1. Measures of Student Learning/ Common Exam Update WS/FCS Board of Education November 13, 2012

2. Purpose of Common Exams: To measure educator effectiveness

3. Setting the Context For those grades and subjects that are currently non-tested, we need ways to measure growth: Common Exams

4. Setting the Context

5. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams Exams designed for currently non-tested subjects (does not replace any existing tests) Built by the state – every district will have the same exams Intended to replace final exams in high school Not part of the accountability model

6. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams FALL 2012-13:

7. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams SPRING 2013: *Elementary subjects are not required * * *

8. Elementary CEs Elementary CEs are not required, as teachers will have EOG reading and/or math measures

9. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS: 80-minute test –Two 40-minute sessions constructed responseMultiple-choice and constructed response –Students write in answers; for example: Math – students provide numeric answer and show their work English – short answer (paragraph or less) and extended response (up to 3 paragraphs)

10. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS: Constructed responseConstructed response is weighted based on how much time is spent on CR items –If students are expected to spend 25% of the test time on CR items, then approximately 25% of the score will be based on CR responses http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/ measures/specifications/

11. Constructed Response % of time on CR % of total pts attributed to CR # of CR items # of MC items ELA20-25%17-23%3-4 33- 37 Math (Adv. F. and Pre-Cal) 20-25%34-44%8 27- 32 Science25%23-28%540 Social Studies 50%48-52%8-10 18- 21

12. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams How/if it counts as grades are determined by each school system –High School: just like a final exam - 25% of final grade –Middle School: just like how EOGs are currently counted – 20% of final grade in the respective subject Scores returned by software will be percent of total possible points (no proficiency cut score) –We will be creating a district ‘curve’ that reflects a similar pattern to EOC grades

13. One Grading Option A1A2BICIE1GEPSUSCE A 18.419.016.619.017.316.811.616.0 17 B 27.728.331.330.231.126.830.732.1 30 C 25.326.226.321.226.129.030.626.9 26 D 16.617.816.814.815.817.117.818.1 17 F 12.08.79.08.99.810.29.36.9 9

14. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams Each school system is responsible for scoring the exams –Multiple choice – scanned at central office –Constructed response - scored by school personnel Scoring processes are determined by each district; DPI offers the possibility of one or two scorers –Teacher of record cannot be the sole scorer –WS/FCS will have two scorers; the teacher of record and another subject matter expert

15. Concerns Constructed Response –Amount of time it takes to score –Availability of scorers –Training on rubrics/scorer reliability –Items not field tested Other –Senior Exemptions: while students will not be allowed to exempt, seniors will be allowed to test early

16. Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams Middle School –We expect the length of the test to be similar, but no specifics released for these yet

17. Questions and for more Information: http://www.ncpublicschools.org /educatoreffect/measures/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org /educatoreffect/measures/