Looking Back – Looking Forward Implementation of the Assessment System Presentation to: California Institute for School Improvement (CISI) Sacramento – May 26, 2015 Presented by: Deb Sigman, Deputy Superintendent, Rocklin Unified School District National Chair – Smarter Balanced Executive Committee
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Looking Back – Looking Forward Implementation of the Assessment System
Presentation to:California Institute for School Improvement (CISI)
– Mathematics test: 2,307,580• Tentative results streaming into districts
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California vs. National Context
California Picture
• By all accounts, successful implementation
• Students are testing• The large majority of students on-line• Minor episodes of slowing of the system• Some minor technical log-in and pausing
issues• Pockets of opt-outs
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National Picture
• Large scale opting out of assessment– Kentucky– New York– Washington– North Dakota– Delaware– Florida
• Ban on Common Core– Wisconsin
• Ban on Smarter Balanced– Maine
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National Picture
• Technical difficulties– Nevada– North Dakota– Montana– Wisconsin– Missouri– Michigan
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Making the Assessment Better
Enriching the Item Bank
• Field testing approximately 12,000 items• Not all items will be available. • Quality checks prevent items from moving
forward when:– Not enough responses overall– Not enough responses at each level of the
rubric for constructed response items– Item statistics indicate item would not be fair
to all students (item behaves poorly)
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Enriching the Item Bank
• Items that are calibrated and pass quality checks will be included in spring 2017 tests
• Consortium beginning to write new performance tasks and items
• Teachers will be recruited for item writing, editing, sensitivity/bias review, content review and accessibility reviews
• Investigating using illustrations for translated items
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Improving the Test Administration Manual
• States use the template from the Consortium but have some degree of discretion regarding editing the manual. States will be making some changes to their sections.
• The consortium will improve sections that were confusing based on feedback from states
• The consortium is considering opportunities for streamlining and adding flexibility where possible
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Improving the Digital Library
• The digital library is getting enhancements to the application including a new landing page that will better help direct educators to the resources they are seeking
• Additional members for the State Network of Educators (SNEs) are being recruited
• Additional modules are being procured and will be included as part of additional Spotlight Forums
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Other Enhancements Under Development for Digital Library
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Email Notifications
Live Filtering
User Experience
Motivation for Contributors/Reviewers
Reports
Looking Forward – Getting Ready for Results
Results – What We Know
Baseline for future, not comparison to past
• Will need to reframe the conversation• Scale scores on Smarter Balanced assessments
• Four-digit number• Range roughly from 2000-to-3000
• Measures of performance• Measures of growth• Meaningful information for students, teachers and
parents• Reliable and valid information for “accountability”
systems
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New Expectations – Describing English Language Arts Performance
• Students who perform at the College Content-Ready level in English language arts/literacy demonstrate reading, writing, listening, and research skills necessary for introductory courses in a variety of disciplines.
• They also demonstrate subject-area knowledge and skills associated with readiness for entry-level, transferable, credit-bearing English and composition courses.
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New Expectations – Describing Mathematics Performance
• Students who perform at the College Content-Ready
level in mathematics demonstrate foundational
mathematical knowledge and quantitative
reasoning skills necessary for introductory courses
in a variety of disciplines.
• They also demonstrate subject-area knowledge and
skills associated with readiness for entry-level,
transferable, credit-bearing mathematics and
statistics courses.
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Celebrating Our Successes
• Over 3 million students successfully assessed on summative assessment
• Digital library being accessed by hundreds of thousands of California educators
• Over a million students accessing interim assessments
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Setting the Stage for Future Success
• Remember the purpose• Assessment for learning
• Assessment of deeper skills
• Preparing students for college and career
• Focus on teaching and learning
• Learn from other states
• Proactively change the conversation about effective schools• Accountability at the local level
• Multiple sources of data
• Schools are more than a single number
• Aligning resources to need
• Measures of growth in addition to measures of performance