Assessments Update Nevada Department of Education April 2015

Criterion Referenced Tests Readiness – Infrastructure Paper and Pencil Registration – Only for Braille Currently all districts/schools plan for online – Cellular enabled devices, busing, wireless maps of each school Testing window open from March 30 to June 12 – Practice Test available online at: alanced/Online_Practice_Tests/ alanced/Online_Practice_Tests/

Criterion Referenced Tests -2 State CRTs in ELA and Math window opened 3/30 – Several hundred tests completed the first week Measured Progress continuing to work with Smarter and AIR to update software. Establishing a “lessons learned” page to be updated daily on NV Smarter website: –

End of Course Exams Spring 2015 ELA I/II and Math I/II – May 4 – 29 Manuals to be delivered with assessments Test developed by vendors – Paper and pencil – Intent to move online State Board to hear proposed change to regulations regarding implementation of Science NOTE: Science (Gr. 10) remains federal accountability requirement.

Graduation Class Graduation Requirement Subjects Tested Minimum passing score Notes 2015HSPE Reading, Writing. Math, Science HSPE, College and Career Readiness Reading, Writing, Math, Science HSPE discontinued after the end of and 2018 End of Course, College and Career Readiness ELA I ELA II Math I Math II No All students must participate in all four EoC exams and pass aligned course End of Course, College and Career Readiness ELA I ELA II Math I Math II Yes, Compensatory All students must pass each of the EoC exams and meet the compensatory score beyond End of Course, College and Career Readiness ELA Math I Math II Science (Life) Yes, Compensatory All students must pass each of the EoC exams and meet the compensatory score.

2014/ / / / / /2020 Standard Setting Actions Spring 2015: Students Participate Summer: 2015 NDE policy based standard setting for Math I and II. Summer 2016: SBE action establishing standards for ELA I and ELA II; Math I and Math II; and Compensatory (possible). Effective for Class of 2019 Communications: Pamphlet sent to districts/students with standards Summer 2017: SBE action establishing standards for ELA; Science: and Compensatory (to include: Math I and II; ELA; and Science) Effective for Class of 2020 Communications: Pamphlet sent to districts/students with standards Class of th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12th Class of th 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12th

College & Career Readiness Assessment Starting with the graduation cohort of 2016 all 11 th grade students required to participate in a college and career readiness assessment. For , students will take the ACT plus Writing April 28 with make-up May 12 (Gr. 11) ACT Data Interpretation workshops April – Elko, Reno, Carson, Las Vegas

Required graduation tests for students in the class of 2019 Testing sequence if the student takes Algebra I in: th gradeMath IMath IIELA I ELAII CCR 9 th gradeMath IMath II ELA I ELA II CCR 10 th gradeMath I ELA I ELA II Math II CCR

Required graduation tests for students in the class of 2020 Testing sequence if the student takes Algebra I in: th gradeMath IMath IIELA I+II Science CCR 9 th gradeMath IMath II ELA I+II Science CCR 10 th gradeMath I ELA I+II Science Math II CCR

Test Security All state test security regulations remain in effect Testing irregularities reported as in previous years Investigations start with LEA with follow-up by NDE Data forensics now conducted for each administration

Looking forward Nevada Assessment System out for Bids – RFP released on 3/10/2015 – Proposals due on 4/29/2015 – Selection of new vendor 5/20/2015 Standard setting for EoC: Math I & Math II – Need participation from teachers, spring 2015 – Need participation from teachers, administrators, and community, summer (July) 2015

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