Race to the top assessments

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RACE TO THE TOP ASSESSMENTS

Sally SandersScience Content Specialist

October 24, 2012

Florida Association of Science Supervisors

Update from the Office of

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Race to the Top Goals Double the percentage of incoming high

school freshmen who ultimately graduate from high school, go on to college, and achieve at least a year’s worth of college credit;

Cut the achievement gap in half in 2015; Increase the percentage of students

scoring at or above proficient on NAEP by 2015, to or beyond the performance levels of the highest-performing states.

Florida’s RTTT Application

Three projects assigned specifically to the Office of RTTT Assessments: Florida Interim Assessment Item Bank

and Test Platform District-developed Assessments for

Hard-to-Measure Content Areas Contract for FL participation in

international benchmarking studies (TIMSS, PIRLS, PISA)

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District Developed AssessmentsContent Awarded DistrictsPhysical and Health Education: K-8

Miami-Dade County

Physical and Health Education: 9-12

Hillsborough County

Performing Arts: K-12 Polk CountyVisual Arts: K-12 Miami-Dade CountyCareer and Technical Education

Hillsborough County

World Languages Duval County

Status Update: Hard to Measure Content Areas

Competitive Award for seven projects issued in August 2011

Main deliverable in Year 1 (2011-12): Item Specifications

Main deliverable in Year 2 (2012-13): Item Development

Main deliverable in Year 3 (2013-14): Field Testing

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Timeline – District-Developed Student Assessments Project

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Fall Spring Summer Fall Spring Summer Fall SpringMonitoring, Communication and Risk Management plans completedItem development planItem review planItem writer training materials

Item specifications for PE/ Health, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, CTE, World LanguagesBatch 1 items for reviewBatch 2 items for reviewYear 1 items uploaded to test platform for pilot testing

Item DevelopmentFace-to-Face Project Meeting

Item developmentBegin test design specifications

Batch 3 items for reviewBatch 4 items for reviewReview of items for bias and contentYear 2 items uploaded to test platform for pilot testingTest design specifications complete

Preparation for Field-Testing.

Batch 5 items for review

State-wide field testTrain performance scorersAnalyze dataData review for bias and contentCompile final item pool

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Status Update: TIMSS, PIRLS, PISA

TIMMS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) Test given in Spring 2011 in Grades 4 and 8 Results available in Spring 2013

PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) Test given in Spring 2011 in Grade 4 Results available in Spring 2013

PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) Test will be given in Fall 2012 to 15-year-old students Results available in Spring 2014

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Item Bank and Test Platform

Statewide technology-based system Bank of standards-based items/tasks

In development Test builder tool to construct valid and

reliable assessments Diagnostic, interim, summative

Computer or paper-based functionality

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Item Bank and Test Platform

Online tutorials for use of the item bank

item writing

item reviewing

assessment development

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Timeline - Interim Assessment Item Bank and Test Platform Project

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14Fall Spring Summer Fall Spring Summer Fall Spring

Bid protest to ITN

Intent to award published

Contract awarded to Pearson

Test item development plan & blueprint of the content standards

Plan for Item review is approved

Communication plan of PD modules

Recruitment of Florida Educators for Item Reviewers and Writers

Item specifications Math, ELA,SS, Sci, Spanish

Approved item development plan for yr2

All year 1 items in bank

Y1 batch 1&2 completed

Meetings for item reviewers and review

Sustainability planMeetings for item

reviewers and review have been conducted

Phase 1 of item bank is operational

Develop communication to stakeholders

Online system of tutorials-approved and available

Y1 batch 3,4 & 5 completed

All meetings for item reviewers and review have been conducted

Y 1 submitted and approved

Functionality test

Phase 2 is operational

Year 2 batch 1completed

Approved item development plan for Y2

Deliver approved communication plan

Y2 batch 2,3 & 4completed

Interim assessment for Math (FAIM)

Item Tryouts completed

Online training for educators to write items

Y2 batch 5 completed

All meetings for item reviewers and review have been conducted

All items for Y3 submitted and approved

Phases 3-6 are operational

Item Bank and Test Platform fully functional.

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CCSS Connection Common Core State Standards

http://www.corestandards.org/  Common Core Tools

http://commoncoretools.me/author/wgmccallum/

The Teaching Channel: Inspired Teaching, Inspiring Classrooms https://www.teachingchannel.org

Education Northwest http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/1756

CPALMS http://cpalms.org

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PARCCConnection Partnership for Assessment of Readiness

for College and Careers http://parcconline.org/ Sample Item and Task Prototypes Model Content Frameworks

PARCC assessments aligned to the CCSS

Vince Verges, PARCC Project Director Serves as K-12 Lead for PARCC in Florida

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Classroom Connection Interim Assessments

Given at regular intervals throughout the school year

Designed to evaluate students’ knowledge and skills relative to a specific set of academic standards

Data can be aggregated to inform instruction

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Tier 1

• Differentiated Accountability & other state level programs

Tier 2

• District level access• This collection will house

the majority of items.

Tier 3

• School level access

Tier 4

• Classroom teacher access

Tier 5

• Public access• Sample items. Collection

will grow over time.

•Tiers 1-4 will be password accessible to a limited group of people.•Greatest security is employed for Tier 1 items, with wider access available at lower levels.•As items are no longer used at an upper level, they will move to become available at the next level down. •By end of Year 2, the IBTP will house approximately 60,000 items.

