Presentation Overview
 The New CAASPP
 TUSD Results and
Next Steps
 Understanding the
Report
 Pioneer’s Signature
Practice
Pair Share
• Discuss with a partner…
• Students take 112 standardized tests between
pre-K and high school. Is that too many?
Orange County Department of Education
1997
2007
Today
Standardized Testing and Assessment (STAR)
Based on
1997
Standards
Orange County Department of Education
Conrad Wolfram
What is Math?
1. Posing the right question
2. Real world  math formulation
3. Computation
4. Math formulation  real world, verification
Spending 80% of the time teaching this…when computers can do it
better than humans
http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers
Orange County Department of Education
CAASPP - What is New?
Rigor
Application
Conceptual
Understanding
Procedural
Fluency
Orange County Department of Education
College & Career Readiness
“Tasks that have proved most vexing to automate
are those that demand flexibility, judgment, and
common sense — skills that we understand only
tacitly — for example, developing a hypothesis or
organizing a closet.”
-David Autor, MIT economist
Quote from Fareed Zakaria Washington Post article, March 26, 2015
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab779646eea6a4c7_story.html
Orange County Department of Education
What is the Purpose?
Overall Claim for Grades 3-8
• Students can demonstrate progress toward
college and career readiness in mathematics
Overall Claim for Grade 11
• Students can demonstrate college and career
readiness in mathematics
Orange County Department of Education
What is the Purpose?
College and Career Readiness
Overall Claim for Grades 3-8
• Students can demonstrate progress toward
college and career readiness in mathematics
Overall Claim for Grade 11
• Students can demonstrate college and career
readiness in mathematics
Orange County Department of Education
CAASPP Results
District, County, State Results
2015 CAASPP English Language Arts/Literacy
Percent of Students Meeting or Exceeding Standard by Grade
GRADE
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
11th
All
Tustin Unified
51
55
58
53
55
59
66
56
Orange County
46
49
53
54
54
55
64
53
California
38
40
44
43
44
45
56
44
District, County, State Results
2015 CAASPP Mathematics
Percent of Students Meeting or Exceeding Standard by Grade
GRADE
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
11th
All
Tustin Unified
54
54
47
46
46
51
43
49
Orange County
51
46
40
45
45
45
39
45
California
40
35
30
33
34
33
29
33
Comparison Unified Districts
2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded
ELA / Literacy
Mathematics
ALL
ALL
EL
SED
Los Alamitos
74
65
2
14
SWD
7
Laguna Beach
76
66
5
10
9
Capistrano
69
56
8
22
10
Brea Olinda
67
58
10
30
7
Placentia-Yorba Linda
63
55
10
35
9
Irvine
77
74
14
14
8
Saddleback Valley
61
48
14
27
11
Tustin
56
49
20
42
7
Newport Mesa
54
46
22
46
9
Orange
51
38
22
46
9
Garden Grove
49
39
36
76
9
Santa Ana
25
21
40
93
11
School
ALL = All Students
EL = English Learners
SED = Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
SWD = Students with Disabilities
% of Total Tested
Assessment Results - Elementary
2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded
ELA / Literacy
Mathematics
ALL
ALL
EL
SED
SWD
Arroyo
75
76
1
2
4
Benson
48
53
21
50
5
Beswick
34
23
60
91
5
Estock
26
17
54
92
13
Guin Foss
60
59
23
45
9
Heideman
19
18
73
96
13
Hicks Canyon
77
76
11
10
6
Ladera
72
79
7
7
8
Lambert
19
18
76
97
8
Loma Vista
44
41
32
54
12
Myford
72
71
11
13
9
Nelson
40
28
34
61
15
Peters Canyon
78
76
6
2
4
Red Hill
74
69
4
10
8
Thorman
27
21
71
95
8
Tustin Memorial
90
81
1
9
3
Tustin Ranch
52
55
15
27
6
Veeh
26
17
47
82
9
School
% of Total Tested
Assessment Results
2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded
TUSD Middle Schools
ELA / Literacy
