1. Testing and Accountability in North Carolina Public Schools Spring 2013

2. Welcome to READY III Meeting Your presenters today are … Dr. June Atkinson State Superintendent Dr. Angela Quick Deputy Chief Academic Officer Dr. Tammy Howard Director of Accountability Services

3. New Standard Course of Study Balanced Assessment System New Accountability Model Strong Leaders A Fair Evaluation System Support in Low-Achieving LEAs and Schools Improved Supply of Teachers Tools and Training to Improve Practice   New Assessments The General Assembly’s New A-F Accountability Model Focus Break: Summer Institutes 2013 Questions and Answers Today’s Agenda

4. Changing what we think of as “State Assessments” This is what we have known Summative Interim Tools Formative Processes Constructed Response Performance Tasks Computer Adaptive Testing “Along the Way” + “Every Day”

5. Comprehensive Assessment System K - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Diagnostic and Formative Assessments Student  Teacher School Accountability Assessments State  LEA  School K-5 Diagnostics EXPLORE PLAN ACT 12 Measures of Student Learning to be included in Student Growth component in teacher evaluation Teacher  School EOG (Math, ELA) End-of-Grade (Math, English Language Arts, Science) EOG (Math, ELA) EOG (Math, ELA, Science) EOG (Math, ELA) State & Local Instructional Improvement Tools Formative & Benchmark Assessments and Data Analysis for Instruction High School Measures of Student Learning (Common Exams) in core academic non- tested subjects 3 End-of- Course (EOC) Biology, Math I and Eng II Elementary and Middle School Common Exams in currently non- tested subjects Lower Elementary Measures of Student Learning ACT WorkKeys

6. School Accountability Assessments: For School Performance Grades, School Accountability and ESEA (formerly NCLB) End-of-Grade (EOG), End-of-Course (EOC ) 3-8 English and Math 5 & 8 Science 1 each Math, English and Science in High School WorkKeys 12 th ACT 11 th When: EOC/EOGs - May or June (Dec for Semester I) ACT – March WorkKeys - February Used For: School accountability (state and required federal) School data made public and used to target support Logistics: Once a year; proctored

7. New State Assessments 2012-13 and 2013-14 Demo of New Assessments http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo Aligned to the Common Core and Essential Standards Inclusion of New Item Types ­Technology Enhanced (online) ­Constructed Response (English II) ­Gridded Response (Math Gr 5-8/Algebra I/Integrated I) Moving towards full online administration in 2014-15

8. Grade 5 Science TE Item 5.P.1.2 Infer the motion of objects in terms of how far they travel in a certain amount of time and the directions in which they travel (RBT = Conceptual/Understand; DOK = 2) This distance/time graph shows the distance covered by an insect crawling across a table. Using the information on the graph, place (click and drag) the remaining distances to complete the table below. Distance traveled in 10 secondsDistance traveled in 20 secondsDistance traveled in 25 seconds 20 cm 30 cm40 cm50 cm Distance/Time Graph

9. Grade 6 Constructed Response Item Calculator: Inactive DOK: Skill/Concept Domain: Expressions and Equations Standard: 6.EE.7 Solve real- world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all nonnegative rational numbers. A company is having a picnic. The expenses will be for music and refreshments. The music will cost $150. The refreshments will cost $125. Tickets will be sold for $2.50 per employee. What is the minimum number of tickets that must be sold to pay for the picnic expenses? Note that students receive instructions and practice for gridding answers.