IBTP Item Distribution

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Item Specifications Purpose: Provide guidance to item

writers and reviewers for the development of high-quality standards-based (NGSSS and CCSS) assessment items

Status: Item specifications are in final phase of development/approval; item writers are using draft version of specs

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Item Types Selected Response Short Response Gridded Response Constructed Response Extended Response Essay Response Performance Tasks

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District Involvement Florida educators are involved in writing and

reviewing items for the Interim Assessment Item Bank; writers and reviewers are compensated

Next slide shows district representation as of October 2012 Column 1: Total item writers/district for all 5 content

areas (Science, Mathematics, ELA, Social Studies, and Spanish)

Column 2: Total item writers/district for Science Column 3: Total item reviewers/district for all 5

content areas Column 4: Total item reviewers/district for Science

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Item Writers

Item Reviewers

Item Writers

Item Reviewers

Item Writers

Item Reviewers

All Science All Science All Science All Science All Science All Science

Alachua 2 0 1 0 Gulf 0 0 0 0 Okeechobee 0 0 1 0Baker 1 0 0 0 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 Orange 3 0 2 0Bay 8 2 4 1 Hardee 0 0 0 0 Osceola 3 1 2 0Bradford 0 0 0 0 Hendry 1 0 0 0 Palm Beach 11 1 3 1Brevard 3 1 4 0 Hernando 4 0 1 0 Pasco 7 2 2 0Broward 54 7 16 2 Highlands 0 0 0 0 Pinellas 6 1 1 0Calhoun 0 0 1 0 Hillsborough 17 0 3 1 Polk 4 1 1 0Charlotte 2 0 1 0 Holmes 0 0 0 0 Putnam 0 0 0 0Citrus 4 1 1 0 Indian River 0 0 0 0 St. Johns 15 6 4 2Clay 3 0 1 0 Jackson 1 0 1 0 St. Lucie 13 6 3 0Collier 8 0 2 0 Jefferson 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa 1 0 0 0Columbia 0 0 0 0 Lake 28 9 3 0 Sarasota 0 0 0 0Dade 23 4 8 6 Lee 10 2 3 1 Seminole 6 0 1 0DeSoto 2 0 1 0 Leon 5 0 1 1 Sumter 0 0 1 0Dixie 0 0 0 0 Levy 2 0 0 0 Suwannee 0 0 0 0Duval 11 5 2 1 Liberty 1 0 0 0 Taylor 0 0 1 0Escambia 11 2 2 0 Madison 0 0 0 0 Union 0 0 0 0Flagler 1 0 0 0 Manatee 5 0 2 0 Volusia 9 2 8 2Franklin 0 0 0 0 Marion 10 1 2 0 Wakulla 4 1 1 0Gadsden 0 0 1 0 Martin 1 0 0 0 Walton 0 0 0 0Gilchrist 0 0 0 0 Monroe 1 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0

Glades 1 0 0 0 Nassau 2 0 0 0 Totals 309 55   93 18

Glades 1 0 0 0 Okaloosa 4 0 1 0 as of 10/4/12

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How can your district be involved?

Functionality Testing Phase I – in progress

Nominate Item Writers Nominate Item Reviewers Item Tryouts (field testing)

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How can educators be involved? Serve as item writers or reviewers Test the functionality of the test platform

Send contact information to [email protected]

Name District E-mail address Teaching assignment

Office of RTTT AssessmentsDirector: [email protected] Developed Assessments for HtM

Project Manager: [email protected] Project Manager: [email protected] Content Specialists: English/Language Arts:

[email protected] Mathematics: [email protected] Science: [email protected] Social Studies: [email protected] Spanish: [email protected]

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Florida’s Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Implementation Plan

2011-2012Full Implementation Grade KBegin Implementation of Literacy Standards in ALL Content Areas for Grades 6-12Begin Implementation of Rich and Complex Text and Informational Text for Grades K-12

2012-2013Full Implementation Grades K-1Full Implementation of Literacy Standards in ALL Content Areas for Grades 6-12Continue Implementation of Rich and Complex Text and Informational Text for Grades K-12

2013-2014Full Implementation Grades K-2Implementation of a Blended Curriculum (CCSS and Supplemental NGSSS Aligned to FCAT 2.0 and EOCs) for Grades 3-12Continue Implementation of Rich and Complex Text and Informational Text for Grades K-12

2014-2015Full Implementation Grades K-12PARCC Assessments Aligned to CCSS

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Florida Statute – Passed as Part of Senate Bill 736 in Spring 2011

Section 1008.22 FS:(8) LOCAL ASSESSMENTS.—

(a) Measurement of the learning gains of students in all subjects and grade levels other than subjects and grade levels required for the state student achievement testing program is the responsibility of the school districts.(b) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content, as described in the state-adopted course description, at the necessary level of rigor for the course. Such assessments may include: 1. Statewide assessments.2. Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized assessments.3. Industry certification examinations.4. District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments.(c) The Commissioner of Education shall identify methods to assist and support districts in the development and acquisition of assessments required under this subsection. Methods may include developing item banks, facilitating the sharing of developed tests among school districts, acquiring assessments from state and national curriculum-area organizations, and providing technical assistance in best professional practices of test development based upon state-adopted curriculum standards, administration, and security.

Section 1008.22, FS Student assessment program for public schools

SALLY SANDERSOFFICE OF RACE TO THE TOP

ASSESSMENTSSCIENCE SPECIALIST

[email protected] (850) 245-0760

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Fall 2012

Thank you

Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement Florida Department of Education