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Assessment. In SC in 2014-15. Readiness Assessment Program publicly funded prekindergarten or public kindergarten early language and literacy by the 45th day of the 2014-15 school year. Amplify Education, Inc. CIRCLE: the paper-based assessment
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In SC in 2014-15 • Readiness Assessment Program • publicly funded prekindergarten or public kindergarten • early language and literacy • by the 45th day of the 2014-15 school year. • Amplify Education, Inc. • CIRCLE: the paper-based assessment • mCLASS:CIRCLE: corresponding electronic version
In SC in 2014-15 • Grade 2 for gifted and talented identification • October 22 – November 13 • Achievement test: Iowa Assessments • Aptitude Test: CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) • Performance Task Assessments (previously known as Project STAR): February 17 – March 5
In SC in 2014-15 • NAEP • Samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 • Mathematics, reading and science • January 26 – March 6 • Some schools will pilot computer-based versions.
In SC in 2014-15 • Alternate Assessments: Ages 8-13 and 16 as of September 1 of the assessment year • SC-Alt (Science and Social Studies) • March 2 – April 24 • No science for High School for 2015 • NCSC (ELA and Mathematics) • March 30 – May 15
In SC in 2014-15 • ACCESS for ELLs • Grades K-12 • February 17 – March 30 • Alternate ACCESS for ELLs • Grades 1-12 • February 17 – March 30 • Kindergarten ACCESS is a board game with no Alt version
In SC in 2014-15SCPASS: Grades 4-8 Science Paper/Pencil: May 7 (Thursday) • Makeup through May 15 Online: May 7 – May 22 Social Studies Paper/Pencil: May 8 (Friday) • Makeup through May 15 Online: May 8 – May 22
In SC in 2014-15 End-of-Course Examination Program (EOCEP) • Algebra 1/Math for the Technologies 2 • English 1 • Biology 1/ Applied Biology 2 • US History and the Constitution • Testing Windows: • Fall 2014/Winter 2015: December 1–January 28 • Spring 2015: May 4–June 9 • Summer 2015: June 22–July 24
In SC in 2014-15 WorkKeys (Grade 11) • Contract is under negotiation English Language Arts and Mathematics • SC is procuring summative assessments • English/language arts (English, reading, and writing skills) • mathematics • grades three through eight and eleven • if funds are available, grades 9 and 10 • college and career readiness assessment in grade 11
In SC in 2014-15 • Assessment in spring 2015 must be aligned to the current state standards for ELA and mathematics (the Common Core State Standards or CCSS). • Assessment in spring 2016 and beyond must be updated to align to standards to be adopted in Spring 2015. • The assessments must be administered to students in a paper-based format in 2014-15, in both a paper-based format or computer-based format in 2015-16 and in a computer-based format by school year 2016-17.
Interesting results from Grade 3 SCPASS Spring 2014 • 3.OA.2 - Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers… • The item shows a model of x groups of y objects. The student is asked to choose the operation and numbers modeled. • A+B • A B (Key) 75% got this correct, an increase of 17% over the last time it was used. • A B (with incorrect factors) • A – B
3.OA.5 - Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide… • The item shows two groups of objects arranged in a grid. One is oriented vertically, the other is oriented horizontally. The student is asked to choose the operation and numbers modeled. (In the options, numbers are given.) • A B = B A 22% • A + B = B + A • C + D = D + C • C D = D C (key) P value = 56%
3.OA.7 - Fluently multiply and divide within 100… • The student is asked how to find when A = B. • B+A • B – A • B A (Key) 59% got this correct, an increase of 13% over the last time it was used. • BA
3.NF.3.c - Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. • A number line is shown from zero to one, with tick marks dividing the whole into fractions, with a point at one. Tick marks are not labeled. The student is asked which fraction is shown at the point. This year, 61% of the students answered correctly. The last time it was used, 27% answered correctly.
3.OA.7 - Fluently multiply and divide within 100… • The student is asked how to find when A = B. • B+A • B – A • B A (Key) 59% got this correct, an increase of 13% over the last time it was used. • BA
3.MD.8 - Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons… • A context is given, with something being placed around the outside of a rectangle, with no leftovers. The student is asked to identify which of four rectangles could be the rectangle given in the context. • This year, 39% chose the correct rectangle. When the item was used previously, 56% chose correctly. • This year, 32% confused perimeter with area. When the item was used previously, only 14% made that mistake.