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2013 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting. California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP) Assessment System: Overview Diane Hernandez, Director Assessment Development and Administration Division. Assembly Bill 484. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress
(CalMAPP) Assessment System: Overview
Diane Hernandez, DirectorAssessment Development and Administration Division
2013 Assessment and Accountability
Information Meeting
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484
• Establishes the new statewide student assessment system, California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP)
• Outlines assessments in CalMAPP, some of which were used previously as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program
• Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to participate in the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test
• Allows LEAs to focus on transition to Common Core State Standards
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484 (Cont.)
• Primary purposes of assessment are to assist teachers, administrators, students, and their parents to improve teaching and learning by promoting high-quality teaching through the use of a variety of assessment approaches and item types
• Intent for California to adopt assessment system that covers the full breadth and depth of the curriculum to promote the teaching of the full curriculum.
• The full transition to the new assessment system will take place over time.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484 (Cont.)
• Requires LEAs to participate in the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test.
• Establishes the purposes of the 2014 Field Test:– Enable the consortium to gauge the validity and
reliability of the items.– Conduct necessary psychometric studies.– Not be used for any other purposes.
• Allows a focus on transition to Common Core State Standards.
• Provides opportunity to experience the Smarter Balanced assessments: – Low-stakes environment – Gauge own technology readiness 4
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484 (cont.)
• Provides LEAs with tools:
– Interim assessments – Formative assessment process– Acquired from the consortium – No cost to the LEA
• Transitions the Early Assessment Program (EAP) test to the Smarter Balanced grade 11 assessment beginning with the 2014–15 assessment.
• Exempts English learners who have been in the United States less than 12 months from taking the ELA assessment.
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Assembly Bill 484 (Cont.)
• By March 2016, the State Superintendent will take to the State Board recommendations to expand CalMAPP to include additional assessments, such as history/social science, science, technology, and visual and performing arts.
• Additional assessments in ELA, math, and science may also be recommended.
• Allows for a variety of item types and assessment modalities (e.g., population sampling, matrix sampling).
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Required Assessments for the 2013–14 School Year
• Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test for English–language arts (ELA) and math in grades 3—8, and grade 11 (and a select sample in grades 9 and 10)
• California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) for ELA and math in grades 2 through 11
• Science in grades 5, 8, and 10, including CST, CMA, and CAPA
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Optional/Voluntary Assessments for the 2013–14 School Year
• CSTs used for EAP in grade 11:
– Voluntary for students, as it has been in previous years
– Scores for individuals only–will not produce school, district, or state-level reports from these assessments
• Standards-Based Tests in Spanish (STS) in grades 2–11
− Voluntary for LEAs to administer (State pays for ELA)
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Accountability, Score Use, and Evaluation
• Authorizes State Superintendent, with State Board approval, to not produce Academic Performance Index (API) in 2013–14
• Restricts the comparison of certain scores from CalMAPP to STAR
• Prohibits the display of scores that would identify students or teachers
• Calls for independent evaluation of CalMAPP
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Independent Evaluation of Assessments
• Begins the school year of the first full administration of the consortium computer adaptive assessments, which will be 2014—15
• Every three years thereafter
• For the purpose of continuous improvement of the assessments
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Independent Evaluation of Assessments (cont.)
Includes:
•Interim annual reports
•A final report on the activities and analysis of the three-year evaluation
•Recommendations to ensure the quality, fairness, validity, and reliability of the assessments
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
AB 484: Independent Evaluation of Assessments (cont.)
Takes into consideration:
•Purposes of the assessment system and its results
•Timeline for implementation of the assessments
•Adoption of new curriculum resources
•Professional development
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of
Public Instruction
For Further Information
CDE Assessment Transition [email protected]
916-445-8517
Technology Readiness [email protected]
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Web site
http://www.smarterbalanced.org
CDE Smarter Balanced Web Pagehttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sbac/
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