Kansas State Department of Education
October, 2013
Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test:
KSDE will be sending to all buildings and districts a web registration
link and asking that schools who are interested in volunteering for
the SBAC field test volunteer by responding to the questions on the
link. An entire grade level or levels within a building must be
volunteered. Volunteering does not guarantee that schools will be
chosen.
The SBAC Consortium will map volunteered grade levels against the
its pre-designed sample needs. Those grade levels from buildings
that meet the sample requirements will be chosen; those that do
not meet the sample needs will not be chosen and notified
accordingly. Obviously, the needs of the sample will not be met by
only volunteer buildings. SBAC will be contacting directly buildings
needed to fill the gaps.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
Desired (i.e., Goal) SBAC Field Test Numbers:
Grades 3-8: average of 2,500 students in each
ELA/Math
Grades 9-10: average 730 students in each ELA/Math
Grade 11: 7,063 ELA and 8,805 Math
Total Kansas Students: 25,000 ELA; 28,000 Math
Kansas Students will comprise approximately 2.8%
of the total SBAC sample.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
What if I participate in the Field Test?
KSDE has no intention of requiring any building taking the Field
Test to also take the transitional state assessment. KSDE will not,
however, receive a response for the double-testing waiver until
December.
Reporting scores for students taking the field test will be done at
CETE.
KSDE will be consulting the field when finalizing developing policy
on how to handle the AMOs in 2014 for buildings that
participated in the field test. Those building will be missing scores
for entire grade levels.
It’s important for Kansas students to be part of the cut-score
setting process.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
Stakeholder Update
The Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment Advisory Committee
(KCCRAAC) met on August 6 and provided input for a statewide
summative assessment in mathematics and English language arts that
meets both the needs of Kansas students and the requirements of the
U.S. Department of Education.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
What role does a summative assessment play relative to the definition of College and
Career Readiness?
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
The August 6th meeting established the following with
regard to a summative state assessment:
 Should meet the Kansas definition of College and Career Ready.
 Should be geared toward helping students obtain postsecondary readiness and job-market skills.
 Should be focused on students.
 Should assess all students.
 Should be meaningful and motivational to students.
 Districts should have options for a vetted/benchmarked
assessment.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
A subset of the KCCRAAC met again August 28 to draft a plan
based on conversations from the August 6 meeting . The group
identified four possible paths forward:
1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for
3-8 and H.S. (CETE will score, administer, and
report)
2. Assessment Vendor, e.g. ACT for 3-8 and H.S.
3. Hybrid Assessment Model (i.e., the state will
provide a default assessment and allow districts
if they so choose to use another USED approved
assessment funded by the district)
4. CETE-developed Assessment for 3-8 and H.S
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
A final meeting was held on September 3rd
during which #3 was chosen as a path to pursue:
1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for
3-8 and H.S.
2. Assessment Vendor, e.g. ACT for 3-8 and H.S.
3. Hybrid Assessment Model (i.e., the state will
provide a default assessment free and allow
districts if they so choose to use another USED
approved assessment funded by the district for )
4. CETE-developed Assessment for 3-8 and H.S.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
CETE Transitional Assessment
All students except those participating in the SBAC
field test will be taking the CETE transitional
assessment in the Spring of 2014:
--The CETE test is written to the SBAC test blueprint.
--The test will use technology-enhanced items but no
performance items.
-- Cut scores will be set in the summer of 2014 and
will be used only for the 2014 Transitional
Assessment. SBAC will use separate cut scores in
2015
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
Each of the four assessment scenarios above will
involve use of the CETE “Transitional Assessment”
administered in 2014, whether (1) as an Interim
Assessment that predicts performance on a Collegeand-Career-Ready Assessment, or (2) as a final
summative assessment.
 The KSDE and CETE are asking, therefore, that
districts consider assessing in the spring of 2014
10th grade students, 11th grade students, and 12th
grade students on the CETE 2014 “Transitional
Assessment.” Assessing these high school grade
levels in 2014 will assist schools with the following:
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
 Providing districts with feedback on student
progress on the College-and-Career-Ready
Standards.
 Providing juniors and seniors with insight into
College-and-Career-Ready academic expectations.
 Providing sophomores with an advance look at
academic expectations for the 2015 assessments.
 Providing CETE high school assessment data
necessary for improving the predictive ability of
College-and-Career ready Assessments offered in
2015.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
Assessments in 2014 and Beyond …
2014 will be the last year for the “old” science
assessment. Pilots of new science items will
occur in 2015 and 2016 with a new NGSS
Assessment planned for 2017.
CETE will be piloting items for the HistoryGovernment Assessment in the Spring of 2014.
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
KSDE Assessment Preconference, November 3rd at the
Hyatt Regency-Century II, Wichita, KS. Topics covered:
Next Generation of Assessments, Keynote
CETE presentation on the 2014 Transitional Assessment
Accessibility issues for Next-Generation Assessments
What’s New: KITE Test Engine and Ipads
What is the Personal Needs profile of “PNP”
History-Government Update
NGSS Science Assessment Update
Dynamic Learning Maps Update
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org
Curriculum Leaders Meeting
October 11, 2013
 General CTE assessment
 Specific Pathway assessments:
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Comprehensive Agriculture
Animal Systems
Plant Systems
Design & Pre-construction
Manufacturing (Production)
Comprehensive Business
Finance
Marketing
Education/Training
 Assesses students’ knowledge/skills in the following areas:
1. Academic Foundations
• Reading and Math aligned with KCCRS
• Scientific Reasoning
2. Information and Communication
3. Collaboration and Teamwork
4. Safety, Health, and Environment
5. Leadership
6. Employability and Career Development
http://careerpathways.us/public/blueprints.html
 Item Types
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Multiple Choice
Technology Enhanced
Sit-down, computerized assessment
Situational Judgment
Performance Tasks (still under construction)
 Testing Window – October 25 through April 4
 Students eligible for the General CTE Assessment
• Juniors and Seniors who have completed or are currently enrolled in
a technical level course
 Schools must download the KITE system to deliver
cPass assessments. Here’s how………..
http://ksassessments.org/requirements
 2013-2014
Field Test of computerized
assessment
 2014-2015
Full assessment with
performance tasks
 2015-2016
Summative assessment with a
College & Career Ready
benchmark
 Specifically assessing students’ technical skills in
Agriculture
 Testing Window – October 25 through April 4
 Students eligible for the Comprehensive Agriculture
Assessment:
• Juniors and Seniors who have completed at least 2 Agriculture
courses
Jay Scott
Career & Technical Education
jscott@ksde.org
Curriculum Coordinators Meeting October 11, 2013
 2013-2014
Piloted Items
(There will be no HGSS assessment in 2014)
 2014-2015
Field Test
 2015-2016
Full Blown Assessment
(Grades 6, 8. and HS either World or U.S. History)
You mean we don’t have
to give the HGSS
assessment next spring?
 On-line Assessment including performance tasks
 Year round access
 Digital video, audio and text libraries tied to units of study
 Student choice of standard, content and prompt for the
constructed response
Are you telling us
what documents we
have to use?
 “Visible thinking” graphic organizer that ask student to categorize
information
 Document analysis over sourcing, context, and content
 Constructed responses addressing the benchmarks
 There will be machine and hand scored items
 Work product will be banked not just the score
You mean that I have
to grade all of those
performance tasks?
Kansas State Department of Education
www.ksde.org