OSPI Assessment Update
Cindy Knisely
Beth Simpson
9/11/14
Current Timelines
 All components of Smarter Balanced will be operational in 2014-15
 Digital Library available fall 2014
 Preview began June 3 – sign-ups needed
 Interim assessments available late fall 2014 (Dec?)
 Summative assessments administered in spring 2015
 11th grade – last 7 weeks of year
 3-8th grade – last 12 weeks of year (3rd gr ELA adjusted)
• Grade 3 ELA results must be returned in time for principals
to meet with parents before the end of the year so window is short and early
• Student score reports available June 2015
Achievement Level Setting
Timeline
April 30
October 6-17
October 13-19
• State chiefs approve plan/process for
Achievement Level Setting
• Online Panel open to thousands of
educators and other constituents
• In-Person panels convene to recommend
grade-level performance standards
October 20
• Vertical Articulation by subgroup of In-Person
panels looks at across-grade coherence
October 30
• Technical Advisory Committee reviews
proceedings
November 6
• State chiefs vote to endorse achievement
level recommendations
Understanding the Resources
• Practice Test
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All item types and Performance Tasks
Available to all on Web since May 2013
Updated periodically with new features
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
• Training Test
• Shorter than Practice Test
• Trains students on features and tools
Summative Assessments in 2014–15 and beyond
English/LA
Mathematics
Grade 3
Smarter
Smarter
Grade 4
Smarter
Smarter
Grade 5
Smarter
Smarter
Grade 6
Smarter
Smarter
Grade 7
Smarter
Smarter
Grade 8
Smarter
Smarter
MSP
Grade10
Comprehensive ELA
exit exam
Year 1 or Year 2
EOC exit exam
EOC Biology
exit exam (until NGSS)
Smarter
Smarter
(or below for EOCs)
(until Class of 2019)
Grade 11
Grade 11 or 12
(class of 2015 & 2016)
Science (no change)
MSP
HSPE Reading
and/or Writing
Retake
Smarter=Smarter Balanced Assessment; MSP=Measurements of Student
Progress;
EOC=End of Course exams; HSPE=High School proficiency Exam
2014-15 Challenge
• Due to delayed availability of Smarter Balanced
item bank for state use in exit exams, ELA exit
exam for 10th graders won’t be ready until May 2015
• May 12-13 conflicts with AP testing, so we will
offer schools an alternate date of May 19-20
• 11th -12th graders can retake HSPE in Reading and
Writing in March (typical timeframe) since May is
too late to get scores back for graduation (not for
the classes of 2017 or beyond).
HS Testing for Graduation
(new June 30, 2013 from HB 1450)
Graduation Assessment Requirements
• Class of 2014
• HSPE Reading, HSPE Writing, 1 Math EOC
• Classes of 2015 – 2018
• ELA comprehensive exam, 1 Math EOC exit exam, Biology EOC
• Class of 2019 and beyond (this year’s 8th graders)
• Smarter Balanced Assessments in ELA and Math, and a Science
assessment (EOC Biology until NGSS assessment)
High School Assessment Graduation Requirements by
Class
Class of…
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
2014
Reading
HSPE
2015 & 2016
2017 &
2018
HSPEs or
ELA Exit Exam or
11th Smarter Balanced
ELA exit exam or
11th Smarter Balanced
Either Algebra or
Geometry EOC or EOC Biology EOC
(until Next Gen
Exit Exam or
Science
11th Smarter Balanced
2019 and
beyond
11th Smarter Balanced
ELA
11th Smarter Balanced
Math
Writing
HSPE
Either Algebra or
Geometry EOC
Standards)
High School Assessment Graduation
Requirements by Class
• Assessments will continue to be available for students with IEPs at all
tested grade levels and include WA-AIM, Off-grade (DAPE), and Basic.
• Options for high school graduation will continue to be available to
students who attempt the state assessment at least once. These
options include GPA Comparison, AP, IB, ACT, SAT, and COE.
Assessments That Fulfill High School
Graduation Requirements
Class of
2014
Rdg & Wtg HSPE
ELA
X
Class of
2015
Class of
2016
X
X
Class of
2017
Class of
2018
CCSS
10th ELA Exit
Exam
X
X
X
X
CCSS
11th Smarter
Balanced ELA
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Alg 1/Geom
EOCs
Math
X
Class of
2019
X
CCSS
Alg 1/Geom EOC
Exit Exams
X
X
X
X
CCSS
11th Smarter
Balanced Math
X
X
X
X
X
Biology EOC
X
X
X?
X
X
Science
NGSS
Next Gen SS
X?
