Assessment & EMIS Update November 13, 2003 Office of Assessment Nancy Haefeli

Diagnostic Assessments - Administration Kindergarten No Required Administration No Reporting Requirement Grades 1 and 2 All students required; District AYP status will determine use - state diagnostic or district choice No Reporting Requirement

Diagnostic Assessments - Administration continued Grades 3-8 Buildings in School Improvement must administer diagnostic tests –Only Grade 3 Writing Diagnostic Assessment currently developed –No Reporting Requirement Transfer Students Within 30 days of student transfer into district or school –Begins end of October count week –No reporting requirements

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Amended Substitute House Bill 3 Office of Early Childhood - Lead Kindergarten Readiness Assessment –end of pre-K standards –Currently only Literacy assessed –Kindergarten readiness assessment field test in fall 2003 –Reporting Requirement begins SY04-05

Performance Levels Achievement Tests House Bill 3 requires five performance levels: advanced accelerated proficient basic Limited Proficiency Tests - Unchanged

Fall Administrations Grade 3 Achievement (reading only): – Oct , 2003 Grade 4 Proficiency (reading only): –Oct , 2003 Ninth Grade Proficiency (grades 10 and above) : –October 27 – November 9, 2003 Results: –Grade 3 – December 5, 2003 –Grade 4 – November 21, 2003 –Grade 9 – December 4, 2003 / January 8, 2004

Spring Administrations Grade 3 Achievement (reading only): – March 8 – 12, 2004 Grades 4/6 Proficiency: –March 8 – 26, 2004 Ninth Grade Proficiency (grades 10 and above) : –March 1 – March 14, 2004 –May 1 – 10, 2004 (seniors only) Ohio Graduation Tests (Reading/Mathematics only): –March 15 – 19, 2004 Results: –Grade 3 – May 11, 2004 –Grades 4/6 – May 25, 2004 –Grade 9 – April 18, 2004 / May 13, 2004 /May 24, 2004 –OGT – to be determined

Alternate Assessments State Developed –Reading and Mathematics only –Affects tests in grades 3, 4, 6 and 10 (OGT only) –Performance Standards being adopted Summer 2004 IEP Based –Subjects other than reading and mathematics Affects tests in grades 4 and 6 –All Subjects Affects Ninth-grade proficiency –Current performance standards being utilized

EMIS Changes Section 2.1.3

General Student Test Formats –STR – standard –STR with accommodations per IEP, 504 and/or LEP eligibility –ALT – alternate assessment Standards Based (state-developed) IEP based (as in the past)

General Scaled Scores –STR – Grade 3 Reading Achievement and 4/6/9 Proficiency Raw Scores ( only) –OGT Reading and Mathematics –Alternate Assessments – Standards Based Grade 3 Reading Grades 4/6 Reading and Mathematics OGT Reading and Mathematics

General Scaled Score for Retained Students –Grades 4 and 6 Highest earned score (no change) –Grade 9 Most current score (no change)

General Retained Students in Grade 9 –For SY03-04 only Current 9 th grade students who will be considered 10 th grade students prior to July 1, 2004 may continue to take the 9 th grade proficiency tests –Results will be reported with 10 th grade results.

General Score to be used with Multiple Administrations –Grade 3 Reading Achievement Highest earned score (OCT/MAR) –Grade 4 Reading Proficiency Highest earned score (OCT/MAR) –Grade 9 Proficiency Most current score (no change)

Alternate Assessment Standards Based (state developed) –Grade 3 Reading –Grades 4/6 Reading and Mathematics –OGT Reading and Mathematics IEP Based –Grades 4/6 Writing, Social Studies and Science –Grade 9 all subjects

Reporting Alternate Assessment Standards Based (state developed) –Standards set in summer –Raw scores for first operational year –Scaled scores after first year of operational use IEP Based –No change

“Subject” Required Test Type 10 new codes –STR – regular –ALT – Alternate Assessment –TDS – took STR in another district –TDA – took ALT in another district –NRS – Not required –NRE – not enrolled in any Ohio PS during test administration –NRP – not required – part-time, home school or non-public –NRF – not required – foreign exchange student- no diploma –NRL – not required – foreign exchange student- citizenship test only –MOV – moved out of district before test administered

“Subject” Type of Accommodation “**” – Not applicable, did not take test NO – took without accommodations Y1 – took with 504 accommodations Y2 – took with IEP accommodations Y3 – took with LEP accommodations

“ Subject ” Test Scaled Score “***” – student did not test INV – invalidation Actual Scaled score earned

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