10. English II Constructed Response Item Moonrise by Jenette Purcell City night sky gives itself to me again when I have so little left to receive it. I am dark, crumbling and you are rivers and trees away searching your own night sky for a sign. The strong gates of your heart are wide open to me always, but, if only. So I wait, as seasons before, decades before, fathers and mothers before me still inside watch and listen. Suddenly, bamboo, bones, fiber, fences, water, glistening koi, * all the tiny rooms, paths and places I hold your memories relax in audible, reverent wonder at the fullness forming on this horizon’s edge. * koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship In Moonrise, explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use specific details to support your answer. DOK: Strategic Thinking Standard: Reading for Literature (RL.2) Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

11. English II TE Item Excerpt from Moonrise by Jenette Purcell Suddenly, bamboo, bones, fiber, fences, water, glistening koi, * all the tiny rooms, paths and places I hold your memories relax in audible, reverent wonder at the fullness forming on this horizon’s edge. Select (by clicking) the synonym that can replace reverent in the poem. respectful redundant amazed significant DOK: Skill/Concept Standard: Reading for Literature (RL.4) Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

12. Getting Ready Item Types http://thismeeting.wikispaces.com/ under Summer Institutes 2012 http://thismeeting.wikispaces.com/ Released Forms http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms Tutorial of New Assessments http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo Review item types and released test forms

13. Standard Setting Administration of New Tests May/June July into August 1 Compile Data and Build Developmental Scale 3 2 Achievement Standards Presented to SBE October 4 June into July Teacher Groups Recommend Achievement Levels

14. College and Career Readiness It is important to remember that we have raised expectations significantly in the 2012-13 school year. Claims in the Past: Grade-level Proficiency Only Claims in the Future: Grade-level Proficiency and Career- and College- Ready

15. Beginning of ABCs K-8 Accountability Model Implementation of More Rigorous Mathematics Standards Implementation of More Rigorous Reading Standards 1992-93 to 2011-12 EOG General Test Multiple Choice Test Results Statewide Percent of Student at or above Level III in BOTH Reading and Mathematics

16. School Performance Grades 1.New Assessments and SBE Accountability 2.Legislative Requirements 3.Meaningful Differentiation 4.ACT – 11 th Grade 5.EVAAS Growth Values

17. Accountability Reports SBE Accountability Reporting System No School Designations General Assembly’s A-F Grading System SB 361 – Uses Proficiency and Benchmarks HB 435 – Uses State Mean to Determine Letter Grade

18. Elementary and Middle School Accountability End-of-Grade 3-8 Math End-of-Grade 3-8 ELA End-of-Grade 5 & 8 Science Δ End-of-Grade 3-8 Math Δ End-of-Grade 3-8 ELA Δ End-of-Grade 5 & 8 Science EVAAS Growth School-wide Status Indicators “this year” Progress Indicators “trend over time for groups of students” Growth Indicators “combined individual student’s growth”

19. High School Accountability EOG 3-8 Math Δ End of Grade 3-8 Math End-of-Course ACT Graduation Rates Math Course Rigor WorkKeys Graduation Project Δ End-of-Course Δ ACT Δ Graduation Rates Δ Math Course Rigor Δ WorkKeys EVAAS Growth School-wide Status Indicators “this year” Progress Indicators “trend over time for groups of students” Growth Indicators “combined individual student’s growth”

20. School Performance Grades SB 361 English II, Algebra I, Biology Algebra II/Integrated III Graduation Rate WorkKeys ACT High School Elementary and Middle Reading, Math, Science EOGs One point for each percent of students who meet proficiency or benchmark + Growth reported

21. General Assembly’s A-F Model per SB 361 Uses SBE-approved indicators 10-point scale; A: 90-100 Growth not incorporated Goes into effect with the 2012-13 school year, reported for the first time in fall 2013

22. School Performance Grades HB 435 Performance Composite Algebra II/Integrated III Graduation Rate WorkKeys ACT High School + Growth/ Performance Increase {state mean} Elementary and Middle Performance Composite {state mean}

23. General Assembly’s A-F Model per HB 435 Uses SBE-approved indicators Uses state mean for each indicator to determine performance Meeting or exceeding growth = one letter grade increase At or above 80% performance composite for current year/previous two years = one letter grade increase Goes into effect with the 2013-14 school year, reported for the first time in fall 2014

24. Simulation Analysis Based on 2011-12 Data

25. Simulation Analysis Based on 2011-12 Data

26. Simulation Analysis Based on 2011-12 Data

27. Questions Every Student READY