1. State Assessment Quality Control Oklahoma
Maridyth McBee, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Accountability and Assessment
Oklahoma State Department of Education

2. Three Types of Assessments
Developed for the Majority of Students and aligned to the state curriculum
Administered with or without accommodations
General
Developed for a small population of students with disabilities and for whom the general assessments are inappropriate. The assessments are aligned to the state curriculum
Administered with and without accommodations
Modified
Developed for students with severe cognitive disabilities and aligned to alternate standards.
Portfolio

3. Assessments for Grades 3-8
Grade/Subject
Math
Reading
Science
Geography
Social Studies/U.S. History
Writing
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Federal and State mandated tests: results used in accountability calculations
State mandated tests

4. General Assessments for End-of-Instruction
Algebra I
English II
Biology I
U.S. History
Algebra II
Geometry
English III
Federal and State mandated tests:
State mandated tests

5. Quality Assurance Component1
Why External Verification?
Ensuring testing vendor meets contractual expectations
Preventing score reporting and appeals issues
Improving state testing services and future testing contracts

6. Quality Assurance Component1
Plan to contract with third party vendor
Verification of equating procedures
Replication of scoring and reporting
Key issue: ensuring quality and producing score reports rapidly

7. Quality Assurance Component1
Assessment vendor conducts psychometric analysis, scoring and reporting
Third party vendor replicates and reports findings to state and
Test Development
Test Execution
Results and Reflection

8. Quality Assurance Component2
Assessment and Accountability Office works closely with Third Party Data Office and districts to facilitate accurate data in state system
Use state data for test enrollment
Use state data for demographic and disaggregation
Add data such as teacher of record
to allow for use with teacher
evaluation

9. Quality Assurance Component3
Hold regional face-to-face and web-based training for district test coordinators
Plan to conduct more web-based training and require participants to pass test of procedural content.
Daily phone support

10. Quality Assurance Component4
Security audits
Desk monitoring
On-site monitoring
Erasure analysis
Plans for online response change analysis

11. Quality Assurance Component4
Follow up to allegations of cheating or misconduct.
Plans to classify allegations with suggested options for remedy
Job loss
Reassign away from testing
Reprimand
Further training

12. Critical Issues Transparency and Confidence in Results
Fiscal Parameters
High Expectations for Vendors
Partnership with Districts

13. Further Information
Contact the Office of Assessment and Accountability