Curriculum Learning and Accountability Branch Accountability Branch Assessment Update Sacramento – September 21, 2010 Ontario – September 28, 2010 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Overview JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent • Elementary and Secondary of Public Instruction Education Act Assessment Requirements • California Assessments Used • California Assessments Used • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers 2
Elementary and Secondary utsrqnmieRA Education Act (ESEA) Assessment Requirements Assessment Requirements JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Reading/language arts in grades 3–8 and at least once in grades 10 12 least once in grades 10–12 • Mathematics in grades 3–8 and at least once in grades 10 12 in grades 10–12 • Science at least once during each of three specified grade spans: grades specified grade spans: grades 3 3–5, 6 5, 6–9, and 9, and 10–12 3
California Assessments California Assessments zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaYUTSRPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA Used for ESEA JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Standardized Testing and Re porting (STAR) Program: – California Standards Tests (CSTs) – California Modified Assessment (CMA) – California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Assessment (CAPA) • California High School Exit Examination 4
Partnership p for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for College and Careers JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction (PARCC) • Consortium of 26 states – California signed MOU • Florida is procurement state Florida is procurement state 5
PARCC Awarded Race to PARCC Awarded Race to the Top Assessment Funds JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction On September 2, 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the U.S. Education Arne Duncan announced the U S Department of Education awarded “Race to the Top” assessment funds to PARCC for the development of a K-12 assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. For a summary of the PARCC proposal, go to www.achieve.org/PARCCsummary/ (Outside Source). 6
PARCC States JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL Governing Participating State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Arizona • Alabama • District of Columbia • Arkansas • Florida • California • Illinois • Colorado • Indiana • Delaware • Louisiana Louisiana • Georgia Georgia • Maryland • Kentucky • Massachusetts • Mississippi • New York • New Hampshire • Rhode Island • New Jersey • Tennessee • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma Oklahoma • Pennsylvania • South Carolina 7
PARCC Purposes JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction • To measure and document students' college and career readiness at the end of high school and progress toward this target. • Provide assessments and results that: – Are comparable across states at the student level – Meet internationally rigorous benchmarks – Allow valid measures of student longitudinal growth Allow valid measures of student longitudinal growth – Serve as a signal for good instructional practices 8
PARCC Purposes (cont.) • To support multiple levels and forms of lti d f JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction accountability including: – Decisions about promotion and graduation for individual students – Teacher and leader evaluations – School accountability determinations – School accountability determinations – Determinations of principal and teacher professional development and support needs – Teaching, learning, and program improvement • To assess all students, including English learners and students with disabilities. learners and students with disabilities. 9
PARCC Key Actions JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent • By Spring 2011 adopt: of Public Instruction – common assessment administration common assessment administration procedures – a common set of item release policies – a test security policy – a common definition of "English learner a common definition of English learner" and common policies and procedures for student participation and accommodations for English learners 10
PARCC Key Actions (cont.) JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent • By December 31, 2011 of Public Instruction – each consortium state adopt a common set of college-and career-ready standards • By Summer 2014 – adopt a common set of performance level descriptors • By Summer 2015 By Summer 2015 – adopt a common set of achievement standards 11
PARCC Summative PARCC Summative Assessments JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent ELA/literacy of Public Instruction • 3 “through-course” components -administered after 25%, 50%, and 75% of instruction • Speaking & listening components - administered after 75% of instruction • End-of-year component -administered after 90% of instruction 12
PARCC Summative PARCC Summative Assessments (cont.) JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent Mathematics of Public Instruction • 3 “through-course” components – administered after 25%, 50%, and 75% of instruction • End-of-year component – administered after 90% of instruction 13
PARCC Item Types JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Constructed-response • Performance tasks • Computer-enhanced, computer- scored 14
Assessment Component Assessment Component Advantages JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Through-course approach will focus instruction throughout the year and nearer to the assessment • The sum of the components address the full range of the common core • Allows for multiple measures across the full range of performance • Allows for in-depth assessment of writing and mathematics problem-solving • Both through-course and end-of-year components provide data that teachers can use to adjust instruction 15
PARCC Assessment PARCC Assessment Timeline JACK O’CONNELL JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent • Pilot test of Public Instruction – 2011–12 • Field test – 2012–13 and 2013–14 • Implementation – 2014–15 • Standard setting – 2014–15 0 5 16
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