Smarter Balanced Field Test

MARCH 2014

WHITTIER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

New Assessments:Measuring Where Students are on their

Path to Success

• Will replace existing tests and are an improvement

• Provide an academic checkup by measuring real-world skills like critical thinking and problem solving

• Provide information during the year to give teachers and parents a better picture of where students are succeeding and where they need help.

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Field Test:A Practice Run of Our New

Assessments

 

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• Helps ensure assessments are valid, reliable, and fair for all students

• Provides teachers, schools, and students an opportunity to participate in a practice run of the assessment system

• Evaluates performance of 20,000+ assessment items and performance tasks

• Sets preliminary achievement standards that help track student preparedness for college and career

Field Test:A Practice Run of Our New

Assessments

• Each state determined how schools and students would be selected to take the Field Test

• Students in grades 3-8 will participate

• Test is not timed, and each subject area (ELA/literacy and math) is expected to take 2.5 to 4 hours to complete

• Because the Field Test is a “test of the test” that will result in some questions being revised or dropped, students will not receive scores.

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SBAC Testing Window2014

• Elementary– 3rd grade – April 7th – 10th

– 4th grade April 14th – 16th

– 5th grade April 22nd – 24th

– Make up dates April 17th and April 25th

• Middle School– 6th grade April 30th – May 2nd

– 7th grade May 5th – 7th

– 8th grade May 12th – 13th and May 15th

– Make-up dates May 14th and May 16th

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Student Video“What is a Field Test?”

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Students “What are Universal Tools?”

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Test Information and Distribution Engine (TIDE)

Student Information

• Student information has been uploaded from CALPADS to TIDE

• 2 weeks prior to testing we will send you the student information

• Please advise us about any changes, updates,

missing students etc.

• This information is SECURE

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Test Information and Distribution Engine (TIDE)

Accommodations and Modifications

• Accommodations and/or modifications that have been written in IEP’s will be selected in TIDE

• Embedded vs. Non-embedded

Accommodations and Modifications handout

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Testing ProceduresSBAC Field Test PORTAL

• On the day of testing…– Teachers will log into SBAC field test

portal

– They will use their username and password (e-mail)

– It is important that they REMEMBER their username and password on testing day!

– We recommend they write it down and give you a copy.

• SBAC PORTAL (Handout:Administering Practice and Training Tests to Students pgs. 11-16) 10

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wp-content/uploads/presentations/StInterface/

Website for SBAC Practice TEST

• Enable Block Pop-ups (handout)

• Turn up volume on iPad then adjust volume on headphones

• Enable Guided Access (Handout: Mobile Secure Browsers pgs.

4-8 in Secure Browsers Manual )

LET’S TRY IT!

• https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/ • Handout (About the login Process: Logging in as a guest user)

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Assignment of Assessment

• Non–performance task (non–PT)

• Classroom Activity and Performance Task(PT)

• Assigned the week of March 10, 2014.

• Classroom activities and content area assignments will be the same for all students within a grade at each school 

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School Test Coordinator Responsibilities

• Test security affadavits signed and returned to Angie Baltierra

• Train teachers in test administration

• Create and share testing Schedule

• Ensure secure browsers are installed

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Preparing the Devices

• Download the secure browser from the App Store (handout)

• iPads need to be upgraded to iOS 7

• Update button should be enabled (handout)

• Tech leads should be able to support you with this

Handout

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CA Online Field Test Administration Manual Directions for Administration (WIKI)

• All teachers should review the DFA prior to testing (pgs. 48-56)

• For testing script, print Appendix A (pgs. 58-62)

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SECURITYStudent Login Information

• First name ONLY

• SSID

• Considered Secure Material

• Must be destroyed after testing

• Recommend the list to be checked in and

checked out during testing

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Security of Test Environment

• Quiet Environment

• Students are actively supervised and are free from access to unauthorized electronic devices

• Post “Unauthorized electronic devices” sign

• Only students who are testing can observe assessment items

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SECURITYScratch Paper and Classroom

Activity

• All Scratch paper must be collected and destroyed

• Any notes students take during the classroom activity should be collected and destroyed

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Resources and Documents

• Online Administration Manuals

• Sample Schedules

• Parent Letters

• PowerPoint to share with teachers

• Links to student Videos

A link will be e-mailed to you directing you to the SBAC

WIKI by Friday, March 14th, 2014

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Sample Schedules

• If possible, log in at 15

minute intervals

• Non-PT ELA & MATH with

PT ELA or MATH

• Non-PT ELA with PT ELA

• Non-PT MATH with PT MATH

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