Where We Are, and Where We Are Headed

Learning Forward KansasApril 9, 2014

COLLEGE AND CAREER READY means an individual has the

academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and

employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment

of an industry recognized certification or in the

workforce, without the need for remediation.

What is an IPS?

Multi-year educational plan based on career interests

The Kansas State Department of Education strongly recommends that all districts implement individual plans of study (IPS) for all students in grades 8 through 12.

8th grade – career interest survey, develop individual plan of study (at a minimum, include career interests and all courses 9 – 12 + 1 year of post-secondary plans)

Why an IPS?

Student’s Educational Path becomes:

Relevant → Higher Student EngagementFocused → based on Career InterestsEfficient → time and $

Not a silver bullet, but an IPS will help a student make better choices and ultimately lead to a higher % of post-secondary completion

% of Kansas w/ postsecondary degree or certification?

Kansas Class of 2011

% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary education (2 and 4 year institutions)

76%% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary education

earning 1 year of college credit (24 Credits)

49%

*System for Education Enterprise in Kansas (SEEK)

COLLEGE AND CAREER READY means an individual has the

academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and

employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment

of an industry recognized certification or in the

workforce, without the need for remediation.

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Calculating API

Reading – Performance Levels

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Little has changed, except “transitional test” is now “field test.”

In January, CETE released additional Practice Tests containing all the technology-enhanced items students will encounter. ksassessment.org

Currently, all forms are going through a quality control process.

Testing window opens March 10.

Update on Spring Assessments

The transitional assessment will serve as the backbone for the new Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment

Enhancements to be developed Summer 2014: Listening section Writing prompt Math performance tasks

New Development in 2014–2015

SummaryCore machine-

scorable items aligned with KCCRS

Core machine-scorable items aligned with

KCCRS

Core machine-scorable items aligned with

KCCRS

Spring 2014

Spring 2015

Spring 2016

Listening Items

Complete enhancements (performance task, essay,

listening items)

Essay

Math Perform-

ance Task

Adaptivity

Model of a Stage Adaptive Test

Summative assessment ELA (complete in 2016) Math (complete in 2016) History/government (complete in 2016) Science (complete in 2017)

Formative tools Really more like sample items now Developing capacity for teachers to build test

forms using item pool In 2016, we can start building true formative,

instructionally-embedded tests. Will include science and H/G

Full Kansas Assessment Program

Update on TestingFirst four weeks of testing

As of April 7, 2014

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)

On March 27, CETE was hit with the first distributed denial of services (DDOS). Originated outside of the United States A DDOS results in such large amounts of data sent

to server that it prevents legitimate uses of that server.

Issue was reported at 7:15am and mitigated by 12:50pm that same day.

Eliminating IP addresses from offshore locations curbed the effects of this first attack.

A Second DDOS Attack

On Tuesday, April 1 CETE was hit by a second DDOS attack.

This second, separate attack was 100X stronger than the one from the previous week

After the second attack, CETE enlisted the services of a contractor specializing in mitigating the effects of a DDOS.

With contractor support, CETE was able to identify traffic that was “malicious.” Initially, some legitimate school traffic was misidentified.

Important Clarifications and Assurances

No student record was ever in jeopardy. A DDOS is an incoming surge only. No data has been compromised. CETE is continuing to strengthen security and will

work this summer to create redundancies to avoid the effects of this type of attack in the future.

An external security audit of KITE will be conducted by Fall 2014 to confirm security of data.

Tests Completed by Subject and Grade

Sum of tests ELA Mathematics

Science Grand Total

Grade 3 15,087 5,800 20,887

Grade 4 15,295 5,792 8,374 29,461

Grade 5 15,331 5,000 20,331

Grade 6 15,335 6,643 21,978

Grade 7 16,116 7,773 8,239 32,128

Grade 8 14,576 7,511 22,087

Grade 11 13,085 8,352 6,024 27,461

Grand Total 91,740 38,519 16,613 146,872 Percent of expected 36.7% 15.4% 16.6% 24.5%

All states are given the option to request an extension of their current waivers for an additional year.

If approved, our waiver would extend into the 2014-15 school year.

Must submit by early April, 2014

Extend our current ESEA Waiver

Involves Principle 3 of our waiver. How Kansas chooses to use student

growth as a significant factor in teacher/leader evaluations.

Positive response/progress with the USDE Submitted our response on January 27,

2014 and are waiting on a response.

Respond to our current conditional “high risk” status

Kansas will have CETE develop our state assessments instead of being involved with Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

A new assessment model that allows for multiple assessments at the high school level

Re-think how we identify “Not Making Progress” schools

Amend items in our Current Waiver

Results from the state assessments would not be used in teacher/leader evaluations until the 2017-18 school year.

Move the use of using student growth data to inform personnel decisions

Questions?