Online Testing Symposium Are your Staff (and Students) Test Ready? December Presented by NWOET at Bowling Green State University Keynote by Roger W. Minier, Ph.D C 2014 by NWOET May be used within Ohio for non-profit educational purposes; for other use call Opinions expressed are those of the presenter This presentation may be used by WGTE – all materials used in creation of this presentation are believed to be free of copyright restrictions

Online Testing Done Right: Learning & Test Scores Go UP ! Done Poorly, Learning & Scores Go Down !

PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Online testing for Grades 3-11 End of Course Exams College Readiness Tests

Ohio’s New Learning Standards are based on a Job Growth Model

Ohio’s New Learning Standards Preparing for Next Generation Testing Partnership to Access Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Math & ELA American Institute for Research (AIR) Science & SS ACT/SAT College Readiness Test End –of-Course Tests (Feb & May combined score) 18 pts with 4 ELA, 4 Math, S/SS 6 1 to 5 (Advanced) College Ready without Remediation (ACT Score of 18 English 21 Science 23 Math Industry Credential – CDL Truck Driver Welding Nursing Assistant and over 275 more… Multiple Pathways to Graduation

Governors and State Superintendents of Instruction from almost every state met Every Ohio county loses hundreds of jobs annually = tens-of-thousands state-wide* * on average, based on 2013 estimates

80% of Jobs * require College or a Certificate AND a High School Diploma * earning over $20,000 annually by the year 2020

Three Paths to Graduation - ODE Tests (OGT/ EOC Exams) - ACT Score - Earn ‘Industry Credential’ CDL Truck Driver Medicinal Direct Care Provider State Tested Nursing Assistant Welder & More !

What Skills Do High School Graduates Lack? Third Grade Reading Guarantee College Readiness Test for ALL students Industry Credential as Graduation Path

Ohio’s New Learning Standards focus on Reading Writing Math Job-based or College Readiness Skills

75% Ohio Students NOT College Ready 40% of Admitted students need remedial class Source: 2014 Ohio Impact Report & The Conditions of College and Career

Lexile Framework ® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures Text Lexile Measure (L) High School Literature College Literature High School Textbooks College Textbooks Military Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) Used by permission of Dr. Bill Daggett

…but why ONLINE testing?

80% of major companies + almost all colleges & job skill centers, and many, many smaller organizations require online testing to get a job or advance within an organization

Ohio’s New Learning Standards include “Next Generation” Assessments Tests designed to prepare students for skills needed for learning and good jobs

Each teacher should know: - Which tests (e.g. 5 th grade ELA, Math, Science) - When (day and hour, not just ‘testing window’) - Skills (e.g. protractor, copy text) - Scoring (scoring rubric. test specifications) - How will data will be used - for example: Student growth measures (teacher /district) Promotion (e.g. 3rd grade) Graduation requirement

Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments for ALL students grades 3-8 Math and ELA for Upper Elementary / Middle School Students Social Studies – Grades 4 & 6 Science – grades 5 & 8 for Upper Middle and High School School Students Physical Science Algebra I & Geometry American History American Government English I and II OR “ ‘ace’ the ACT’ “ or ‘Industry Credential’

Recent Updates & Changes: ‘Save Haven’ for schools and teachers Read Aloud (text-to-speech) Clarified Dec 1, 2014 Math curriculum guide updated (Dec 2014) Internet ‘stress test’ week of January 26, 2015 ODE Update scheduled at BGSU January 22, 2015 ACT/SAT 2015 Pilot for current sophomores ODE is listening - more changes ‘for the good’ may be coming

ACCOMMODATIONS for students with special needs: Does your online assessment support: Extended Time? Text-to-speech (headphones)? Test Readers? Other supports? The student’s plan take precedence over typical testing protocols, BUT accommodations usually can NOT apply to just ONE specific test. For example, if a student’s plan allows more time to complete ONLINE testing then more time must also be allowed for for ALL testing.

The Goal: Preparing Students for Learning, Career and Life Skills

Let’s look at some sample questions 1) Search with Bing or Google: “PARCC 6 th Grade Ruler” 2) Go to PARCC.pearson.com – and select ‘Test Preparation’

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Just as careers are changing, K-12 education is changing as well Research report  Inquiry based writing Lab computers  1:1 / BYO School  Learning in & beyond the classroom

Questions? For further information on these topics, please contact: your local EdTech Agency, INFOhio or Roger W. Minier, Ph.D Permission is granted to use this PowerPoint within Ohio by any non-profit organization or school NWOET Comprehensive members may receive the presentation in person without charge. Material is copyright 2014 NWOET; some slides contain content made available by the Ohio Department of Education