1. Transition to College and Career Ready Assessment
English Language Arts

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3. Nebraska Department of Education
Valorie Foy- Director of Assessment
Jeremy Heneger- Assistant Director of Assessment
John Moon- NeSA Proejct Manager
Erin Kunkle- Writing Director

4. Data Recognition Corporation
Patrick Martin-Senior Test Development Project Lead
April Ellwanger—English Language Arts Test Development Specialist
Paul Diorio-English Language Arts Test Development Senior Specialist

5. Table Introductions

6. Purpose of Today and Tomorrow
Information about transition
Information about items
Close review of standards
Develop items
Items will be shared with participating districts
Items will go into Check for Learning

7. Day 1 Overview-Valorie ELA Standards Review- Erin Items
Quality test and Quality Items- Jeremy
Bias and Sensitivity-April
Passage Preview-April
Templates- Jeremy and Patrick
Item Writing
Q and A
Item Review-April

8. CCR Standards adopted September 2015
Remains the same
CCR Standards adopted September 2015
Math
Remains the same
Science
Remains the same
Writing

9. College and Career Ready
Reading
English Language Arts
Matched to revised standards—
College and Career Ready
English Language Arts

10. NeSA-College and Career Ready-English Language Arts—Item Types
Reading and writing
Text
Complexity
College and career readiness
Higher order thinking skills
Closer construct between valuable classroom instruction/activities and NeSA testing
Student engagement in assessment

11. “College and Career Ready”
NeSA-ELA
“College and Career Ready”
NeSA-Reading
“Barely Proficient”

12. NeSA-English Language Arts
Rigor
Scores

13. Scaffolding Student Learning
Scores
Scaffolding Student Learning

14. NeSA-English Language Arts Communication
Internal Communication
State Board of Education
Purpose
Communication with Educators
External Communication

15. Scottsbluff- October 8-9 Scottsbluff 8:30-12:30- November 11
NeSA English Language Arts Transition
Scottsbluff- October 8-9
Lincoln- October 12-13
Omaha- October 14-15
West Point- October 19-20
Kearney- October 21-22
English Language Arts- Text Dependent Analysis
Scottsbluff 8:30-12:30- November 11
Kearney 8:30-12:30- November 12
Norfolk 8:30-12:30- November 13
Lincoln 11:30-3:30- November 16
Omaha 8:30-12:30- November 18

16. NeSA-English Language Arts
New Item Types

17. Evidence-Based Selected-Response (EBSR)
Respond to informational or literature passage
Two Points
Part 1
Part 2
Analyzes passage
Chooses single correct answer from four answer choices
Elicits evidence from passage
Selects one answer based on response provided in Part 1

18. Constructed-Response
Auto-Scored
Constructed Response (ASCR)
Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA)
(Hand-scored)

19. Auto-Scored Constructed Response (ASCR)
Technology-Enhanced Test Questions
Higher-level thinking skills without use of hand-scored test questions
Drag-and-drop
Hot-spot highlighting
Selection of multiple answers from drop-down menus

20. Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA) Students will
Read text- Informational or Literature
Respond to a writing prompt based on the passage(s)
Draw on basic writing skills while inferring and synthesizing information from passage(s) to develop a comprehensive response
Provide evidence from the passage(s) to support response
Standard LA.3– d, “Provide evidence from literary or informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research” [or “to support ideas or opinions” at grade 3], and it is required in order to measure the important writing component of the Nebraska ELA standards.

21. Text-Dependent Analysis Item

22. Text-Dependent Analysis Item Grade 3
1299/6000

23. Writer’s Checklist

24. Sample Prompts for Text-Dependent Analysis
Grade 3: A theme of Luke’s Paper Crane is the importance of family. Explain how key details from the story support this theme. Write a well-organized, structured response using specific evidence from the story to support your answer.

25. Sample Prompts for Text-Dependent Analysis
Grade 8: The passages There’s Still Gold in Those Hills and Letters from a Gold Miner are both about the history of gold mining in the United States. Explain how the passages help the reader understand the history and process of gold mining in the United States. Write a well-organized, structured response using specific evidence from BOTH passages to support your answer.
Two
Passages

26. Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA)
Hand-Scored with a rubric
Analysis of Text
Citing Evidence
Writing Skills
Standard LA.3– d, “Provide evidence from literary or informational text to support analysis, reflection, and research” [or “to support ideas or opinions” at grade 3], and it is required in order to measure the important writing component of the Nebraska ELA standards.

27. Sample Writing Items

28. A student is writing a research report about the Great Barrier Reef
A student is writing a research report about the Great Barrier Reef. Read both sources and the directions that follow.
The student took notes about information in the sources. Select two notes that correctly paraphrase or restate information from both sources.
8.2.1.i Avoid plagiarism

29. A student is writing an argumentative research report for history class about choosing presidents’ names for places or structures. Read the paragraph from the student's report and the directions that follow.
The student found a source. Read the source and click on two pieces of evidence that support the student's claim in her report.
8.2.1.c Gather and use relevant evidence to support claims

30. A student is writing a research report about the volcanic island, Surtsey, for a class assignment. Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.
Which sentence best concludes the paragraph?
8.2.1.b Clear introduction, body, and conclusion

