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End-of-Course Assessments . Current Status as of January 2010. End-of-Course Assessments. Required Tests English II Algebra I Biology Government. End-of-Course Assessments. Optional Tests English I Algebra II Geometry American History. End-of-Course Assessments. Testing windows
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End-of-Course Assessments Current Status as of January 2010
End-of-Course Assessments Required Tests • English II • Algebra I • Biology • Government
End-of-Course Assessments Optional Tests • English I • Algebra II • Geometry • American History
End-of-Course Assessments Testing windows Three large testing windows per year • Fall 10/13/2009 – 1/29/2010 • Spring 03/01/2010 – 5/28/2010 • Summer 06/16/2010 – 8/31/2010
End-of-Course Assessments Phase I Assessments • Include: English II, Algebra I, and Biology • Were the first group of EOC tests created • Became operational in Spring 2009 • Required for AYP, APR and/or NCLB
End-of-Course Assessments All Phase I Assessments • Have two sessions: • Session I – Selected Response Items • Session II – Performance Events (PE) or Writing Prompts (WP)
End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session I Assessments • Have 47 selected response (multiple choice) items • Present students with a question followed by four response options • Are worth 35 points total
End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session II Assessments • Require students to work through more complicated items • Make allowances for more than one approach to a correct answer • Allow insight into a student’s ability to apply knowledge and understanding to real-life situations
End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session II Assessments Points are not the same for each content area • English II writing prompt is worth 4 points. • Algebra I PE is worth 4 points. • Biology PE is worth 20 points.
End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Include: English I, Algebra II, Geometry, American History, and Government • Were second group of EOC tests created • Became operational October 13, 2009
End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Government is the onlyrequired Phase II Assessment. • Government is required for APR.
End-of-Course Assessments Online or Paper/Pencil Versions • All Phase I and Phase II Assessments are available in both versions.
End-of-Course Assessments Cost to districts • All Phase I Assessments are $1.80 each. • All Phase II Assessments are free, including Government.
End-of-Course Assessments Cost to districts • The districts are charged for each Phase I test ordered. • Additional Material Orders (AMOs) also require a purchase order number. • Districts are not charged for the 5% overage shipped to buildings.
End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Have selected response (SR) items only • English I has 52 items – 7 passages with 6 or 8 items each. • All other Phase II Assessments have 50 items each. • All are worth 40 points
End-of-Course Assessments Phase III Assessments • All decisions about development of Phase III Assessments have been suspended at this time due to budgetary constraints.
End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • SR Items for both Phase I and Phase II Assessments are officially scored by Riverside Publishing immediately after testing. • Official SR scores are returned to the district within about 5 business days from receipt of tests.
End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • WPs and PEs are officially scored by the Assessment Resource Center (ARC) at a later time. • Unscored WP and PE items are scanned and electronic copies are returned to the district for local scoring about 5 business days from receipt of tests.
End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • Session I official scores and locally scored Session II results can be included in a student’s final grade. • DESE highly recommends that EOC Assessments be used as 10-25% of the students’ final grades. • The percentage is a district-level decision.
End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • Riverside Publishing sends two e-mails with attachments to the DTC – one for training and one for scoring. • Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface have URLs, user names, and passwords.
End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • User names and passwords for Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface allow teachers access to secure materials. • For security reasons, do NOT forward these e-mails to the STC or teachers until district testing is complete.
End-of-Course Assessments Task Scoring Workshop • Web-based training material to help prepare teachers for the Teacher Interface scoring process • Includes anchor papers, training papers, and scoring rubrics • Password protected and available for a limited period of time
End-of-Course Assessments Teacher Interface • Web-based software that contains official SR scores and unscored scanned copies of the PEs and WPs • Password protected and available for a limited period of time
End-of-Course Assessments Group Information Sheets (GIS) for Phase I Assessments • Session I – A GIS accompanies answer sheets, which are shipped to Riverside Publishing for scoring. • Session II – A GIS accompanies the test books for the Performance Events (PE) or Writing Prompts (WP), which are shipped to Assessment Resource Center (ARC).
End-of-Course Assessments Group Information Sheets (GIS) for Phase I Assessments • The GIS for Session I and Session II MUST match exactly. • If the match isn’t exact, the data returned to the districts will be significantly impacted in both Teacher Interface and the paper reports.
End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • Official scores for PEs and WPs arrive in the district in August. • Both Session I & II are combined into a Scale Score for Student Reports. • Official state scores will be used for AYP and APR.
End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results
End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • Crystal Reports have breakdown of Session I and Session II scores. • Teachers will be able to compare their scored Session II assessments to the official state-scored Session II.
End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • For more understanding or questions about score results, appeals, interpreting AYP, APR, Title III Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs), please contact the Accountability, Data, and Accreditation Unit.
End-of-Course Assessments Level Not Determined (LND) • For EOC Assessments, a district will receive a Level Not Determined (LND) for a student only if that student NEVER participates in a required EOC Assessment before they graduate. • EOC Assessments are not a graduation requirement. • The requirement begins with the graduating class of 2011.
End-of-Course Assessments Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) • Students who participate in an EOC Assessment receive scores. • A student receives the Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) if a student’s test is invalidated for cheating or paraphrasing in any content area because they have participated in the test.
End-of-Course Assessments Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) • Additional LOSS Circumstances are described in the Accommodations chart found both in the Test Coordinator Manual and the Test Examiners Manuals
End-of-Course Assessments Individualized Education Program (IEP) • Students who have an IEP with accommodations can be accommodated during testing.
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • The “Not Enrolled” bubble is used for a student who begins any session of an EOC Assessment and moves either out of the district or from building to building within a district before finishing the entire assessment. • The sending school should keep documentation on file about the student’s move.
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates Linking barcode labels • Used when precoded student barcode labels contain any incorrect information or no barcode label was provided • Used for Phase I Assessments only so that Session I and Session II are linked together to the appropriate student
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates Linking barcode labels • Packaged with the scenario-specific instructions
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • In the manuals and materials, EOC Assessments will be categorized as Phase I and Phase II. • Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface information included in TCM
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • The Test Examiner’s Manuals will be combined into two manuals • Phase I Test Examiner’s Manual • Phase II Test Examiner’s Manual
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Specific instructions are found in the middle of the Test Examiner’s Manual. • Dictionaries, thesauruses, and grammar handbooks can be used with the writing prompt for English II Session II. This includes a bilingual dictionary.
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Regarding the use of a calculator: • If the IEP says the student will use a graphing calculator or any other specific type of calculator, then the IEP must be followed. • For general education students, the district should follow the district, school, and/or class general education calculator usage policy that is in place for quizzes, benchmark tests, common assessments, chapter/unit tests, and/or finals on End-of-Course Assessments.
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • When students are taking the online version of the test, do not mark a student as absent until the END of the district’s testing window. • English II will not have a stand alone field test this year. However, the Phase II GIS has a bubble for an English II field test. Please disregard.
End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Instead of FORM numbers on each test, this year the tests have FORM letters.
End-of-Course Assessments Overages for EOC Assessments • A 5% overage is sent to the buildings only and not to the district office.
End-of-Course Assessments Released Items • Released test items can be found on the DESE website under the EOC Assessments.
