Assessment and Accountability Division Angela Hemingway Director, Assessment and Accountability...

Assessment and Accountability Division

Angela Hemingway

Director, Assessment and Accountability

ahemingway@sde.idaho.gov

Assessment Transitions

Idaho’s New Assessment System

It’s not just an end of the year test!

A Balanced Assessment System

Idaho Core State Standards

specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness

All students leave

high school college

and career ready

Teachers and schools have

information and tools they need

to improve teaching and

learning

Interim AssessmentFlexible, open, used for group action feedback

Formative Assessmentto inform daily

instruction

Summative Assessment

Benchmarked to college and career readiness

Why Smarter Balanced?

• Balanced assessment system (formative/interim/summative)

• Aligned to Idaho Core Standards• Designed to probe student knowledge at deeper

levels• Adaptive and advanced items• Idaho governance• Direct benefit to HS students (11th grade test)

Digital Library• The Library will provide resources for educators

to improve assessment literacy. • PD modules will focus on assessment literacy. • Resources will include how to build lesson plans

utilizing formative assessment.• Digital Library Team:

– 80 Idaho educators currently adding, reviewing and approving documents for library

More Information: Nancy Thomas Price, nthomasprice@sde.idaho.gov

Interim Assessments

• Interim Assessments evaluate a class on the scope and sequence as the Idaho Core standards are taught.

• Interim assessments are not tied to individual grades levels.

• The Interim Bank currently is in development and will be operational for the 2014-2015 school year.

Summative Assessment Timeline

Assessing Deeper Knowledge

IdentifyDefine

Memorize

OrganizeClassify

Compare

CritiqueRevise

Investigate

CreateEvaluateDesign

Multiple Choice Matching

Short AnswerPerformance Tasks

(Essay)

Assessing Deeper Knowledge

IdentifyDefine

Memorize

OrganizeClassify

Compare

CritiqueRevise

Investigate

CreateEvaluateDesign

ISAT

90%

10%

IdentifyDefine

Memorize

OrganizeClassify

Compare

CritiqueRevise

Investigate

CreateEvaluateDesign

Smarter Balanced

30%

70%

Field Test in Spring 2014

• Over 164,000 Idaho students were given the opportunity to experience a new testing format and platform

• Students in grades 3-11 participated in the field test in both math and ELA

• Data will be used to select items and set cut scores for the 2015 operational forms

Item Types

ER

CR

P

TE

SR

SR

CR

ER

PT

TE

Drag and Drop

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Selected Response

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Now: Technology Enhanced (Manipulatives)

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Technology Enhanced (Embedded Videos)

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Constructed Response

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

Performance Tasks

PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

30 minute “in class” portion, followed by a 60-120 (depending on grade level) minute extended response time involving a computer

http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm

Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

Practice Tests include all universal tools

Training Tests available with all accommodation settings

Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks and

In-Class Activities

http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htm

http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

ISAT Science for Grades 5 and 7

• Idaho has not adopted NGSS• The next science standards review will occur

in 2015• Grades 5 and 7 will continue to take the

Science ISAT based on current Idaho science standards

• Scott Smith, Idaho’s STEM coordinator (ssmith@sde.idaho.gov)

Science EOCs will replace the Grade 10 Science ISAT in 2015

• In 2015, the Grade 10 science ISAT will be replaced with EOCs in biology and chemistry.

• When a student in grades 9-12 completes biology and/or chemistry, the student can test.

• Participation in one test is required for graduation.• EOC Website:

http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/assessment/eocScience.htm

Questions?Angela Hemingway

Director Assessment and Accountability

ahemingway@sde.idaho.gov(208) 332-6976

Using Schoolnet to create standards-based assessments

Please keep in mind that Schoolnet items are not secure.

Note on Available ItemsSDE Idaho has loaded an item bank •Items come from other state or national assessments

•Subjected to a standard test development protocol

•Aligned to Idaho Core and/or Idaho Science Standards as the preferred document.

Districts are also sharing items •Items have not been subjected to the same test development protocol

NOTE: These items are NOT secure items.

Logging In

• From the SDE homepage, click on the ISEE login

• Once you have logged into ISEE, click on the Schoolnet icon

• Log into schoolnet

Add SchoolNet Slides• Once you have logged into the system, click the

Assessment Admin tab at the top of the page

• Click to CREATE an “express test” or a “manual test”

Ways to Create a Test• Express test or Manual test

Select Appropriate Standards Document

Create Items – Multiple Types Available

• Multiple choice• True/false• Gridded• Open response (can attach a rubric)• Inline response*• Matching*

• Attach any item type to a passage

Item Types in Schoolnet

Select the standards to be tested

Express Test Method•Select the standards to include and the number of items for each standard.

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Questions?Angela Hemingway

Director Assessment and Accountability

ahemingway@sde.idaho.gov(208) 332-6976