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The Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Assessment

The Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Assessment. by Gillian Luellen. Why do we want the CCSS?. to provide consistency across states to better prepare students for college and careers to increase the depth of knowledge. Which states are going to adopt CCSS?.

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The Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Assessment

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  1. The Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Assessment by Gillian Luellen

  2. Why do we want the CCSS? • to provide consistency across states • to better prepare students for college and careers • to increase the depth of knowledge

  3. Which states are going to adopt CCSS? • Alaska, Texas and Virginia have rejected the standards. • Nebraska has decided they will adopt the standards. • Minnesota has adopted the ELA standards, but rejected the math standards.

  4. What legislation is being used for the CCSS? • 34 states have introduced 85 bills that address CCSS. The legislation range in topics from providing proper instructional materials to all class, to aligning with the standards to, for example, in Kansas, holding a formal review before using any more money to the implementation of the CCSS.

  5. With new standards comes a new assessment. • Since NCLB was passed, states are required to test students in grades 3-8 in math and English language arts as well as one grade in high school. • Currently, the 50 states are reporting test scores from potentially 50 different tests. • This leads to inconsistent test scores. The CCSS Next Generation Assessment will provide consistency in testing.

  6. What will the new assessment look like? • No official samples of test questions have been released, though a few states, including Kansas, have released formative pilot questions targeting the CCSS. • All states agree that the CCSS should have a performance based task included on the test, along side or instead of traditional multiple choice (MC) questions. • “The next generation of assessments are to identify growth at four levels, the individual student, the school, the district as we know it in Kansas and the state.” –Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker

  7. What did Kansas release and how is it different from the current assessment? • The reading tests start with a passage which is then followed by a list of questions.

  8. What did Kansas release and how is it different from the current assessment? • MC: Let’s pretend we just read the story of Cinderella…

  9. What did Kansas release and how is it different from the current assessment? • Constructed Response (CR)

  10. Who will write this new assessment? • Currently, states write their own assessments, or pay companies such as ETS for their tests. • CETE develops innovative testing items and pilots them within existing state assessments. • The next generation of tests is said to be written collaboratively by the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). • “SMARTER stands for Summative Multi-state Assessment Resources for Teachers and Educational Researchers. SBAC is a merger of three multi-state assessment consortia that formed in response to a US Department Education announcement that they planned to target Race to the Top funds toward producing next generation assessments.” • This should lead to consistent tests across states.

  11. When will the new assessment reach classrooms?

  12. Questions? Thoughts? Concerns? References: • Educational Testing Services. Common Assessments. Retrieved from: http://www.ets.org/k12/commonassessments. • Kansas National Education Association. Assessments are Changing… Retrieved from: http://www.knea.org/home/836.htm. • Kansas State Department of Education. Retrieved from: http://www.ksde.org. • Mitchell, H.C. (2005) Consistency for State Achievement Standards Under NCLB. The Council of Chief State Officers. Retrieved from: http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2005/Consistency_for_State_Achievement_2005.pdf. • National Conference of State Legislatures. Common Core State Standards State Legislative Update. Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/site/ncslccssupdate/home/2012. • SMARTER Balance Assessment Consortium. Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved from: http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_curriculum/EDU-SMARTER_Balanced_Assessment_Consortium_Frequently_Asked_Questions.pdf. • The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation. Retrieved from: http://www.cete.us.

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