1. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services TECHNOLOGY IN A COMMON CORE AGE 1 Microsoft Encarta Online Copyright © ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer The Giant Brain 1946

2. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC Purchasing Specifications 8 Teletype 1973

3. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC Purchasing Specifications New Purchases (as of June 2012), districts may consider the following as minimum guidelines for new purchases: Hardware: 1 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 9.5 inch screen size (10 inch class), screen resolution of 1024 x 768 Operating Systems: Windows 7, Mac 10.7, Linux (Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16), Chrome, iOS6, Android 4.0 Network: Must be able to connect to the Internet 8

4. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC Purchasing Specifications Form Factors: Desktops, laptops, netbooks, virtual desktops and thin client, T ABLETS (iPad, Windows, and Android) and hybrid laptop/tablets that meet the above specifications 8

5. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC Purchasing Specifications Additional Accessories: –Headphones may be required for audio support, and –Physical keyboards (as opposed to virtual) and/or mice may be required for use with tablets. Eligible devices must have the administrative tools and capabilities to temporarily disable features, functionalities, and applications that could present a security risk during test administration. 8

6. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 School-level Technology Considerations Technology-enhanced test items will require compatibility with latest browser technologies Test security will require device to run in “kiosk mode” Devices must support text-to-speech software Test items with multimedia content will require sufficient internal and Internet network bandwidth 6

7. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC Purchasing Specifications We anticipate that by the 2016-17 school year, up to 25 percent of the mathematics assessment will comprise items/tasks requiring student-produced illustrations or calculations. As such, in 2016-17, students will need access to a tablet (or other device) that employs a stylus for user input. 8

8. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Who is going to pay for this?

9. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Table Talk

10. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Other Issues One-to-One BYOD BEST NET

11. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Minimum System Requirements? We do not know yet Results of first IT readiness data collection (TRT) will help determine minimum requirement decisions Some people say we will know by the August 2012 14

12. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 12 Technology Readiness Tool Assesses current capacity and compares to the technology that is expected to be required for new SBAC assessments Areas evaluated: devices, devices to tester ratio, network infrastructure, and staff and personnel Performs inventory, gap analysis and recommended areas where LEAs will need to upgrade technology

13. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 Technology Readiness Tool Data Collection First data collection window was from March 20, 2012 to June 30, 2012 Subsequent data collections will occur each spring and fall through 2014 Input information for computers expected to be available for online testing in 2014.

14. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14 Technology Readiness Tool Stats (Cont.) 600,000 devices entered into system Operating systems inventory –Windows XP: 52% –Windows 7: 20% –Mac OS X: 20% –iOS 5.x: 3% –Others (Vista, Linux, Windows – Other, iOS 4.x, Google Chrome, Android) 14

15. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 15 Technology Readiness Tool Stats (cont.) Hardware types –Desktops: 67% –Laptops: 19% –Netbooks: 6% –Tablets: 4% –Thin Clients: 4% 15

16. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Assessment Components 16 The minimum: 20 computer lab per 600 students for 6 weeks with an option for some students doing paper/pencil (at least until 2017). Joe Willhoft

17. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Timeline 17 2012 Finished June 30 Districts enter computer information into IT Readiness Tool 2012-13 Pilot Testing Gap Analysis provided to districts District fills technology gaps Students use technology in classrooms 2013-14 Field Testing Close the Gap! Students use technology in classrooms 2014-15 All Students Testing through SBAC Students take online assessments

18. Re-take option Optional Interim assessment system— Summative assessment for accountability Last 12 weeks of year* DIGITAL CLEARINGHOUSE of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools. Scope, sequence, number, and timing of interim assessments locally determined * Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions. Source: http://www.ets.org Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks PERFORMANCE TASKS Reading Writing Math END OF YEAR ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3–8 and High School Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks BEGINNING OF YEAR END OF YEAR INTERIM ASSESSMENT 18 Formative Assessments

19. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Computer Adaptive Technology (CAT)

20. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services

21. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 21 Six Item Types Selected Response Short Constructed Response Extended Constructed Response Performance Tasks Technology-Enabled Technology-Enhanced

22. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services 22 Computer Adaptive Testing The system will adjust the difficulty of items throughout the assessment Correct or Incorrect Difficulty of Next Item CorrectMore Difficult IncorrectEasier

23. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Online Adaptive Technology

24. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services The Automated Student Assessment Prize (ASAP) challenged nine commercial providers of automated essay scoring to approximate the scores of more than 16,000 hand-graded essays from six states. The study found that the software programs achieved virtually identical levels of accuracy as the human graders. An additional competition, with $100,000 in prizes, is open to anyone to develop new automated essay-scoring techniques. SBAC Update Issue 17

25. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services Table Talk

26. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services There are districts in our region that, starting in October, will be participating in what are called the Small Scale Trial pilots. Pilot Testing

27. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Pilot Test Pilot Test in early 2013. More than 10,000 items and performance tasks Open to all schools in the Consortium Two million students 22% of students from each Governing State 27

28. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services STAR Reauthorization CDE is currently working on defining what will replace the STAR when SBAC is being used for federal accountability

29. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Common Developing Themes Diagnostic assessments: ELA and Math in grade 2 and grades 3-12 as needed. Formative Assessment Tools: –SBAC: ELA and Math –Explore the state providing formative tools and processes for science and History/Social-Science Interim assessments: –SBAC: ELA and Math Grades 3-8, 11 –ELA and Math for all students in grade 2, 9-10 –Science/HSS – state provided computerized interim assessments similar to summative Summative: –SBAC assessments in grades 3-8 and 11 (ELA and Math). –Summative assessments for science and HSS in grades 3-12, for ELA and math in grade 12, and writing in grades 3-12 29

30. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Common Themes (Cont.) Matrix sampling in some grades/subjects, specifically science and history–social science (HSS) Reduce linguistic complexity of assessments to more accurately measure what students know and can do Items that evaluate critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation Other measures: student engagement survey, parent survey, graduation rates, attendance Multiple measures: within classroom, (e.g., tests, quizzes, projects, essays, journaling, class work, portfolios) Using results to satisfy the high school graduation requirement 30

31. TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 31 SBAC Timeline Field testing of summative assessment, training school- and district-level staff in formative tools Teams of teachers evaluate formative assessment practices and curriculum resources Full implementation of assessment system Formative Processes, Tools, and Practices Development Begins Pilot Testing of Summative and Interim Items/Tasks Conducted Writing and Review Items/Tasks for Field Testing (throughout the school year) Writing and Review Items/Tasks for Field Testing (throughout the school year) Technology readiness tool available Formative tools available to teachers Content and Item Specifications Development Writing and Review of Pilot Items/Tasks (including Cognitive Labs and Small-Scale Trials)

32. Gary S. Thomas, Ed.D. Superintendent Education Support Services SBAC News Regarding Technology Specifications http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter- balanced-assessments/technology/ For local news: Dennis Deets ddeets@ctap10.org 8