Assessments Spring

Division of Accountability Services DAS 2

Transition to M-STEP FINAL_ _473989_7.pdf Test session timings Assessment sequence Classroom activity Performance Task Other information 3

M-STEP Grades 3-8 Not Computer adaptive – ELA (Grades 3-8) Reading Writing – Math (Grades 3-8) – Science (Grades 4 and 7) – Social Studies (Grades 5 and 8) 4

M-STEP Grade 11 MME assessment “suite” – M-STEP ELA – Reading – Writing Math Science Social Studies – ACT Plus Writing – WorkKeys 5

Content Sources of content – ELA and Math Smarter Balanced – Truly measure Michigan standards in terms of content and nature – Field tested in Michigan New items written by Michigan educators – Included as field-test items – Cannot be counted as operational 6

ELA Reading – Informational and narrative passages Questions relating to the passages – Language standards – Listening Headphones or earbuds 7

ELA Writing – All grades 3-8 and 11 – 5 Modes Narrative – Grades 3-8 Informational – Grades 3-5 Explanatory – Grades 6-11 Opinion – Grades 3-5 Argumentative – Grades

Math Measures Michigan Math Standards – Concepts and procedures – Problem solving – Modeling and data analysis – Communicating reasoning ALL grade levels (3–8 and 11) 9

Science and Social Studies Science (Grades 4 and 7) – Michigan-developed – Online – Fixed-form – Multiple-choice Social Studies (Grades 5 and 8) – Michigan-developed – Online – Fixed-form – Multiple-choice 10

Performance Task Multi-item task administered online. Several stimuli 11

Performance Task ELA – 1 selected response – 2 short constructed response – 1 long essay Math – 1 selected response – 2 short constructed response – 1 long essay Science Social Studies 12

Performance Task 2 – 5 source materials – Grade level appropriate texts 3 – 5 questions – Multiple choice – Technology enhanced and/or short constructed response 1 full length essay 13

Rubrics Argumentative – content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Argumentative.pdf content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Argumentative.pdf Informative/Explanatory – content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_InformativeExplanatory.pdf content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_InformativeExplanatory.pdf Narrative – content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Narrative.pdf content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Narrative.pdf Opinion – content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Opinion.pdf content/uploads/2013/09/PerformanceTaskWritingRubric_Opinion.pdf 14

Grade 11 Note: Performance Tasks (and their accompanying classroom activities) are recommended but not required for students in grade 11, as state law prohibits the requirement of more than one extended-response item on the Michigan Merit Examination. However, because a single extended-response item is likely insufficient to achieve alignment to Michigan’s high school standards, it is unclear whether the U.S. Department of Education will allow results without Performance Tasks to count for accountability. 15

Classroom Activity Short, 30-minute scripted lesson No more than 3 days prior to the PT May occur on the same day as the PT Delivered in class by the teacher Purpose of the Classroom Activity – Vocabulary – Context 16

Technology for Online iPads Chromebooks Google Chrome 17

Capitalize on Technology 18

Additional Resources M-STEP Resources – M-STEP Spring Test Preview – TRIG Online Assessment Awareness – MSTEP Online Resources – Calculator Practice – MI/portals/mi/ MI/portals/mi/ 19

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