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Ohio’s Assessment Future The Common Core & Its Impact on Student Assessment Evidence by Jim Lloyd Source doc: The Common Core and the Future of Student Assessment in Ohio by Kathleen Porter-Magnee, et al from the Thomas Fordham Institute

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Ohio’s Assessment Future. The Common Core & Its Impact on Student Assessment Evidence b y Jim Lloyd Source doc: The Common Core and the Future of Student Assessment in Ohio by Kathleen Porter- Magnee , et al from the Thomas Fordham Institute. Ohio Had a Choice to Make. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Ohio’s Assessment

FutureThe Common Core & Its Impact on

Student Assessment Evidenceby Jim Lloyd

Source doc: The Common Core and the Future of Student Assessment in Ohio by Kathleen Porter-Magnee, et al from the Thomas Fordham Institute

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Ohio Had a Choice to Make

O There are 2 assessment consortiums available to Common Core States. Ohio had to choose to be part of 1 of them or fly solo:

O Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) or;

O The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

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What did Ohio do?O Ohio chose PARCC.

O By making a commitment, OH can be at the table with the other PARCC states to influence decisions.

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Ohio Chose PARCC

What are the repercussions of this?

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Short Term ImpactO PARCC will begin piloting its

assessment items in 2011-12 (current school year).

O Both consortia plan to fully test new assessments in 2013-14.

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Long Term ImpactO PARCC is managed by Achieve Inc.

O http://www.parcconline.org/

O SBAC is managed by the State of Washington’s Department of Education

O PARCC has certain requirements that all states must follow

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Assessment Design for PARCC

O Assessment design rules apply to ELA & Math

O Computer administered, but not “computer adaptive”O Computer adaptive is like the new GRE—test

automatically adapts to student’s ability level

O Participating states must have infrastructure in place by 2014-15

O Paper and pencil version only for students needing this special accommodation

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Required Assessments

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Required AssessmentsO Extended, multi-session performance-based

assessments as close to end of year as possible

O ELA—will include tasks focused on writing effectively when analyzing text

O Math—will include tasks focused on applying the content and skills learned throughout the year

O These assessments scored centrally with results ready “in time to inform the end of year summative assessment score for each student”

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Required AssessmentsO Grades 3-8: ELA and Math—End of the Year

O Computer-based and machine scorable

O Grades 3-11: Assessment of Listening & SpeakingO These elements are included in the CCSSO Design plans still being finalizedO Teacher-scored using a common rubricO Results not included in student’s summative

scoreO Results not required as part of the state’s

accountability system

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Required Assessments

O Grades 9-11: ELAO Required for grades 9 through 11

O High School: End of Course MathO Required, Summative, computer-

based, machine scored,

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Optional Assessments

Early AssessmentsMid-Year Assessments

Optional Formative Performance Tasks (K-2)

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Optional Assessments—Early Assessments

O Diagnostic reading, math and writing

O Should be used in early part of the year for the purpose of:O Pinpointing knowledge and skill gaps of

students who did poorly previous year AND/OR students who need enrichment

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Optional Assessments—Mid Year

O Performance-based Assessments that serve 2 purposes:O Provide early exposure to performance tasks students

will encounter at the end of the yearO Act as formative assessments. They will provide

teachers with instructionally useful info

NOTE—PARCC will not require Mid-Year assessmentsO Results won’t be used as part of student’s

summative scoreO Some states may choose to requireO Some states may choose to include in student’s

summative score

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Optional Assessments—Formative Tasks for K-2

O The primary focus will be 3-12 however;

O Formative tasks will be available for teachers to monitor student progress

O These assessments will not be used for teacher or admin evaluations

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Other Things to Consider

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Data & Accountability

O All states will have common achievement levels and the same definitions of proficiency

O Cut scores will NOT be locally determinedO Student Performance/Score based on summative

assessment and performance-based tasksO PARCC and SBAC assure results will be valid for

teacher and admin evaluations

NOTES:O PARCC assessments will have almost twice as

many score points as existing state tests

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CostO Currently Ohio spends nearly $70

million/year administering 2 million state tests

O PARCC indicated the average test will cost $14—doesn’t include cost of optional assessments

O These do not include cost estimates for ramping up technology, internet access and additional staff time to administer

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Tools for TeachersO Content frameworks to help inform

curricula

O Interactive data tools to allow educators to view student data and generate custom reports

O Online practice tests

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Other PARCC Considerations

O End of Course ExamsO PARCC is developing high school examsO Ohio law requires the state to implement them

O Mid-Year AssessmentsO Administered and scored by teachersO Online score training tool will be providedO Ohio will need to commit to ensuring the mid-

year results correlate with the results from the summative, end of year performance tasks

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Ohio Timeline O 2011—Content frameworks released

O 2011-14—Piloting and field testing of assessment items

O 2012—PARCC begins to release sample assessment items

O 2014-15—Technology in place to admin PARCC assessments in place in all schools

O 2014-15—PARCC assessment admin begins

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Additional Considerations--Technology

O Tech administered exams will get results back quickly

O Broad assessment admin windows and platform neutral for admin

O PARCC planning on creating a tool for districts to assess their tech readiness to admin

O Ultimately cost and effort to admin will fall to states—this represents a HUGE unknown cost

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Additional Considerations—Rigor O PARCC requires a common cut score across all

states in order to make National and International comparisons easier

O There is a considerable gap between the quality of standards currently in place and the ones that will be (i.e. the Common Core)

O Fordham grade Ohio’s assessments as easy O 3rd Grade—only 5 states had lower reading and

math cut scoresO 8th Grade—only 3 states had lower in 8th grade