KLFABrad Neuenswander

Deputy Commissioner, KSDE

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Kansas Assessments

What are the plans now that Kansas is not part of the

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium?

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Kansas Assessments

What are the plans now that Kansas is not part of the

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium?

Just a few changes.

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Assessment Timeline

Spring 2014 Math & ELA; Transitional Assessment, NO PILOT OF SBAC Dynamic Learning Map (DLM) Science; Current State Assessment History/Government; Pilot new items

Spring 2015 Math & ELA; Newly Developed CETE Assessment, and DLM Science; Pilot new items and remove old items History Government; Pilot new items

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Math and English Language Arts

Transition assessment in Spring 2014 is the same as we have always planned

Spring of 2015, when we would have had SBAC for the first time, we will have an enhanced Kansas assessment.

By Spring of 2016, we will be very close to where we would have been with SBAC with difference due to choices made in Kansas.

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Spring 2014 Transition Assessment

Delivered on KITE Aligned with Kansas College and Career

Ready Standards for math, reading, and writing conventions

Follows similar blueprint to SBAC Machine-scorable items only• No performance task• No writing prompt• No listening items

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New Development in 2014–2015

The transitional test will serve as the backbone for the new Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment

Enhancements Listening section Writing prompt Math performance tasks

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Spring 2015

The core machine-scorable part of the test will be parallel to what was administered in 2014, but we will refresh the item pool.

We will field test the enhancements. Accountability for 2015 will be based on the

core portion of the test. Schools and districts will receive feedback on

the field-test portions to help gauge student readiness on the full set of standards.

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Summer 2015 After analyzing the field-test items, we will

create the best form possible that includes all features of our future assessment.

We will set new achievement standards (cut scores and performance level descriptors) based on that form.

Using those new cut scores, we will set new AMOs and communicate the new targets to schools and districts.

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Spring 2016

Now we have a fully enhanced test that covers all of the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards.

We should also have sufficient numbers of items to make the test adaptive this year as well.

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Adaptivity

We are considering stage adaptivity rather than item adaptivity that SBAC uses.

Benefits More reliable estimates Targets assessment to student level Requires fewer items than item-level

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College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic

preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and

employability skills to be successful in postsecondary

education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the

need for remediation.

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

A subset of the KCCRAAC met again August 28 to draft a plan based on conversations from the August 6 meeting . The group identified four possible paths forward:

1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for 3-8 and H.S. (CETE will score, administer, and report) 2. Assessment Vendor, e.g. ACT for 3-8 and H.S. 3. Hybrid Assessment Model (i.e., the state will provide a default assessment and allow districts if they so choose to use another USED approved assessment funded by the district) 4. CETE-developed Assessment for 3-8 and H.S

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A final meeting was held on September 3rd during which #3 was chosen as a path to pursue:

1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for 3-8 and H.S. 2. Assessment Vendor, e.g. ACT for 3-8 and H.S. 3. Hybrid Assessment Model (i.e., the state will provide a default assessment and allow districts if they so choose to use another USED approved assessment funded by the district) 4. CETE-developed Assessment for 3-8 and H.S.

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Kansas State Department of Educationwww.ksde.org

Are You College & Career Ready?

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Moving from Proficient to College & Career Ready

ProficientWhat % of Kansas Students meet grade level proficiency, and ready to move to the next grade level?

Math 2012 = 85%Reading 2012 = 87%

College & Career ReadyWhat % of Kansas Students perform at a CCR level on the new assessments?

65% ???

We don’t know, but we need to be prepared to communicate that we have raised the bar.

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Old vs. New PerformanceOld State Assessment

2002-2013

Exemplary

Exceeds

Meets

Approaching

Warning

New State Assessment2014-2015

4

3

2

1

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2002-2013 Performance

A New Start

2014-2015 and Beyond

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ESEA Waiver Update

All States must re-submit their waiver to extend for one more year (2015-16) or until ESEA is reauthorized.

Kansas will re-submit in Feb.-March 2014. We will make any changes or amendments to our

waiver during this process. Move the use of student growth to inform personnel

decisions until 2017-18 Assessment Changes Recalculating AMO’s

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Thanks for Caring about KIDS!!!!

Brad Neuenswanderbradn@ksde.org

785-296-2303