Assessment and Accountability Division Angela Hemingway Director, Assessment and Accountability

Assessment Transitions Idaho’s New Assessment System It’s not just an end of the year test!

A Balanced Assessment System Idaho Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning Interim Assessment Flexible, open, used for group action feedback Formative Assessment to inform daily instruction Summative Assessment Benchmarked to college and career readiness

Why Smarter Balanced? Balanced assessment system (formative/interim/summative) Aligned to Idaho Core Standards Designed to probe student knowledge at deeper levels Adaptive and advanced items Idaho governance Direct benefit to HS students (11 th grade test)

Digital Library The Library will provide resources for educators to improve assessment literacy. PD modules will focus on assessment literacy. Resources will include how to build lesson plans utilizing formative assessment. Digital Library Team: –80 Idaho educators currently adding, reviewing and approving documents for library More Information: Nancy Thomas Price,

Interim Assessments Interim Assessments evaluate a class on the scope and sequence as the Idaho Core standards are taught. Interim assessments are not tied to individual grades levels. The Interim Bank currently is in development and will be operational for the school year.

Summative Assessment Timeline Pilot Field Test Operational

Assessing Deeper Knowledge Identify Define Memorize Organize Classify Compare Critique Revise Investigate Create Evaluate Design Multiple ChoiceMatching Short Answer Performance Tasks (Essay)

Assessing Deeper Knowledge Identify Define Memorize Organize Classify Compare Critique Revise Investigate Create Evaluate Design ISAT 90% 10% Identify Define Memorize Organize Classify Compare Critique Revise Investigate Create Evaluate Design Smarter Balanced 30% 70%

Field Test in Spring 2014 Over 164,000 Idaho students were given the opportunity to experience a new testing format and platform Students in grades 3-11 participated in the field test in both math and ELA Data will be used to select items and set cut scores for the 2015 operational forms

Item Types Selected Response Constructed Response Extended Response Performance Task Technology Enhanced ER CR P TE SR CR ER PT TE

Drag and Drop PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Selected Response PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Now: Technology Enhanced (Manipulatives) PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Technology Enhanced (Embedded Videos) PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Constructed Response PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Performance Tasks PROVIDED BY THE IDAHO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 30 minute “in class” portion, followed by a (depending on grade level) minute extended response time involving a computer

Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests Practice Tests include all universal tools Training Tests available with all accommodation settings

Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks and In-Class Activities

ISAT Science for Grades 5 and 7 Idaho has not adopted NGSS The next science standards review will occur in 2015 Grades 5 and 7 will continue to take the Science ISAT based on current Idaho science standards Scott Smith, Idaho’s STEM coordinator

Science EOCs will replace the Grade 10 Science ISAT in 2015 In 2015, the Grade 10 science ISAT will be replaced with EOCs in biology and chemistry. When a student in grades 9-12 completes biology and/or chemistry, the student can test. Participation in one test is required for graduation. EOC Website: nce.htm nce.htm

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Using Schoolnet to create standards-based assessments Please keep in mind that Schoolnet items are not secure.

Note on Available Items SDE Idaho has loaded an item bank Items come from other state or national assessments Subjected to a standard test development protocol Aligned to Idaho Core and/or Idaho Science Standards as the preferred document. Districts are also sharing items Items have not been subjected to the same test development protocol NOTE: These items are NOT secure items.

Logging In From the SDE homepage, click on the ISEE login Once you have logged into ISEE, click on the Schoolnet icon Log into schoolnet

Add SchoolNet Slides Once you have logged into the system, click the Assessment Admin tab at the top of the page Click to CREATE an “express test” or a “manual test”

Ways to Create a Test Express test or Manual test

Select Appropriate Standards Document

Create Items – Multiple Types Available Multiple choice True/false Gridded Open response (can attach a rubric) Inline response* Matching* Attach any item type to a passage

Item Types in Schoolnet

Select the standards to be tested

Express Test Method Select the standards to include and the number of items for each standard. 32

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