Welcome to theELA Smarter Balanced Research

and Speaking and Listening Claims

West Virginia Department of Education

Office of Assessment and Research

November 20, 2014

While you wait for the webinar to begin, please be sure to turn on your speakers.

You can try this link if your speakers aren’t working.https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Set-up-and-test-Lync-audio-f4336d14-50ef-45a8-91df-1074121a0033

ELA Smarter Balanced Research and Speaking and Listening Claims

Welcome

Stacey Murrell, Ed. D.Interim Assessments Coordinator

Office of Assessment and Research

Smarter Balanced ELA Claims

ELA: Targets by Grade Level for each Claim

Agenda• Claim 4 Research• Claim 4 Targets/Content Standards• Claim 4 Sample Items• Claim 3 Speaking and Listening • Claim 3 Targets/Content Standards• Claim 3 Sample Items• Question and Answer Session

Claim 4

• Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

Shift in Assessment Relative to Claim 4

• Increased emphasis on writing informative/explanatory texts and arguments

• Emphasis on using multiple texts when researching

• Emphasis on source-based writing• Using sources to research and write about

topics• Evaluation and analysis of sources• Inclusion of multiple types of sources

Claim 4 Stimuli

• Most Claim 4 stimuli should appear to be excerpts from research sources of various academic disciplines

• Examples such as:– Journal articles– Informational books/websites– Scientific sources– Paired excerpts on the same topic– Primary and secondary sources

Claim 4 Assessment Targets

• Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.– Target 1: Plan/Research [Not assessed on summative]– Target 2: Interpret/Integrate/Analyze Information– Target 3: Analyze/Evaluate Information/Sources– Target 4: Use Evidence

Target 2: Interpret/Integrate/Analyze Information

• Focus on analyzing information within and among research sources

• At the elementary level, the student chooses information that can be categorized into central ideas, key details, or subtopics of a report. OR, the student chooses information for a given purpose

• At the middle and high school levels, students are analyzing information for research purposes, paraphrasing, and identifying instances of plagiarism.

Claim 4 Target 2 ElementaryGrade 3 Standards

Grade 5 Standards

Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate Middle Grades

Grade 6 Standards

Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate Middle Grades

Grade 7 Standards

Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate Middle Grades

Grade 8 Standards

Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/ Integrate

High Grades

Grade 9-11 Standards

Target 3: Analyze (Grades 3-5) Information/Sources

Evaluate (Grades 6-11) Information/Sources

• Focus on finding relevant sources of information

• For 3-5, focus is on analyzing sources in order to locate additional information

• For 6-11, focus is evaluation of sources for accuracy and credibility

Claim 4 Target 3 Elementary Analyze (Grades 3-5) Information/Sources

Grade 3 Standards

Grade 5 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 Middle GradesEvaluate (Grades 6-8) Information/Sources

Grade 6 Standards

Grade 7 Standards

Grade 8 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 High Grades Evaluate (Grades 9-11) Information/Sources

Grade 9-11 Standards

Target 4: Use Evidence

• Focus on using information to support opinions/conjectures/arguments/critiques/ analyses, depending on the grade

• Requires the use of evidence- all items focus on selecting evidence to support research

Claim 4 Target 4 Use EvidenceGrade 3 Standards

Grade 5 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 Middle GradesUse EvidenceGrade 6 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 Middle GradesUse Evidence

Grade 7 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 Middle GradesUse Evidence

Grade 8 Standards

Claim 4 Target 3 High Grades Use Evidence

Grade 9-11 Standards

Claim 3

• Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.

