Florida Standards Alternate Assessment Alternate Assessment Coordinator Meeting September 2, 2016

Agenda FSAA Service Center 2016/17 FSAA-Datafolio 2015-16 Assessment Calls Numbers and Types of Calls Responses 2016/17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities Register School Level Coordinator/Assign Role Register Teachers/Assign to School/Grade/Subject Register Students/Assign School/Teacher Monitor Progress Online Monitor via AVS Evidence Status Reports via AVS Support Teachers 2015/16 FSAA-Performance Task Student Reports Using results to guide student instruction Interpreting the Numbers Task Levels Task Level Descriptors Agenda

FSAA Service Center

FSAA Service Center Service center hours Monday – Friday 8 - 5 daily excluding holidays. FSAAServiceCenter@measuredprogress.org (866) 239-2149 Extended Hours between February and May (7:00 am to 8:30 pm) FSAA-Performance Task Online System was live March 21 – May 6, 2016 3250 calls registered

FSAA Service Center Service Center Calls During System Live Window

FSAA Service Center Service Center Calls During System Live Window “Other”

FSAA Service Center Planned Improvements to the Online System Platform Responses to Service Center Activity Planned Improvements to the Online System Platform Add School Level Coordinator Change Test Form Assignment Process Improvements in Training Additional Resources to Target Areas of Concern ie., Tutorial for Scaffolding Procedure Improvements to Service Center Increased Number of Dedicated Staff, Training, and Hours Updated Help Desk Software Program Facilitated Information Sharing with Department

Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities

2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio New for 2016 – 2017 Developed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who typically do not have a formal mode of communication and are working at pre-academic levels. Participation in the FSAA—Datafolio has been determined by the Individual Educational Plan (IEP) Team to be the most appropriate method for assessing growth. Designed to show student progress on a continuum of access toward academic content. The FSAA—Datafolio assesses growth of students through a collection of work across three specific collection periods throughout the year.

Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities Register Users Monitor Progress Support Teachers

Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities Register Users in the Assessment View System (AVS) Register School Level Coordinator Assign Role/Duties Register Teachers Assign to School with Grade and Subjects Register Students Assign to School and Teacher

Register Teacher Accounts in the AVS (handout)

Register Student Accounts in the AVS (handout)

Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities Monitor Activity Progress Be Aware of Collection Period Dates Be Aware of Evidence Submission Deadlines Periodically Review Progress within AVS Download Final AVS Evidence Status Report

Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities Support Teachers Refer them to the FSAA Portal for Resources Training Modules and Tutorials Instructional Resources Refer them to the Teacher Resource Guide Refer them to the Service Center

Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities 2016-17 FSAA-Datafolio Alternate Assessment Coordinators Roles and Responsibilities

FSAA—Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports 2015-16 Administration was an Operational Field Test Standard Setting to be held in 2017 Proficiency to be determined after Standard Setting What scores were reported and what do they mean? How can these scores be used?

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports Scores Presented as Number of Correct out of Number Attempted At Each Task Level Task 1 Level – score will be number of correct out of 10 Does not include items that required a scaffolded re-presentation Task 2 Level – number of correct out of number of items presented (will depend on number of Task 1 Level correct responses) Task 3 Level – number of correct out of number of items presented (will depend on number of Task 2 Level correct responses) FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports Provides Graphic Presentation of Task Level Accuracy

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports Task Level Descriptors Provide General Information about the Broad Skills Sets typically required to achieve success within the Specific Task Level Assessment Items Identifies cognitive actions required Provides context and vocabulary descriptions

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports Interpreting a Student’s Scores to Guide Instruction

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports Task Level 1 Recall information provided explicitly in the stimulus Identify, Match, Recognize same information Common home and school setting contexts Typically choose from 1 obvious correct, 2 unrelated response options Task Level 2 Make basic inferences beyond recall, duplicate from a similar stimulus model Demonstrate, Measure, Select, Locate, Define, Describe Home, school, community setting contexts Typically choose from 1 correct, 1 related, 1 unrelated response options Task Level 3 Manipulate information provided in the stimulus Explain, Categorize, Sequence, Summarize, Calculate, Compare Home, school, community, global community setting contexts Typically choose from 3 feasible related response options

FSAA-Performance Task 2016 Student Scores / Reports How can teachers use the assessment results? Students’ results can be used to: identify students’ progress toward mastering knowledge and skills contained in the Florida Standards Access Points and/or the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Access Points; assist the IEP team to identify Present Level of Academic Achievement and identify what additional instruction is needed and in what areas; improve instructional planning by determining if there is a need to adjust the curriculum or for students to be provided with additional supports and learning opportunities.

FSAA-Performance Task 2017 Student Scores / Reports Will next year’s reports look like this? No! Standard Setting will be held this winter. Included in the process will be the determination of: Cut Scores Number and Range of Achievement Levels What will be reported and how