standards in grades
3–8 and high school. The grade level to
assess should be based on the purpose of the
testing event.
• Each test can be administered to students in
any grade (e.g., a grade 7 interim test is not
limited to grade 7 students, but can be
administered to students in grades 6 or 8).
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Interim Assessment Types
• Two types of interim assessments:
1. Interim Comprehensive Assessments
(ICAs)
– English language arts/literacy (ELA) test
and performance task
– Mathematics test and performance task
2.
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)
– There are between 5 and 17 IABs per
grade and content area
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICA)
• Fixed form
• Use the same blueprints and assess the same
standards as the summative assessments
• Include the same item types and formats, including
performance tasks, as the summative assessments
• Yield overall scale scores, overall achievement level
designations, and claim score information
– Report against the same scale as the summative
test
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICA)
• Examples of the use of ICAs include:
−
−
A new student from another state is given
the previous year’s ICA.
Mid-year a teacher gives an ICA to gauge
how students might perform on the
summative assessment.
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICA)
•
This document is intended to assist LEA CAASPP coordinators, site coordinators, and test administrators in planning for
the administration and local hand scoring of the interim comprehensive assessments (ICA). The following table provides
key information, including the total number of items appearing on each ICA. This total includes items that are both
machine scored and hand scored. Also included on this table are the number of items that require local hand scoring on
the non-Performance Task (PT) constructed response, the PT constructed response, and the PT essay.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/icahandscoring.asp
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)
•
•
•
•
Fixed form
Focus on fewer sets of skills (e.g., Geometry)
Flexible; supports instruction and curriculum
Include the same item types and formats, including
classroom activities and performance tasks, as the
summative assessments
• Yield overall information for each block
• Results are reported as Below Standard, At/Near
Standard, and Above Standard
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)
• Examples of the use of IABs include:
−
−
A teacher uses the argument performance
task to determine the degree of a student’s
understanding before or after instruction.
A team of teachers uses a block to become
informed about how a group of students
are performing in geometry.
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Smarter Balanced
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)
The following tables are intended to assist LEAs in planning for the administration
and local hand scoring of the Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB). Included in each table
are the total number of items on each IAB. The total number of items shown includes
both machine scored and hand scored items. Each table also provides the number of
constructed response and essay items that require local hand scoring.
The entire list of available IABs for
grades 3-8 and 11 can be found at
the following web link
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/iabhandscoring.asp
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TOMS and Digital Library
ACCOUNTS
REF-6578
Getting Ready for Your 15-16 TOMS Accounts
CAASPP Coordinators
Principals
1.
2.
3.
1.
Designate CAASPP Coordinator in the
Principal’s Portal
Security Agreement and Security
Affidavit in the Principal’s Portal
Sign a hard copy of the Security
Agreement and the Security Affidavit
2.
Sign a hard copy of the Security
Agreement and the Security Affidavit
Complete the training and assessment
in the Learning Zone, “2015-16
CAASPP Security Forms
Coordinator Training”
Teachers
(Test Administrators)
1.
2.
3.
Sign a hard copy of the Security Affidavit
Complete the training and assessment in the
Learning Zone, “2015-16 CAASPP Security
Forms Teacher Training”
Submit a hard copy of the Security Affidavit
and the Certificate for the Learning Zone class
to the CAASPP Coordinator
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TOMS
ACCOUNT CREATING OR RESETTING
TOMS Accounts
•
Procedures to create new TOMS accounts, and/or to reset any TOMS account remain the same as last
year and are the following:
1. They should try to reset their password themselves by clicking on the “Forgot my
password” button
2. If any teacher cannot reset their TOMS account, they should contact their school
Testing Coordinator and request that the Coordinator reset their TOMS account for
them. If their Testing Coordinator isn't able to reset their TOMS account, the Testing
Coordinator needs to send an email to Nancy Foote at nancy.foote@lausd.net and
request that she reset their accounts
3. If any teacher does not have a TOMS account:
a. They should contact their school Testing Coordinator and request that the
Coordinator create a TOMS account for them. Teachers needing a TOMS account will be
required to complete the “2015-16 CAASPP Security Forms Teacher Training” in the Learning
Zone, print the certificate of completion for the class, and sign a hard copy of the 2015-16
CAASPP Security Affidavit form. No TOMS access should be given until a certificate of completion
and a signed Affidavit is on file at the school. Retain these originals throughout the school year.
CAASPP Coordinators will be required to submit copies of both documents to the school’s
designated Testing Center at the end of testing in the spring.
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Test Security
and TOMS ACCOUNTS
Staff that have been granted accounts to the Smarter Balanced
Test Operations Management System (TOMS) are permitted to
access secure and confidential information and resources.
Therefore:
• Memorize or store account log in information in a secure
location
• Do not share account credentials with any other employee or
person
• Do not request computer to store or remember password
• Do not disclose or share any secure material in any format
with anyone else
