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EOCEP USHC From Knowledge to Understanding Summer Institutes 2008 Leslie W. Skinner, PhD, NBCT

EOCEP USHC From Knowledge to Understanding Summer Institutes 2008 Leslie W. Skinner, PhD, NBCT Office of Assessment. End of Course Examination Program United States History and Constitution Dr. Leslie Skinner, Office of Assessment South Carolina Department of Education

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EOCEP USHC From Knowledge to Understanding Summer Institutes 2008 Leslie W. Skinner, PhD, NBCT

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  1. EOCEP USHC From Knowledge to Understanding Summer Institutes 2008 Leslie W. Skinner, PhD, NBCT Office of Assessment

  2. End of Course Examination Program United States History and Constitution Dr. Leslie Skinner, Office of Assessment South Carolina Department of Education South Carolina Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference 2007 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

  3. Why EOCEP exists State Board of Education Regulation 43-262.4 states that students scheduled to complete one of the gateway or benchmark courses for high school credit must take the EOCEP test when they complete the class.

  4. Purposes of EOCEP • Promote instruction, encourage student achievement, and document the level of mastery of academic standards. • Serve as indicators of program, school, and school-district effectiveness. • Be weighted 20% in the determination of students’ final grades in these classes.

  5. Who takes EOCEP? All public middle school, high school, alternative school, adult education, and home school students who are enrolled in courses in which the curriculum standards corresponding to the EOCEP tests are taught, regardless of course name or number, must take the appropriate tests.

  6. EOCEP is • standards-based and all multiple choice; • available as an online assessment; • 55 items long, except for Mathematics (50); • rapid, with results delivered within 36 hours of receipt by the scoring center; • un-timed, but about 90 minutes is the estimated administration time; and • composed of a range of item difficulties.

  7. EOCEP grades are expressed on the State Uniform Grading Scale. A: 93-100 B: 85-92 C: 77-84 D: 70-76 F: 69 or below Students receive both a numeric and letter grade.

  8. EOCEP – US History and Constitution Timeline Jan.-March 2005 Specifications meetings April-Sept. 2005 Item writing/reviewing September 2005 Content & Bias/Sensitivity Review Oct 2005 USHC Blueprint on website Oct.’05 -Jan.’06 Field tests constructed May-June 2006 Field Tests July 2006 Standard Setting July-Aug. 2006 Forms construction/reviewSept. 2006 Education Oversight Committee Review October 2006 USHC Teacher’s Guide on websiteDec./Jan. 2006 Tests implemented May 2007 Oversight Committee Teacher Survey Sept./Oct. 2007 Education Oversight Committee Review ? Tests count 20% of student grades

  9. What should our own multiple choice test items look like? Use test items developed by the state as a model. Go to the released items on the SCDE website!

  10. The blueprint is on the Office of Assessment website.

  11. Guidelines for using the online version of the EOCEP are on the Office of Assessment website.

  12. The Teacher’s Guide is also on the webpage.

  13. The Guide contains sample questions.

  14. The Guide contains sample questions.

  15. What should our own multiple choice test items look like? Use test items developed by the state as a model. Go to the released items on the SCDE website!

  16. For more information, look on the Web!

  17. Indicator 6.2:Explain the influence of the Spanish-American War on the emergence of the United States as a world power, including reasons for America’s declaring war on Spain, United States interests and expansion in the South Pacific, debates between pro- and anti-imperialists over annexation of the Philippines, and changing worldwide perceptions of the United States. How did the results of the Spanish American War affect the expansion of the United States? 14% 54% 14% 18% • The war ended U.S. expansion because of the extraordinary costs of the war. • The war allowed the United States to acquire the Texas territory. • The war led to increased U.S. expansion into South America. • The war gave the United States territories in the South Pacific. D. The war gave the United States territories in the South Pacific.

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