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Navigating Oregon's New Assessment Options

Navigating Oregon's New Assessment Options. October 2006 ODE/COSA Fall Conference Dianna Carrizales. The state of assessment in Oregon today. Objectives: What’s gone? What’s changed? What’s new? What’s left? What are the implications?. Who was reviewed? Criteria Content standards

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Navigating Oregon's New Assessment Options

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  1. Navigating Oregon's New Assessment Options October 2006 ODE/COSA Fall Conference Dianna Carrizales

  2. The state of assessment in Oregon today • Objectives: • What’s gone? • What’s changed? • What’s new? • What’s left? • What are the implications?

  3. Who was reviewed? Criteria Content standards Achievement standards Full assessment system Technical quality Alignment Inclusion Reporting Rating Status Full approval Full approval with recommendations Approval expected Approval pending Non-approved Peer Review Approval Pending

  4. The future of assessment in Oregon • Achieve peer review compliance • Statewide assessment literacy • Progress monitoring and RTI approaches • Universal design • Achieve alignment between accountability assessment and instructional assessments

  5. What’s gone?

  6. Targeted Assessments (challenge down, off-grade assessment) Modified Assessments Career and Life Role Assessment System (CLRAS) Juried Assessment Four options are no longer included in district counts of participation and performance

  7. What’s changed?

  8. Some assessment options have a performance and participation caveat • Partial Assessment • Item formula • Extended Assessment • Based on grade level standards • Two grade-levels • Additional administration option

  9. What’s new?

  10. Scaffolded Administration of the Extended Assessments • Separate administration manual • Reduced complexity items • Item level adaptations to the assessments • Additional supports for students with significant mobility and communication needs

  11. What’s left?

  12. 2001-2005 2006-2007 Assessment Options Then and Now: What’s left? GeneralAssessment Juried Assessment ExtendedAssessment Targeted Assessment ScaffoldedAdministration Modified Assessment Accommodated Assessment Accommodated Assessment

  13. What are the implications?

  14. Implications for students with disabilities • IEP decision making • IEP team decision-making for newly eligible students and new move-ins • “Assessment pending” with a deadline • IEP team decision-making for students with current IEPs that are now inaccurate • Does the IEP team need to reconvene? • What paperwork, if any, is necessary?

  15. Training issues No statewide trainers Upcoming trainings Statewide zone training and streamed trainings scheduled for January Proficiency audits at a state level Grants available to offset travel and substitute needs District role Participation in prioritization of human resources Participation in streamlining the system for future needs Participation in maintaining the integrity of the new system Implications (continued)

  16. What’s positive?

  17. Legacy of Resilience • Passionate special educators • Conscientious educators • Versatile administrators

  18. For maintaining fluency in the new system • Links to information: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178 • http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=554 • Contact: Dianna Carrizales (503) 947-5634 Dianna.Carrizales@state.or.us

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