M-STEP Transition: Spring 2015
Your Pathway to Success
February 5, 2015
February 2, 2015
Transition Overview
• Transition to Michigan Student Test of Educational
Progress (M-STEP)
• Transition summative assessments from Fall to Spring
administration for all grades
• Transition from paper/pencil to online test delivery mode
• Transition to assessments aligned with Michigan’s standards
in all content areas
• Transition to online reporting and access to student data
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Goals for Spring 2015 Testing
• All Michigan students will transition to the new M-STEP
assessment with a positive experience
• Most schools will transition to online testing
• Schools get used to scheduling for online testing
• Online testing provides opportunity for more rapid feedback
• Move from fall testing to spring testing
• Now students will be tested on content learned during the
current school year as opposed to the previous school year
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Transition to assessments aligned with Michigan’s standards
in ALL content areas – Spring 2015
• English language arts – adopted by State Board of Education in 2010
• Mathematics - adopted by State Board of Education in 2010
• Science – adopted by State Board of Education in 2007
• Social Studies – adopted by State Board of Education in 2007
• www.michigan.gov/academicstandards
• Alternate assessments – MI-Access
• Aligned with extended content standards – no change Spring 2015
• Continues to be a Michigan-developed assessment (Not DLM)
• First year of operational Social Studies for Functional Independence (FI)
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What will be administered in Spring 2015?
• English Language Arts: tested at each grade 3-8, and grade 11
• Mathematics: tested at each grade 3-8, and grade 11
• Science: tested at grades 4, 7, and 11
• Social studies: tested at grades 5, 8, and 11
• College Entrance test (required by law): tested at grade 11
ACT Plus Writing
• Work Skills assessment (required by law): tested at grade 11
WorkKeys
Please see the Spring 2015 Testing Schedule for more information
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Spring_2015_Testing_Schedule_Update_464310_7.pdf
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Accountability Implications
• It is the intent of the MDE not to use the results of the
2015 M-STEP assessment to make high-stakes
accountability determinations.
• Data will be provided to schools and districts for
informational purposes
• No Priority, Focus, or Reward labels for schools
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M-STEP English Language Arts (ELA)
• Assessed at every grade level 3-8, and 11
• Includes reading, writing, and listening items at every grade
level
• Headphones, earphones, or earbuds required
• Smarter Balanced content, plus Michigan-developed field test
items
• 3 components
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M-STEP ELA Components
1) Online Test session
• Approximately 90 minutes – grades 3-8
• Approximately 120 minutes – grade 11
• One part – one test ticket – secure material
• Administer in one day
• May schedule breaks – pause feature
• Less than 20 minutes - allows student to resume without login
• Greater than 20 minutes – requires student to login before resuming
• Login expires at the end of the day – test session is closed – no longer
available for login
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M-STEP ELA Components
2) Classroom Activity - not online
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30 minute teacher led – script provided
Must be administered before the Performance Task
Within 3 days of Performance Task
May be recorded – May NOT be pre-recorded
3) Performance Task – administered online
• 2 parts, approximately 60 minutes each
• 2 test tickets, one for each part – secure material
• May be administered on the same day, or on two separate days
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Classroom Activity and Associated Performance Task
• Required for students in grades 3-8
• Not required for students in grade 11
• Due to concerns about amount of time required to test in grade 11
• No accountability penalty in terms of participation or scoring for high
schools that choose not to administer the Classroom Activity and associated
Performance Task in Spring 2015
• College entrance test and Work skills assessments are required by law
• The Classroom Activity must be administered before the
Performance Task
• Provides a framework for the Performance Task
• Can’t have one without the other!
