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How Do Students with How Do Students with Disabilities Participate in the Disabilities Participate in the
Standardized Testing and Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program?Reporting (STAR) Program?
September 28, 2011
Objectives and AgendaObjectives and Agenda
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 2 September 2011
District STAR coordinators will be able to:
• Help IEP teams make informed decisions on the selection and use of accommodations and modifications
• Assign students to the correct STAR test and communicate this information to test site coordinators
OverviewOverview
• California Standards Tests (CSTs) with variations, accommodations, and/or modifications
• California Modified Assessment (CMA) with variations and/or accommodations
• California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) with adaptations
• Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS) with variations, accommodations, and/or modifications
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 3
2011 STAR — Students Tested(English–Language Arts)
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 4
More What’s New in 2012?More What’s New in 2012?
• CST and CMA writing tests: New accommodationReading aloud or signing prompts,
passages
• Braille tests available for CMA ELA grades 10 and 11Geometry
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 5
AccommodationsAccommodations
• Change conditions but not measurement
• Student score counted “as is”
• Student Record Label and Student Master List identified with an “A” to identify the use of any accommodations
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 6
ModificationsModifications
• Change conditions and measurement• Student score reported “as is” only on Student
Report• Student Record Label and Student Master List
identified with a “M” to identify the use of any modifications
• Student score counted as 200 and receives a performance level of far below basic on the academic performance index (API)
• Student score not counted as participating for adequate yearly progress (AYP)
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 7
Matrix 1. Matrix of Test Variations, Accommodations, and Modifications
Sample from the 2011 Matrix of Test Variations, Accommodations, and Modifications for Administration of California Statewide Assessmentshttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 8
Quiz Question 1Quiz Question 1
Which of these receives a performance level of far below basic on API?
A. Accommodations
B. Adaptations
C. Modifications
D. Variations
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 9
Quiz 1 AnswerQuiz 1 Answer
Which of these receives a performance level of far below basic on API?
C. Modifications
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 10 September 2011
California Modified Assessment (CMA)California Modified Assessment (CMA)
• Students must have an IEP• IEP must state the use of CMA and in which
content area(s) • IEP must have goals for content area being
assessed with CMA• Student must meet ALL participation
criteria• Accommodations may be listed on the IEP
or Section 504 plan
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 11 September 2011
California Modified Assessment (CMA) California Modified Assessment (CMA) Participation Criteria
Adopted by the SBE in November 2007
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 12 September 2011
IEP team decision based on:• Previous participation on the CSTs or CAPA• Progress based on multiple measures and
objective evidence• Response to appropriate grade-level instruction• Not precluded from attempting to complete
requirements for a regular high school diploma• Parents are informed that achievement will be
measured based on modified achievement standards
CMA Participation Criteria found at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/participcriteria.asp
CMA CMA Participation Criteria (Continued)
Previous CMA participation and objective evidence• The student may have previously taken the CMA• The student is eligible to continue taking the
CMA regardless of prior performance (either above or below proficient)
• Previous participation should also be considered as part of the objective evidence that the IEP team uses to make the ANNUAL determination of whether the student will be tested with the CMA.
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 13 September 2011
CMA CMA Participation Criteria (Continued)
Science participation• The student may have previously taken the CMA• Students taking the CMA for science do not
need to take the CMA for ELA or mathematics• The student shall have grade-level standards-
based goals for science. (See slides “Unpacking the Standard to Write the Goal.”)
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 14 September 2011
Unpacking the Standard to Write the Goal
1. In writing compare and contrast
5. In writing use climactic order
2. In writing organization by categories
6. In writing use a variety of effective organizational patterns
3. In writing show order of importance
Standard: 6.1.3 Organization and Focus: use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast; organization by categories; and arrangement of spatial order, order of importance, or climactic order
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 15
Unpacking the Standard to Write the Goal (continued)
Standard: 6.1.3 Organization and Focus: use a
variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast
Goal: By March 30, 2012, when given a graphic organizer, Martin will write a three paragraph essay showing the use of compare and contrast, with a rubric score of 3, over 4 consecutive assignments as measured by curriculum-based measures.
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 16
CMA Tests for 2012CMA Tests for 2012
• CMA for ELA in grades 3−11
• CMA for Mathematics in grades 3–7
• CMA for Algebra I (EOC for grades 7–11)
• CMA for Geometry (EOC for grades 8–11)
• CMA for Science in grades 5 and 8
• CMA for Life Science in grade 10
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 17
CMA Test Materials for 2012CMA Test Materials for 2012• CMA for Grade 3
Separate scorable test bookletMust also return CST test booklet if CST test
taken• CMA for Writing in grades 4 and 7
Must be taken if CMA for ELA multiple-choice taken
Order separately from multiple-choicePre-ID separately from multiple-choice
• CMA for Grades 4–7 CST and CMA in same answer document
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 18
CMA Test Materials for 2012CMA Test Materials for 2012
• CMA for Grades 8–11Separate answer documents and test booklets
from CSTlf CMA Pre-ID’d, receive both CMA and CST
answer doc.Return a CST answer document for every CMA
tester who takes a required grade-level history–social science CST (grades 8 and 11), an EOC science CST (grades 9–11), and/or an EOC history–social science CST (grades 9–11).
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 19
Quiz Question 2Quiz Question 2
May students without a disability take CMA?
A.No
B.Yes, if they have a 504 Plan
C.Yes, but only if they scored below basic on a previous CST.
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 20
Quiz 2 AnswerQuiz 2 Answer
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 21
A.No
CST/CMA Answer Document
September 2010
Sample 2012 CST/CMA answer document
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 22
CST/CMA Answer DocumentRight inside
CMA section has:
• Different subject icons from CST
• Alternate row shading for the response bubbles
• Three options choices
• Fewer number of questions
September 2011 2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 23
California Alternate Performance California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA)Assessment (CAPA)
• Students must have an IEP• IEP must state the use of CAPA and what level
(either grade specific or Level I)• During the CAPA administration, student receives
the adaptations that are used in the classroom• Student shall only take CAPA (cannot take one
subject in CAPA and another in CST and/or CMA)
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 24 September 2011
CAPA AdaptationsCAPA Adaptations
• General Adaptations:
• Visual Impairments:
• Auditory Impairments:
• Sensorimotor Impairments:
• Additional information about CAPA Core Adaptations can be found in the CAPA Examiner’s Manual or on the CDE Web site at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/coreadaptations.asp
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 25 September 2011
Quiz Question 3Quiz Question 3
Which of these is an acceptable adaptation for an examiner to use when administering the CAPA Levels II−V tests?
A. Coloring stimulus cardsB. Changing a mathematics stimulus card
from “X” to “__”C. Giving an example of how to answer a
questionD. Allowing an eye gaze as a way to answer a
question
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 26 September 2011
Quiz 3 AnswerQuiz 3 Answer
Which of these is an acceptable adaptation for an examiner to use when administering the CAPA Levels II−V tests?
D. Allowing an eye gaze as a way to answer a question
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 27 September 2011
Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 28 September 2011
For More InformationFor More Information
• STARhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/
• CST blueprints: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/blueprints.asp
• CMA http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/cmastar.asp
• CMA blueprints: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/cmablueprints.asp
• CAPA http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/capa.asp
• CAPA blueprints: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/capablueprints.asp
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 29 September 2011
ContactsContacts
Linda Stoneall, ETS CAPA Program Manager916-403-2419
Don Killmer, CDE Consultant916-319-0350
STAR916-445-8765
2012 STAR for Students with Disabilities || Slide 30 September 2011