CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction March 2015 Keric Ashley, Interim Deputy Superintendent District, School, and Innovation Branch Assessment and Accountability Update

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction A Balanced Assessment System Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness Common 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 assessments Tests used for timely and periodic information based on local needs/goals Summative assessments Benchmarked to college and career readiness Formative resources: Educator resources that support measuring student learning in real- time during instruction 2

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction A Balanced Assessment System COUNTS March 2015 Interim assessments 182,000 IABs done 250,729 ICAs done Summative assessments 96,437 tests started 66,773 tests done 216 LEAs Formative resources 228,919 educators with access 3

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Help Desk Metrics 602 contacts 410 calls with 10 second response time 91 s with 60 seconds response time 101 chats with 20 seconds response time 4

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Assessment Updates SBE approval of Student Reports with technical edits ETS selected by the Board to continue as our test contractor May SBE – approval of the Statement of Work California Alternate Assessment field test begins April 15-June 10 5

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Individual Student Reports 6

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Individual Student Reports 7

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction SBE Approval to API Changes The SBE approved the PSAA Advisory Committee recommendations: Suspension of the API (no report calculated or posted for the school year Next state accountability report no earlier than Fall 2016 No single index – multiple measures moving forward 8

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction ED Letter to States Re: Accountability Pause State response due by March 31 Foe states implementing new assessments Freeze in PI status for Still requires posting of AYP reports, including assessment results and determination of targets met 9

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction ED Letter to States Re: Accountability Pause ED letter not consistent with January decision by SBE to not report AYP targets on assessment results SBE confirmed their decisions in January to report targets met on participation rates, graduation rates and attendance rates Assessment data to be reported on DataQuest, but proposal would not make target determinations on assessment results 10

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Assessment Results Individual Student Results – paper copies mailed to parents 8 weeks after the last school tested District Reports – secure online results within 4 weeks after the last school tested DataQuest Public Reports – end of August or September after all districts have completed testing 11