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Vertical Articulation Reality Orientation (Achieving Coherence in a Less-Than-Coherent World)

Wyoming Department of Education. Vertical Articulation Reality Orientation (Achieving Coherence in a Less-Than-Coherent World). NCSA June 25, 2014 Deb Lindsey, Director of State Assessment. Approaches ( Cizek , 2011). Approaches ( Cizek , 2011). Wyoming Context. State Statute --

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Vertical Articulation Reality Orientation (Achieving Coherence in a Less-Than-Coherent World)

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  1. Wyoming Department of Education Vertical ArticulationReality Orientation(Achieving Coherence in a Less-Than-Coherent World) NCSA June 25, 2014 Deb Lindsey, Director of State Assessment

  2. Approaches (Cizek, 2011)

  3. Approaches (Cizek, 2011)

  4. Wyoming Context State Statute -- • Requires state test in reading and math (Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming Students-PAWS) to be multiple choice only • Requires writing test (SAWS) at grades 3, 5 and 7 to be administered in a separate window • Requires writing test to be no more than 3 hours, to provide trend data, and (may) include items of varying length • Requires Explore, Plan, and ACT Plus Writing in grades 9-11 • Requires districts to offer Compass/WorkKeys

  5. PAWS Changes • July 2012: Adopt CCSS as the WyCPS in ELA and Mathematics • PAWS blueprint necessitates new proficiency level descriptors, standard-setting and cut scores before 2014 results are released PAWS CCSS PAWS PAWS CCSS CCSS 2013 2014 2015

  6. Spring 2014 Activities • Draft PLDs with ETS content and research staff • Convene teacher panels in ELA and math to review PLDs for both within and across grade alignment and make recommendations for changes • Finalize PLDs and take to State Board for approve as the “performance” component of WyCPS • Explore issues related to PLD content: tested only? Or full standards coverage? • Explore issues related to text complexity

  7. Spring-Summer 2014 Activities • Developed scales: within grade, vertical, and grade span vertical (math only) • Selected vertical (reading) and grade span vertical (math)as best fit per TAC • Conduct standard setting in July 2014, using 2014 data (Phase I operational test and Phase II Field Test), using bookmark method

  8. Spring-Summer 2014 Activities • Use PLDs to define what students need to know and be able to do by grade and performance level to ground decisions in standards • Set stage regarding higher expectations with NAEP-PAWS proficiency gap and discussion of higher expectations inherent in new content standards • Include 10-12 panelists with content knowledge and grade level experience; promote vertical articulation via inclusion of teachers in adjacent grades in grade band panels

  9. Summer 2014 HS Activities • 2013 performance standards on the ACT were set via equipercentilelinking to “old” grade 11 PAWS reading and math performance • 2014 performance standards will be set in August to align to college and career readiness expectations, consistent with new, higher expectations on PAWS • Participants will include a mix of IHE, community, and high school educators, including grade 8 teachers to promote vertical articulation

  10. Summer 2014 HS Activities • Standard-setting will be empirically-based • PAWS cuts from July for vertical alignment • NAEP performance for grounding in higher expectations • Grades achieved in college per ACT research • Subgroup impact from national data due to WY small group size • PLDs will be written to address content covered in scale score ranges to provide more meaningful information to teachers

  11. 2015 & 2016 Assessment • No changes to state statute in 2014 Legislative Session • Continue PAWS, grades 3 – 8, with current blueprints & summer 2014 cut scores • Conduct PAWS validation study in summer of 2015 to confirm 2014 cuts hold when phase II is fully operational • Continue SAWS, grades 3, 5, & 7; use summer 2014 cuts for 5 & 7 (grade 3 cuts to be set in summer 2015) • Continue with Explore, Plan, and ACT Plus Writing at grades 9 – 11 in 2015 • Explore and Plan will not be available in 2016; not yet known which assessment, if any, will be used at grades 9 & 10 in spring 2016 • Adopt new ALT (AIR) beginning in 2015

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