1. State Assessment and Accountability Update Sacramento County Office of Education Curriculum Breakfast January 17, Deborah Sigman Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction

2. California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
Formerly referred to as the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP), the new statewide student assessment system is now the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
Announcement of this change was made to local educational agencies in a January 7 letter from Superintendent Torlakson.

3. Required Assessments for the 2013–14 School Year
Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test
California Standards Test, California Modified Assessment, and California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) for Science in grades 5, 8, and 10
CAPA for English-language arts (ELA) and math in grades 2 through 11

4. Optional Assessments for the 2013–14 School Year
EAP in grade 11
Voluntary for students, as it has been in previous years
All grade 11 students, including those participating in the Smarter Balanced Field Test, must have the option to participate in the EAP
Results for individual students only; no school-, district-, or state-level results
Standards-based Tests in Spanish
Voluntary for LEAs to administer

5. Smarter Balanced Spring 2014 Field Test
Will take place March 18–June 6, 2014
Each school has been assigned a six-week window within this time frame and can conduct testing anytime within that assigned window.
School test window assignments available at
No paper-and-pencil version will be available.
No results will be reported, but students should be encouraged to do their best.

6. Smarter Balanced 2014 Field Test (cont.)
5% of students will take Field Test items from one content area (i.e., ELA or math) and 95% of students will take Field Test items from both content areas.
Participation expectations:
Grades 3–8: All students are expected to participate.
Grades 9 and 10: Only students selected for the scientific sample are expected to participate.
Grade 11: Students selected for the scientific sample are expected to participate; all others are encouraged to participate.

7. Field Test Student Participation Exceptions
The only students exempt from participating in the Smarter Balanced Field Test are:
Students who participate in the CAPA
For the ELA test only, English learners who have been attending school in the United States for less than 12 months

8. Smarter Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines
Approved by governing states in September 2013
Intended for use beginning with the spring 2014 Field Test
Describe three types of student support:
Universal tools, available to all students. Examples include spell-check, highlighter, embedded ruler, strikethrough, and English dictionary.

9. Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
Designated supports, available to identified students, including English learners, struggling readers, and students with attention deficits. Examples include color-contrast text, the blocking of distracting content, and stacked translations.

10. Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines (cont.)
Accommodations, available to students with an individualized education program or a 504 plan that specifies the need for such an accommodation. Examples of accommodations include closed captioning, braille, calculator, and scribe.
The Guidelines and accompanying FAQs are available on the CDE Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Web page at

11. Proposed Emergency Regulations
State Board of Education (SBE) approved the proposed emergency regulations on January 15, 2014 (Item 5)
Addresses test security affidavits, testing windows, and available supports for students
Available on the SBE Web site at

12. Outreach Fellows
Fellows to support districts in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Smarter Balanced tests
Nancy Brownell – CCSS
Kathy Caric – Smarter Balanced
Paula Carroll – Smarter Balanced
Gina Koency – Smarter Balanced
Mary Tribbey – Smarter Balanced

13. Various Outreach Efforts
WestEd
assessment overview video
ETS
producing numerous Webinars and videos (sample topics: how to install the secure browser, assessment supports and accommodations, etc)
field test training workshops
in-person technical assistance
Fellows
various training sessions and materials

14. State Assessment Support for the 2014-15 School Year
California Technical Assistance Center
Web site:
phone:
CDE Smarter Balanced Field Test Web Page

15. Accountability Impact of AB 484
Adds and amends Education Code Section 52052
“A transition to new standards-based assessments compromises comparability of results across schools or school districts.”
Gives the Superintendent, with approval of the State Board, the authority to determine if API scores would be an invalid measure of the performance of the school in the and school years only.

16. Accountability Impact of AB 484
Schools and school districts that do not have an API calculated due to comparability issues to meet legislative requirements using one of the following:
The most recent API calculation;
An average of the three most recent annual API calculations;
Alternative measures that show increases in pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils school wide and among significant subgroups.

17. Federal Double Testing Waiver
November 2013, California submits a waiver to the U.S. Department of Education for the school year
Waiver outlines the California field test plan
Waiver addresses the request to freeze AYP for the school year (exclusive of high schools)
Stay tuned

18. Accountability Contact Information
Accountability information
Keric Ashley, Director, Analysis, Measurement and Accountability Reporting Division,