Board Assessment Update 2012 (Final)

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An Upd a t e on

Color ad os NewS u m m a t i v e

Assessments

Oct ober 17 - 18 , 201 2Christina Wirth-Hawkins and Joyce Zurkowski

Assessment Unit


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Summative Assessment Timeline

TCAP Colorado ACT2013

TCAP Reading, Writing and Math New Social Studies and Science

assessments expected to be operational Colorado ACT

2014

New English Language Arts andMathematics assessments expected to beoperational

Second year of new Social Studies andScience assessments

Colorado ACT

2015


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NEW COLORADO SCIENCE AND

SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENTS


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Science and Social Studies

Assessments

Based on the Colorado Academic Standards

Grades:

Science: grades 5, 8 and once in high school Social Studies: grades 4, 7 and once in high

school

Timeline

Field test administration planned for spring 2013

Operational administration planned for spring2014


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Assessments Attain balance: Innovation with technical soundness and feasibility

Breadth with depth

Take advantage of technology: General assessments:

Development: item type

Administration: computer-based Scoring: automated and artificial intelligence

Alternate assessments: score input online


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General Assessments

Item types:

Selected response

Constructed response

Simulation/performance-based


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Sample Items


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Measuring Local Readiness

Readiness for online assessments

has multiple different dimensions:

1. Computers & other devices

Minimum system requirements2. Ratio of devices to test-takers

Including testing window and session scheduling

3. Network and infrastructure Bandwidth, network utilization, size of content

4. Personnel (staffing & training)


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Opportunities for District

Involvement in Development

Item writing

Item review

Cognitive labs Field testing

Anchor paper selection

Data review


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

AND MATHEMATICSASSESSMENTS


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PARCC

English Language Arts and Mathematicsin grades 3-11

First operational assessment: spring 2015


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PARCC Assessment Design

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End-of-YearAssessment

Innovative,computer-based items

Required

Performance-Based

AssessmentExtendedtasks

Applicationsof conceptsand skills

Required

DiagnosticAssessmentEarlyindicator ofknowledgeand skills toinforminstruction,

supports, andPDOptional

Mid-Year

AssessmentPerformance-based

Emphasis onhard-to-measurestandards

Optional

Speaking and Listening Assessment(Required): Locally scored


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PARCCAssessments

In English Language Arts/Literacy, intended toanswer whether students:

Can read and comprehend complex literary andinformational text

Can write effectively when analyzing text Have attained overall proficiency in ELA/literacy

Reading and writing grounded in evidencefromtext, literary and informational.


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PARCCAssessments

In Mathematics, intended to answer whether

students:

Have mastered fundamental mathematical concepts

Pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skilland fluency, and application in major topics

Task focus will be on assessing:

concepts, skills and procedures

expressing mathematical reasoning modeling / applications


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PARCC Sample Items

http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes
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Colorado Participation in PARCC Work

Governing BoardLeadership Team

Operational Working Groups

Test designResearch and psychometrics

Accessibility and accommodations

Non-summative assessmentsItem Review (content and bias/sensitivity)

Documents

Board Assessment Update 2012 (Final)