Assessment and Accountability Updates Chun-Wu Li, Ph.D. Instructional Services Division of Educational Services May 16, 2017

Assessment Update

English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC)

General Overview of the ELPAC Paper-based assessment Meets federal accountability requirements Consists of a separate IA and SA Grades/grade spans: K, 1, 2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–10, 11–12 All items are aligned with the 2012 California English Language Development Standards (2012 CA ELD Standards)

General Overview of the ELPAC (continued) ELPAC task types are set within a communicative context. Some task types assess collaborative standards. Some task types involve integrated skills (e.g., Speaking with Listening). The most complex/challenging task types on the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) become mid-range ELPAC task types. The IA Operational will be shorter and contain fewer task types than the SA Operational. The IA Operational materials will remain in your district from year to year.

List of Districts Participating in Spring 2017 ELPAC Field Test Alvord Unified Banning Unified Beaumont Unified Coachella Valley Unified Desert Sands Unified Hemet Unified Jurupa Unified Lake Elsinore Unified Moreno Valley Unified Murrieta Valley Unified Palm Springs Unified Perris Elementary River Springs Charter Riverside Unified San Jacinto Unified San Jacinto Valley Academy Temecula Valley Unified Val Verde Unified

ELPAC Update March 6 – April 14, 2017: ELPAC Summative Assessment Field Test. Student results will not be generated. August 28 – September 22, 2017: ELPAC Initial Assessment Field Test. Student results will not be generated. January 2018: Standard Setting for the Summative Assessment to the SBE. Posting of the 2017-18 ELPAC Information Guide. February 1 – May 31, 2018: Operational ELPAC Summative Assessment. LEAs’ results will be received 6-8 weeks after submission for scoring. Summer 2018: Threshold validation study for the ELPAC operational Summative Assessment. Threshold performance cut-scores will be validated for each level, and changes will be submitted if necessary to the State Board of Education for approval in November 2018. This study will also be used to provide guidance on reclassification. July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019: Operational ELPAC Initial Assessment.

Reclassification Guidance for 2017-2018 Since the 2015–16 school year, the reclassification criteria, pursuant to California Education Code Section 313, has remained unchanged. LEAs are to continue using the following four criteria to establish local reclassification policies, unless and until SB 463 becomes law: 1. Assessment of English language proficiency, using an objective assessment instrument, including, but not limited to, the state test of English language development 2. Teacher evaluation, including, but not limited to, a review of the student’s curriculum mastery 3. Parent opinion and consultation 4. Comparison of student performance in basic skills against an empirically established range of performance in basic skills based on the performance of English proficient students of the same age On April 28, 2017, a joint letter from ELSD and ADAD was sent to LEAs with guidance on reclassification beginning in school year 2017–18.

Reclassification Guidance for 2017-2018 (continued) Options for the English Language Proficiency Assessment Criterion In the CDE’s continued effort to provide LEAs with guidance, beginning in fall 2017, in addition to the reclassification criteria for numbers two through four above, LEAs may refer to one or more of the following options as they determine their local criteria for the assessment of ELP (number one above): Utilize 2016–17 California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Scores­­ Readminister the 2016–17 Edition CELDT in 2017­–18 to obtain more current ELP assessment results. Since administering the CELDT Annual Assessment (AA) in 2017–18 would be supplemental to the mandated English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, LEAs could use their supplemental state and federal funds to enter into an agreement with Educational Data Systems (EDS) to procure and score test materials. Please note that these CELDT scores are considered unofficial.

English Learner Progress Indicator (EPLI) November 2017: Public posting of the English Learner Progress Indicator through the California School Dashboard. This indicator calculates a performance level based on Status and Change using 2015–16 and 2016–17 CELDT data files. November 2018: Public posting of the English Learner Progress Indicator through the California School Dashboard. For 2017–18 ELPAC data, the indicator will only calculate Status based on the 2018 operational ELPAC summative assessment results.

California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)

Exempting English Learners When determining whether recently arrived English learner (EL) students are exempt from taking the 2016–17 Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA), please use April 15, 2016, as the cutoff date. This is the common start date that is applied to all EL students for federal accountability purposes. Any EL student who first enrolled in a U.S. school after April 15, 2016, may be exempted from taking the 2016–17 assessment for ELA.

Smarter Balanced Sample Items Website The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has released its new Sample Items Website (http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/) which allows users to explore and interact with sample questions just as students encounter them on the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments. Users can search filters to quickly find items based on grade, subject, claim, or item type. The Web site presents a variety of item types used in Smarter Balanced assessments to accurately measure what students know and can do. These samples are not intended to be used as practice tests, but educators can use them to better understand how Smarter Balanced measures college- and career-ready content.

Accountability Update

Dashboard is Released On March 15, 2017, the Dashboard was released to the public. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s press release announcement is accessible on the CDE Web page at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr17/. Dashboard Web Address: https://www.caschooldashboard.org/. Five-by-Five Placement Report Web Address: http://www.cde.ca.gov/dashboard.

Available Resources The California Accountability Model and School Dashboard Web page (http://www.cde.ca.gov/dashboard) contains: Link to the Dashboard Link to the Five-by-Five Placement Report. Five tabs of information: Overview Parents Tab Resources Tab Data Files and Guide Tab Communications Toolkit Tab

New Data Included in the Fall 2017 Dashboard California Alternate Assessment (CAA): Two years of CAA data will be incorporated into the ELA and math for the fall 2017 Dashboard. The methodology for how to include this assessment was brought forth to the Technical Design Group at their April 2017 meeting. Foster Youth and Homeless Student Groups will be reported. At the LEA-level, the N size for both groups will be 15 students (not 30). If an LEA has 15 or more Foster Youth or Homeless students, each student group will receive Status, Change, and a performance color. At the school-level, the N size for both groups will be 30 students.

New Data Included in the Fall 2017 Dashboard (Cont.) The CCI will be reported as Status only using the 2015-16 four-year cohort graduation (Class of 2016). Since the Class of 2016 took the Smarter Balanced assessments as grade 11 students in 2015, the 2015 Smarter Balanced results will be used to calculate Status. Chronic Absenteeism may be released as information in the Detailed Report on the Dashboard.

Additional Item to Note The demographic data will annually be extracted out of the CALPADS ODS on June 15, 2017. Therefore, the CDE encourages LEA and schools to make appropriate corrections prior to the extraction date. (See section on Student Groups [starting on page 18] in the guide for the data corrections.)

RCOE’s Tableau Version of CA School Dashboard Data Using the CA Dashboard data files, RCOE created a version of Tableau (LINK) to show CA Dashboard data in another view with various sorting features. 

Assessment and Accountability Related Items

Assessment and Accountability Materials The 2016–17 CAASPP Institute training materials are now available on the 2016–17 CAASPP Institute Training Materials Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/caasppinstitute2016-17.asp. Materials for CCEE's Spring 2017 Workshops be directly accessed at: http://www.ccee-ca.org/workshops-trainings-spring2017-materials.asp. 

2017 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting The 2017 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting will be held this year in Sacramento and Ontario. These meetings will provide local educational agencies updates on a number of important topics related to California’s assessment system. South Meeting Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Doubletree Hotel Ontario Empire Ballroom 222 North Vineyard Avenue Ontario, California 91764 

2017-2018 CALPADS Dates (All Wednesdays) 2017-2018 CALPADS Network Meetings Flyer. You may register at https://rcoe.k12oms.org/. Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Wednesday, May 23, 2018