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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Common Core State Standards Symposium for Special Educators
December 2, 2013
Diane Hernandez, DirectorAssessment Development and Administration Division
Assembly Bill 484Assessment Update
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Transition Milestones
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
SBE adopted Common Core
State StandardsAugust 2010
California joined Smarter Balanced
June 2011
CDE outreach efforts begin to develop SSPI recommendations for
assessment reauthorization
March 2012
Smarter Balanced summative
assessments to be implemented
operationally
Spring 2014Field Test
AB 484 (Bonilla) introduced
February 19, 2013
Technology Readiness Tool
launchedMarch 2012
Technology Strategy Framework and System
Requirements Specifications released
December 2012
Preliminary test blueprints approved
November 2012
SSPI’s recommendations delivered to the Legislature
January 8, 2013
Spring 2013Pilot Test
Smarter Balanced
awarded four- year RTTT grantSeptember 2010
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AB 484 signed into law
October 2, 2013
Smarter Balanced
grant endsSeptember 2014
Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations
Guidelines approvedSeptember 2013
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill (AB) 484 • Signed into law on October 2, 2013
• Establishes California’s new statewide student assessment system, the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP)
• To review full bill text as enrolled: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB484
• AB 484 Q&A now available on the California Department of Education (CDE) Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/ab484qa.asp
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• Primary purposes of the CalMAPP system is to assist teachers, administrators, students, and their parents by promoting high-quality teaching and learning through the use of a variety of assessment approaches and item types
• Allows Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to focus on transition to Common Core State Standards
• The full transition to the new assessment system will take place over time.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• Outlines assessments in CalMAPP, some of which were used previously as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program
• Exempts English learners who have been in the United States less than 12 months from taking the English Language Arts (ELA) assessment.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) for ELA and math in grades 2 through 11
• Science in grades 5, 8, and 10, including California Standards Test (CST), California Modified Assessment (CMA) and CAPA
• Standards-Based Tests in Spanish (STS) in grades 2–11 − Voluntary for LEAs to administer (State
pays for ELA)
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• CSTs used for Early Assessment Program (EAP) in grade 11:– Voluntary for students, as it has been in
previous years– Scores for individuals only–will not
produce school, district, or state-level reports from these assessments
– Transitions the EAP to the Smarter Balanced grade 11 assessment beginning in 2014–15.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• By March 2016, the Superintendent will take to the State Board recommendations to expand CalMAPP to include additional assessments, such as history/social science, technology, and visual and performing arts.
• Additional assessments in ELA, math, and science may also be recommended.
• Allows for a variety of item types and assessment modalities (e.g., population sampling, matrix sampling).
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)
• Authorizes the Superintendent, with State Board approval, to not produce Academic Performance Index (API) in 2013–14 and 2014–15.
• Restricts the comparison of certain scores from CalMAPP to STAR
• Prohibits the display of scores that would identify students or teachers
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)• Calls for independent evaluation of
CalMAPP
• Begins the school year of the first full administration of the consortium computer adaptive assessments, which will be 2014–15
• Every three years thereafter
• For the purpose of continuous improvement of the assessments
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Smarter Balanced System
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Common Core State Standards
specify K–12
expectations for
college and career
readiness
All students
leave high
school ready for college
and career
Teachers and schools have
information and tools they need
to improve teaching and
learning
Interim assessments
flexible, open, used for actionable
feedback
Summative assessments
benchmarked to college and career
readiness
Formative assessment tools
and practicesfor teachers to
improve instruction
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484 (Cont.)Smarter Balanced
• Requires LEAs to participate in the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test.
• Establishes the purposes of the field test:– Enable the consortium to gauge the validity and
reliability of the items.– Conduct necessary psychometric studies.– Not be used for any other purposes.
• Provides opportunity to experience the Smarter Balanced assessments: – Low-stakes environment – Gauge own technology readiness
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (Cont.)
• Students will have hands-on experience with the functionality of a computer-based assessment.
• Teachers and administrators will gain valuable exposure to administration logistics during a trial run.
• LEAs will benefit from having learned where technology gaps may exist, and then can fully prepare for operational assessments.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (Cont.)
• Field test will take place March 18–June 6, 2014. Shorter windows within this time frame will be assigned to schools by the CDE and Educational Testing Service (ETS).
• Will assess students in grades 3 through 11.
– Grades 3–8: Students are expected to participate.– Grades 9 and 10: Only students selected for the
scientific sample are expected to participate.– Grade 11:* Students selected for the scientific
sample are expected to participate; all others are encouraged to participate.
* All grade 11 students may participate in the EAP. 14
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (cont.)
• Ninety-five percent of students take a sampling of both ELA and mathematics items plus one performance task for one subject.
• Five percent of students take either ELA or mathematics items plus one performance task for one subject.
• Content area will be assigned by the CDE and ETS for each school by grade.
• Testing time remains the same for both groups at approximately 3.5 hours.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (cont.)
• Field test windows were approved by governing states on September 10, 2013.
• In grades 3–8, 66 percent of a school’s annual instructional days must be completed before testing can begin.
• In grade 11, 80 percent of a school’s annual instructional days must be completed before testing can begin.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (cont.)
• Practice tests launched May 29, 2013; enhancements added in August 2013
• Provide students, parents, teachers, administrators the opportunity to become familiar with the online testing environment
• Should not be used to guide instructional decisions regarding individual students
• Available for ELA and math for each of grades 3 through 8 and grade 11
• CDE Practice Tests Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/practicetest.asp 17
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (Cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
1. Universal tools, available to all students. Examples include spell-check, highlighter, embedded ruler, strikethrough, and English dictionary.
2. Designated supports, available to identified students, including English learners, struggling readers, and students with attention deficits. Examples include color-contrast text, the blocking of distracting content, stacked translations, and bilingual dictionary.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Smarter Balanced (cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and
Accommodations Guidelines
3. Accommodations, available to students with an individualized education program or a 504 plan that specifies the need for such an accommodation. Examples include closed captioning, Braille, calculator, and scribe.
The Guidelines are available on the CDE Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/access.asp
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California District Support
ETS District Outreach Team
ETS Technical Assistance Center
ETS Technology
Support
External Partners
CDE
Smarter Balanced
• Consortium• Field Test Team• Test
DevelopmentSystem Vendor
District Testing
Coordinators
District Technology
Coordinators
2014 Administration of the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress Assessment System
TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
For Further Information
Join the CDE Smarter Balanced Electronic Mailing List [email protected]
CDE Assessment Transition [email protected]
Technology Readiness [email protected]
CDE Smarter Balanced Web Pagehttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sbac/
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Web Sitehttp://www.smarterbalanced.org
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