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Race to the top assessments

Update from the Office of. Race to the top assessments. Florida Association of Science Supervisors. Sally Sanders Science Content Specialist. October 24, 2012. Race to the Top Goals.

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Race to the top assessments

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  1. Update from the Office of Race to the top assessments Florida Association of Science Supervisors Sally Sanders Science Content Specialist October 24, 2012

  2. Race to the Top Goals • Double the percentage of incoming high school freshmen who ultimately graduate from high school, go on to college, and achieve at least a year’s worth of college credit; • Cut the achievement gap in half in 2015; • Increase the percentage of students scoring at or above proficient on NAEP by 2015, to or beyond the performance levels of the highest-performing states.

  3. Florida’s RTTT Application Three projects assigned specifically to the Office of RTTT Assessments: • Florida Interim Assessment Item Bank and Test Platform • District-developed Assessments for Hard-to-Measure Content Areas • Contract for FL participation in international benchmarking studies (TIMSS, PIRLS, PISA)

  4. District Developed Assessments

  5. Status Update: Hard to Measure Content Areas • Competitive Award for seven projects issued in August 2011 • Main deliverable in Year 1 (2011-12): Item Specifications • Main deliverable in Year 2 (2012-13): Item Development • Main deliverable in Year 3 (2013-14): Field Testing

  6. Timeline – District-Developed Student Assessments Project

  7. Status Update:TIMSS, PIRLS, PISA • TIMMS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) • Test given in Spring 2011 in Grades 4 and 8 • Results available in Spring 2013 • PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) • Test given in Spring 2011 in Grade 4 • Results available in Spring 2013 • PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) • Test will be given in Fall 2012 to 15-year-old students • Results available in Spring 2014

  8. Item Bank and Test Platform • Statewide technology-based system • Bank of standards-based items/tasks • In development • Test builder tool to construct valid and reliable assessments • Diagnostic, interim, summative • Computer or paper-based functionality

  9. Item Bank and Test Platform • Online tutorials for • use of the item bank • item writing • item reviewing • assessment development

  10. Timeline -Interim Assessment Item Bank and Test Platform Project

  11. CCSS Connection • Common Core State Standards • http://www.corestandards.org/ •  Common Core Tools • http://commoncoretools.me/author/wgmccallum/ • The Teaching Channel: Inspired Teaching, Inspiring Classrooms • https://www.teachingchannel.org • Education Northwest • http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/1756 • CPALMS • http://cpalms.org

  12. PARCC Connection • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers http://parcconline.org/ • Sample Item and Task Prototypes • Model Content Frameworks • PARCC assessments aligned to the CCSS • Vince Verges, PARCC Project Director • Serves as K-12 Lead for PARCC in Florida

  13. Classroom Connection • Interim Assessments • Given at regular intervals throughout the school year • Designed to evaluate students’ knowledge and skills relative to a specific set of academic standards • Data can be aggregated to inform instruction

  14. IBTP Item Distribution • Tiers 1-4 will be password accessible to a limited group of people. • Greatest security is employed for Tier 1 items, with wider access available at lower levels. • As items are no longer used at an upper level, they will move to become available at the next level down. • By end of Year 2, the IBTP will house approximately 60,000 items.

  15. Item Specifications • Purpose: Provide guidance to item writers and reviewers for the development of high-quality standards-based (NGSSS and CCSS) assessment items • Status: Item specifications are in final phase of development/approval; item writers are using draft version of specs

  16. Item Types • Selected Response • Short Response • Gridded Response • Constructed Response • Extended Response • Essay Response • Performance Tasks

  17. District Involvement • Florida educators are involved in writing and reviewing items for the Interim Assessment Item Bank; writers and reviewers are compensated • Next slide shows district representation as of October 2012 • Column 1: Total item writers/district for all 5 content areas (Science, Mathematics, ELA, Social Studies, and Spanish) • Column 2: Total item writers/district for Science • Column 3: Total item reviewers/district for all 5 content areas • Column 4: Total item reviewers/district for Science

  18. How can your district be involved? • Functionality Testing • Phase I – in progress • Nominate Item Writers • Nominate Item Reviewers • Item Tryouts (field testing)

  19. How can educators be involved? • Serve as item writers or reviewers • Test the functionality of the test platform • Send contact information to • Sally.sanders@fldoe.org • Name • District • E-mail address • Teaching assignment

  20. Office of RTTT Assessments Director: Todd.Clark@fldoe.org District Developed Assessments for HtM Project Manager: Antionette.Meeks@fldoe.org IBTP Project Manager: Michelle.Worrell@fldoe.org Five Content Specialists: • English/Language Arts: Julia.Somers-Arthur@fldoe.org • Mathematics: June.Campbell@fldoe.org • Science: Sally.Sanders@fldoe.org • Social Studies: Patty.Ceci@fldoe.org • Spanish: Annamarie.Tijerino@fldoe.org

  21. Florida’s Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Implementation Plan

  22. Florida Statute – Passed as Part of Senate Bill 736 in Spring 2011 • Section 1008.22 FS: (8) LOCAL ASSESSMENTS.— (a) Measurement of the learning gains of students in all subjects and grade levels other than subjects and grade levels required for the state student achievement testing program is the responsibility of the school districts. (b) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content, as described in the state-adopted course description, at the necessary level of rigor for the course. Such assessments may include: 1. Statewide assessments. 2. Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized assessments. 3. Industry certification examinations. 4. District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments. (c) The Commissioner of Education shall identify methods to assist and support districts in the development and acquisition of assessments required under this subsection. Methods may include developing item banks, facilitating the sharing of developed tests among school districts, acquiring assessments from state and national curriculum-area organizations, and providing technical assistance in best professional practices of test development based upon state-adopted curriculum standards, administration, and security. Section 1008.22, FS Student assessment program for public schools

  23. Thank you Sally sandersOffice of Race to the Top Assessmentsscience specialist Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement Florida Department of Education Sally.sanders@fldoe.org (850) 245-0760 Fall 2012

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