Accessible Portable Item Profile (APIP) Standard: Key Concepts and Terms

1. Accessible Portable Item Profile (APIP) Standard: Key Concepts and Terms

2. APIP Goals • Portability of item content • Accessibility of item content • Policy neutral yet provide methods that can be applied to meet a wide variety of needs.

3. APIP: Basic Idea & 3 System Components 1 2 Roster Tools Authoring Tools Content with Access Tags User Profile 3 TestingInterface

4. APIP Test Model

5. Default Item Default Item Information Default Content Information Companion Material Information Accessibility Information Inclusion Order Example Grade Level, Content Area, Standard, Difficulty, etc. Calculator, Formula Sheet, Ruler, Periodic Table, etc. Audio Format, Braille, Sign, Key Word Highlight, etc.

6. Standards in the Education Sector • Content Standards • Performance Standards • Data Standards • Interoperability Standards

7. Content Standards • Definition of the knowledge, skills, and abilities students are expected to develop • State specific • Common Core

8. Performance Standards • Level at which students are expected to develop mastery of content standards • State-developed summative assessments are one tool used to measure achievement of performance standards • Consortia developed assessment programs will be used to measure achievement of Common Core standards

9. Data Standards • Data Standards are documented agreements on representations, formats, and definitions of common data. Data standards improve the quality and share-ability of data by: • Increasing data compatibility • Improving the consistency and efficiency of data collection • Reducing data redundancy

10. Data Standards • Variable Names • Expected values/content type • Example: • Topic: Gender • Variable Name: Gen • Value: 0 = Female, 1=Male

11. Data Standard Applied – Topic: Gender • Database 1: • Variable Name: Gender • Value: M = Male, F = Female • Database 2: • Variable Name: Sex • Value: 1=Male, 2=Female • Export Conversion • DB 1: Gender = Gen, M=0, F=1 • DB 2: Sex = Gen, 1=0, 2=1 • Import Conversion • DB 1: Gen = Gender, 0=M, 1=F • DB 2: Gen = Sex, 0=1, 1=2

12. Commonly Used Educational Data Standards SIF Library Information Curriculum Information Student Information Gender DOB ID # Grade Enrollment Attendance Accommodations Etc.

13. Interoperability Standards • Interoperability is the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort on the part of the customer.

14. Interoperable Assessments • Require Commonly Understood: • File format for item content • Codes/tags for item content • Representation of and interactions with content • Scoring rules

15. Available Assessment and Accessibility Interoperability Standards IMS Access for All QTI CommonCartridge APIP PersonalNeeds Profile APIP Item Content Standard

16. Interoperability & Data Standards for Assessment • Interoperability standards required for: • Item content file format, presentation of that content, interactions with the content, and scoring of responses • Data Standards required for: • Information about items (e.g., what they measure, parameters) • Information about students (e.g., identification, demographics, access needs) • Recording results

17. Key Steps in the Digitally Delivered Assessment Process StudentRostering StudentLogin TestAdministration ResponseRecording Assessment System Scoring Reporting

18. Common Core Assessment: Stitching It All Together Common Core State Standards

19. Common Core Assessment: Stitching It All Together Common Core State Standards SIF IMS Library Information Curriculum Information Student Information Gender DOB ID # Grade Enrollment Attendance Accommodations Etc. Access for All QTI CommonCartridge APIP PersonalNeeds Profile APIP Item Content Standard

20. Common Core Assessment: Stitching It All Together Common Core State Standards SIF IMS Library Information Curriculum Information Student Information Gender DOB ID # Grade Enrollment Attendance Accommodations Etc. Access for All QTI CommonCartridge APIP PersonalNeeds Profile APIP Item Content Standard

21. Common Core Assessment: Stitching It All Together Common Core State Standards SIF IMS Library Information Curriculum Information Student Information Gender DOB ID # Grade Enrollment Attendance Accommodations Etc. Access for All QTI CommonCartridge APIP PersonalNeeds Profile APIP Item Content Standard StudentRostering StudentLogin TestAdministration ResponseRecording Assessment System Scoring Reporting

22. Common Core Assessment: Stitching It All Together Common Core State Standards SIF IMS Library Information Curriculum Information Student Information Gender DOB ID # Grade Enrollment Attendance Accommodations Etc. Access for All QTI CommonCartridge APIP PersonalNeeds Profile APIP Item Content Standard StudentRostering StudentLogin TestAdministration ResponseRecording Assessment System Scoring Reporting

23. Status of APIP • Final Technical Documents Released March 2011 • APIP passed to IMS for maintenance and implementation support • IMS APIP Work Group • ETS, Pearson, CTB, Measured Progress • SBAC and PARCC invited and strongly encouraged to join • ATP APIP Study Group • State RFPs reference or require APIP • Implementation launched by MN and test industry

24. Next Steps • Establish touch points between APIP and SIF Student Data Standards • Incorporate APIP PNP in Common Education Data Standards • Develop business rules and best practices for applying APIP accessibility tags • Modify or develop APIP compliant item authoring systems and test delivery systems

25. Next Steps • Continue Educating leaders and educators about APIP and Accessibility Profiles • Develop tools to assist in creating sound Personal Needs Profiles • Adopt APIP prior to development of RttTA item content