1. Hawaii and Smarter Balanced
September 2018 .

2. Hawaii’s Assessment System
Since 2010, Hawaii and its educators have been involved in the development of the Smarter Balanced assessment system. This is Hawaii’s assessment.
Since 2014, 240 Hawaii educators have contributed to our assessment system. Educators participate by:
Writing items
Creating and reviewing Digital Library resources
Creating playlists that give suggestions for next steps following student results
Recommending achievement level expectations for students

3. Hawaii Educators and Smarter Balanced
Video:
Hawaii Educators and Smarter Balanced

4. This Is Hawaii’s Assessment!
Hawaii’s team of educators participating in the July SNE Workshop in July. Our Smarter Balanced team set up a fun photo booth so educators could show their excitement! This could be you!

5. About Smarter Balanced: Led By States
So let’s talk about how we get the work and how Hawaii and other states lead that work.

6. Consortium Members 14 Members California Nevada Connecticut Oregon
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Michigan
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
Vermont
US Virgin Islands
Washington
Bureau of Indian Education
Hawaii is one of 14 members that leads our governance process. Our members’ set our priorities and what we do on a daily basis.

7. Smarter Balanced is…
A member led public agency that is committed to developing a high-quality assessment system that provides information and tools for teachers and schools to improve instruction and help students succeed —regardless of disability, language, or subgroup.
Housed at the University of California, Santa Cruz, College of Extension.
Smarter Balanced is a public agency and is part of the University of California system.

8. Equity and Accessibility
So, we just saw how we get the work done and who sets the priorities. And that’s why equity and accessibility are such an important part of what we do. Smarter Balanced represents diverse places, diverse needs and diverse people.

9. Equity and Accessibility
A core principle of the Smarter Balanced assessment system is accessibility for all students who take the test.
Smarter Balanced delivers educators actionable data because the breadth of accessibility features allow a broader array of students to access the content and show what they’ve learned.
Our tests includes accessibility resources that address visual, auditory, language, and physical access barriers, allowing virtually all students to demonstrate what they know and can do.
The breadth of accessibility resources are likely more than any one state could afford on its own.
And we continue to grow: adding languages, illustration glossaries.
And when we talk about equity, we talk about it from an accessibility standpoint. Our accessibility resources are not just for a select group of students, but for all students who test. We offer universal tools and accommodations that all students could use. Our assessment is the most accessible in the nation because we band together with our members.

10. Equity and Accessibility
Research and Experience Based
We work with advisory panels on English language learners and students with disabilities to ensure that the assessments are developed using principles of Universal Design and research-based best practices.
Our accessibility resources include:
Braille,
stacked Spanish translations,
videos in American Sign Language,
Pop-up text and glossaries in 10 foreign languages and four dialects, and
translated test directions in 19 languages.

11. Equity and Accessibility
Video:
Equity and Accessibility
Rebecca Hadley-Schlosser, a 5th Grade Special Education Teacher from Nanaikapono Elementary, Oahu, talks about how her students feel empowered using Smarter Balanced tools.

12. A Balanced System: Interim, Formative and Summative

13. A Balanced Assessment System
This is where the Balanced in our name comes into play. We have three components that we’ll talk about. The first one, the summative, is what you’re likely more familiar with. So we’ll dig deeper into the interim assessments and the Digital Library.

14. Summative Assessment

15. Summative Assessment Entering our 5th year of testing
More than 6 million students annually tested.
Student scores are returned quickly
90 percent of scores are returned within two weeks, and nearly 100 percent within three weeks.
Computer adaptive
The computer-adaptive test adjusts the difficulty of questions based on the student’s response. If a student answers a question correctly, the next question will be harder; if a student answers incorrectly, the next question will be easier.
Computer adaptive testing
 CAT assessments provide a set of questions that is individually tailored to each student and can quickly identify which skills students have mastered. This approach represents a significant improvement over old fashioned, fill in the bubble, paper-and-pencil assessments used in many states today, providing more accurate scores for all students.
More efficient and more secure
More accurate
Faster results

16. Smarter Balanced & Higher Ed
More than 250 colleges and universities in 10 states accept Smarter Balanced scores for placement into entry-level, credit-bearing courses, including Hawaii.
The high school test isn’t just for students who plan to attend college. It also serves as an early detection tool by measuring readiness against real-world skills. 
10 institutions in Hawaii accept Smarter Balanced scores for placement

17. Interim Assessments
Now, we’ll talk about interim assessments …

18. Check, Reflect, Connect
Hawaii teachers can use Interim Assessments and Digital Library throughout the year to:
Check where students are in their learning.
Reflect on what results.
Connect interim assessment results with instructional resources in the Digital Library.
Now that we covered the summative, let’s dig deeper into interim assessments and Digital Library, two components of our system that will help you improve your professional practice. We created a social media campaign called Check, Connect, Reflect, to build awareness and understanding of how interim assessments and resources in the Digital Library can enhance instruction and improve learning. So let’s use that theme here.
Check: 107 IABs in grades 3-8 and HS provide flexibility to administer assessments as educators choose
Reflect: Reporting system allows for deeper understanding of student performance
Connect: Playlists provide direct connections to instructional activities based on student performance in the interims

