Secondary Assessment Calendar Inspect Item Bank 2018-2019 Proposal

How are Inspect assessments developed? Professional item writers focus on writing quality items that have content accuracy, range in cognitive complexity, and meet the Common Core Standards. To be accepted, each item must be unanimously approved by three separate content experts, ensuring items are free of bias and sensitivity concerns, aligned to the appropriate standards, and meet the expected rigor for the standard. Statistical data are collected from the items to ensure items and assessments are reliable and valid. Items that fall outside of acceptable statistical norms are either removed from the Inspect item bank or revised and reevaluated. Items and exams are constructed based on the SBAC blueprints. Detailed “Inspect Technical Report Brief” published in 2016.

Inspect Assessment Types Interim Formative Assessments Can be given online or on paper Focus on more limited sets of standards Similar to Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Contain more CAASPP-Style Item Types Listening Comprehension Clickable Hot-Text Evidence-based Selected Response Interim Comprehensive Assessment Best when delivered online Follows SBAC Summative Blueprint Similar to CAASPP Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA) Contain More CAASPP-Style Item Types Evidence-Based Selected Response

Inspect Assessment Targets (Grades 9-11) Orange Assessment Green Assessment Pink Assessment Blue (Comprehensive) Reading Literature Narrative Writing Language Conventions Listening (Online Only) Reading Informational Explanatory Writing Vocabulary Acquisition Argumentative Writing Constructed based on the SBAC blueprints. Similar to CAASPP Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA).

Online and Paper-Based Administration *Comprehensive Assessment is Online Only

Item Types

Two-Part Multiple Choice

Hot Text

Short Answer

Highlight (Multiple Correct)

Sample Items (Listening)