31. A student is writing a school newspaper article about photic sneezers
A student is writing a school newspaper article about photic sneezers. Read the draft of the article and answer the question that follows.
The student wants to replace the underlined words with ones that are more specific. Which two pairs of words would best replace the underlined words?
8.2.2.d Use precise word choice

32. NeSA-English Language Arts
ELA Transition Plan

33. Two-Year Transition Plan
Reading
English Language Arts
Grades 5-8 and 11
Two-Year Transition Plan

34. 2016
Transition Test- Grades 5-8 and 11
All Multiple Choice
Items match to legacy and Revised CCR standards
Embedded Field test
Grades
5-8 and 11
Multiple choice
New item types
Text Dependent Analysis
Revised CCR standards
2017-Fully transitioned NeSA-English Language Arts

35. Three-Year Transition Plan
Reading
English Language Arts
Grades 3 and 4
Three-Year Transition Plan

36. 2016—Transition Test-Grades 3 and 4
Multiple Choice
Items match to legacy and Revised CCR standards
Embedded Field test
Grades
3 and 4
Multiple choice
New item types
No Text Dependent Analysis
Revised CCR standards
Spring 2016
Pilot test available
Text Dependent Analysis and other item types--Online

37. No Text Dependent Analysis
2017—Partially Transitioned Test
Grades 3 and 4
Multiple Choice
New Items Types
No Text Dependent Analysis
Items match revised CCR standards
Embedded Field test
Grades
3 and 4
Multiple choice
New item types
Text Dependent Analysis
Revised CCR standards
2018-Fully transitioned NeSA-English Language Arts

38. Transition Materials for School Districts
English Language Arts
Transition Materials for School Districts

39. NeSA-English Language Arts Transition
October 30, 2015
NeSA-ELA Item Samplers 
Grades 3-8 and 11
December 2015
Online tools training,
Guided practice
December 14, June 30, 2016
NeSA-ELA Practice Test
New item types; Text Dependent Analysis will save for district use.
April 18-May 6, 2016
NeSA-ELA Text Dependent Analysis Pilot for Grades 3 and 4 (Online)

40. All online Same exceptions for online testing as currently allowed
English Language Arts
All online Same exceptions for online testing as currently allowed
Make table-smart art

41. All online Same exceptions for online testing as currently allowed
English Language Arts
All online Same exceptions for online testing as currently allowed
Make table-smart art

42. Current NeSA-Reading test
All Multiple Choice Items
Projected time =
Real time =
Approximately

43. Scheduling NeSA-Reading/ NeSA-English Language Arts

44. NeSA-R/NeSA-ELA
NDE is not able to accurately predict the amount of time needed for Nebraska students to complete the operational and the field tested items.
We recognize that students may need more time, due to inclusion of the TDA.

45. Online Approximately 94% of 2014-2015 NeSA-R,M,S were online
Approximately 98% of NeSA-W-Grades 8 and 11 were online

46. NeSA-R/NeSA-ELA
Therefore, the test for NeSA-Reading/ NeSA-English Language Arts at grades 5–8 and 11 will be administered in three sessions.
The recommended time for each session is sixty minutes.

47. NeSA-English Language Arts Grades 5–8 and 11
Session 1 and Session 2-Operational
All Multiple Choice
Matched to the
Legacy standards and
College and Career Ready Nebraska Standards of English Language Arts
Session 3-Field Test
Multiple choice
New item types (Including Stand-Alone Writing items)
Text Dependent Analysis

48. NeSA-English Language Arts Grades 5–8 and 11
Students must participate in all three sessions.
Students must take all three sessions in the same mode, either online or, if allowed the accommodation, paper/pencil.
Only students who are allowed paper/pencil accommodations due to their IEPs, 504 plans, or English Language Learner status are allowed to participate in the NeSA-ELA field testing with the paper/pencil accommodation.

49. Importance of Field Testing
You
Make
The
Difference
Students’ Best Efforts
Importance of Field Testing
Accurate Field Test Results
Never Purchased Items
Nebraska Items for Nebraska Students

50. Spring 2015 for Grades 3 and 4
Grades 3 and 4 will participate in the NeSA-Reading/ NeSA-English Language Arts in-
Two 90-minute sessions
Optional TDA Pilot for grades 3 and 4, available April 25 – May 6.

51. Accommodations

52. Accommodations
NeSA-Writing
NeSA-Reading
NeSA-English Language Arts

53. Current Standard and Indicators
Legacy Indicators
Current Standard and Indicators
LA 8.2.1
Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other standard conventions appropriate for grade level
Writing Process: Students will apply the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other conventions of standard English appropriate for grade-level.

54. NeSA Approved Accommodations Document
See last page of the NeSA Approved Accommodations document for additional clarifications for NeSA-Field testing.

55. ELA Transition

56. Thank you

57. Purpose of Today Address any questions on transition and test items
Build on the work from yesterday
Discuss integration of skills for reading and writings in the standards
Develop new item types to better understand the skills student will need to demonstrate

58. Day 2 CCR English Language Arts Standards Activity-Erin
TDA/TDA Rubric-Erin
Engine Demonstration-Jeremy
Write TDA-Erin
New Item Types Training-Jeremy
New Item Types Engine Demo—Jeremy
Template Introduction
Item Writing
Q and A
Item Review