Getting Smarter About CAASPP

Overview of CAASPP

English Language Arts: Smarter Balanced Assessment

Math: Smarter Balanced Assessment

Science: California Standards Test / California Modified Assessment

Early Advanced Placement (EAP): Smarter Balanced Assessment

Who Is Exempt from Smarter Balanced?

Students who take the California Alternate Assessment (CAA)

Newcomers to the U.S. are exempt from ELA only

Smarter Balanced Assessment

Computer Adaptive

+ OR - 2 GRADES

Fully Operational

Results (Individual and School)

Projected Pass Rates for 2015

Grade Pass Rate ELA

Pass Rate Math

3 38% 39%4 41% 37%5 44% 33%6 41% 33%7 38% 33%8 41% 32%11 41% 33%

STAR Districtwide Averages 2004 - 2013

Percent at Proficient and Advanced ~ ELA

Percent at Proficient and Advanced ~ Math

'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '130

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37424749

546163

666967

'04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '130

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50

60

70

80

90

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445357

58626872

757574

Designated Supports

Designated supports can be provided to potentially any child.

Teacher recommendation

Site review

Parent Contact

Potential Designated Supports for English Learners

Mathematics Translated Test Directions

Test Translation in Spanish

Translation Glossary

ELA Performance Task Essay English Dictionary

Bilingual Dictionary

Thesaurus

ELA and Math Assessments English Glossary

Primary Language AssessmentReading Language Arts

Jan. 28 & 29 Stakeholder Meeting

100 Californians Selected

Recommendations regarding new test

First year of testing: 2016-17

ELA Computer Adaptive Item Types

Selected Response (Single Answer, Single Option)

Highlight

Selected Response (Single Answer, All Options)

Arrange

Brief Constructed Response

Selected Response (Multiple Answers, All Options)

Speaking / Listening Items

Research Items

Math Computer Adaptive Item Types

Drag and Drop / Matching

Matching(Multiple Answers, All Options)

Graph Creation

Selected Response(Multiple Answers, All Options)

Problem Solving

Practice Tests 1) www.caaspp.org

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Smarter Balanced Implementation

Smarter Balanced Interims

2014-15 Practice Instructional Tool

2015-16 Benchmark Assessment Specific Points of the Year Provides Student Data

Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment2014-15 Testing

End of the Year TestWindow: April 27 – May 29One grade per weekGrades 3 – 8, 11Results

Individual (Scale Score and Claim Score)SchoolDistrict

What Can I Do To Help My Child? Take the Smarter Balanced Practice Test Together

Read Together

Reading, Language Arts: Talk to your child

Ask complex questions

Have your child explain their thinking

Mathematics: Ensure that your child can:

Subtract, Add, Multiply, Divide (according to their grade level)

Talk to your child about how you use Math

Encourage a Growth Mindset

Praise your child: for their effort in school (even when they fail).

when they take on and persist through challenges.

when they learn from criticism.

Encourage your child: to see that intelligence is grown with hard work.

to be more focused on the process of learning than the result of the final grade.

When students believe that they can get smarter through their hard work, they will improve faster and experience greater success than students who do not believe this.

Resources

http://www.caaspp.org/practice-and-training/index.html

(Smarter Balanced Practice Tests)

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

(Smarter Balanced Informational Website)

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/parents-students/como-ayudar-a-todos-los-estudiantes-a-que-tengan-exito/

(Smarter Balanced Website - Spanish Page)

http://commoncore-espanol.com/

(Common Core Spanish Translation)