Where We Are, and Where We Are Headed
Learning Forward KansasApril 9, 2014
COLLEGE AND CAREER READY means an individual has the
academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and
employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment
of an industry recognized certification or in the
workforce, without the need for remediation.
What is an IPS?
Multi-year educational plan based on career interests
The Kansas State Department of Education strongly recommends that all districts implement individual plans of study (IPS) for all students in grades 8 through 12.
8th grade – career interest survey, develop individual plan of study (at a minimum, include career interests and all courses 9 – 12 + 1 year of post-secondary plans)
Why an IPS?
Student’s Educational Path becomes:
Relevant → Higher Student EngagementFocused → based on Career InterestsEfficient → time and $
Not a silver bullet, but an IPS will help a student make better choices and ultimately lead to a higher % of post-secondary completion
% of Kansas w/ postsecondary degree or certification?
Kansas Class of 2011
% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary education (2 and 4 year institutions)
76%% Graduates enrolling in Post-secondary education
earning 1 year of college credit (24 Credits)
49%
*System for Education Enterprise in Kansas (SEEK)
COLLEGE AND CAREER READY means an individual has the
academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and
employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment
of an industry recognized certification or in the
workforce, without the need for remediation.
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Calculating API
Reading – Performance Levels
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Little has changed, except “transitional test” is now “field test.”
In January, CETE released additional Practice Tests containing all the technology-enhanced items students will encounter. ksassessment.org
Currently, all forms are going through a quality control process.
Testing window opens March 10.
Update on Spring Assessments
The transitional assessment will serve as the backbone for the new Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment
Enhancements to be developed Summer 2014: Listening section Writing prompt Math performance tasks
New Development in 2014–2015
SummaryCore machine-
scorable items aligned with KCCRS
Core machine-scorable items aligned with
KCCRS
Core machine-scorable items aligned with
KCCRS
Spring 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
Listening Items
Complete enhancements (performance task, essay,
listening items)
Essay
Math Perform-
ance Task
Adaptivity
Model of a Stage Adaptive Test
Summative assessment ELA (complete in 2016) Math (complete in 2016) History/government (complete in 2016) Science (complete in 2017)
Formative tools Really more like sample items now Developing capacity for teachers to build test
forms using item pool In 2016, we can start building true formative,
instructionally-embedded tests. Will include science and H/G
Full Kansas Assessment Program
Update on TestingFirst four weeks of testing
As of April 7, 2014
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS)
On March 27, CETE was hit with the first distributed denial of services (DDOS). Originated outside of the United States A DDOS results in such large amounts of data sent
to server that it prevents legitimate uses of that server.
Issue was reported at 7:15am and mitigated by 12:50pm that same day.
Eliminating IP addresses from offshore locations curbed the effects of this first attack.
A Second DDOS Attack
On Tuesday, April 1 CETE was hit by a second DDOS attack.
This second, separate attack was 100X stronger than the one from the previous week
After the second attack, CETE enlisted the services of a contractor specializing in mitigating the effects of a DDOS.
With contractor support, CETE was able to identify traffic that was “malicious.” Initially, some legitimate school traffic was misidentified.
Important Clarifications and Assurances
No student record was ever in jeopardy. A DDOS is an incoming surge only. No data has been compromised. CETE is continuing to strengthen security and will
work this summer to create redundancies to avoid the effects of this type of attack in the future.
An external security audit of KITE will be conducted by Fall 2014 to confirm security of data.
Tests Completed by Subject and Grade
Sum of tests ELA Mathematics
Science Grand Total
Grade 3 15,087 5,800 20,887
Grade 4 15,295 5,792 8,374 29,461
Grade 5 15,331 5,000 20,331
Grade 6 15,335 6,643 21,978
Grade 7 16,116 7,773 8,239 32,128
Grade 8 14,576 7,511 22,087
Grade 11 13,085 8,352 6,024 27,461
Grand Total 91,740 38,519 16,613 146,872 Percent of expected 36.7% 15.4% 16.6% 24.5%
All states are given the option to request an extension of their current waivers for an additional year.
If approved, our waiver would extend into the 2014-15 school year.
Must submit by early April, 2014
Extend our current ESEA Waiver
Involves Principle 3 of our waiver. How Kansas chooses to use student
growth as a significant factor in teacher/leader evaluations.
Positive response/progress with the USDE Submitted our response on January 27,
2014 and are waiting on a response.
Respond to our current conditional “high risk” status
Kansas will have CETE develop our state assessments instead of being involved with Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
A new assessment model that allows for multiple assessments at the high school level
Re-think how we identify “Not Making Progress” schools
Amend items in our Current Waiver
Results from the state assessments would not be used in teacher/leader evaluations until the 2017-18 school year.
Move the use of using student growth data to inform personnel decisions
Questions?