2014-15: The Next Generation Assessment System - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Parent Advisory Council October 2012.

2014-15:The Next Generation Assessment System -

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

(SBAC)

Parent Advisory Council

October 2012

Testing Timeline

2012-13– NC administers new assessments based on

Common Core and Essential Standards– New NC Online Tests for EOCs, EXTEND2,

Science 5 & 8• EOCs will be Algebra I, Biology, English II

– Types of items: technology enhanced, constructed response, and multiple choice

NC Item Types

• Math – some gridded response items– Grades 5-8 and Math I

• Calculator Inactive: grades 3-8 and Math I– One-third to one-half of grades 3-8– One-third of Math I

• English II: short constructed response and multiple choice

• Test Specifications: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/online/

NC Online Testing Demo

• There is a publicly available website that has demonstration items for the 12-13 online assessments (high school only right now)

• http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo

Testing Timeline, cont.

• 2013-14– Field testing for new online Smarter Balanced

Assessment Consortium (SBAC) assessments

• 2014-15– NC tests are replaced with SBAC

assessments in reading and math - ONLINE

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

SBAC Assessments

• Variety of question types– Selected response (multiple choice)– Short constructed response– Extended constructed response– Technology enhanced– Performance tasks

• Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)– Based on student responses, the computer program

adjusts the difficulty of questions throughout the assessment.

Computer Adaptive Technology Benefits

Sample ELA – Grade 9

Performance Task Items

• Collections of questions and tasks will be connected to a single theme or scenario – EXAMPLE:– A student may be presented with reading material on a given

topic, and asked questions about the reading.

– That may be followed by reading on the same topic, but from a different perspective, with questions on that reading, plus some compare/contrast questions.

– Finally, the student may be provided additional readings on the same, or an associated topic, and asked to take a position or provide an argument in favor of or opposing a particular perspective, using the provided texts as reference

Interactive Website is Available

• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/