Weekly Wednesday Webinar 11.02.2016

AIR Help Desk Zac Sweeney

NAEP 2017 Update

NAEP 2015 Science Grade 4 and 8

Notes about Science Assessment Assessment Administered January to March 2015 46 states and Department of Defense schools participated (total 47 jurisdictions) Paper-Pencil test

Changes in Average Scale Score from 2009 to 2015—Grade 4 Science

2015 NAEP Grade 4 Science Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced At or Above Proficient 2009 West Virginia 27.05% 44.86% 27.95% 0.13% 28.08% South 29.21% 39.88% 30.39% 0.52% 30.92% National Public 28.83% 38.82% 31.79% 0.56% 32.35% 2015 25.46% 43.19% 30.81% 0.54% 31.35% 23.55% 38.38% 36.94% 1.13% 38.07% 24.97% 38.50% 35.63% 0.89% 36.52%

Changes in Average Scale Score from 2009 to 2015—Grade 8 Science

2015 NAEP Grade 8 Science Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced At or Above Proficient 2009 West Virginia 42.03% 35.87% 21.46% 0.64% 22.10% South 40.43% 32.98% 25.36% 1.24% 26.60% National Public 38.13% 32.83% 27.64% 1.40% 29.04% 2011 36.63% 38.95% 23.74% 0.68% 24.42% 33.52% 33.48% 31.17% 1.83% 29.47% 33.35% 33.56% 31.26% 30.84% 2015 36.99% 36.40% 25.88% 0.73% 26.61% 33.00% 33.09%

Important Dates Parent Notification—Available Inclusion Policy—November 1 Student List submitted by state, based on certified enrollment Student Sample and MyNAEP tasks available—December 5 Initial phone call with assessment team—week of December 5-9 Update Student List—submitted by state Update Student List task—January 6 (after email sent) Preassessment Review Call—January 9-23

General Summative

Non-Public Memo Non-public Assessment memo Sent last week Mailed to schools Emailed to districts

System Maintenance Downtime Monthly Downtime System Maintenance Downtime 10:59pm FRI – 11:00pm SUN Task Name Duration (Days) Start Finish July 2 Fri 7/22/16 Mon 7/25/16 August Fri 8/19/16 Mon 8/22/16 September Fri 9/23/16 Mon 9/26/16 October Fri 10/21/16 Mon 10/24/16 November Fri 11/18/16 Mon 11/21/16 December Fri 12/16/16 Mon 12/19/16 January Fri 1/20/17 Mon 1/23/17 February Fri 2/24/17 Mon 2/27/17 March Fri 3/24/17 Mon 3/27/17 April Fri 4/21/17 Mon 4/24/17 May Fri 5/19/17 Mon 5/22/17 June Fri 6/23/17 Mon 6/26/17

iOS 10 iOS 10 (iPad) is not supported by AIR Three issues with iOS 10 AIR is working to resolve Will be deployed with known issues Issues to be corrected by end of year iOS 10 with known issues can be used for interims Projected fix - late November

Accommodations Not in TIDE but in Accoms.14 – WVDE Not in Accoms.14 – County Verify accommodations work Students taking practice test Students taking interim tests

School Testing Days School testing window Must be inside district testing window Guidelines Instructional days needed to complete testing Twenty-five testing days Five make-up days following 25 days Last week of school used for make-up test administration Need more than 25 days (exclusive of 5 day make-up) Request approval from WVDE Can use up to 36 days The last day of the testing window should be the last instructional day for students Scheduled testing should be completed 5 days prior to end of testing window. Grade 12 Retest (CCR) 5 days prior to opening of General Summative Window

Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness) School Test Window Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday   Grade 12 Retest (College and Career Readiness) WVGSA WVGSA WVGSA WVGSA WVGSA WVGSA Make-up Testing

School Testing Days W WVGSA 25 days WVGSA 25 days Make-up 1-5 Grade12 5 days Grade12 5 days W WVGSA 25 days WVGSA 25 days Make-up 1-5 March 30 - April 5 Grade 12 Retest April 6 – May 18 WVGSA May 19 – 25 WVGSA Make-ups

Do not enter testing windows in TIDE WVDE / AIR upload windows TIDE/Testing Window Do not enter testing windows in TIDE WVDE / AIR upload windows Only edit here once

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User Guides User Guides for 2016-17 Many are posted to portal A few are in final editing stages

2017 WVGSA and WVASA Science

WVGSA / WVASA (II) in the case of science, be administered not less than one time during— (aa) grades 3 through 5; (bb) grades 6 through 9; and (cc) grades 10 through 12; and

WVGSA / WVASA 2017 Why is West Virginia shifting the grades of science administration? Reduces test grades/time Generation of student result/report Fulfills USDE reporting requirement Matches new testing grades Embedded FT testing of items a. WVGSA Only

The following slides do not pertain to WVASA WVGSA The following slides do not pertain to WVASA

WVGSA 2017 Item Development Aligned to Science Standards Final stages Mirrors Math/ELA Science FAQs

Footnotes *All Field tested items are embedded within the operational test. ^2016 WVGSA tested science in grades 4, 6 and 10.

8 5 10 WVGSA Gr 10 Science 2017 Test Composition 2017 2018 2019 2020 New Science Assessment Projected Rollout Timeline Test Name Grade of Test Administration^ Grade Level Standard alignment Test Composition 2017 2018 2019 2020 Grade Band 3- 5 Assessment 5 Grade 3 Items   Field Test* Scored Grade 4 Items Grade 5 Items Grade 5 WESTEST 2 Items Approximate Time 150 min 120 min Grade Band 6-8 Assessment 8 Grade 6 Items Grade 7 Items Grade 8 Items Grade 8 WESTEST 2 Items Grade 10 Assessment 10 Grade 10 Items Grade 10 WESTEST 2 Items

WV Alternate Assessment

ASA Timeline Summative Assessment April 3 - June 9, 2017 Gather manipulatives, administer student practice tests, and draft schedule for operational assessment Complete FC and AP student surveys Policy 2340 Summative Assessment Review student enrollment data and rosters Review manuals Use the ITI interface for instruction (Educator Portal User Guide pp.62-73). Complete DLM Required Training DLM professional development modules

HELP DESK Use the Alternate Assessment help desk for any issues related to alternate assessment and resources. Help us to better serve you! alternate-assessment@help.k12.wv.us

Questions? Melissa Gholson mgholson@k12.wv.us