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Using the Smarter Balanced Assessment in Course Placement in Washington State: System Implementation Work Group December 2014 Bill Moore Director, Core to College Alignment & K-12 Partnerships
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Supporting Common Core Standards Anchored in college and career readiness expectations Framework for meaningful K-16 “alignment” Opportunity to address equity issues in college preparation and readiness Incorporating Smarter Balanced Assessment into Placement Process Improvement over existing tools (cost, item variety and range, …) Transparency and ownership Opportunity to create incentive for more students to get “college- ready” in high school Making a Case for:
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Using the Smarter Balanced Assessment in Course Placement
in Washington State: System Implementation Work Group
December 2014Bill Moore
Director, Core to College Alignment & K-12 Partnerships
WA Core to College Questions1. Do the Common Core State
Standards and Smarter Balanced assessment represent a definition of college- and career-readiness that works for higher education?
2. Specifically, how will the 11th grade assessment results be used?
Supporting Common Core Standards
• Anchored in college and career readiness expectations
• Framework for meaningful K-16 “alignment”
• Opportunity to address equity issues in college preparation and readiness
Incorporating Smarter Balanced Assessment
into Placement Process
• Improvement over existing tools (cost, item variety and range, …)
• Transparency and ownership
• Opportunity to create incentive for more students to get “college-ready” in high school
Making a Case for:
A System of Assessments and Resources
System policy work group (Fall 2013)
Cross-sector summit gathering (November 2014)
Review data and re-assess agreement(by January 2019)
Develop specific
proposal for SB use in
higher education
Review and
endorse proposal
Promote agreement statewide
System group and institutional review (Winter 2014--Spring 2014)
BIs Sept. 2014
Developing the Agreement
CTC system
May 2014
Offers Washington high school students the opportunity to establish their readiness for college-level coursework based on their scores on the 11th grade Smarter Balanced assessment
Represents Washington higher education’s commitment to improve student college readiness by – providing an incentive for achieving the
Common Core standards – creating alternatives for students to use their
senior year more effectively
Key Elements of Higher Education Agreements
Details at http://www.wsac.wa.gov/college-readiness or http://c2cwa.wordpress.com/
Class of
2016Take SB spring 2015
Enter higher
education fall 2016
Class of
2017Take SB spring 2016
Enter higher
education fall 2017
Class of
2018Take SB spring 2017
Enter higher
education fall 2018
3-Year Agreement Timeframe
Review agreement in winter 2018 and consider revision/renewal for class of 2019
Smarter Balanced Agreement11th Grade
Score Level
Math Placement Options Available Based on Score
English Placement Options Available Based on Score
4Any entry college-level math course through pre-calculus I
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent)
3
An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway
An entry-level calculus pathway math course, contingent on a B or better in a calculus pathway class in the senior year of high school
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent)
Smarter Balanced Agreement (2)11th Grade Score Level
Math Placement Options Available Based on Score
English Placement Options Available Based on Score
2
An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway, contingent on a B or better in the statewide college readiness/ transition course or through local institutional processes (transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.)
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent)
[contingency same as math]
1
Additional placement information, determined by local institutional processes (transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.), needed for all entry-level courses
[Same as math]
Initial Performance Achievement Levels
November 2014
Mathematics: Estimated Percentage of Students at Each Achievement Level
3 4 5 6 7 8 110%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
32% 27% 35% 35% 36% 38% 40%
29% 36%32% 32% 31% 30% 27%
27% 24% 18% 19% 20% 19% 22%
12% 13% 15% 14% 13% 13% 11%
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Grade
Est.
% a
t Eac
h Le
vel
Estimates based on Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced field test conducted in 21 states and USVI.
ELA/Literacy: Estimated Percentage of Students at Each Achievement Level
3 4 5 6 7 8 110%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
35% 37% 33% 30% 34% 28% 28%
27% 22% 23% 29% 28%31% 31%
20% 23% 29% 30% 30% 32% 30%
18% 18% 15% 11% 8% 9% 11%
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Grade
Est.
% in
Eac
h Le
vel
Estimates based on Spring 2014 Smarter Balanced field test conducted in 21 states and USVI.
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