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Pennsylvania State Assessments2012 - 2013
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New This Year• Return of the Keystone Exams • No PSSA-M or Grade 11 PSSA• All students in Grade 11 who have not taken
the Keystone Exams must take them• All PA assessments are available on-line
– PSSA, Keystone Exams, CDT• Field testing PACC-aligned items in grades
3 – 5 in Math, Reading and Writing
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Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)
Math & Reading: Feb 18 – Mar 29, 2013 Science: May 6 – May 31 , 2013 Writing: No statewide test form; individually created
(by teacher), scored (by teacher), and stored (in IEP folder)
Who participates in the PASA? Grades 3-8 and 11 Students with a significant cognitive disability
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Accommodations Accommodations Training for PSSA and Keystone Exams:
October 31, 2012, and November 6, 2012 PSSA
http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/testing_accommodations_security/7448
English Language Learners http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/
testing_accommodations_security/7448 PASA
www.pasaassessment.org
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PSSA Math
Assessment2013
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Math 2013
Scores come from the COMMON ONLY.
2013 PSSA Math Test Format Number of Multiple
Choice Items per Student
(1 point each)
Number of Open-Ended Items per
Student (4 points each)
GradeEstimated
Time of Test
Common Multiple Choice Items
Equating Block Items
Field Test
Items
Common Open-Ended Items
Equating Block Items
Field Test
Items
Total Number of Score Points
3-8
180 minutes
3 sessions
60 2 10 3 0 160+12=
72
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Math 2013 Embedded Field Test
Gr 3-5 FT items based on PACC Gr 6-8 FT items based on current Anchors
Open-Ended items scored on a 0-4 scale Item-specific scoring guidelines but no general rubric Formula sheets will be provided for grades 7 and 8. Formulas
needed in grades 5 and 6 are provided with the item- See Resource Materials on our web site for the formula
sheets and item samplers
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Item Specifics
Multiple choice items based on Eligible Content* Open-ended items based on Anchor (Verbs come from Anchor,
Anchor Descriptor or Eligible Content; Content comes from Eligible Content.)
Reminder: Have students read the OE items carefully and answer exactly what is being asked.
*All items based on the PACC may cross Eligible Content and Anchors and Reporting Categories.
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Item Specifics
Examples of how OE items might be phrased: - Show or explain all your work. - Show all your work. Explain why you did each step. - Explain why [something is true or false] - Describe how [doing something affects something else; to find something, etc.]
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Math 2013 Some notes about open-ended items:
- Guess and Check is a valid method but at least two incorrect guesses must be shown to receive full credit.
- Not all open-ended items require a “why.”- At least half the score points must come from one Anchor.
The rest can come from anywhere else in that Reporting Category.
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Math 2013
Testing time is approximately 150-180 minutes for Math. Testing in Grades 3 - 8. Can have a “blemish” and still get a score of 4 “e.g. missing $” may or may not be a blemish depending on
the item and grade. “Guess and check” is a valid, acceptable strategy but to get
full credit at least two incorrect “guesses” must be shown.
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Math 2013
If an answer box is given the answer does not have to be in the answer box to receive full credit, but if there is an answer in the answer box it overrides any other answer given.
An incorrect answer carried through correctly will receive full credit for the correct part.
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Math 2013The following are NOT allowed for the PSSA
or Keystones: Non-calculators such as cell phones, PDAs, laptops,
minicomputers, pocket organizers, etc. Beaming capabilities. (These must be disabled.) Wireless communication technologies. Calculators having
wireless communication technologies may be used if those technologies are disabled.
Calculators with QWERTY keyboards or other typewriter-like keyboards or keypads (e.g. Dvorak).
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Math 2013The following are NOT allowed for the PSSA
or Keystones: Calculators with built in Computer Algebra Systems – CAS. Calculators that make noise, have paper tape, need to be
plugged in or talk unless these specific calculators are required as an accommodation. (Please refer to the Accommodations Manual.)
Sharing calculators by students during a test session. All programs/information stored in a calculator. These must be
deleted prior to using that calculator on any section of the PSSA. Typically these are graphing calculators but scientific calculators may also contain stored programs.
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Math 2013
Grade 3: CANNOT use calculators Answers marked in test booklet
Grade 4 and up: Calculators ARE permitted on all but the beginning few
items.*
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Keystone Algebra I• Two modules• Each Module has 30 points – 18 from multiple
choice and 12 from open-ended• Each open-ended is worth four points• Some open-ended will be machine scored• Students in the class of 2017 must score at the
proficient or advanced level to graduate
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Keystone Algebra I• Modules are scored separately and can be
passed separately• Students must score proficient (or higher) on
the entire exam but not necessarily pass each module
• If a student retakes the exam the highest score on each module will count
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Keystone Algebra I – What It Measures
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About the Test Three Reading Sections on the PSSA Math and Reading sections alternate
- Math: Sections 1, 3, 5- Reading: Sections 2, 4, 6
Alignment with PA Academic Standards: Assesses knowledge and skills described in the Assessment Anchor Content Standards
Target Passage Types- Eligible passage genres identified at each grade level
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Question Types and Scoring Multiple-choice responses are bubbled in by the student and
scored by machine.- One point each
Open-ended (short answer) responses are written out by the student and scored by trained raters.
