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Up-date on Up-date on Assessment in ConnecticutAssessment in Connecticut
Up-date on Up-date on Assessment in ConnecticutAssessment in Connecticut
Dr. Barbara Q. Beaudin, Dr. Barbara Q. Beaudin,
Associate CommissionerAssociate Commissioner
Division of Assessment and AccountabilityDivision of Assessment and Accountability
Chief, Bureau of Student AssessmentChief, Bureau of Student Assessment
Connecticut State Department of EducationConnecticut State Department of Education
September 19, 2008September 19, 2008
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Assessment in Connecticut
CMT 1986 M, R, W 4, 6, 8
2006 M, R, W 3 - 8
2008 Add Science
5 and 8
CAPT 1995 M, S, R, W 10
2007 M, S, R, W 10
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Assessment in Connecticut: Special
PopulationsSkills Checklist
2000 Functional, daily living, self-help, and social skills (one form)
4, 6, 8, 10
Skills Checklists
2006 M, ELA, Access 3 – 8, 10
2008 Add Science 5, 8, 10
LAS 2000 2002
Oral language,Reading, Writing
3 – 11
LAS_Links 2006 Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
3 – 11
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Assessment in Connecticut: Early Grades
Pre-K Inventory
2003
Acquisition of Pre-K Framework competencies
Pre-K
DRA 1999
Reading K - 3
DIBELS 2004
Reading K – 3
KindergartenInventory
2006
‘Readiness’ K
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Assessment in Connecticut:High School College and Voc. Prep
SAT and PSAT/NMSQT
1940’s
M, R, W, and Achievement Tests
9, 10, 11
AP Tests 1984 34 College level courses
10 - 12
N.O.C.T.I. Tests in trade-related areas
10 - 12
NAEP State
1990 4, 8 and 12
M, R, W, and other subjects
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• Curriculum Frameworks and Grade Level Expectations
• Blueprint• Specifications for Item
Development• Committee Review• Field Testing• Pulling Forms – Pre-equating• Linking Within Generations
CMT and CAPT Content
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Site: http://www.ctreports.com
• View Report – pdf file
• Text report – EXCEL file
Reporting On-line Data
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Information Reported:State, District or School
• Performance Levels– Advanced– Goal– Proficient– Basic– Below Basic
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This public site is designed to provide quick and easy access to student performance results on the Connecticut Mastery Test, 4th Generation (CMT4). On this site, you will find a wealth of information at your fingertips in a highly interactive and flexible format. You can create your own reports, graphs, and/or external data files with powerful tools to query and disaggregate data.
• State by District/School Report • Performance Level Summary Report • Overall Summary Report • Sub-Group Report • Participation Rate Report • Content Strand Report • Vertical Scale Analysis Report • Skills Checklist Report • Accommodations Summary Report
• For all available Connecticut reports, click here, and for more information about this application, please contact [email protected].
•Notice: Summary numbers on this website are calculated using CMT reporting rules. The summary numbers are not calculated using NCLB reporting rules. These calculation methods are different and often result in differences in school and district calculations. Read more. © 2008 eMetric
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State by District/School Report Grade 8, 2008
Select Content:• Mathematics (Select All | Reset) • Content Strands (% Mastery of Each Content
Strand)• Total Mathematics Number Tested• Average # of Content Strands Mastered• Average Raw Score • Average Scale Score• Percent by Level• % At / Above Goal • % At / Above Proficiency
Select Sub-Groups for Summary:– Gender, Ethnicity, F/R Meals, Special Ed, ELL– Select Students by Demographics: (Default is all
students.)
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NCLB Legislation• Statewide assessment systems, aligned
with state content standards, must measure students’ achievement annually in grades 3-8 and one grade from 9 – 11 in mathematics and reading beginning in 2005-06, and one grade each from 3 – 5, 6– 8, and 9 – 11 in science beginning in 2007-08.
• All students must be proficient in mathematics, reading and science by 2014
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NCLB Accountability Requirements for States
• Statewide system of challenging content standards for all students
• Statewide system of challenging academic achievement standards
• A single system with high technical quality
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• Alignment between content and achievement standards
• Inclusion of all students in the assessment system
• Accurate, timely and useful reports
NCLB Requirements for States, cont.
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Adequate Yearly Progress
• Schools and districts that do not make ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ (AYP) are identified annually
• The state institutes a range of sanctions, depending on the number of consecutive years of identification
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2008-09 CMT, CAPT and Skills Checklist
AYP Levels for NCLB Accountability
• CMT AYP (Elementary and Middle Schools)Reading: 79% at/above ProficientMath: 82% at/above Proficient95% participation
• CAPT AYP (High Schools)Reading: 81% at/above ProficientMath: 80% at/above Proficient95% participation
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AYP Status 2008•Of the 805 Elementary and Middle
Schools in the State, 349 Did Not Make AYP.
•Of Connecticut’s 182 High Schools, 59 Did Not Make AYP.
•Of Connecticut’s 171 School Districts, 44 Did Not Make AYP
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CSBE Priorities• Pre-school and Early Childhood
• Closing the Achievement Gap
• High School Reform
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Early Childhood Assessment Initiatives
• Pre-KIS• Individual Student Fall Kindergarten
Inventory (10-14n)• Kindergarten Data Bulletin• Legislated Pre-K through 3 Longitudinal
Study• Reading Summit• DRA2
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Closing the Achievement Gap
• Model Curriculum Development
• Grade Level Expectations (Instruction & Assessment)
• Benchmark Assessments
• Modified Assessments
• Vertical Scales
• Enhanced Assessment Grants - High Schooland Accommodations
• Technology
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High School Reform Initiative
• Individual Student Success Plan Focused on Career Path and Support system
• Increased Course Requirements• Model Curriculum, Model End-of-
Course Exams and Performance Tasks
• Senior Capstone Project