Next Generation Iowa Assessments

Today’s Purpose Overview of the Iowa Assessments Purpose of Forms E/F and Alignment Considerations Next Generation Iowa Assessments

Iowa Assessments Forms E and F Built to Bridge the Gap Built to Maintain Federal and State Reporting Requirements for Growth, Proficiency Aligned to Common Core in ELA and Math eITP Online Tools Supports both Forms Connects Practice to Content Do we want to say anything about how both use DataManager as a central online tool for managing testing programs?

Technical Requirements Comparison of % of Proficient Students (A/B to E/F) Parallel Forms allow the Tracking of Students Design Maintained Flexible Scheduling for Testing Vertical Scale to Measure Growth Valid, Reliable and Technically Sound Aligned to Iowa Core (2008) Can we more explicitly say that how since E and F are parallel, they can be used together for pre-/post-testing? I know it says ‘allows for tracking over time’ but I think it wouldn’t hurt to say explicitly that that can be within a year and across years.

Form E and F -- Enhancements Alignment Domain coverage at the same level Expanded standards covered Format Paired Passages Additional informational texts Rigor Using evidence from texts in social studies and science Assessing research and inquiry across all areas Rather than saying “Additional” standards coverage (which may lead to the belief that we didn’t cover some of them in Form E), perhaps we go with “Expanded” standards coverage.

Alignment Results State commissioned study to set cutscores on Form E State commissioned study to document alignment on Form E Study results questioned by vendor and ITP Study results released to districts (October 2013) Response to study prepared by ITP

ITP’s Response   Response to Claims Raised by DRC’s Mathematics and Reading Alignment Study The Iowa Department of Education released a report in October 2013 that was commissioned in March 2013 to align the Iowa Assessments, Form E, to the Iowa Core/Common Core State Standards in Reading and Mathematics. The study compared Form E to a set of standards that were not used to develop Form E. In addition, apparent flaws in the methodology and implementation of the alignment study, Iowa Testing Programs (ITP) has serious reservations about the integrity of the results and serious questions about the validity of any conclusions drawn by the authors, Data Recognition Corporation, of the report.

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Inconsistency? 15 raters aligned 11 standards 6 domains 4 grade levels

Next Generation Iowa Assessments Reporting Empirically validated Innovative Research based

Online and Paper-Based Reports

Content Guided by desire to inform instruction Aligned to Common Core State Standards No overlapping grade levels Guided by the quality of the information provided to users Emphasis on measuring growth Emphasis on college and career readiness Technically sound and reliable

Required Characteristics Be valid, fair and reliable Make effective and appropriate use of technology and a variety of item types Be appropriately secure Provide fast turnaround time on scores, without forcing the use of lower-quality assessment items Be maintained, administered and scored at a cost that is sustainable over time

Next Generation Iowa Assessments Technology-enhanced items

Next Generation Iowa Assessments Opportunities to measure additional components of the Common Core State Standards

Next Generation Iowa Assessments Opportunities for students to write

Next-Generation Iowa Assessments Variety of passage lengths Variety of paired passages or sidebars with passages Materials are used as stimulus materials for MC and CR items

Example Written responses allow students the opportunity to develop ideas and generate responses

Example Two Written responses allow educators the opportunity to review and evaluate student work

Next Generation Iowa Assessments Online testing and Paper/Pencil

Key Features of Next Generation Iowa Assessments Measuring progress and tracking growth with a vertically scaled assessment Measuring the Common Core State Standards Predicting college readiness Monitoring gaps Supporting valid interpretations and uses of assessment results

Moving Forward Assessments for multiple purposes New reporting technologies Variety of item types Enhanced online capabilities

Questions/Reactions? Catherine-welch@uiowa.edu Steve-dunbar@uiowa.edu