19. Smarter Balanced in the Classroom
Video:
Val Verde Unified (CA) and Interim Assessments
And now let’s hear from educators in Val Verde Unified School District in California on how they are using interim assessments. This video is part of our new video called Smarter Balanced in the Classroom. To give you the full picture of Val Verde, it’s located about an hour east of Los Angeles, has an enrollment of nearly 20,000, including 80% of students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals and 25% who are English learners.

20. Check: Interim Assessments
Check student progress throughout the year for grades 3-8 in English language arts/literacy and mathematics
Districts can use both the longer Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs) and the shorter Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs):
One ICA grade per grade level and content area: Tests the same content as summative assessments and reports scores on the same scale.
107 IABs total: Focuses on smaller sets of related concepts and provide more detailed information for instructional purposes.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF INTERIMS … AND THEN TRANSITION TO VIDEO ON THE NEXT SLIDE
And now let’s hear from educators in Val Verde Unified School District in California on how they are using interim assessments. This video is part of our new video called Smarter Balanced in the Classroom. To give you the full picture of Val Verde, it’s located about an hour east of Los Angeles, has an enrollment of nearly 20,000, including 80% of students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals and 25% who are English learners.

21. 46 Math Assessment Blocks
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations-Fractions
Measurement and Data
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Geometry
Mathematics Performance Task
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Rational Proportional Relationships
Expressions & Equations I
The Number System
Expressions & Equations II
(with Prob/Stat)
Expressions and Equations
Geometry
Functions
Statistics and Probability
Mathematics Performance Task
High School
Algebra and Functions I — Linear Functions, Equations, and Inequalities
Algebra and Functions II — Quadratic Functions, Equations, and Inequalities
Geometry and Right Triangle Trigonometry
Statistics and Probability
Seeing Structure in Expressions/Polynomial Expressions
Geometry Congruence
Geometry Measurement and Modeling
Interpreting Functions
Number and Quantity
Mathematics Performance Task

22. 61 ELA/literacy Assessment Blocks
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Read Literary Texts
Read Informational Texts
Brief Writes
Revision
Language and Vocabulary Use
Editing
Listen/Interpret
Research
Opinion Performance Task
Narrative Performance Task
High School
Read Literary Texts
Read Informational Texts
Brief Writes
Revision
Language and Vocabulary Use
Editing
Listen/Interpret
Research
Performance Task
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Read Literary Texts
Read Informational Texts
Brief Writes
Revision
Edit/Revise
Language and Vocabulary Use
Listen/Interpret
Editing
Research
Explanatory Performance Task
Argument Performance Task

23. Reflect: Using Interim Results
With interim assessments, educators can:
see their students’ data, including group and item level, as well as individual student responses, to reflect on what is working and what needs improvement.
analyze how their students responded to the same items, allowing them to understand common misconceptions and to adjust instruction accordingly, as part of a formative strategy with Digital Library.
We talked about the Check part of using interim results. Now, it’s time to reflect on how your students performed and what you can do after you look at the data.

24. Hawaii Teacher Akemi Faria
Reflect
Video:
Hawaii Teacher Akemi Faria
EMBEDDED VIDEO HAWAII EDUCATOR Akemi Faria, 3rd Grade ELA Specialist, Kaumana Elementary School, Big Island of Hawaii (30 seconds) talks about the importance of identifying gaps

25. Connect: Playlists & Digital Library
Log In or Register for the Digital Library. It’s FREE to Hawaii educators.

26. Connect: Playlists & Digital Library
The Digital Library is a teacher-created, teacher- approved collection of more than 3,000 instructional resources. Hawaii educators have contributed resources.
Each resource is educator reviewed and approved by a team of 3 teachers before its posted in the Digital Library.
Users can save resources for easy access.
Users can also set up their profile to customize search.

27. Connect: Playlists & Digital Library
Educators can connect with their colleagues to discuss and plan next steps for instruction and find resources in the Digital Library.
Connections Playlists link student performance on the Interim Assessment Blocks to resources in the Digital Library. Educators can use these connections to find relevant and useful instructional supports that are aligned to students’ needs.

28. Smarter Balanced in the Classroom
Video:
Centennial Middle School (WA) and Digital Library
And now let’s see the Digital Library in action, featuring Centennial Middle School in Spokane, WA and teacher Christine Vaccarezza. Again, this is from our new series called Smarter Balanced in the Classroom.

29. Stay Connected @SmarterBalanced SmarterBalanced
SBDigitalLibrary.org

30. Questions?