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Alabama’s Student Assessment System

Alabama’s Student Assessment System. School Superintendents of Alabama Summer Conference June 13-14, 2011. BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM By Purpose. Alabama’s Current Student Assessment Plan (Approved by State Board of Education on September 10, 2009).

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Alabama’s Student Assessment System

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  1. Alabama’sStudent AssessmentSystem School Superintendents of Alabama Summer Conference June 13-14, 2011

  2. BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEMBy Purpose

  3. Alabama’s CurrentStudent Assessment Plan(Approved by State Board of Education on September 10, 2009) GradeAssessment2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 K-3 DIBELS Move to ARI 3-8 ARMT ARMT ARMT ARMT+ ARMT+ ARMT+ TBD 5 & 7 ASA ASA ASA Combine with ARMT to become ARMT+ 5, 7 & 10 ADAW ADAW 3-8 Stanford 10 Reading and Math only No longer administered 4, 8 & 12 NAEP NAEP NAEP NAEP 3-8 & 11 AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 11 AHSGE AHSGE AHSGE AHSGE AHSGE AHSGE End-of-Course Tests 8 EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLORE 10 PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN 11 ACT ACT w/ ACT w/ Writing Writing 12 WorkKeys WorkKeys

  4. Statutory Basis for Current Assessment System • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • State Accountability Law (Act 2000-753) • State Board of Education Resolution (September 10, 2009)

  5. Potential Sources for Future Alabama Assessments • Consortium of States • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) • SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) • Vendor • ACT’s QualityCore • Norm-referenced Test, augmented if necessary • State Developed

  6. Characteristics ofPARCC and SBAC • States are pooling expertise and resources to develop a high quality assessment system. • Assessments will be • aligned to a common set of standards. • administered online. • comparable across states within a consortium and across consortia. • based on college- and career-readiness standards. • Proficiency will indicate a student is ready/on track for placement in non-remedial, credit-bearing, college-level coursework. • Two- and four-year institutions of higher education are involved.

  7. PARCC • Summative assessments • Series of summative assessments given across the school year (through-course) and a comprehensive assessment at the end of the school year • Grades 3-8 and high school • Reading and mathematics • Interim assessments • Released test items and performance tasks • Shared teacher- and state-developed items and tools • Online practice tests for educators and students • Administered at locally determined intervals • Formativetools and processes • Released test items and performance tasks • Shared teacher- and state-developed items and tools • Item development portal and tools • Optional performance tasks for Grades K-2 • Exemplar lesson plans • Online interactive data tool for educators and parents with results

  8. SBAC • Summative assessments • Computer adaptive assessments and performance tasks • Administered in the last 12 weeks of the school year • Grades 3-8 and high school (Grade 11) • Reading and mathematics • Interim assessments • Grades 3-11 • Consortium-developed • Computer adaptive assessments and performance tasks • Aligned to learning progressions • Assessments available to students and teachers • Administered at locally determined intervals • Available to states as a cost option • Formative tools and processes • Shared teacher-developed tools • Video clips of lessons with master teachers which are annotated • Training modules on how to write and score complex items and complex tasks • Model lessons so teachers can build their own lesson to look like prototypes • Web-based portal to deliver reports and a dashboard that can be used by parents and educators

  9. ACT, Inc. • Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) • EXPLORE • PLAN • ACT with writing • WorkKeys • QualityCore Assessments • English 9, 10, 11, and 12 • Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus • Biology, Chemistry, Physics • U.S. History • Establishment of college and career readiness targets for ARMT based on EXPLORE

  10. Norm-referenced Tests • Augmented, if necessary • Potential Norm-referenced Tests • Stanford Achievement Test, Eleventh Edition • TerraNova • Iowa Test of Basic Skills • Others

  11. Potential Costs for Required Regular Assessments Consortium costs include Reading, Writing, and Mathematics in Grades 3-8 and high school. Vendor and State Developed costs include Reading, Writing, and Mathematics in Grades 3-8 and high school and Science in Grades 5, 7, and high school. Does not include funding for online testing or staffing needs.

  12. Potential Sources for Future Alabama Assessments

  13. Timeline • 2011-2012 Vote of Board • 2012-2014 Development/training • 2014-2015 Administer new assessments

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