North Dakota State Assessment
Administrators’ Workshop
July 23, 2014
Presenter: Rob Bauer
rgbauer@nd.gov
NDSA Planning Schedule
Subject
Science
English Language
Arts/Literacy
Mathematics
English Language
Arts/Literacy
Mathematics
Grades
Test Window
Fall 2014
4, 8, 11
October 20 – November 7
Format
Paper &
Pencil
Online
3-8
Spring 2015
Anytime during the last 12 weeks of the school
year, but no sooner than March 15, 2015.
Online
3-8
Spring 2015
Anytime during the last 12 weeks of the school
year, but no sooner than March 15, 2015.
Online
11
Spring 2015
Anytime during the last 6 weeks of the school
year, but no sooner than March 15, 2015.
Online
11
Spring 2015
Anytime during the last 6 weeks of the school
year, but no sooner than March 15, 2015.
SCIENCE NDSA
Assessment Planning Schedule
Grades 4, 8, and 11
August 11-29, 2014
Window for on-line order of Fall Science NDSA materials
September 12, 2014
School districts complete Enrollment Report to generate bar
code labels
October 20 to
November 7, 2014
Assessment window for NDSA for science. (Paper & Pencil)
Grades 4, 8, and 11
October 20, 2014
NDDPI opens NDSA Assessment Report on STARS to update
student demographic information.
November 4, 2014
to November 20,
2014
Assessment Window for Alternate Assessment 1 for
science. Grades 4, 8, and 11.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment System
ELA/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-8 and High School
School Year
Last 12 weeks of the year*
DIGITAL LIBRARY of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model
curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules;
and teacher collaboration tools.
Optional Interim
Assessment
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
Optional Interim
Assessment
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
Summative Assessment for
Accountability
Computer
Adaptive
Assessment
• ELA/literacy
• Mathematics
Scope, sequence, number and timing of interim assessments
locally determined
*Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions.
Test window for grade 11 is limited to the last 6 weeks of the year.
Performance
Tasks
• ELA/literacy
• Mathematics
Re-take option available
Claims for the English Language Arts/Literacy
Assessment
• Claim #1 – Reading
• Claim #2 – Writing
• Claim #3 – Speaking and Listening
• Claim #4 – Research/Inquiry
Claims for Mathematics Assessment
• Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures
• Claim #2 – Problem Solving
• Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning
• Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis
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.
Performance Tasks
• The PTs are unique student activities that
complement the field tests’ general test items
and provide a deeper understanding of a
student’s true achievement.
• A PT begins with a classroom activity to ensure
that all students have a common understanding
of the contextual elements of a PT topic.
• The PT is then administered on a computer,
requiring students to answer a set of complex
questions that are centered on the theme of the
preceding classroom activity.
Embedded Universal Tools
• Breaks
• Calculator (where
appropriate)
• Digital notepad
• English dictionary (ELA)
• English glossary
• Expandable passages
• Global notes (ELA)
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Highlighter
Keyboard navigation
Mark for review
Math tools
Spell check
Strikethrough
Writing tools
Zoom
10
Embedded Designated Supports
For use by any student for whom the need has been indicated by educators
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Color contrast
Masking
Text-to-speech
Language supports
– Translated test directions
– Translations (glossaries)
– Translations (stacked)
• Turn off universal tools
11
Accommodations
Documented IEP or 504 Plan.
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Embedded
American Sign Language
Braille
Closed captioning
Text-to-speech
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Non-embedded
Abacus
Alternate response options
Calculator
Multiplication table
Print on demand
Read aloud
Scribe
Speech-to-text
12
Comparison of Online and Paper
Test Attributes
Computer Online Assessment
Paper & Pencil
Test Delivery Form
Computer adaptive (adjusts to students’ Fixed form.
responses to test questions).
On grade only
Can go above and below grade
Test Length
About 7 hours.
Test shorter because it is computer
adaptive.
More test questions in order to attain
equivalent performance measurements.
Test Window
12 weeks
3 weeks
Accommodations
All embedded online accommodations
and all non-embedded
accommodations.
Non-embedded, non-electronic
accommodations only.
Abacus, Calculator, Multiplication table,
Read aloud, Scribe, Environmental
adjustments, Braille
Language
American Sign Language, Spanish,
translations for Math Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, Ilokano,
Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Punjabi,
Russian, and Ukrainian
English
Information Flow
State
Responsibility
Student
Registration
Smarter Balanced & Test Vendor Responsibility
Scoring
Enrollment Records
in STARS
Assessment
Delivery System
Accommodations
from TieNet
Data
Warehouse
Reporting
Schools Manually
Update Registration
Records
Test Administration
Student Demographics Update
& Verification in STARS
Classroom Activity for
Performance Task
Individual Student &
Aggregate
Reports
Student Takes
assessment online
District/School Responsibility
Department of Public Instruction
Assessment Contact Information
Director of Assessment
Greg Gallagher
701-328-1838 ggallagher@nd.gov
Director of Special Education
Gerry Teevens
701-328-2692 gteevens@nd.gov
General Assessment Test Coordinator
Robert Bauer
701-328-2224 rgbauer@nd.gov
Alternate Assessment Test Coordinator
Tammy Henke
701-328-3330 thenke@nd.gov