Student Participation in
Statewide Assessments:
STAR
DRDP
November 16, 2010
ISES
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Presenters
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Meredith Cathcart
Special Education Division
Patty Salcedo
access Project
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Purpose
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Participants will:
– be familiar with the STAR Program
and student’s with IEPs participation
– be familiar with the DRDP access and
children with IEPs participation
– Review indicators 3 and 7
requirements and procedures
– Recommend improvement activities
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JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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The STAR Program
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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The STAR Program
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• All students (including students with
disabilities) in grades two through eleven
must participate in the Standardized Testing
and Reporting (STAR) Program, if enrolled
in a California public school
• To measure how well students are learning
the knowledge and skills identified in the
California content standards
• Provides information, to be used in part, in
the determination of how well schools and/or
school districts are meeting state and
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federal accountability requirements
Video Clip
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/v
ideos.htlm
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The STAR Program
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• California Standards Test (CST)
• California Modified Assessment (CMA)
• California Alternate Performance
Assessment (CAPA)
• Standards-based Test in Spanish (STS)
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Assessments
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Most students
participate in the
CST
For All Students Including students
with IEPs or 504
Plans
Some students
participate in
the CMA
For students
with IEPs
A few
students
participate in
the CAPA
For students
with IEPs
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Assessment Blueprints
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The content standards chosen to be tested are
identified in the assessment blueprints.
Web site:
• CST Blueprints:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/blueprints.asp
• CMA Blueprints:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/cmablueprints.asp
• CAPA Blueprints:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/capablueprints.asp
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2011
CMA for ELA
State Superintendent
Grades 3-11 (including CMA for Writing in grade 7)
of Public Instruction
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CMA for Mathematics
Grades 3-7
CMA for Algebra
Grades 7-11 (will complete Algebra I during the school year)
CMA for Geometry
Grades 8-11 (will complete Geometry during the school year)
CMA for Science
Grades 5 and 8
CMA for Life Science
Grade 10
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IEP Requirements
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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Purpose of Special Education
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Students with disabilities receive:
“specially designed instruction…to
ensure access of the child to the
general curriculum, so that the child
can meet the educational
standards…that apply to all children.”
(34 CFR §300.39(b)(3)(i)(ii))
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JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
“Children with disabilities have the
right to a program designed to help
them meet the same high standards
expected for all children. The written
individualized education program
(IEP) should spell out how the child’s
special needs will be addressed so
that they do not pose a barrier to
reaching those standards.”
School reform and enforceable
rights to quality education – Paul
Weckstein, chapter in Heubert, ed.,
1999, Law and School Reform.
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Access – A Civil Rights Issue
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
“Excluding students with disabilities
from an opportunity to derive
educational benefit from education
reform becomes a civil rights
issue.”
(Hitchcock, Meyer, Rose, Jackson, 2002)
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Participation
Criteria
Most
•Previous
Participation
JACK O’CONNELL
CST
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
•Multiple
Measures
•Response to
Instruction
•Grade-level
Standardsbased Goals
•High school
diploma
•Parent
involvement
Some
IEP TEAM
PROCESS
CMA
Few
CAPA
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Many
students in
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the GAP do
not have
access to
grade-level
content or
grade-level,
standardsbased goals
CST
Closing the
GAP through
access
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
What’s
missing
CMA
GAP
CAPA
Grade-level,
Standards –based
Goals,
Scaffolding
Grade-level content
Opportunities to
learn
Accommodations
Assistive
technology
LRE
Supports and
services
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The IEP Documents:
Present levels of
performance
Supports and
services provide
access
Participation in STAR
Assessments
Accommodations
Content areas the
Student will be assessed
with CMA
Grade-level,
standards-based
goals
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
FAPE
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Training
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IEPs
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Logistic
s
Things to consider…
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Contact Information
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Meredith Cathcart, Consultant
Special Education Division
Assessment, Evaluation and
Support Unit
mcathcart@cde.ca.gov
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Before we go…
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Comments/Questions
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