Mathematics
ALL
ALL
EL
SED
SWD
Columbus Tustin
47
39
30
72
11
Currie
31
21
39
93
9
Hewes
60
49
6
21
9
Orchard Hills
77
75
6
12
3
Pioneer
64
64
4
13
5
Utt
46
30
19
63
9
School
% of Total Tested
TUSD High Schools
ELA / Literacy
Mathematics
ALL
ALL
EL
SED
SWD
Beckman
84
65
6
23
3
Foothill
62
41
6
26
6
Hillview
7
1
42
80
12
Tustin High
63
29
16
71
9
School
% of Total Tested
CAASPP Subgroup Performance
Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standard
60%
56%
49%
50%
33%
40%
23%
30%
20%
13%
14%
14%
14%
10%
0%
ELA/Literacy
All Students
English Learners
Mathematics
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
Students with Disabilities
CST Science Results
83%
90%
74%
80%
70%
66% 65%
64%
70%
64%
55%
60%
53%
50%
TUSD
County
40%
State
30%
20%
10%
0%
Grade 5
Grade 8
Grade 10
Responding to Data
• What can we learn from the data?
 Create new data protocols
 Set specific target goals
Site Report
Guiding Questions
1. Which is the
strongest claim
area?
1. Which is the the
weakest claim area?
1. What instructional
practices are we
currently
implementing that
are positively
impacting the
learning in each
claim?
1. What do you notice
about the overall
scores?
We Need to be Patient
• This year is a starting point. Teachers, parents,
and schools should see these results as a
baseline and focus on helping students make
progress.
• It is only natural that the first year’s scores leave
lots of room for improvement.
A Test Score is Just One Part of the Picture
• CAASPP scores are just one measure of a child’s
performance; one way to gauge what a student
knows.
• Pioneer uses multiple measures to determine
placement and acceleration and remediation.
Smarter Balanced Summative Tests
• Overall Scores
– Scale score
– Achievement level
• Claim or Area Scores
CAASPP Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQi4qlOC
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Overall Scores
• Each student will receive an overall score for
English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and
mathematics, expressed as a number between
2000 and 3000.
– Each student takes a different test due to the
computer adaptive nature.
– Scores are based on the number and difficulty of
items students get right as well as those they get
wrong.
Overall Scores
• Each overall score falls into one of four
achievement levels:
– Standard not met
– Standard nearly met
– Standard met
– Standard exceeded
– Let’s look at the handouts…
Achievement Level Descriptors
• Standard not met
• Standard nearly met
• Needs substantial improvement
for success in future coursework
• May require further development
for success in future coursework
• Standard met
• Demonstrates progress towards
mastery
• Standard exceeded
• Demonstrates advanced progress
towards mastery
Claim or Area Scores
Within Language Arts/Literacy
• Reading
Within Mathematics
• Concepts and procedures
• Writing
• Problem solving and data
analysis
• Listening
• Communicating Reasoning
• Research/Inquiry
– Let’s look at the sample
reports…
Student Score Reports
• Grade Level Differences
– Grades 3, 4, 6, and 7 include only Smarter
Balanced ELA and Math
– Grades 5 and 8 add CST Science
– Grade 11 includes Early Assessment Program
(EAP) Status
Parent Resources
• CAASPP Student Score Report Guide
– Available in multiple languages
• Understanding Your Child’s Score Report
(videos)
• CAASPP Parent Guides (PDF)
– Available in English and Spanish
– http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/
Pioneer’s Signature Practice
Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum
• Article Read:
– “Hindsight Can be 20/20” by Peter Bohr, from
Westways Magazine, November 2015
• Strategies:
– Pair Share Activity
– Marking the Text
– Identifying Key Vocabulary
– Identifying Author’s Claims
QUESTIONS?