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Spring 2010 SOL Writing and Other Topics

Spring 2010 SOL Writing and Other Topics. February 2010 STC and Manager Training. Schedule. March 1 or 2 MC Writing March 3 Main Writing Prompt March 2 – Term Grad MC March 4 – Term grad 2 nd prompt March 12 – All writing materials due Answer sheets, tests, documents.

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Spring 2010 SOL Writing and Other Topics

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  1. Spring 2010 SOLWriting and Other Topics February 2010 STC and Manager Training

  2. Schedule • March 1 or 2 MC Writing • March 3 Main Writing Prompt • March 2 – Term Grad MC • March 4 – Term grad 2nd prompt • March 12 – All writing materials due • Answer sheets, tests, documents

  3. Non-writing schedule • No change for grades 3-8!! • Schedule fixed by state • May 3-21 • Answer docs due May 21 • Flexibility exists for EOC tests • Schedule moves with local calendar • Term grads may begin May 3 • Regular tests May 17 through June 11

  4. General Information Revised Standards Implementation Special Education

  5. Use of “Proxy” Percent in AYP • States who agreed to develop an assessment for students with disabilities (SWD) that measures “modified achievement standards” are eligible for proxy • States must apply each year • Virginia received permission to use for AYP ratings for 2009-2010.

  6. Revised History SOL Timeline 2009-2010 • Items measuring 2008 curriculum framework field tested in spring 2010 • School divisions teach 2001 curriculum framework with the understanding that field test items will reflect 2008 curriculum framework

  7. Revised History SOL Timeline 2010-2011 • School divisions teach 2008 curriculum framework • All items—operational and field test-- reflect 2008 curriculum framework • New EOC tests implemented in fall 2010 • Other new history tests implemented in spring 2011 • Standard setting

  8. Revised Mathematics SOL Timeline Two major changes: Beginning in Spring 2012, the Grade 3 mathematics test will no longer be a cumulative test covering the SOL for grades K-3. Instead, the grade 3 mathematics test will cover grade 3 SOL only. A new End-of-Course test, Algebra, Functions and Data Analysis (AFDA), will be developed for implementation in Spring 2012.

  9. Mathematics Standards of Learning Implementation Timeline

  10. Mathematics Standards of Learning Implementation Timeline

  11. Review of Science SOL: Proposed Timeline • Draft of proposed revisions presented to BOE in October 2009 • Public Comment follows • February 2010—proposed revision to Board for final review and adoption • May 2010—revisions to SOL disseminated to school divisions

  12. Review of Science SOL Curriculum Framework: February 2010--review team identified March 2010—review team meets to identify needed changes April 2010—proposed revisions to Board for first review May 2010—public hearings on proposed revisions July 2010—revised curriculum framework to Board for final review

  13. Review of English SOL October 2009—draft to Board for first review November 2009—draft released for public comments February 2010—proposed revisions to Board for final approval May 2010—approved English SOL disseminated to school divisions

  14. Revised English Curriculum Framework • February 2010—review team identified • March 2010—review team identified changes necessary to align with revised SOL • April 2010—curriculum framework to BOE for first review • May 2010—public hearings • July 2010—curriculum framework to BOE for final review; approved draft posted on DOE web site

  15. Removing Failing Students from Class • Issue is removing students from class with EOC test close to testing • Interpretive Superintendent’s Memo No. 4, June 15, 2001, reminds school divisions that local policies for dropping classes should avoid giving the impression that the requirements of the assessment and accountability programs are being circumvented. • Reminder issued as Informational Superintendent’s Memo No. 52, March 7, 2008

  16. Update on Records Retention Schedule Examination Records : Scoring of Graduation—Associated State Required Assessments Includes student work samples from the SOL EOC writing assessment, VGLA and VSEP Retain for 5 years after test administration

  17. Update on Records Retention Schedule Examination Records : Scoring of Nongraduation—Associated State Required Assessments Includes student work samples from the SOL grade 5 and grade 8 writing assessments, VGLA and VAAP Retain for 1 year after test administration

  18. Update on Records Retention Schedule Student Cumulative File: Shorter-Term Documentation Includes individual student results from Virginia Assessment Program Retain for 5 years after the student graduates, withdraws, or transfers

  19. Revisions to the SOA Benchmarks Effective with accreditation ratings for 2011-2012 based on test scores from 2010-2011 Requirements 75% pass rate for English 70% pass rate for mathematics, science, and history Applicable to all grade levels

  20. Revisions to the SOA “Double testing”—students who are accelerated shall take the test of the grade level enrolled or the test for the grade level of the content received in instruction. No student in grades 3-8 shall take more than one test in any content area in any year

  21. Reasons for Administering Paper/Pencil EOC Tests Other reasons for administering paper/pencil tests: • Test Takers (TT) returning to take tests • Religious Beliefs • Expelled Students • Students banned from Computer Use • Night Classes without Computer Access • Governor’s School • LEP Students

  22. Special Education and Testing • All students with disabilities are required to participate in all content areas included in the state assessment system. • Reading • Mathematics • Science • History/Social Science • Writing

  23. Implementation Framework • IEP teams and 504 committees no longer have the authority to make exemption decisions for students with disabilities. • IEP teams and 504 committees do not decide ifa student with disabilities participates in the state assessment system, but rather how a student participates.

  24. Implementation Framework How can students with disabilities participate in the assessment system? • SOL assessments without accommodations • SOL assessments with accommodations • Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA) • Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP) • Virginia Substitute Evaluation Program (VSEP)

  25. Implementation Framework IEPs and 504 plans developed for 2010 - 2011 and beyond • Students with disabilities in grades 3 through 8 must participate in reading, mathematics, science, history and writing assessments in the same grade levels as their non-disabled peers. • IEP teams and 504 committees cannot make any exemption decisions.

  26. Implementation Framework VAAP Writing Assessment • Development and Field testing will begin in 2009 - 2010. • Writing assessment will be available in 2010 - 2011.

  27. VMAST • Additional assessment for SPED. • Students who are not VGLA and not VAAP • Higher functioning than VAAP • Multiple choice achievement is not different from other assessment. • Reduce answer options from 4 to 3 • Arrange passage information using graphic organizers • Another round of field testing this spring

  28. VGLA Participation and Scoring How many VGLA’s Evidence Collection Who scores?

  29. Participation of Students with Disabilities in VGLA2008-2009 Administration

  30. Participation of Students with Disabilities in VGLA2008-2009 Administration – Augusta

  31. VGLA State Pass Rate2008-2009 Administration • Reading Pass Rate: 91% • Mathematics Pass Rate: 93% • Science Pass Rate: 85% • History/Social Science Pass Rate: 91% • Writing Pass Rate: 80% • Augusta almost exactly the same.

  32. Issues Related to Overturns30% in State (Augusta Similar) Reflects cognitive processing categories of Bloom’s taxonomy and includes • Recall Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • Higher-Order-Thinking • Evidence must reflect higher order thinking • Curriculum Frameworks

  33. VAAP Writing Assessment • Available beginning 2010 - 2011 • Required on IEPs for VAAP participants beginning 2010 - 2011

  34. Testing Managers 2010-11 ITRT RTISS

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