1. 2015 EOCEP Biology and SCPASS Science Kirsten Hural Ph.D. Office of Assessment khural@ed.sc.gov803-734-5981 Llewellyn Shealy Llewellyn Shealy Office of Assessment lshealy@ed.sc.gov 803-734-8529

2. SCPASS 4th Grade Data 2009- present

3. SCPASS 5 th Grade Data 2009- present

4. SCPASS 6 th Grade Data 2009- present % scoring Met and Exemplary

5. SCPASS 7 th Grade Data 2009-present % scoring Met and Exemplary

6. SCPASS 8 th Grade Data 2009-present % scoring Met and Exemplary

7. EOCEP Average Scores 2011-2015

8. EOCEP Score Distribution 2011-2015

9. 2017 Science Assessment Goals Embed assessment practice standards within assessment of the content standards Introduce technology enhanced items Introduce scenario-based items

10. The Life or Death of Items Created by item writers Reviewed and revised by SCDE Reviewed by Educator Content Committee Data Analysis Data Review Field Test Reject (Death) Operational Test (Life) Accepted? YES NO Performance Indicators

11. Draft Blueprint for SCPASS Standard Number of ItemsSEP 4.E.28-103 4.E.38-102 4.P.49-112 4.L.58-103 Total3510

12. Draft Biology Blueprint StandardNumber of Content Items SEP H.B.212-163-4 H.B.37-81-2 H.B.49-102-3 H.B.5.9-102-3 H.B.6.8-92-3 Total4812

13. New Item Types Technology Enhanced Items (TE) These items require the student to interact with the item differently from multiple choice. Scenario-based items These items present a scenario for the student to read. The scenario is followed by 2-3 related questions. Link to the OTT (Online Tools Training) https://wbte.drcedirect.com/SC/portals/sc This website is posted on the SCDE webpage. You must use Chrome browser to open it.

14. Where to look for EOCEP information: Office of Assessment http://ed.sc.gov/tests/ End of Course Examination Program http://ed.sc.gov/tests/high/eocep/ SCPASS http://ed.sc.gov/tests/middle/scpass/