In this webinar, we will discuss the ever-changing landscape of the Common Core’s new assessments, focusing on the two test consortia—SBAC and PARCC, as they complete their pilot-testing year and prepare for full-scale assessment in 2014-2015. In this webinar you will learn: Feature Comparison: How are the SBAC and PARCC the same and different? Political Context: What is happening with either embracing or withdrawing the SBAC and PARCC testing? Application: What does it mean for my curriculum and assessment decision-making?
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1. Review of the New Assessments: PARCC and SBAC Webinar May
14, 2014 Presented by: Sean McGrew, Ph.D.
2. Poll 1 Whats happening in your neck of the woods?
3. Source: EdWeek, October 2013
4. Common Core: Questioning the Assessments
5. Source: EdWeek, October 2013 Florida, Georgia, and SC have
anti-CC legislation in the works Indiana pulled out of CC as of
March 2014 Kansas is now developing own assessment New York delayed
PARCC until 2022 OK is dropping out this month
6. Agenda
7. Poll 3 Will private/parochial schools in your state
participate in PARCC/SBAC?
8. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014
9. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014
10. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014
11. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE:
www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html
PDK/GALLUP POLL Just your impression or what you may have heard or
read, has increased testing helped, hurt or made no difference in
the performance of the local public schools?
12. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE:
www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html AP/NORC
CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL How important is it to you that your
childs school regularly assess whether or not your child is meeting
the statewide expectations for the grade level?
13. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE:
www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html AP/NORC
CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL Overall, do you think students in
your childs school take too many standardized tests, too few
standardized tests, or is it just about right?
14. TEST DESIGN SBAC Summative assessment has adaptive portion
for short items, and non-adaptive portion for performance tasks
Paper-pencil option is transitional (for 3 years), different from
computer- based form Offered in last 12 weeks of school PARCC
Summative assessments are not adaptive PBA (Performance-Based)
after 75% of school year writing, applying skills. EOY (after 90%)
Paper-pencil versions available Will include speaking and listening
in 2015-2016
15. Poll 2 How do you feel about the released sample
items?
16. Poll 4 Is your school logistically equipped to test all
students online?
17. PRICE AND LOGISTICS SBAC SBAC coordinates writing of items
(by teachers in partner states) and reporting; states choose vendor
(or self) for technical deployment Summative-only: $6.20 for SBAC +
approx $16.30 for administration. Interim/Formative included: $9.55
+ approx $17.75. PARCC PARCC contracted with Pearson (and
subcontractors) to build content and deploy tests $24-$29.50
(current and original price estimate) includes performance-
assessment and end of year
18. PARCC Interface
19. PARCC Interface
20. SBAC Interface
21. SBAC Interface
22. INTERIM ASSESSMENTS SBAC Optional interims at locally-
determined intervals. Item bank is open to participating districts
PARCC Diagnostic and Mid-Year available optionally
23. FIELD TESTING SBAC Over 2 million students tested so far
(continuing through June 6) PARCC About half a million tested in
first window, expecting about the same in second window.
24. ACCOMMODATIONS SBAC Complete Spanish version of Math tests
Glossaries for 10 languages built into online system Text-to-Speech
functionality Braille ASL video translation for listening portions
PARCC Glossary for Math terms if paid for by state Paper-based
glossaries allowed Text-to-Speech functionality No Braille (yet) No
ASL video (yet)
25. SBAC and PARCC influence on other tests SAT moving toward
Common Core (David Coleman) ACT Aspire is a K-12,
Classroom/Interim/Summative NWEA, Renaissance STAR Catapult
Learnings eValuate and custom interim assessments