So the 2015 HS test administration calendar…
March
12th – if retake is 16th 17th HSPE
Wrt
needed
April
May
June
Math EOC Exit Exams & Biology EOC
(last 3 weeks – paper/pencil)
18th HSPE Wrt
11th Accountability
Smarter Balanced ELA and Math
(last 7 weeks - online)
11th – if retake is 16th 17th HSPE
Wrt
needed
Math EOC Exit Exams & Biology EOC
(last 3 weeks – paper/pencil)
10th – grad
requirements
12th-13th or19th-20th
ELA Exit Exam (PP)
9th & 10th – grad
requirements
Math EOC Exit Exams & Biology EOC
(last 3 weeks – paper/pencil)
18th HSPE Wrt
Field Test Update
• Field test completed by 186,800 students in
Washington, and 4,200,935 across the consortium
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Purpose of field test was to:
• Help ensure assessments are valid, reliable, and fair for
all students
• Provide teachers, schools, and students an opportunity to
participate in a practice run of the assessment system
• Evaluate performance of 20,000+ assessment items and
performance tasks
• Set preliminary achievement standards that help
determine student preparedness for college and career
Field Test Update, cont.’
• Field testing was remarkably smooth
• Feedback regarding technology was very positive
• Small glitches but nothing widespread.
• Concurrent users not a factor
• No major local network issues. Bandwidth seems to
not have been a problem.
• Some device related problems.
• Districts have a sense of relief that things worked out.
• Challenge for next year seems to be ironing out glitches
as well as scheduling problems due to inadequate
number of devices at some schools.
Field Test Update: What did we learn?
• Content stood out as a challenge rather than technology
• Familiarity with keyboarding and digital tools (e.g.,
calculator) is important
• Scheduling (longer sessions vs. several shorter sessions) is
worth a significant discussion
• Consider having staff take practice test
• Interim assessments will provide a run-through
opportunity
• Rigor does not seem to be too shocking, but certainly some
sense of “harder”
Field Test Update- Think Abouts…
• Considering the districts and schools you work with,
how would you rate their involvement in…
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Practice tests
Training materials
Technology readiness
Contingency planning
The Digital Library: By the Numbers
• Open review June 6 – Sept 25 for all K-12 teachers in member states
• Currently 1,856 resources
• Forums available on every resource
• State-of-the-art tagging and search features can quickly find resources by CCSS and
other topics
• After Sept 30: Access for teachers in subscribing states only
Digital Library Basics
• The Digital Library will be accessed through a single sign-on with user permission levels so
educators have access to all of the instructional and professional learning resources
for each grade band (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12).
• There will be resources that educators can share or use with students and families, but
students and families will not be able to access materials directly.
• All resources will have the formative assessment process embedded within them. But the
Digital Library WILL NOT be a “bank” of formative assessment items alone.
• All submitted materials will be vetted through a Quality Criteria Review
Process by reviewers across the nation.
• Each resource will be reviewed and rated by at least 3 trained educators
• If resources do not meet the quality criteria, they will not be included in the library
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Resources in the Digital Library
Assessment
Literacy Modules
Exemplar
Instructional Modules
• Commissioned professional development modules
• Resources for students and families
• Frame formative assessment within a balanced assessment system
• Articulate the formative assessment process
• Highlight formative assessment practices and tools
• Commissioned professional development modules
• Instructional materials for educators
• Instructional materials for students
• Demonstrate/support effective implementation of the formative process
• Focus on key content and practice from the Common Core State
Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts
• High-quality vetted instructional resources and tools for educators
• High-quality vetted resources and tools for students and families
Education Resources
• Reflect and support the formative process
• Reflect and support the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics and English Language Arts
• Create Professional Learning Communities
* Resources include the following file types: Video, HTML5, Audio, PPT, Excel, Word, and PDF.
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Digital Library: Collaboration
Grounded in this Definition of Formative
Assessment Process
• Formative Assessment is a deliberate process used by teachers and
students during instruction that provides actionable feedback that
is used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve
students’ attainment of curricular learning targets/goals.
~ Compiled by the Digital Library National Advisory Panel
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All Resources are Grounded in the Four
Attributes of the Formative Assessment
Process and Reviewed using Quality
Criteria
Clarify
Intended
Learning
Elicit
Evidence
Act on
Evidence
Interpret
Evidence
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Interim Assessment Design Principles
• Administered through the same system as Summative
• Can be administered at various points in the year
• Optional for districts
• Online administration
• Adaptive as appropriate
• Adhere to Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines
• Items drawn from same pool as Summative; full array of item types
• Not intended for accountability decisions
Interim Assessments Timeline
• Interim Assessments will be available in late fall of 2014
• Items have to get through field testing, scoring, and standard setting
• Initial release will include a fixed form Interim Comprehensive
Assessment (ICA) for each grade level and content area
• Adaptive forms will be available as the item pool allows
• Initial release will also include a fixed form Interim Assessment Block
(IAB) for most blocks
• Adaptive IABs will be available as the item pool allows
• All blocks will have adaptive IABs after 2014-15
A System of Assessments