Presentation Overview  The New CAASPP  TUSD Results and Next Steps  Understanding the Report  Pioneer’s Signature Practice

Pair Share Discuss with a partner… Students take 112 standardized tests between pre-K and high school. Is that too many?

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Standardized Testing and Assessment (STAR) Orange County Department of Education Based on 1997 Standards

Conrad Wolfram What is Math? 1.Posing the right question 2.Real world  math formulation 3.Computation 4.Math formulation  real world, verification Spending 80% of the time teaching this…when computers can do it better than humans Orange County Department of Education

CAASPP - What is New? Orange County Department of Education Application Conceptual Understanding Procedural Fluency Rigor

College & Career Readiness “Tasks that have proved most vexing to automate are those that demand flexibility, judgment, and common sense — skills that we understand only tacitly — for example, developing a hypothesis or organizing a closet.” -David Autor, MIT economist Quote from Fareed Zakaria Washington Post article, March 26, 2015 Orange County Department of Education Source: eea6a4c7_story.htmlhttp:// 9646eea6a4c7_story.html

What is the Purpose? Students can demonstrate progress toward college and career readiness in mathematics Overall Claim for Grades 3-8 Students can demonstrate college and career readiness in mathematics Overall Claim for Grade 11 Orange County Department of Education

What is the Purpose? Students can demonstrate progress toward college and career readiness in mathematics Overall Claim for Grades 3-8 Students can demonstrate college and career readiness in mathematics Overall Claim for Grade 11 Orange County Department of Education College and Career Readiness

CAASPP Results Onward and Upward!

District, County, State Results 2015 CAASPP English Language Arts/Literacy Percent of Students Meeting or Exceeding Standard by Grade

District, County, State Results 2015 CAASPP Mathematics Percent of Students Meeting or Exceeding Standard by Grade

Comparison Unified Districts 2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded School ELA / LiteracyMathematics% of Total Tested ALL ELSEDSWD Los Alamitos Laguna Beach Capistrano Brea Olinda Placentia-Yorba Linda Irvine Saddleback Valley Tustin Newport Mesa Orange Garden Grove Santa Ana ALL = All Students EL = English Learners SED = Socioeconomically Disadvantaged SWD = Students with Disabilities

Assessment Results - Elementary 2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded School ELA / LiteracyMathematics% of Total Tested ALL ELSEDSWD Arroyo Benson Beswick Estock Guin Foss Heideman Hicks Canyon Ladera Lambert Loma Vista Myford Nelson Peters Canyon Red Hill Thorman Tustin Memorial Tustin Ranch Veeh

Assessment Results 2015 CAASPP Percent Standard Met or Exceeded TUSD Middle Schools School ELA / LiteracyMathematics% of Total Tested ALL ELSEDSWD Columbus Tustin Currie Hewes Orchard Hills Pioneer Utt TUSD High Schools School ELA / LiteracyMathematics% of Total Tested ALL ELSEDSWD Beckman Foothill Hillview Tustin High

CAASPP Subgroup Performance Percent Meeting or Exceeding Standard

CST Science Results

Responding to Data What can we learn from the data? Create new data protocols Set specific target goals

Site Report Guiding Questions 1.Which is the strongest claim area? 1.Which is the the weakest claim area? 1.What instructional practices are we currently implementing that are positively impacting the learning in each claim? 1.What do you notice about the overall scores?

We Need to be Patient This year is a starting point. Teachers, parents, and schools should see these results as a baseline and focus on helping students make progress. It is only natural that the first year’s scores leave lots of room for improvement.

A Test Score is Just One Part of the Picture CAASPP scores are just one measure of a child’s performance; one way to gauge what a student knows. Pioneer uses multiple measures to determine placement and acceleration and remediation.

Smarter Balanced Summative Tests Overall Scores – Scale score – Achievement level Claim or Area Scores

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Overall Scores Each student will receive an overall score for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and mathematics, expressed as a number between 2000 and – Each student takes a different test due to the computer adaptive nature. – Scores are based on the number and difficulty of items students get right as well as those they get wrong.

Overall Scores Each overall score falls into one of four achievement levels: – Standard not met – Standard nearly met – Standard met – Standard exceeded – Let’s look at the handouts…

Achievement Level Descriptors Standard not met Standard nearly met Standard met Standard exceeded Needs substantial improvement for success in future coursework May require further development for success in future coursework Demonstrates progress towards mastery Demonstrates advanced progress towards mastery

Claim or Area Scores Within Language Arts/Literacy Reading Writing Listening Research/Inquiry Within Mathematics Concepts and procedures Problem solving and data analysis Communicating Reasoning – Let’s look at the sample reports…

Student Score Reports Grade Level Differences – Grades 3, 4, 6, and 7 include only Smarter Balanced ELA and Math – Grades 5 and 8 add CST Science – Grade 11 includes Early Assessment Program (EAP) Status

Parent Resources CAASPP Student Score Report Guide – Available in multiple languages Understanding Your Child’s Score Report (videos) CAASPP Parent Guides (PDF) – Available in English and Spanish –

Pioneer’s Signature Practice Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum Article Read: – “Hindsight Can be 20/20” by Peter Bohr, from Westways Magazine, November 2015 Strategies: – Pair Share Activity – Marking the Text – Identifying Key Vocabulary – Identifying Author’s Claims

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