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Implications of the Smarter Balanced Assessment for College Readiness and Math Placement. William S. Moore, Ph.D., Policy Associate, SBCTC Director, Core to College Alignment & Transition Mathematics Project bmoore@sbctc.edu. Common Core State Standards. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Implications of the Smarter Balanced Assessment for College Readiness and
Math Placement
William S. Moore, Ph.D., Policy Associate, SBCTCDirector, Core to College Alignment & Transition Mathematics Project
bmoore@sbctc.edu
Common Core State Standards• Clear, consistent,
rigorous standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics
• Knowledge and skills needed for college and career success
• Developed voluntarily and cooperatively by states with input from teachers and college faculty Source:
www.corestandards.org
What You Probably Didn’t Know…
“Obama Core is a comprehensive plan to dumb down schoolchildren so they will be obedient servants of the government and probably to indoctrinate them to accept
the leftwing view of America and its history.”
Phyllis Schafly, October 2012, cited by Benjamin Riley, New Schools Venture Fund,
“Common Core-spiracy”
4
1. Focus: Focus strongly where the standards focus.
2. Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics.
3. Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.
Major Shifts in the CCSS:“Fewer, Higher, Clearer, Deeper”
5
K 12
Number and Operations
Measurement and Geometry
Algebra and Functions
Statistics and Probability
Traditional U.S. Approach
6
Focusing Attention Within Number and Operations
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Expressions and Equations
Algebra
→ →
Number and Operations—Base Ten →
The Number System
→
Number and Operations—Fractions
→
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School
Number and Operations
Standards for Mathematical Practices
A Balanced Assessment System
Common Core State Standards
specify K-12
expectations for college and career readiness
All students leave
high school college
and career ready
Teachers and schools have
information and tools they need
to improve teaching and
learningInterim assessments
Flexible, open, used for actionable
feedback
Summative assessments
Benchmarked to college and career
readiness
Teacher resources for formative
assessment practices
to improve instruction
OSPI Proposal…Summative Assessments in 2014–15 and
beyondEnglish/LA Mathematics Science
(no change)
Grade 3 SBAC SBAC
Grade 4 SBAC SBAC
Grade 5 SBAC SBAC MSP
Grade 6 SBAC SBAC
Grade 7 SBAC SBAC
Grade 8 SBAC SBAC MSP
Grades10 Comprehensive exit exam
EOC Year 1 exit exam
EOC Biologyexit exam
Grade 11 SBAC SBAC
SBAC=SMARTER Balanced Assessment ConsortiumMSP= Measurements of Student ProgressEOC= End of Course exams
Questions Being Addressed by the Core to College Project
1. Do the Common Core State Standards and Smarter Balanced assessment represent a definition of college- and career-readiness that works for higher education?
2. Specifically, how will the 11th grade assessment results be used?
1. Definition of College Readiness
Faculty Review Group consensus (both math and English):
– Standards generally reflect a clear and solid notion of college readiness for entry-level courses in their disciplines
– Preliminary review of Smarter Balanced details and sample items encouraging, but need to see full assessment
2. Use of the 11th Grade Assessment
Strengthen 12th Grade “Launch Year”Encourage Dual Credit courses for students who
are college-readyProvide targeted curriculum for students who are
not yet college-ready
Serve as College Readiness IndicatorFull or conditional exemption from developmental
course work when entering collegeConsidered as another possible “data point” in
admissions review
Policy Framework for Grade 11 Assessment Results
• Not Yet Content-Ready - Substantial Support Needed
• K-12 & higher education may offer interventionsLevel 1
• Not Yet Content-Ready – Support Needed• Transition courses or other supports for Grade 12,
retesting optionLevel 2
• Conditionally Content-Ready/Exempt from Developmental
• In each state, K-12 and higher ed jointly develop Grade 12 requirements to earn exemption
Level 3
• Content-Ready/Exempt from Developmental• In each state, K-12 and higher education may jointly
set Grade 12 requirements to retain exemptionLevel 4
Note: Applies only to students who matriculate directly from high school to college.
Responding to the Policy Framework
What evidence would you need to see about the assessment to give you confidence about its value as a college readiness indicator?
Assuming the assessment is valuable, what would be a reasonable expectation of evidence of continued learning in grade 12 for level 3 students to earn an exemption from precollege math?
Key Clarifications of Proposed Framework
Support for Emerging Approaches to Developmental Ed: Colleges are free to permit students who score below the college content-readiness standard to enroll in credit-bearing courses
Multiple Measures of Content-Readiness: Fully supports the use of multiple measures to determine student course placement
Recommended “Cut Scores”: To be set summer 2014 after pilot and field testing
Participation agreement: No later than January 2015 Score Expiration: Scores only valid for students who
matriculate directly from high school to college
Higher Education After Smarter Balanced:What Won’t Change?
High school graduation requirements
Admission standards
Most course placement (especially STEM students)
Developmental education reform
Core to College Timetable
College and system group engagement (Fall 2013-Winter 2014)
Cross-sector summit gathering (Spring 2014)
Confirm SB participation commitment (January 2015)
Develop specific
proposal for SB use in
higher education
Review and endorse proposal
Refine parameters
based on pilot test
System and institutional review (Fall 2014)
Resources
www.achievethecore.orgwww.illustrativemathematics.orgcommoncoretools.mewww.corestandards.orghttp://parcconline.org/parcc-content-f
rameworkshttp://www.smarterbalanced.org/k-12
-education/common-core-state-standards-tools-resources/
Questions?
For more details about Core to College in Washington, see https://sites.google.com/site/wacoretocollege/
Slides and handouts available at http://tinyurl.com/mathconf13moore
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