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Spring 2015 Assessment Transition Document – page 5
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M-STEP Mathematics
• Assessed at every grade level 3-8, and 11
• Measures concepts and procedures, problem solving, modeling
and data analysis, and communicating reasoning
• Smarter Balanced content, plus Michigan developed field test
items
• Includes multiple choice (selected response), technology
enhanced (TE) items, short answer and extended response
constructed response (CR) items
• Gridded response for paper/pencil testing in lieu of TE items
• 3 components
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M-STEP Mathematics Components
1) Online Test session
• Approximately 90 minutes – grades 3-5
• Approximately 120 minutes – grades 6-8, and 11
• One part – one test ticket – secure material
• Administer in one day
• May schedule breaks – pause feature
• Less than 20 minutes - allows student to resume without login
• Greater than 20 minutes – requires student to login before resuming
• Login expires at the end of the day – test session is closed – no longer
available for login
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M-STEP Mathematics Components
2) Classroom Activity - not online
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30 minute teacher led – script provided
Must be administered before the Performance Task (PT)
As close to the PT as possible – may be on the same day
May be recorded – May NOT be pre-recorded
3) Performance Task – administered online
• 1 part – 1 test ticket – secure material
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Approximately 60 minutes – grades 3-8
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Approximately 90 minutes – grade 11
• Administer in one day
*Classroom Activity and Performance Task not required for students in Grade 11
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Spring 2015 Assessment Transition Document – page 5
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M-STEP Science and Social Studies
Assessed once at each level
• Elementary
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Science – Grade 4
Social Studies – Grade 5
• Middle School
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Science – Grade 7
Social Studies – Grade 8
• High School
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Science and Social Studies – Grade 11
• Elementary and Middle School
• Each subject has 2 parts
• Approximately 50 minutes per
part
• Traditional multiple choice
• High School
• Each subject has 1 part
• Approximately 50 minutes per
subject
• Traditional multiple choice
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Considerations in establishing test administration window
• Provide schools with maximum flexibility in scheduling
• Maximize instructional time prior to testing
• Avoid traditional spring break weeks
• Complete bulk of testing prior to Memorial Day
• Reduce the online testing load that might occur at any one time
• Maximize statewide comparability by grade level – 3 week window
• Provide grade 11 an additional 5 weeks – 8 week window to provide
flexibility in scheduling around AP and IB testing
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Paper/Pencil Test Administration
• English Language Arts
• Day 1 ELA paper/pencil test will include parts 1 and 2 (fixedform plus a listening part)
• Day 2 ELA paper/pencil test will be the Performance Task
• The 30-minute ELA Classroom Activity for paper/pencil may be
administered at any one of the following times:
• the Monday before testing
• on Day 1 (before or after testing)
• on Day 2 (before the Performance Task)
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Paper/Pencil Test Administration
• Mathematics
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Day 1 mathematics paper/pencil test
• 1 part (fixed-form)
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Day 2 mathematics paper/pencil test
• 30 minute Classroom Activity
• Performance Task
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Transition to Online Testing
• Schools testing online may still order materials for individual
students that require a paper/pencil form
• Secure Site – order materials through February 18, 2015 at 5:00PM
• Student must be designated for paper/pencil testing by de-selecting
online administration
• MI-Access Participation (P) and Supported Independence (SI)
• Administered using Picture card and Activity-based observation items
• Responses entered online by primary test administrator
• No answer documents to be returned or scanned for scoring
• Results will be reported with online delivered assessments
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MI-Access Pre-ID and Material Ordering
• Student must be Pre-ID for MI-Access
• Default value – all students Pre-ID for M-STEP
• Enables school to order materials for paper/pencil testing
• Will load into the appropriate online test administration
• Designate the MI-Access level
• Functional Independent (FI), Supported Independent (SI), Participation (P)
• Order materials for FI Expressing Ideas for the ELA assessment
• All students take the Expressing Ideas via paper/pencil even if they are
taking the remainder of the assessment online
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Preparing for the M-STEP
• Day-to-day classroom instruction aligned to content standards,
including depth of knowledge, academic vocabulary, and
performance tasks
• Familiarity with testing devices, item types/interactions, online
delivery engine tools, navigation, and functionality (look and feel)
• Sample Classroom Activities and Performance Tasks for teacher
familiarity
• Spring 2015 Preview – Technology Enhanced (TE) item types,
online navigation, and tool functionality – classroom led for
younger students
• Familiarity with student accessibility tools and supports available
• Universal, designated supports, and accommodations
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Preparing for the M-STEP
• Sample Item Sets
• Content and grade level specific
• 30 – 40 items each
• Roll out beginning week of February 9
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Starting with grade levels 5, 8, and 11 – first testing window
Three phases, approximately half of the items in phase 1
Phase 2 and Phase 3 – additional TE item types
Spotlight update when new items have been added
• Availability of delivery engine will include text-to-speech
functionality
• Not available in the web-based version
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Resources
• Spotlight on Student
Assessment and
Accountability
• Weekly – Thursday release
• Three sections
• What’s New
• Quick Links
• Reminders
• Recently Asked Questions
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Important One-Stop Shop
MDE Assessment & Accountability Web Page
MDE Assessment &
Accountability Web Page
http://www.mi.gov/baa
Example:
M-STEP Transition Readiness
Timeline
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/md
e/Spring_2015_Transition_Readiness_Tim
eline_479081_7.pdf
 Provides you with step-by-step
information on what you should be
doing to get ready for spring testing
February 2, 2015
Resources
• M-STEP Spring 2015 Michigan Assessment Transition document
• Test session components, timing and sequence, for both online and paper/pencil
administrations
• Spring 2015 Testing Schedule
• Online test window
• Paper/pencil specific administration dates
• Spring 2015 Transition Readiness Timeline
• Action steps to prepare – Technology, Instruction, Assessment, and Accountability
– in two week segments
• Sample Classroom Activities and Performance Tasks
• Content and grade level specific
• Student Supports and Accommodations Table
• Michigan Accommodations Manual
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Resources – Coming soon
• Training modules and materials
• Technology Coordinators
• Building and District Coordinators
• Test Administrators/proctors
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Questions as we transition?
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Contact Information:
Pat King
Assistant Director – Office of Standards and Assessment (OSA)
Michigan Department of Education
kingp@michigan.gov
517-335-6780
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