1. Smarter Balanced and Accountability Assessment and Accountability Evolution and Implications

2. Assessment System Alignment West Virginia 1.WESTEST 2 2.Acuity/WV Writes Benchmarks 3.Diagnostic Assessments and Instructional Probes 4.Teach 21 Smarter Balanced 1.Summative Assessment 2.Interim Complete Assessments 3.Interim Assessment Blocks 4.Digital Library Aligned “after the fact” for necessityAligned by design

3. What this means for Future Administration What happens to Online Writing? – Online writing will no longer be a stand alone administration—folded into end of year administration

4. What this means for Future Administration How will we assess science & social studies? – At this point, we will continue to administer the current science and social studies assessments, but will be actively developing new items to refresh the assessment

5. Smarter Balanced and Accountability

6. A Balanced Assessment System Slide 6 NxG CSOs specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness NxG CSOs specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning Interim assessments Flexible, open, used for actionable feedback Summative assessments Benchmarked to college and career readiness Educator resources for formative assessment practices to improve instruction

7. Optional Interim assessment system — no stakes Summative assessment for accountability Last 12 weeks of year* The SBAC Assessment System * Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions. English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 – 8 and High School Scope, sequence, number, and timing of interim assessments locally determined Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks INTERIM ASSESSMENT Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks INTERIM ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE TASKS Reading Writing Math Re-take option COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT DIGITAL CLEARINGHOUSE of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; an interactive reporting system; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools.

8. Categorizing Schools into Designations WV’s New System: 1.Are my schools making progress toward their own individual targets? Goals: 1.Holistic school improvement 2.Targeted, subgroup-specific improvement 3.Give credit for progress on both 4.Credit is earned based on a school’s own starting point.

9. A Shift in Accountability

10. Foundational Principles Underlying Beliefs – All students can learn – School conditions support student success – You measure what you value and value what you measure – Simplicity in the system prompts engagement

11. Foundational Principles Guiding Principles – Describe school performance clearly and simply – Establish high expectations for all students and schools – Direct support and recognition – Emphasize student proficiency and improvement – Integrate accountability and accreditation

12. Foundational Principles Grading Components – Achievement: At least proficiency in Math and R/LA – Student growth: This includes how much students are growing and how much students are on track to be proficient. – Performance of Lowest 25%: Performance of lowest 25% of students – Graduation rates for high schools: High schools will be awarded points based on each school’s four-year and five-year graduation rates

13. Known Grade Assignments GradeDRAFT Descriptions AMost desirable and highest performance BDesirable performance CAcceptable performance DUnacceptable performance FLowest performance