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Up-date on Up-date on Assessment in ConnecticutAssessment in Connecticut

Up-date on Up-date on Assessment in ConnecticutAssessment in Connecticut

Dr. Barbara Q. Beaudin, Dr. Barbara Q. Beaudin,

Associate CommissionerAssociate Commissioner

Division of Assessment and AccountabilityDivision of Assessment and Accountability

Chief, Bureau of Student AssessmentChief, Bureau of Student Assessment

Connecticut State Department of EducationConnecticut State Department of Education

September 19, 2008September 19, 2008

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Assessments Administered Annually in

Connecticut

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Assessment in Connecticut

CMT 1986 M, R, W 4, 6, 8

2006 M, R, W 3 - 8

2008 Add Science

5 and 8

CAPT 1995 M, S, R, W 10

2007 M, S, R, W 10

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Assessment in Connecticut: Special

PopulationsSkills Checklist

2000 Functional, daily living, self-help, and social skills (one form)

4, 6, 8, 10

Skills Checklists

2006 M, ELA, Access 3 – 8, 10

2008 Add Science 5, 8, 10

LAS 2000 2002

Oral language,Reading, Writing

3 – 11

LAS_Links 2006 Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking

3 – 11

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Assessment in Connecticut: Early Grades

Pre-K Inventory

2003

Acquisition of Pre-K Framework competencies

Pre-K

DRA 1999

Reading K - 3

DIBELS 2004

Reading K – 3

KindergartenInventory

2006

‘Readiness’ K

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Assessment in Connecticut:High School College and Voc. Prep

SAT and PSAT/NMSQT

1940’s

M, R, W, and Achievement Tests

9, 10, 11

AP Tests 1984 34 College level courses

10 - 12

N.O.C.T.I. Tests in trade-related areas

10 - 12

NAEP State

1990 4, 8 and 12

M, R, W, and other subjects

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CMT and CAPT Test Development

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• Curriculum Frameworks and Grade Level Expectations

• Blueprint• Specifications for Item

Development• Committee Review• Field Testing• Pulling Forms – Pre-equating• Linking Within Generations

CMT and CAPT Content

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Reporting CMT and CAPT Results

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Site: http://www.ctreports.com

• View Report – pdf file

• Text report – EXCEL file

Reporting On-line Data

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Information Reported:State, District or School

• Performance Levels– Advanced– Goal– Proficient– Basic– Below Basic

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This public site is designed to provide quick and easy access to student performance results on the Connecticut Mastery Test, 4th Generation (CMT4). On this site, you will find a wealth of information at your fingertips in a highly interactive and flexible format. You can create your own reports, graphs, and/or external data files with powerful tools to query and disaggregate data.

• State by District/School Report • Performance Level Summary Report • Overall Summary Report • Sub-Group Report • Participation Rate Report • Content Strand Report • Vertical Scale Analysis Report • Skills Checklist Report • Accommodations Summary Report

• For all available Connecticut reports, click here, and for more information about this application, please contact ctsupport@emetric.net.

•Notice: Summary numbers on this website are calculated using CMT reporting rules. The summary numbers are not calculated using NCLB reporting rules. These calculation methods are different and often result in differences in school and district calculations. Read more. © 2008  eMetric

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State by District/School Report Grade 8, 2008

Select Content:• Mathematics (Select All | Reset) • Content Strands (% Mastery of Each Content

Strand)• Total Mathematics Number Tested• Average # of Content Strands Mastered• Average Raw Score • Average Scale Score• Percent by Level• % At / Above Goal • % At / Above Proficiency  

Select Sub-Groups for Summary:– Gender, Ethnicity, F/R Meals, Special Ed, ELL– Select Students by Demographics: (Default is all

students.)

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Evaluation of Connecticut’s Accountability System:

NCLB Peer Review

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NCLB Legislation• Statewide assessment systems, aligned

with state content standards, must measure students’ achievement annually in grades 3-8 and one grade from 9 – 11 in mathematics and reading beginning in 2005-06, and one grade each from 3 – 5, 6– 8, and 9 – 11 in science beginning in 2007-08.

• All students must be proficient in mathematics, reading and science by 2014

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NCLB Accountability Requirements for States

• Statewide system of challenging content standards for all students

• Statewide system of challenging academic achievement standards

• A single system with high technical quality

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• Alignment between content and achievement standards

• Inclusion of all students in the assessment system

• Accurate, timely and useful reports

NCLB Requirements for States, cont.

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Holding Districts and Schools Accountable

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Adequate Yearly Progress

• Schools and districts that do not make ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ (AYP) are identified annually

• The state institutes a range of sanctions, depending on the number of consecutive years of identification

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2008-09 CMT, CAPT and Skills Checklist

AYP Levels for NCLB Accountability

• CMT AYP (Elementary and Middle Schools)Reading: 79% at/above ProficientMath: 82% at/above Proficient95% participation

• CAPT AYP (High Schools)Reading: 81% at/above ProficientMath: 80% at/above Proficient95% participation

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AYP Status 2008•Of the 805 Elementary and Middle

Schools in the State, 349 Did Not Make AYP.

•Of Connecticut’s 182 High Schools, 59 Did Not Make AYP.

•Of Connecticut’s 171 School Districts, 44 Did Not Make AYP

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CSBE Priorities• Pre-school and Early Childhood

• Closing the Achievement Gap

• High School Reform

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Early Childhood Assessment Initiatives

• Pre-KIS• Individual Student Fall Kindergarten

Inventory (10-14n)• Kindergarten Data Bulletin• Legislated Pre-K through 3 Longitudinal

Study• Reading Summit• DRA2

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Closing the Achievement Gap

• Model Curriculum Development

• Grade Level Expectations (Instruction & Assessment)

• Benchmark Assessments

• Modified Assessments

• Vertical Scales

• Enhanced Assessment Grants - High Schooland Accommodations

• Technology

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High School Reform Initiative

• Individual Student Success Plan Focused on Career Path and Support system

• Increased Course Requirements• Model Curriculum, Model End-of-

Course Exams and Performance Tasks

• Senior Capstone Project

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Questions?

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More Information about Connecticut’s Assessments

• http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/ cedar/assessment/index.htm

• www.ctreports.com