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An Overview for Successful Collaboration Component Districts, SLL & FEH BOCES, NYSUT April 2013. Regional assessments. APPR 20 % -- student growth on state assessments or a comparable measure of student achievement growth
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An Overview for Successful Collaboration Component Districts, SLL & FEH BOCES, NYSUT April 2013 Regional assessments
APPR 20% -- student growth on state assessments or a comparable measure of student achievement growth 20% -- locally-selected measures of student achievement that are determined to be rigorous and comparable across classrooms The Call for Change : Education Law 3012-c
Cost and Time Required(unfunded mandate) June 2013: ~75 exams x 23 districts + 2 BOCES = 1,725 exams (not including January & August Assessments) • No manageable, common platform in place The dilemMa: District Resources
Regional Partnership Makes Sense SLL + FEH + NYSUT = North Country Regional Consortium From the beginning of the APPR process, all three partners have worked hand-in-hand to provide teachers and administrators an opportunity to work together in shaping the process and having control over their destiny. The Consortium
Courses that end in a state assessment share a common curriculum • Courses that do not end in a state assessment build curricula based on broad standards The need: a flexible, secure, long-term system that would accommodate all districts’ needs and make life easier for everyone. The need
The Solution • Houses question • banks, assessments, answer sheets, scores assessments and provides data reports.
Questions created/adopted/adapted for question banks by teacher participants. Teachers tagged each question to standard/performance indicator and difficulty level and SLL BOCES staff members entered them into eDoctrina. Marked as “draft”. • Teams of teachers review questions in eDoctrina. Approved questions marked as “final” • Test templates and/or order forms created by teams of teachers. • BOCES creates, formats, and proofreads secure, summative assessments using test templates/order forms and question banks created by teachers. Assessments marked as “draft” • Teams of 2 teachers (“final eyes teams”) review secure assessments. (Note: Review team teachers will be certified with experience in the course but are not currently teaching the course this school year.) Approved assessments marked as “final” • Summative assessments available to District administrator (designee) in eDoctrina • Assessments copied and answer sheets printed • Summative assessments administered and answer sheets scanned/sent to eDoctrina • Data reports available with item analysis • “Feeding and Weeding” of question banks by local educators (ongoing…at least once per year) • Questions deemed substandard removed and edited • Newly submitted questions vetted and incorporated into question banks The process
The website www.sllboces.org • Data and Assessments Contact • Stephanie Allen • Supervisor of Data and Assessments sallen@sllboces.org 315-386-4504, ext 15110 315-250-7029 (cell)