Shift in Assessment Relative to Claim 3• Increased emphasis on speaking and listening

skills• Emphasis on determining main ideas and details

from an audio stimuli• Emphasis on use of ability to use evidence from

an audio stimuli• Using audio to interpret and use information • Evaluation and analysis of audio sources• Inclusion of informational audio sources

Claim 3 Stimuli• Claim 3 stimuli are 1 minute audio

presentations used to measure listening• Types– GR3-5: biographies, autobiographies, history,

social studies, science, the arts, technical texts– GR6-11: exposition, argument, personal essays,

speeches, opinion pieces, the arts, literature, memoirs, journalism, historical texts, scientific, technical, economic

• Students can pause, rewind, and replay

Claim 3 Assessment Targets

• Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences– Target 1: Language and Vocabulary Use [Not assessed on

summative]– Target 2: Clarify Message [Not assessed on summative]– Target 3: Plan/Speak/ Present [Not assessed on

summative]– Target 4: Listen/ Interpret

Target 4: Listen/Interpret

• Focus on analyzing and interpreting information within an audio presentation

• At the elementary level, the student identifies purpose, central idea, or key points. OR, the student identifies use of supporting evidence.

• At the middle and high school levels, – students are identifying, interpreting, or analyzing the point of

view, purpose, central idea, or key points. – OR, the students are analyzing how information is presented and/or

the effects of the delivery. – OR, the students are analyzing the sufficiency of evidence within

the audio– OR, the students are drawing and supporting a conclusion based on

the content

Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret Elementary

Grade 3 Standards

Grade 4 Standards

Grade 5 Standards

Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret Middle Grades

Grade 7 Standards

Grade 8 Standards

Grade 6 Standards

Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret High Grades

Grade 9-11 Standards

Practicing Claim 3 and 4 Items

WVDE Interim Resources on http://tinyurl.com/wvnxg-interims

• Grade 3: 20 Claim 4 questions• Grade 4: 20 Claim 4 questions• Grade 5-11: 10 Claim 4 questions (should be

available end of November. I am reviewing them before posting.)

• Grade 3-11: 10 Claim 3 questions (should be available mid-December. I am working on audio stimuli for questions.)

Smarter BalancedPractice Test (Includes Claim 3 and 4) and Answer Keys

• Grade 3 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 4 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 5 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 6 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 7 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 8 ELA/Braille [PDF] • Grade 11 ELA/Braille [PDF]• http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/resourc

es/#manuals

Write your own using Smarter Balanced Item Specifications

• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/

• English Language Arts/Literacy Item Specification

• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 9-11 (ZIP) (Updated 2/4/14)

Questions and Answers

When should we begin practicing with students?

• Your teachers and principals would want to decide the plan for practicing.

• Two considerations: Practice as a classroom activity (using SmartBoard, etc.) and Practice in a computer lab

• Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests • WVDE Interim Resources on

http://tinyurl.com/wvnxg-interims

Will performance tasks be computer adaptive?

• Performance tasks have to be hand scored, so they are not computer adaptive. Computer adaptive items are ones that can be automatically scored.

Where can we locate question stems?• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/ • English Language Arts/Literacy Item Specification

• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 9-11 (ZIP) (Updated 2/4/14)

• Performance Tasks• ELA PT Item Specs Opinion Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)• ELA PT Item Specs Narrative Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)• ELA PT Item Specs Informative Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)• ELA PT Item Specs Narrative Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (10/27/14)• ELA PT Item Specs Explanatory Grades 6-8,11 (ZIP) (5/20/14)• ELA PT Item Specs Argumentative Grades 6-8,11 (ZIP) (5/20/14)

Will we be involved with grading writing?

• Teachers will grade their students performance tasks in the Interim Assessments website; however, the testing vendor will hire hand scorers for the summative test.

What are two or three websites to use for basic information or classroom resources?

• http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/resources/

• Digital Library: email Dr. Vaughn Rhudy, vlrhudy@k12.wv.us

Agenda• Claim 4 Research• Claim 4 Targets/Content Standards• Claim 4 Sample Items• Claim 3 Speaking and Listening • Claim 3 Targets/Content Standards• Claim 3 Sample Items• Question and Answer Session

Questions?

• Survey on this training session• Go here:• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QXVB3W3