• Report to STB (Nancy Foote) if account is compromised
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DIGITAL LIBRARY
ACCOUNT CREATING OR RESETTING
•
DIGITAL LIBRARY Accounts
Procedures to create new Digital Library accounts, and/or to reset any Digital Library
account remain the same as last year and are the following:
1. They should try to reset their password themselves by clicking on the “Forgot my Password” button
2. If any teacher cannot reset their Digital Library account, they should contact their school Testing
Coordinator and request that the Coordinator reset their Digital Library account for them. If their
Testing Coordinator isn't able to reset their Digital Library account, the Testing Coordinator needs
to send an email to James Overturf at james.overturf@lausd.net and request guidance on the
procedures to create a Digital Library account or refer to MEMO-6423 for detailed instructions
3. If any teacher does not have a Digital Library account:
a. They should contact their school Testing Coordinator and request that the Coordinator create a
Digital Library account for them. If their Testing Coordinator isn't able to create the NEW Digital
Library accounts, the Testing Coordinator needs to send an email to James
Overturf at james.overturf@lausd.net and request guidance on the procedures to create a Digital
Library account or refer to MEMO-6423 for detailed instructions
Note:
Coordinators need to log in to the Log in to Digital Library for Coordinators link located at the Student Testing
Branch website behind the “Digital Library” tab or (art.smarterbalanced.org)
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Interim Assessment
Viewing System
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Interim Assessment Viewing System
• Teacher View enhancement is available for TOMS account
holders to use for planning and or training purposes
• Is accessible through the caaspp.org website
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Preview the Tests
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Preview the Tests cont..
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Interim Assessment Administration
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Interim Assessment Administration
Designated Supports and Accommodations
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Designated Supports
Must be designated prior to the first
day of testing window
Available to ELs for whom the need
has been indicated
Decision made by educators familiar
with the student’s characteristics and
needs
Supports the student has been using
during instruction/assessments
Non-embedded supports are to be
provided by the school
ELs with an IEP or a 504 Plan have
to have the designated supports and
accommodations listed on the IEP or
504 Plan.
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Interim Assessment Administration
Student Log In
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Test Security and
Student Log In Credentials
Student log in credentials (i.e.. SSID and Confirmation Code)
are to be considered secure and confidential information that
grant access to a student’s Personal Identifiable Information
(Pii). Therefore:
• Schools must establish procedures and guidelines to maintain all student
log in credentials secure
• Schools must train all staff that will be handling student log in credentials
on the established procedures and guidelines for maintaining the security
of student log in credentials
• Schools are to report to the Student Testing Branch if student log in
credentials are compromised, using the CAASPP System—Test
Administration Testing Incident or Impropriety Report Form located at
the Student Testing Branch web site (form is to be faxed to 213-241-8461)
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Interim Assessment Administration
Considerations
• The performance task is the same for both the ICA and IAB
for the same grade and subject (i.e., grade 3 ELA),.
• Each performance task requires administration of a classroom
activity 1 to 3 days before the performance task is
administered.
• Classroom activities and guidelines are available for
download on the TA Resources for the Interim Assessments
page at caaspp.org.
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Interim Assessment Administration
• Accessing and Administering Interim Assessments
•
Interim Assessments are administered in the same way as summative tests.
The test administrator (TA) must use the TA Interface and the student must log
onto the test through the secure browser.
1.
Select the [Test Administrator
Interface] button on the CAASPP
portal at http://caaspp.org.
2.
Log onto the TA Interface
using your sign in credentials.
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Interim Assessment Administration
3. Select the test to be administered:
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Interim Assessment Administration
3. Start operational Test Session to obtain
“Session ID”:
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Interim Assessment Hand Scoring
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Interim Assessment Hand Scoring
• Most interim assessment items are scored by the Smarter
Balanced test delivery engine.
• Hand scoring of constructed-response items and performance
tasks is a local responsibility.
• Results for individual students are generated only after the
constructed-response item scores and performance task
scores are inputted into the Interim Assessment Hand Scoring
System (IAHSS). (Processing time of up to 48 hours)
• Scoring is supported by training guides, rubrics, exemplars
(i.e., anchor and practice papers).
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Interim Assessment Scoring
cont.
IABs That Do Not Require
Local Hand Scoring
• ELA, all grades
• Edit/Revise
• Listen/Interpret
• Research
• Mathematics, all grades
• All blocks, except Performance Task blocks
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Training Guides and Exemplars
• Training Guides and Exemplars for all constructed response
items and performance tasks are accessible in TOMS.
• LEAs can access these materials for professional development
and training purposes.
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Videos, Training Guides and Exemplars
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Interim Assessment Scoring
