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May 2014 Instruction Commission

Revised Recommendations: System Agreement for the Use of Smarter Balanced 11 th Grade Assessment in Washington Higher Education Placement Process. May 2014 Instruction Commission. Bill Moore, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

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May 2014 Instruction Commission

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  1. Revised Recommendations:System Agreement for the Use of Smarter Balanced 11th Grade Assessment in Washington Higher Education Placement Process May 2014 Instruction Commission Bill Moore, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges Director, Core to College Alignment & Transition Mathematics Project

  2. Recommendations re use of SBAC • 6 local partnership grants • Transition courses • National: Higher Ed for Higher Standards • “WA: Real Learning for Real Life” Ongoing Core to College Work • Higher education agreement • Strengthen 12th Grade “Launch Year” • Communications campaign

  3. Current Faculty Recruitment Efforts

  4. Process for Smarter Balanced Recommendations • A cross-sector policy work group drafted initial recommendations in fall 2013 • Comments taken throughout winter quarter 2014 from system groups and key stakeholders • Work group then revised the recommendations and produced this proposed agreementfor consideration by key system groups • WACTC will consider in May, and if approved, sign the agreement on behalf of the community and technical college system as a whole

  5. Key Elements of Agreement • Offers Washington high school students the opportunity to establish their readiness for college-level coursework based on their scores on the 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessment • Represents Washington higher education’s commitment to improve student college readiness by • providing an incentive for achieving the Common Core standards as reflected in the Smarter Balanced assessment, and • creating alternatives for students if necessary to use their senior year more effectively in getting ready for college-level work

  6. Agreement Timeframe Review agreement in winter 2018 and consider revision/renewal for class of 2019

  7. Proposed Agreement: Math

  8. Proposed Agreement: English

  9. Results of ATC Voting Process

  10. Reasons Expressed for Nay or Abstain Votes • Wait for more information (cut scores, test results and comparisons, impact on current placement efforts, …) • What constitutes recency of test results (especially important in math) • Inability to preview the 11th grade assessment • Lack of ownership of the statewide English senior year transition course • Too many unanswered questions, too vague

  11. Comments & Questions? Core to College website Bill Moore bmoore@sbctc.edu 360-704-4346

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