CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction STAR DRDP November 16, 2010 ISES Student Participation in Statewide Assessments:

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 The Presenters Meredith Cathcart Special Education Division Patty Salcedo DR access Project

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 3 Purpose Participants will: –be familiar with the STAR Program and student’s with IEPs participation –be familiar with the DRDP access and children with IEPs participation –Review indicators 3 and 7 requirements and procedures –Recommend improvement activities

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5 The STAR Program

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 The STAR Program All students (including students with disabilities) in grades two through eleven must participate in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program, if enrolled in a California public school To measure how well students are learning the knowledge and skills identified in the California content standards Provides information, to be used in part, in the determination of how well schools and/or school districts are meeting state and federal accountability requirements

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 7 Video Clip ideos.htlmhttp:// ideos.htlm

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 8 The STAR Program California Standards Test (CST) California Modified Assessment (CMA) California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) Standards-based Test in Spanish (STS)

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 9 Assessments Most students participate in the CST Some students participate in the CMA A few students participate in the CAPA For All Students - Including students with IEPs or 504 Plans For students with IEPs

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 10 Assessment Blueprints The content standards chosen to be tested are identified in the assessment blueprints. Web site: CST Blueprints: CMA Blueprints: CAPA Blueprints:

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 11 CMA for ELA Grades 3-11 (including CMA for Writing in grade 7) CMA for Mathematics Grades 3-7 CMA for Algebra Grades 7-11 (will complete Algebra I during the school year) CMA for Geometry Grades 8-11 (will complete Geometry during the school year) CMA for Science Grades 5 and 8 CMA for Life Science Grade

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 12 IEP Requirements

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 Purpose of Special Education Students with disabilities receive: “specially designed instruction…to ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that the child can meet the educational standards…that apply to all children.” (34 CFR §300.39(b)(3)(i)(ii))

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14 “Children with disabilities have the right to a program designed to help them meet the same high standards expected for all children. The written individualized education program (IEP) should spell out how the child’s special needs will be addressed so that they do not pose a barrier to reaching those standards.” School reform and enforceable rights to quality education – Paul Weckstein, chapter in Heubert, ed., 1999, Law and School Reform.

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 15 Access – A Civil Rights Issue “Excluding students with disabilities from an opportunity to derive educational benefit from education reform becomes a civil rights issue.” (Hitchcock, Meyer, Rose, Jackson, 2002)

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 16 IEP TEAM PROCESS Previous Participation Multiple Measures Response to Instruction Grade-level Standards- based Goals High school diploma Parent involvement CST CMA CAPA Few Some Most Participation Criteria

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 17 CST CMA CAPA What’s missing GAP Closing the GAP through access Many students in the GAP do not have access to grade-level content or grade-level, standards- based goals Grade-level, Standards –based Goals, Scaffolding Grade-level content Opportunities to learn Accommodations Assistive technology LRE Supports and services

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 18 Participation in STAR Assessments Grade-level, standards-based goals Supports and services provide access Content areas the Student will be assessed with CMA Accommodations FAPE The IEP Documents: Present levels of performance

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 19 Training IEPs Logistic s Things to consider…

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 20 Contact Information Meredith Cathcart, Consultant Special Education Division Assessment, Evaluation and Support Unit

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 21 Before we go… Comments/Questions