Logging In…
The Interim Hand Scoring System is part of the
connected suite of Single Sign-On systems (e.g.,
TOMS, TA Interface, Completion Reports, etc.)
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Hand Scoring System
Home Page
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Scoring Responses
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Training Guides and Exemplars
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Interim Assessment Hand Scoring
Guide
The Interim Assessment Hand
Scoring System User Guide
can be found at the following web
link
http://caaspp.org/ta-resources/interim.html
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Interim Assessment
Reporting System
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Interim Assessment
Reporting System cont.…
Teachers will use their Digital Library logon credentials to
access the Data Warehouse to view Interim Assessment
student reports.
Requires same logon
credentials used for
the Digital Library
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Interim Assessment Reporting
System Results
• Reports for lists of students and individual student
reports. No aggregate reports.
• ICA: Overall scale score (i.e., 2000 to 3000);
Achievement Level (Level 1, 2, 3, or 4); and Claim
level (Below, At/Near, or Above Standard).
• IAB: Level of Below, At/Near, or Above Standard for
each Block.
• Exportable data file.
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Interpreting Interim
Assessment Results
• The extent to which interim assessments
were administered under standardized
conditions will affect the interpretations.
• Interim assessment results should only
be used in combination with other
evidence of student learning; they should
not be the sole basis for making any
high-stakes decisions.
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IA Reporting System Home Page
List of
Districts
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“List of Students” Display
• Presents the following information listed by
individual student name:
• Individual results for students within grade or
subgroup.
• Overall scores, achievement levels, and error
bands for individual student performance (ICA
only).
• Overall individual student performance by
claim (ICA) or block (IAB).
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Interim Comprehensive Assessment
List of Students
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ICA Student Report
• Student’s Mathematics and ELA/literacy
overall score and achievement level (i.e.,
Level 1, 2, 3, or 4)
• Overall score is displayed (scale is 2000 to
3000) and surrounded by error bands marked
with brackets
• Claim level of Below Standard, At/Near
Standard, or Above Standard
• List of student accommodations
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ICA Student Report
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IAB Student Report
• Block level of
•
•
•
Below Standard
At/Near Standard
Above Standard
• Multiple blocks on the same report
• Current and previous results for each block on the
same report
• Overall scores, error bands, and achievement levels
NOT reported for blocks
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Interim Assessment Block
List of Students
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Interim Assessment Block
Student Report
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Interim Assessment General Information
LAUSD –DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Scoring Training Plan
Working with the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Division is arranging training in
Building Educator Assessment Literacy (BEAL) for four 30-person teams of trainers in each of
four areas:
Elementary Math, Secondary Math, Elementary Literacy and Secondary Literacy.
Using secure SBA items, performance
tasks will be examined and implications for instruction will be discussed. The trainers will then
be eligible to
lead BEAL training of teachers in their local district.
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Interim Assessment General Information
cont.
Technology Updates
1. iOS Upgrade
a)
DO NOT update any pending i-Pad iOS upgrade.
2. All testing device carts should be opened, devices
accounted for (including keyboards) and charged
3. For technical assistance or issues with testing
devices or infrastructure, email or contact:
a)
Testing Hotline - (323) 224-2450
i.
b)
For immediate issues affecting test environment or technical assistance with testing devices
ITD Hotline - (213) 241-5200
i.
c)
For trouble calls
Joe Oliver, Director Information Technology Division 213-241-3837 @ joe.oliver@lausd.net
i.
For assistance with Testing Device Carts or inventory of Testing Devices
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Interim Assessment General Information
cont.
Earbuds
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments 2015-2016
MEMO-6571
The Student Testing Branch will provide schools that are not
participating in the iPad 1-to-1 program with earphones for the
Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment.
Schools will receive earphones to accommodate their student
enrollment in grades 3-8 and 11 two to six weeks prior to the
opening of their Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment
testing window.
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Interim Assessment General Information
cont.
Smarter
Balanced
Interim
Assessments
Interim
Assessment
Viewing System
TOMS
Test Administrator
Interface
Interim
Assessment Hand
Scoring
System
Interim
Assessment
Reporting System
Primary Use
Select to access
interim assessments
for professional
development and/or
training purposes.
Select to access video
demonstrations of interim
assessment hand
scoring. It includes
Training Guides and
Exemplars.
Select to start a test
session, add tests to the
session, verify students’
test settings, approve
students for testing, and
monitor their progress.
Select to access Interim
Assessment Hand
Scoring System to score
Smarter Balanced Interim
assessment responses
that require human
scoring.
Select to view interim
assessment results for
tests that have been
scored (all required
computer-scored and
human-scored items
must be completed).
Log-in Credentials
Needed
TOMS Credentials
TOMS Credentials
TOMS Credentials
TOMS Credentials
Digital Library
Credentials

