Interim Assessments Overview of Spring 2015 Assessments Training Module

A Balanced Assessment System 2

Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments Designed to support teaching and learning throughout the year. Interim Assessments provide feedback to inform instruction including: Global measures of early and midyear progress Identify specific areas of strength and weakness Assess skills of incoming students 3

Interim Items Similarities to summative items: –all items were developed together –assess Common Core State Standards –use Universal Design principles –same accessibility resources –provide evidence to support claims in mathematics and English language arts/literacy Differences from summative items: –separate open, non-secure pool 4

Two types of tests Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs) –Same design as summative tests –Assess the same claims and standards –Yield overall scale scores, performance level designation and claim score information Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs) –Assess smaller sets of targets –Address specific content areas –More flexible –Reported as “Below Standard, “At/Near Standard,” and “Above Standard” 5

Administration of Interim Assessments Administered online through the Test Delivery System (TDS) Individual Accommodations and Supportive features may be selected in TIDE Uses same delivery software and secure browser as summative and other state assessments Uses same scripts as the summative assessments Reports will be rendered in the Online Reporting System (ORS) after tests are submitted and hand scoring has occurred (where applicable) 6

Scoring of Items and Tests Scoring of non-machine scored items is a school responsibility –ICAs and some IABs have items that are not machine-scored and must be scored by a Test Administrator, Teacher or school specified individual –For more information about hand scoring, refer to the Teacher Hand Scoring System User Guide 7

Scoring of Tests Same scoring rules as summative tests Scores will only be rendered for a subject (ELA or Mathematics) only after both the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and Performance Task have been completed by a student and all responses for a student that require hand scoring have been completed by a Test Administrator/Teacher. 8

Administration of Interim Assessments Grade flexibility –Provides teachers and students the option of testing outside grade level, where appropriate –Available for students in grades 3 through high school –Tests from any grade may be used, depending on purpose. ICAs may be administered twice during the year and IABs may be administered once. –There is only one fixed form test available for both the ICAs and IABs. –Students will see the same items more than once. –Decisions about test choice and frequency are determined by school plans for test purpose and score use. 9

10 Interim Assessments Available in

Current Interim Assessments Fully accessible Fixed form online tests for Spring 2015, to become adaptive as item bank allows in next year ICAs will be offered in both ELA and Mathematics in Spring Current set of IABs available are dependent upon item availability in the interim pool. –Additional items will be field tested in , expanding the interim pool. –Blocks with an asterisk are not available for the school year. 11

12 Grade 3-5 Read Literary Texts Read Informational Texts Edit/Revise Brief Writes Listen/Interpret Research Narrative Performance Task* Informational Performance Task^ Opinion Performance Task** English Language Arts IABs *Grades 4-5 only in **Grade 3 only in ^Not available in

13 Grade 6-8 Read Literary Texts Read Informational Texts Edit/Revise Brief Writes Listen/Interpret Research Narrative Performance Task* Explanatory Performance Task Argument Performance Task English Language Arts IABs *Not available in

14 High School Read Literary Texts Read Informational Texts Edit/Revise Brief Writes Listen/Interpret Research Explanatory Performance Task Argument Performance Task* English Language Arts IABs *Not available in

15 IAB Name Grade 345 Operations and Algebraic Thinking  * Numbers and Operations in Base 10 *  Fractions  Geometry *** Measurement and Data  ** Mathematics Performance Task  *Not available in Mathematics IABs

16 IAB Name Grade 67 Ratio and Proportional Relationships  Number System *  Expressions and Equations  Geometry  * Statistics and Probability ** Mathematics Performance Task  *Not available in Mathematics IABs

17 Grade 8 Expressions & Equations I (and Proportionality)* Expressions & Equations II* Functions Geometry Mathematics Performance Task Mathematics IABs *Available as a single "Expressions & Equations" Block in

18 High School Algebra and Functions – Linear Functions Algebra and Functions – Quadratic Functions Algebra and Functions – Exponential Functions* Algebra and Functions – Polynomials Functions* Algebra and Functions – Radicals Functions* Algebra and Functions – Rational Functions* Algebra and Functions – Trigonometric Functions* *Not available in Mathematics IABs

19 High School (cont'd) Geometry – Transformations in Geometry* Geometry – Right Triangle Ratios in Geometry Geometry – Three - Dimensional Geometry* Geometry – Proofs* Geometry – Circles* Geometry – Applications* Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data* Probability* Making Inferences and Justifying Conclusions* Mathematics Performance Task Mathematics IABs *Not available in

20 Reporting of Interim Assessment Results

Flow of Scored Test Data State Hosted and Managed TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine ) TDS (Test Delivery System) THSS (Teacher Hand Scoring System) ORS (Online Reporting System) Individual Student Reports Identified Student Data The Online Reporting System (ORS) will be used to render individual student reports. Scores will only be rendered for a subject (ELA or Mathematics) only after both the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and Performance Task have been completed by a student and all responses for a student that require hand scoring have been completed by a Test Administrator/Teacher. The Online Reporting System (ORS) will be used to render individual student reports. Scores will only be rendered for a subject (ELA or Mathematics) only after both the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and Performance Task have been completed by a student and all responses for a student that require hand scoring have been completed by a Test Administrator/Teacher.

Further Information Visit – – Call or the American Institutes for Research ISAT Help Desk –Hours: 8:00 am to 8:00 p.m. MST, Monday-Friday (except holidays) –Phone: – 22

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