Overview of the WVDE Interim Assessment Resources and the Interim Assessments Stacey Murrell, Ed.D. Interim Assessments Coordinator Office of Assessment and Research

A Balanced Assessment System Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning Summative: College and career readiness assessments for accountability Interim: Flexible and open assessments, used for actionable feedback Formative resources: Supporting classroom- based resources to improve instruction 2

WVDE INTERIM RESOURCES WEBPAGE

When attempting to access the interim assessment resources, users must sign in using their addresses and passwords. They can then view or print the interim resources for classroom use.

Note: These resources are not benchmarks. They are practice questions written to the Claims and Targets using item specifications. They use the same format and terms that will be used on the summative test.

Purpose of WVDE Interim Resources Questions aligned and/or written to Claims and Targets Gives students exposure to how the questions will be written/standards be assessed Practice opportunities to learn how to answer new question types, like constructed response, select text, matching tables, etc.

ELA, Grades 3-11 Ready for Use Claim 1 Reading Literary Texts Clusters (20 questions) Claim 3 Speaking and Listening Clusters (10 questions Claim 4 Research Clusters (10 questions) Writing, Claim 2 Practice Performance Tasks (2-5 tasks per grade) Available Jan Claim 1 Reading Informational Texts (10 questions)

Claim 1 Literary Text Cluster Contains multiple choice and constructed response questions. Excerpt from Grade 3

Claim 3 Speaking and Listening Contains 3 audio passages that students must listen to in order to answer the questions. Question types are single-response multiple choice, multiple- response multiple choice, two-part multiple choice, and matching tables.

Claim 3 Matching Tables Example of a matching table

Claim 4 Research 10 questions per cluster, such as multiple choice multiple correct and select text

Claim 4 Matching tables and multiple choice multiple correct

Practice Performance Task Allows practice learning how to take notes, how to read 2 or more sources, how to answer constructed response questions, and how to write an essay using evidence from source documents.

Quick Link to SBAC Writing Rubrics and Performance Tasks

Math, Grades 3-11 Ready for Use Claim 1 Concepts and Procedures Clusters (clusters may be only 4-5 questions) –Grade 3 Clusters (11 available) –Grade 4 Clusters (12 available) –Grade 5 Clusters (11 available) –Grade 6 Clusters (9 available) –Grade 7 Clusters (8 available) –Grade 8 Clusters (10 available) –High School Clusters (20 available) Available Jan Additional Claim 1 Practice Items (10 questions per grade) Claim 2 and 4 Problem Solving/Modeling and Data Analysis (2 questions per grade) Claim 3 Communicating Reasoning (6 questions per grade) Practice Math Performance Tasks (2 tasks per grade)

Claim 1 Concepts and Procedures Grade 3 Solve Problems Involving Measurement and Estimation of Intervals of Time, Liquid, Volumes, and Masses of Objects

Claim 1 Concepts and Procedures High School Arithmetic with Polynomials and Rational Expressions

Science Clusters may be only 4-5 questions Grades 3-11

Science Grade 3

High School Chemistry

Social Studies Three practice assessments per grade level Grades 3-11

Social Studies Grade 3

Social Studies High School

Recorded Videos Available to View on WVDE Interim Resources Webpage Practicing for the Smarter Balanced Writing Performance Tasks ELA Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests ELA Smarter Balanced Item and Task Types ELA Smarter Balanced Research and Speaking and Listening Claims Mathematics Smarter Balanced Evidence- Based Assessment Mathematics Smarter Balanced Item Types and Interims Mathematics Smarter Balanced Sample Tests and Performance Tasks

PowerPoints and Handouts Available on WVDE Interim Resources Webpage Practicing for the Smarter Balanced Writing Performance Tasks ELA Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests ELA Smarter Balanced Item and Task Types ELA Smarter Balanced Research and Speaking and Listening Claims Mathematics Smarter Balanced Evidence-Based Assessment Mathematics Smarter Balanced Item Types and Interims Mathematics Smarter Balanced Sample Tests and Performance Tasks Quick Links to SBAC- URL links to Specifications, Sample Items, Performance Tasks, Practice Tests, and Training Tests Quick Links to SBAC Writing Rubrics, PDF Writing Performance Tasks SBAC Scoring Guide for ELA full writes/essays Assessment Targets and Calculator Use Guide Calculator and Multiplication Tables Information Page PowerPoint: SBAC and Calculator Policy

WHAT’S COMING

Additional Resources to be Added WVDE Interim Resources Webpage ELA Claim 1 Reading Informational Texts Clusters (10 questions) Math Claim 1 Concepts and Procedures Additional Practice Items (10 questions) Claim 2 and 4 Problem Solving/Modeling and Data Analysis (2 questions) Claim 3 Communicating Reasoning (6 questions) Practice Math Performance Tasks (2 tasks per grade)

Interim Questions? General Interim Information: Stacey Murrell, ELA Questions: Stacey Murrell, Math and Science Questions: Terri Sappington, Social Studies Questions: Allegra Kazemzadeh, Digital Library Questions: Vaughn Rhudy,