NAEP, SAT, and Grade 9/10 Options

District Test Coordinator Meeting

December 17, 2014

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NAEP in Delaware

NAEP Inclusion PolicyNAEP 2013 reporting of inclusion goals

NAEP 2015 Delaware state contextDelaware inclusion guidelines

Students with disability (SWD) and English language learner (ELL) Paper/Pencil (P/P)

NAEP monitoring visits

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NAEP Inclusion Policy

Adopted March 2010

PurposeMaximize student participation in NAEPReduce variation in exclusion rates across states and

districtsDevelop uniform national rules for including students Ensure that NAEP is fully representative of SWD and

ELL

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Students With Disabilities (SWDs)

Who can be excluded?Students who participate in the DCAS-Alt1 may be

excluded from NAEP

All other SWDs should participate with or without NAEP-allowed accommodations

Who can receive accommodations?Only students on an Individualized Education Plan

(IEP) or Section 504 Plan

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English Language Learners (ELLs)

Who can be excluded?ELL students who have been enrolled in US schools

for less than 1 full academic year before the NAEP assessment

All other ELL students should participate in NAEP with or without NAEP-allowed accommodations

Formerly ELL students cannot receive accommodations on NAEP

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Inclusion Reporting Goals

Reported for the first time in the NAEP 2011 report cards

Goal to include 95% of all studentsThe proportion of all students excluded from any NAEP

sample should not exceed 5%. Samples falling below this goal shall be prominently designated in reports as not attaining the desired inclusion rate of 95%.

Goal to include 85% of ELL and SWD Among students classified as either ELL or SWD a goal of

85% inclusion shall be established. National, state, and district samples falling below this goal shall be identified in NAEP reporting.

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Delaware Inclusion Guidelines

All assessments are not the same and are developed to measure specific constructsNAEP may not allow all accessibility features and

accommodations allowed on the Delaware state assessments

Students who have the read-aloud accommodation for the reading comprehension section on the Delaware state assessment should be included in NAEP Reading without the accommodation

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Delaware Inclusion Guidelines

Students that require a calculator for testing in their IEP or Section 504 Plans are eligible for the NAEP calculator version of the test

Students who receive multiple-day testing on the Delaware state assessments should take the NAEP assessments in one day with breaks as neededNAEP is much shorter than the state assessments—

multiple-day testing is not offeredConsists of two, 25-minute, subject matter blocks and

survey questions about their educational experiences

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Delaware NAEP Monitoring Visits

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SAT in Delaware

Administration: April 15, 2015

Make-Up Day: April 29, 2015

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SAT in Delaware

Test Center Intake Form due November 21 (completed)

Online Course access provided (within 40 days after receipt of Test Center Intake form) (completed)

Registration materials mailed to schools January 26

Applications for students requiring accommodations can begin anytime and are due by February 25

Student Registration begins February 4 and ends April 1

Test center supervisor training begins February 19 and ends April 1

Materials shipped to test centers April 3

Test administration April 15

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Local District Decision for Alternative Spring Assessment Grades 9/10

Preliminary SAT Scoring Service (PSSS)

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

STAR Assessments – Renaissance Learning

Amplify Benchmark Assessment

Scholastic Reading (SRI) and Math (SMI) Inventory assessments

DDOE Office of Assessment will support all cost-sharing requests

Further Information

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Rita FryOffice of Assessment

Rita.Fry@doe.k12.de.us (302) 735-4090

Please e-mail any additional questions or comments.