21 st Century Balanced Assessment: What Does It Mean to My School?

1. 21st Century Balanced Assessment: What Does It Mean to My School? WVDE 2008 Fall Regional School Counselors Workshop West Virginia Department of Education Office of Assessment and Accountability

3. Align to WV 21st century content standards and objectives • Provide individual and group achievement status at a point in time • Inform students, educators, parents and the community of student, school and system performance Summative Assessment of Learning

4. Policy defines Building Level Coordinator and Examiners. • Counselors are not required by Policy 2340 to serve as Building Level Coordinators or monitor assessments. • Counselor responsibilities are defined in Policy 2315. Policy 2340: WV MAP

5. Reflect national content standards • Incorporate NAEP, TIMSS and PISA frameworks • Include 21st century learning skills and technology learning tools • Align to ACT and SAT standards 21st Century Content Standards and Objectives http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies(Policy 2520.*)

6. 21st Century Balanced Assessment System Formative Assessments for Learning: A process during learning Classroom Assessments for Learning:  A proces during learning Benchmark Assessment of/for Learning:  An event during/after learning Summative Assessment of Learning:  An event after learning

7. Conducted throughout teaching and learning • Learner-centered, context specific • Provides feedback to students and parents for monitoring progress • Include multiple performance-based measures Formative Assessments for Learning

8. Classroom Assessment for Learning • Occurs during the instruction • Student Involvement critical • Acknowledges instructional decisions of teachers and students • Continuous descriptive feedback • Only difference between formative and classroom assessments is student involvement.

9. Use multiple measures • Provide feedback on students’ relative progress toward instructional targets • Provide instructional feedback to teachers • Provide timely information that allows “in course” correction • Acuity funded by WVDE until 2014. Benchmark Assessments of/for Learning

10. WESTEST 2 Field Test     September 22-October 3, 2008 PSAT Pilotfor 10th Grade Students*     October 15, 2008     October 18, 2008 EXPLORE and PLAN     October 27-November 7, 2008 NAEP     January-March 2009 2008-2009 Testing Calendar *WVDE will fund pilot for 10th grade this year. Other grade level PSAT test takers will proceed as in previous years.

11. 2008-2009 Testing Calendar WESTEST 2 Online Writing:  Grades 3-11    March 2-27, 2009              Grades 6-8    March 23-April 10, 2009    Grades 9-11    March 30-May 1, 2009       Grades 3-5 WESTEST 2:  Grades 3-11     May 18-29, 2009 APTA     April 27-May 8, 2008 Tests on this slide are used to calculate AYP!!

12. No individual student, school or county results. Test of the items, not student performance. West Virginia teachers created many items for the WESTEST 2 development. WESTEST 2 Field Test

13. Measures academic achievement in mathematics, critical reading and writing • Identifies students with potential to succeed in AP courses • Predicts success students will have in AP courses PSAT Pilot for 10th Grade Students *WVDE will fund Pilot for 10th grade this year. Other grade level PSAT test takers will proceed as in previous years.

14. Grade 8 • Measures academic achievement in reading, mathematics, English and science • Predicts how students will perform on PLAN and the ACT • Compares student performance to the ACT College Readiness Standards • Identifies needs and ways to improve skills • Provides information on career based on interests EXPLORE

15. Grade 10 • Measures academic achievement in reading, mathematics, English and science • Predicts how students will perform on  the ACT • Compares student performance to the ACT College Readiness Standards • Identifies needs and ways to improve skills • Provides information on career based on interests PLAN

16. Field test conducted in spring 2008 in grades 3 - 11 • Composed of passage and  prompt • Narrative • Descriptive • Informative • Persuasive • Untimed • Scored • Hand scored (field test only) • Artificial intelligence WESTEST 2 Online Writing

17. 2009 State Results reported for • Reading 4, 8 and 12 • Mathematics 4, 8 and 12 • Science 4 and 8 • Measures what students know and can do in reading, mathematics and science • Provides information to state and national policy makers about student achievement •  Sample items are available on • http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls • http://sites.google.com/a/wvde.k12.wv.us/naep-2009/ NAEP

18. Math and science tests will have two gridded response questions • Reading/language arts passages will be paired or tripled by theme • Social studies will have one Document-Based Question per grade level; each DBQ will consist of 4-9 questions based upon 3-7 documents WESTEST 2

19. Grades 3-11 • Reading/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies • Classroom, school and district • Online delivery • CTB/McGraw-Hill and WV developed items aligned to 21st century CSOs Acuity Item Bank

20. Teach21 • Teaching strategies • Unit plans • Assessment updates • Sample WESTEST 2 items • http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/ • Writing Road Map 2 • Unlimited writing practice grades 3-12 • http://www.writingroadmap2.com •  Acuity • website under development • PowerPoint for Acuity training • http://wvde.state.wv.us/oaa/filecabinet.html#acuity Optional Support

21. WESTEST 2 Beth Judy bjudy@access.k12.wv.us PSAT / PLAN / EXPLORE Beth Cipoletti dcipolet@access.k12.wv.us NAEP Vickie Baker vbaker@access.k12.wv.us WESTEST 2 Online Writing Sandy Foster slfoster@access.k12.wv.us Acuity Sandy Foster slfoster@access.k12.wv.us Contact Information  (304) 558-2546