Who creates new
teacher accounts
and reset teacher
passwords?
Manuals and
User Guides

CAASPP
school
coordinator in
TOMS
Instructions:
TOMS: Adding
and Managing
Users
n/a


CAASPP school
coordinator in
TOMS
Instructions:
TOMS: Adding
and Managing
Users
TOMS: Test
Administration Setup
Guide


CAASPP school
coordinator in
TOMS
Instructions:
TOMS: Adding
and Managing
Users


Administration of the
Online Interim Tests
Resource Guide


Interim Assessment
Hand Scoring System
User Guide

Other Resources
CAASPP school
coordinator in
TOMS
Instructions:
TOMS: Adding
and Managing
Users

ICA number of
items and hand
scoring
requirements
IAB number of
items and hand
scoring
requirements
CAASPP school
coordinator in
Digital Library
Instructions:
SBAC
Administration and
Registration Tools
User Guide
Interim Assessment
Reporting System User
Guide

Interim
Assessment
Reporting System
Quick Start Guide
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For More Information
CDE Interim Assessments Web Page
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbacinterimassess.asp
ETS CAASPP Web Site
http://www.caaspp.org
California Technical Assistance Center
(for LEA CAASPP Coordinators)
800-955-2954
caltac@ets.org
LAUSD Student Testing Branch
http://achieve.lausd.net/testing
213-241-4104
Division of Instruction
http://achieve.lausd.net/instruction#spn-content
213-241-5333
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