CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONTom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Common Core State Standards Symposium for Special Educators

December 2, 2013

Diane Hernandez, DirectorAssessment Development and Administration Division

Assembly Bill 484Assessment Update

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Transition Milestones

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

SBE adopted Common Core

State StandardsAugust 2010

California joined Smarter Balanced

June 2011

CDE outreach efforts begin to develop SSPI recommendations for

assessment reauthorization

March 2012

Smarter Balanced summative

assessments to be implemented

operationally

Spring 2014Field Test

AB 484 (Bonilla) introduced

February 19, 2013

Technology Readiness Tool

launchedMarch 2012

Technology Strategy Framework and System

Requirements Specifications released

December 2012

Preliminary test blueprints approved

November 2012

SSPI’s recommendations delivered to the Legislature

January 8, 2013

Spring 2013Pilot Test

Smarter Balanced

awarded four- year RTTT grantSeptember 2010

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AB 484 signed into law

October 2, 2013

Smarter Balanced

grant endsSeptember 2014

Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations

Guidelines approvedSeptember 2013

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Assembly Bill (AB) 484 • Signed into law on October 2, 2013

• Establishes California’s new statewide student assessment system, the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP)

• To review full bill text as enrolled: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB484

• AB 484 Q&A now available on the California Department of Education (CDE) Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/ab484qa.asp 3

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)

• Primary purposes of the CalMAPP system is to assist teachers, administrators, students, and their parents by promoting high-quality teaching and learning through the use of a variety of assessment approaches and item types

• Allows Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) to focus on transition to Common Core State Standards

• The full transition to the new assessment system will take place over time.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)

• Outlines assessments in CalMAPP, some of which were used previously as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program

• Exempts English learners who have been in the United States less than 12 months from taking the English Language Arts (ELA) assessment.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)

• California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) for ELA and math in grades 2 through 11

• Science in grades 5, 8, and 10, including California Standards Test (CST), California Modified Assessment (CMA) and CAPA

• Standards-Based Tests in Spanish (STS) in grades 2–11 − Voluntary for LEAs to administer (State

pays for ELA)

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)• CSTs used for Early Assessment Program

(EAP) in grade 11:– Voluntary for students, as it has been in

previous years– Scores for individuals only–will not

produce school, district, or state-level reports from these assessments

– Transitions the EAP to the Smarter Balanced grade 11 assessment beginning in 2014–15.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)• By March 2016, the Superintendent will take to

the State Board recommendations to expand CalMAPP to include additional assessments, such as history/social science, technology, and visual and performing arts.

• Additional assessments in ELA, math, and science may also be recommended.

• Allows for a variety of item types and assessment modalities (e.g., population sampling, matrix sampling).

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)

• Authorizes the Superintendent, with State Board approval, to not produce Academic Performance Index (API) in 2013–14 and 2014–15.

• Restricts the comparison of certain scores from CalMAPP to STAR

• Prohibits the display of scores that would identify students or teachers

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)• Calls for independent evaluation of

CalMAPP

• Begins the school year of the first full administration of the consortium computer adaptive assessments, which will be 2014–15

• Every three years thereafter

• For the purpose of continuous improvement of the assessments

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Smarter Balanced System

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Common Core State Standards

specify K–12

expectations for

college and career

readiness

All students

leave high

school ready for college

and career

Teachers and schools have

information and tools they need

to improve teaching and

learningInterim

assessments flexible, open, used

for actionable feedback

Summative assessments

benchmarked to college and career

readiness

Formative assessment tools

and practicesfor teachers to

improve instruction

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

AB 484 (Cont.)Smarter Balanced

• Requires LEAs to participate in the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test.

• Establishes the purposes of the field test:– Enable the consortium to gauge the validity and

reliability of the items.– Conduct necessary psychometric studies.– Not be used for any other purposes.

• Provides opportunity to experience the Smarter Balanced assessments: – Low-stakes environment – Gauge own technology readiness

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (Cont.)

• Students will have hands-on experience with the functionality of a computer-based assessment.

• Teachers and administrators will gain valuable exposure to administration logistics during a trial run.

• LEAs will benefit from having learned where technology gaps may exist, and then can fully prepare for operational assessments.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (Cont.)

• Field test will take place March 18–June 6, 2014. Shorter windows within this time frame will be assigned to schools by the CDE and Educational Testing Service (ETS).

• Will assess students in grades 3 through 11.– Grades 3–8: Students are expected to participate.

– Grades 9 and 10: Only students selected for the scientific sample are expected to participate.

– Grade 11:* Students selected for the scientific sample are expected to participate; all others are encouraged to participate.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (cont.)• Ninety-five percent of students take a sampling

of both ELA and mathematics items plus one performance task for one subject.

• Five percent of students take either ELA or mathematics items plus one performance task for one subject.

• Content area will be assigned by the CDE and ETS for each school by grade.

• Testing time remains the same for both groups at approximately 3.5 hours.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (cont.)

• Field test windows were approved by governing states on September 10, 2013.

• In grades 3–8, 66 percent of a school’s annual instructional days must be completed before testing can begin.

• In grade 11, 80 percent of a school’s annual instructional days must be completed before testing can begin.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (cont.)

• Practice tests launched May 29, 2013; enhancements added in August 2013

• Provide students, parents, teachers, administrators the opportunity to become familiar with the online testing environment

• Should not be used to guide instructional decisions regarding individual students

• Available for ELA and math for each of grades 3 through 8 and grade 11

• CDE Practice Tests Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/practicetest.asp

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (Cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and

Accommodations Guidelines1. Universal tools, available to all

students. Examples include spell-check, highlighter, embedded ruler, strikethrough, and English dictionary.

2. Designated supports, available to identified students, including English learners, struggling readers, and students with attention deficits. Examples include color-contrast text, the blocking of distracting content, stacked translations, and bilingual dictionary.

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

Smarter Balanced (cont.) Usability, Accessibility, and

Accommodations Guidelines

3. Accommodations, available to students with an individualized education program or a 504 plan that specifies the need for such an accommodation. Examples include closed captioning, Braille, calculator, and scribe.

The Guidelines are available on the CDE Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/access.asp

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California District Support

ETS District Outreach Team

ETS Technical Assistance Center

ETS Technology

Support

External Partners

CDE

Smarter Balanced

• Consortium• Field Test Team• Test

DevelopmentSystem Vendor

District Testing

Coordinators

District Technology

Coordinators

2014 Administration of the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress Assessment System

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent of

Public Instruction

For Further Information

Join the CDE Smarter Balanced Electronic Mailing List subscribe-sbac@mlist.cde.ca.gov

CDE Assessment Transition Officesbac@cde.ca.gov

Technology Readiness Coordinatorsbac-itreadiness@cde.ca.gov

CDE Smarter Balanced Web Pagehttp://www.cde.ca.gov/sbac/

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Web Sitehttp://www.smarterbalanced.org

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