Smarter/Balanced Consortium (SBAC)National Center and State Collaborative

(NCSC)Assessment Services Supporting Els through

Technology Systems (ASSETS)

Gay Pickner

Shannon Malone

SDDOE

To have a better understanding of the three consortiums the SDDOE is involved with concerning upcoming assessments.

How do we get from here...

...to here?

All studentsleave high

school college and career

ready

All studentsleave high

school college and career

ready

Common Core State

Standards specify K-12 expectations

for college and career

readiness

Common Core State

Standards specify K-12 expectations

for college and career

readiness...and what can an assessment system

do to help?

Concerns with Today’s Statewide Assessments

• To develop a set of comprehensive and innovative assessments for grades 3-8 and high school in English language arts and mathematics aligned to the Common Core State Standards

• Students leave high school prepared for postsecondary success in college or a career through increased student learning and improved teaching

• The assessments shall be operational across Consortium states in the 2014-15 school year

A Balanced Assessment System

A Balanced Assessment System

K-12 Teacher Involvement

Assessment System Components

Assessment System Components

Assessment System Components

Assessment System Components

Assessment System Components

Technology guidelines for New Purchases

As of June 2012

Support for Special Populations

Timeline

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National Center and State Collaborative

General Supervision Enhancement Grant

(NCSC GSEG)

NCSC States and Partners

Building an assessment system based on research-based understanding of:

- technical quality of AA-AAS design- formative and interim assessments- summative assessments - academic curriculum and instruction

for students with significant cognitive disabilities

- student learning characteristics - communicative competence- effective professional development

Theory of Action

Long-term goal of NCSC: Our long-term goal is to ensure that students with

significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for postsecondary options.

A well-designed summative assessment alone is insufficient.

To achieve this goal, an AA-AAS system also requires:

Curricular & instructional frameworks Teacher resources and professional development

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Management Team

Lead: NCEO and

State Representative

s

Assessment Design Work

Group 1

Lead: NCIEA and State

Representatives

Assessment Design Work

Group 1

Lead: NCIEA and State

Representatives

Professional DevelopmentWork Group 3

Lead: UKY and State

Representatives

Professional DevelopmentWork Group 3

Lead: UKY and State

Representatives

Curriculum & Instruction

Work Group 2

Lead: UNCC and State

Representatives

Curriculum & Instruction

Work Group 2

Lead: UNCC and State

Representatives

Evaluation Work Group 4

Lead: edCount, LLC and State

Representatives

Evaluation Work Group 4

Lead: edCount, LLC and State

Representatives

The Research: • CoPs will provide a network of support in

each state to build the curriculum, instruction, and assessment infrastructure through training and technical assistance. (Barber & Fullan, 2005.)

• CoPs will try out and provide feedback on model curriculum resources for teachers serving SSCD and supports for developing communicative competence. (Carroll, Fulton & Doerr, 2010)

• The CoPs are stakeholders across participating states willing to assist in project activities: • Lesson plan tryouts • Item reviews • Field tests• Standard setting• Other

• Winter 2012:• Release Graduated Understandings in

Math• COPs pilot Math Instructional Modules

• Spring 2013• Release Math Instructional Modules• Release Graduated Understandings in

Reading• COPs pilot ELA Instructional Modules• Field test Math assessment items

• Fall 2013:• Release ELA Instructional Modules• Field test ELA assessment items

• Spring 2014• Full item field testing

• Spring 2015• Full implementation and assessment

**Professional development will begin in winter of 2012 and ongoing – most will be web based

Communicative Competence

College

Career

CommunityCurriculumAK Standards

InstructionGrade-level Lessons

Accommodations

Systematic Instruction

AssessmentFormative

Summative

Career Readiness for All

Preparedness for workplace refers to the reading and mathematics knowledge and skills needed to qualify for an occupation’s job training program; it does not necessarily mean that the qualifications to be hired for a job have been met (NAGB, 2009).

Sample pathways include:–Apprenticeship programs–Community College certification–Job training programs–On the job training–Vocational technical institutes

http://www.ncscpartners.org/

What is ASSETS?

ASSETS System

Grant Year School Year Phase

1 2011-12 Development

2 2012-13 Pilot Testing

3 2013-14 Field Testing

4 2014-15 Operationalization

- 2015-16 Fully Operational

Grant Years

ASSETS Consortium

There are 29 SEA members serving more than 1 million English learners, representing 22% of the K-12 English learner population in the United States

Subcommittee

The Technology Subcommittee : •Providing guidance related to developing and implementing technology-based assessments, reports, and training tools;•Issuing guidance to ASSETS Consortium states technology specifications and additional peripheral hardware (e.g. headsets and microphones)  The Accommodations Subcommittee will inform the work of the Consortium by: •Create a common set of policies and procedures for appropriate accommodations that can be provided on the new ASSETS assessment system;•Identify which accommodations are not necessary on CBT (Computer Based Test) and which can become embedded items on CBT•Discussing paper based accommodations versus CBT accommodations 

Subcommittees

The EL Definition Subcommittee:•Establish/formulate a common EL definition including a Home Language Survey with common criteria for eligibility for EL services. •Formulate an evolving, standards-based EL definition, which will be used to transition to a standards-referenced EL definition. The Reporting Subcommittee:•Play a key role in designing reports and a reporting system that meets the needs of multiple stakeholders.

– Gay Pickner (Assessments)• Gay.Pickner@state.sd.us• 605-773-3247

– Linda Turner (Special Ed)• Linda.Turner@state.sd.us• 605-773-6119

– Shannon Malone (Title III)• Shannon.Malone@state.sd.us• 605-773-4698

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