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SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENTS Presented by: Nicole Joyner, Stephanie Hearne, and Cedric Latreille Academic Town Hall Meeting April 16, 2013 2 Session Overview Introductions Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Overview The
Presented by: Nicole Joyner, Stephanie Hearne, and Cedric Latreille Academic Town Hall Meeting April 16, 2013
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In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $330 million to two groups of states to develop a valid, reliable, and fair system of next-generation assessments: 1) The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and 2) The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC).
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The State of California is a member and a governing state of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which means that we have the authority to cast decision-making votes on test design and policy.
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By 2014, the SBAC will develop a system of next-generation assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics for grades 3-8 and 11 aligned to Common Core State Standards. The assessment system will include:
last 12 weeks of the school year.
locally determined intervals.
instruction and meet the unique needs of each student.
student progress toward college and career readiness.
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Assessments will be more rigorous and measure student progress toward “college and career readiness” by going beyond multiple choice (selected response), and will include:
They will have common, comparable scores across different states and provide achievement and growth information to help make better educational decisions. They will assess all students except those with “significant cognitive disabilities.” They will be operational in the 2014-15 school year.
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Assessments administered online will make use of computer adaptive technology:
form testing
student achievement Assessment results will be available in weeks, not months. Faster results mean that teachers can use the information throughout the school year to differentiate instruction and better meet the unique needs of their students.
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The purpose of the Smarter Balance Pilot Testing is to:
the functioning of the items, and test administration procedures.
and 2015 operational administrations. The benefits for Districts and Schools are to:
the Online Testing System containing new item types that will be part
will go “live” in the 2014–2015 school year.
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Content areas include English Language Arts (Reading and Writing) and Mathematics for students in grades 3–11. The pilot test is not timed. Selected grades and content areas may take one of the three following assessment types:
Type 1: This type consists of only the computer- administered items which include selected response, technology-enhanced, and short constructed-response items. Type 2: This type consists of the computer-administered items plus one individual performance task (PT.) A PT requires students to answer a set of questions in response to a prompt or set of prompts. Type 3: Will not be administered during spring pilot. Type 4: Computer-administered test items plus one PT with a classroom activity.
Testing time varies between 105-250 minutes depending on content area and grade level – however, most testing sessions will be administered in 3-hour blocks to allow for training and login activities.
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Only WCCUSD students who are enrolled in the following selected schools and grades may participate in the Smarter Balanced Pilot Test:
School # of Students Grade Levels / Content Areas / Test Type # of Computers Testing Window
Downer
197 Grade 5, Math (Type 4) Grade 6, ELA (Type 2) 34 3/14-3/27 and 4/8-4/11
King
115 Grade 5, Math (Type 2) Grade 6, ELA (Type 1) 34 3/14-3/27 and 5/6-5/10
Mira Vista
112 Grade 6, Math (Type 1) Grade 7, ELA (Type 2) 32 3/14-3/27
Tara Hills
150 Grade 5, Math (Type 2) Grade 6, ELA (Type 2) 34 3/14-3/27 and 4/8-4/11
Kennedy
428 Grade 10, ELA (Type 2) Grade 11, ELA (Type 4) 50 3/14-3/27
Pinole Valley
687 Grade 10, ELA (Type 1) Grade 11, ELA (Type 1) 70 3/14-3/27 and 4/8-4/11 10
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Successes Staff
friendly
documents, pencils, etc.
Students
taking the test and enjoyed using the computer
Challenges Staff
the ELA test. Some reading passages were a bit confusing
many manuals to sift and read through)
keyboarding skills
the student login screen Students
long.
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Excerpts from Student Letters: Grade 6
“ My experience from the smarter balance test was great. I liked how we can type our answers out. It also helped to type faster. I just loved how it gives my brain something to think about. I didn’t like that when there is a question that involves sound, you can’t hear and you also miss out on recess. But if that’s what it takes to get good grades, I’m in”. “ The experience of taking the test online was fun but a bit difficult for me. The difficult thing was having to hear the passage. Some words I couldn’t hear. The fun part was the very last question when we had to type the essay letter. It helped me improve with my typing skills. This was interesting because this was my first time seeing a test on a computer (besides a job application online). Anyway, I hope that the future 6th graders will like taking this test”. “The Smarter Balance test on the computer was actually pretty fun because I got to type instead of writing. It really made it easier to write longer and more specific answers. Although I didn’t like the videos. If testing on the computers is going to be used in the future, I suggest they should fix the videos”.
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WCCUSD Assessment Department Phone: (510) 307-4515 Email: assessment@wccusd.net CDE’s SBAC website - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/smarterbalanced.asp SBAC website - http://www.smarterbalanced.org/
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