Common Core Assessment
System
Fall Administrator’s Workshop
August 1, 2013
Presenter: Rob Bauer
rgbauer@nd.gov
Assessment Planning Schedule
October 2013
Last administration of NDSA
Fall 2013 – Fall 2014
Inventory of Technology Readiness in North Dakota
Spring 2014
(dates TBD)
Voluntary Field Testing of Online Smarter Balanced
Assessment
Fall 2014
Determine % of students that will take assessment online
vs. paper
Spring 2015
First administration of common core state assessment
(may be a hybrid of online & paper)
Summer 2015
Accountability metrics for student, school, district, and
state performance
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium
Claims for the English Language Arts/Literacy
Assessment
• Claim #1 – Reading
“Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a
range of increasingly complex literary and informational
texts.”
• Claim #2 – Writing
“Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing
for a range of purposes and audiences.”
• Claim #3 – Speaking and Listening
“Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills
for a range of purposes and audiences.”
• Claim #4 – Research/Inquiry
“Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate
topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.”
Claims for Mathematics Assessment
•
Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures
“Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and
interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision
and fluency.”
•
Claim #2 – Problem Solving
“Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in
pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of
knowledge and problem solving strategies.”
•
Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning
“Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to
support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of
others.”
•
Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis
“Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can
construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve
problems.”
Scores Reported for Individual Students
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Example of
Weights
#
Claims
1 Reading
% (TBD)
1
Concepts & Procedures
% (TBD)
2 Writing
% (TBD)
2&4
% (TBD)
3 Speaking/Listening
% (TBD)
Problem Solving &
Modeling/Data Analysis
Communicating
Reasoning
% (TBD)
Total Composite
100%
#
Claims
4 Research
Total Composite
% (TBD)
100%
3
Example of
Weights
Achievement Levels for Which Cut
Scores Will Be Set
1: Minimal Command
2: Partial Command
3: Sufficient Command (Proficiency)
4: Deep Command
Grade 11 achievement levels used to determine content readiness for college
& career
Estimated Testing Times
Test Type
Grades
CAT
Perf Task
Only
Total
In-Class
Activity
Total
3–5
1:30
2:00
3:30
:30
4:00
English Language
Arts/Literacy
6–8
1:30
2:00
3:30
:30
4:00
11
2:00
2:00
4:00
:30
4:30
Mathematics
3–5
1:30
1:00
2:30
:30
3:00
6–8
2:00
1:00
3:00
:30
3:30
11
2:00
1:30
3:30
:30
4:00
3–5
3:00
3:00
6:00
1:00
7:00
6–8
3:30
3:00
6:30
1:00
7:30
11
4:00
3:30
7:30
1:00
8:30
Combined
Times are estimates of test length for most students. Smarter Balanced assessments are designed as
untimed tests; some students may need and should be afforded more time than shown in this table.
Technology Readiness
• Technology Readiness Tool (TRT)
• Used to determine which schools
and/or grades will require a paper
assessment in the first year (Spring
2015)
• EduTech supporting TRT project
• Participation needed from all districts
Practice Test
• Available online at www.smarterbalanced.org
• Grades 3–8 and 11
• Follows a test blueprint similar to the
blueprint intended for the operational test,
making the Practice Test experience an
abbreviated but similar experience to the
assessment in 2015
• Afford teachers, administrators, and parents
access to items planned and designed for the
Smarter Balanced assessment
Practice Test
• Resources and Documentation
– Manuals and User Guides
– Classroom Activities
– Scoring Guides
• Accommodations
– Braille
– Text to speech
By fall 2013, the Practice Tests will be augmented with
additional features, including:
• Performance tasks for mathematics (including classroom-based
activities)
• Classroom-based activities for ELA/literacy performance tasks in
selected grades
• Scoring rubrics
• American Sign Language translation and other accommodation
and accessibility tools.
Department of Public Instruction
Assessment Contact Information
Director of Assessment
Greg Gallagher
701-328-1838 or at ggallagher@nd.gov
General Assessment
Robert Bauer
701-328-2224 or at rgbauer@nd.gov
Alternate Assessment
Doreen Strode
701-298-4637 or at dstrode@nd.gov
English Language Learners
Kerri Whipple
701-298-4638 or at kwhipple@nd.gov