Common Core Assessment System

Fall Administrator’s WorkshopAugust 1, 2013

Presenter: Rob Bauer rgbauer@nd.gov

Assessment Planning Schedule

October 2013 Last administration of NDSA

Fall 2013 – Fall 2014 Inventory of Technology Readiness in North Dakota

Spring 2014(dates TBD)

Voluntary Field Testing of Online Smarter Balanced Assessment

Fall 2014 Determine % of students that will take assessment online vs. paper

Spring 2015 First administration of common core state assessment(may be a hybrid of online & paper)

Summer 2015 Accountability metrics for student, school, district, and state performance

Smarter BalancedAssessment Consortium

Claims for the English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment

• Claim #1 – Reading “Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.”

• Claim #2 – Writing “Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.”

• Claim #3 – Speaking and Listening “Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.”

• Claim #4 – Research/Inquiry “Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.”

Claims for Mathematics Assessment• Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures

“Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.”

• Claim #2 – Problem Solving “Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.”

• Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning “Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.”

• Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis “Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.”

Scores Reported for Individual Students

English Language Arts # Claims Example of

Weights 1 Reading % (TBD)

2 Writing % (TBD)

3 Speaking/Listening % (TBD)

4 Research % (TBD)

Total Composite 100%

Mathematics # Claims Example of

Weights 1 Concepts & Procedures % (TBD)

2&4 Problem Solving & Modeling/Data Analysis

% (TBD)

3 Communicating Reasoning

% (TBD)

Total Composite 100%

Achievement Levels for Which Cut Scores Will Be Set

1: Minimal Command2: Partial Command3: Sufficient Command (Proficiency)4: Deep Command

Grade 11 achievement levels used to determine content readiness for college & career

Estimated Testing TimesTest Type Grades CAT Perf Task

Only Total In-Class

ActivityTotal

English Language Arts/Literacy

3 – 5 1:30 2:00 3:30 :30 4:006 – 8 1:30 2:00 3:30 :30 4:00

11 2:00 2:00 4:00 :30 4:30

Mathematics 3 – 5 1:30 1:00 2:30 :30 3:006 – 8 2:00 1:00 3:00 :30 3:30

11 2:00 1:30 3:30 :30 4:00

Combined 3 – 5 3:00 3:00 6:00 1:00 7:006 – 8 3:30 3:00 6:30 1:00 7:30

11 4:00 3:30 7:30 1:00 8:30

Times are estimates of test length for most students. Smarter Balanced assessments are designed as untimed tests; some students may need and should be afforded more time than shown in this table.

Technology Readiness

• Technology Readiness Tool (TRT)• Used to determine which schools

and/or grades will require a paper assessment in the first year (Spring 2015)

• EduTech supporting TRT project• Participation needed from all districts

Practice Test

• Available online at www.smarterbalanced.org• Grades 3–8 and 11 • Follows a test blueprint similar to the

blueprint intended for the operational test, making the Practice Test experience an abbreviated but similar experience to the assessment in 2015

• Afford teachers, administrators, and parents access to items planned and designed for the Smarter Balanced assessment

Practice Test• Resources and Documentation

– Manuals and User Guides– Classroom Activities– Scoring Guides

• Accommodations– Braille– Text to speech

By fall 2013, the Practice Tests will be augmented with additional features, including:• Performance tasks for mathematics (including classroom-based activities)• Classroom-based activities for ELA/literacy performance tasks in selected

grades• Scoring rubrics• American Sign Language translation and other accommodation and

accessibility tools.

Director of AssessmentGreg Gallagher701-328-1838 or at ggallagher@nd.gov

General Assessment Robert Bauer

701-328-2224 or at rgbauer@nd.gov

Alternate AssessmentDoreen Strode701-298-4637 or at dstrode@nd.gov

English Language LearnersKerri Whipple701-298-4638 or at kwhipple@nd.gov

Department of Public InstructionAssessment Contact Information