- Three points are possible for each- Item-specific scoring guide
Grade 3- Students write in test booklets
Grades 4 – 8 - Students write in answer booklets
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New Test Question Types
Grades 3-5 Transitional Field Test Items
• Selected Response (SR) (multiple choice) – worth 1-2 points
• Text Dependent Analysis–Essay Answer – worth four points–Scored with a holistic rubric
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Grade 3 Three sessions Sections 2, 4, & 6 (alternates w/Math) Approximately 50 - 70 minutes each Target Passage Types for Common Passages
- Two Stories- One Poem- One Informational- One Autobiography/Biography
or one Practical/How-to/Advertisement 56 Multiple-choice items, two selected response items (40
common items) Three open-ended items (two common items) Students write ALL answers in test booklet
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Grade 4-5 Three sessions Sections 2, 4, & 6 (alternates w/Math) Approximately 50 - 95 minutes each Target Passage Types for Common Passages
- Two Stories- One Poem- One Informational- One Autobiography/Biography
or one Practical/How-to/Advertisement 56 Multiple-choice items, two SR items (40 common items) Five open-ended items (4 common items) One Text Dependent Analysis item Students write ALL answers in test booklet
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Grades 6-8 Three sessions Sections 2, 4, & 6 (alternates w/Math) Approximately 50 –75 minutes each Target Passage Types (mix varies by grade)
- Story (all grades)- Poem (all grades)- Informational (all grades)- Autobiography/Biography (eligible at all grades)- Practical/How-to/Advertisement - Essay/Editorial (grades 5, 6, 7, 8)
58 Multiple-choice items (40 common items) Five Open-ended items (four common items) Students write answers in answer booklet
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Genre Coverage
GradeFiction
(and Nonfiction) Narrative
Nonfiction
3 50-70% 30-50%
4 50-70% 30-50%
5 50-70% 30-50%
6 40-60% 40-60%
7 40-60% 40-60%
8 40-60% 40-60%
11 30-50% 50-70%
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PSSA Reading Assessment Accommodations
Certain accommodations are available for students taking the PSSA Reading assessments.
Test administrator may not read aloud any part of the reading passages or reading test questions and answer choices.
Please refer to PDE’s accommodations guidelines documents for further information.
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Writing 2013
Grades 5, 8 Multiple-Choice Writing Prompts Mode-specific Scoring Guidelines for composition Conventions scored separately
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Writing 2013 Alignment
- Standards (not the revised PACC)- End of elementary and middle
Holistic “hybrid” scoring- Holistic scoring for composition—more appropriate for
large-scale assessments- Separate scoring for conventions leaves emphasis on
composing- Multiple-choice adds validity & reliability
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Grade 5 Multiple-Choice Section given first
- Five passages (three core, two field test) with embedded editing and revision errors
- Four questions for each passage, 20 multiple choice questions total Writing prompts
- Two common prompts- Any two of three modeshttp://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/
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Grade 8 Multiple-Choice Section given first
- Five passages (three core, two field test) with embedded editing and revision errors
- Four questions for each passage, total 20 questions Writing prompts
- Two core prompts- One field test prompt- Informational and Persuasive modes only
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How Are Responses Scored? Each writing prompt will be scored using a 4 pt. conventions
rubric and a 4 pt. writing rubric with a variable mode emphasis. Writing prompt responses scored by hand (with 10 percent
read twice)- Focus, Content, Organization and Style
* Scored holistically* 1-4 pt. Mode-specific Scoring Guide
- Editing and Revising:* Scored separately * 1-4 pt. Conventions Scoring Guideline
Bubbled multiple choice responses scored by machine* 1 pt. each
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Keystone Literature Exam
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Keystone Exams will be used for two purposes:
Proposed state requirement that the class of 2017 and beyond demonstrate proficiency for the purpose of graduation
Accountability as per No Child Left Behind (NCLB), i.e. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
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The Literature Keystone Exam will assess students’ mastery of the Literature Assessment Anchors as defined by the Eligible Content and will be aligned to the Concepts and Competencies.
Module 1 Module 2Assessment Anchors Covered Fiction Literature Nonfiction Literature
Number of Eligible Content Covered 25 31
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Types of questions and number of questions covered in the Literature Keystone Exam operational form.
*Multiple Choice Questions
Constructed Response Questions
*Multiple Choice Questions
Constructed Response Questions
*Multiple Choice Questions
Constructed Response Questions
Number of Operational Questions
2 17 3 2 17 3 4 34 6
Number of Field Test Questions
1 6 1 1 6 1 2 12 2
Total 3 23 4 3 23 4 6 46 8
Module 1 Module 2 Total
* Number of passages
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Types of questions and number of points covered in the Literature Keystone Exam operational form.
Module 1 Module 2
Number of Operational Multiple Choice Questions
17 questions @ 1 point each = 17points
17 questions @ 1 point each = 17 points
Number of Operational Constructed- Response Questions
3 questions at 3 points each = 9 points
3 questions at 3 points each = 9 points
Total Number of Points 26 points 26 points
Percentage of Points for Entire Test 50% 50%
There will be a total of 52 points (Module 1 and Module 2 combined), with approximately 65 percent multiple-choice points and 35 percent constructed-response points.
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Estimated time a typical student would need to complete Module 1 and Module 2 of the Literature Keystone Exam operational form.
Operational Questions
Field Test Questions
Total Questions
Number of Minutes 104 42 146
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For more information See the Standards Aligned System website at
http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx
Or See the PDE assessment webpages at
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_system_of_school_assessment_%28pssa%29/8757/test_administration/507611
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PSSA Science
Assessment 2013
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PSSA Science 2013
All students in grades 4 and 8
Exception:
- PASA students
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PSSA Science 2013
Criterion Reference Four Reporting Categories - The Nature of Science - Biological Sciences - Physical Sciences - Earth and Space Sciences Embedded Field Test Open-Ended items scored on a 0-2 Item-specific scoring guidelines
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PSSA Science 2013
Science Test Composition 50% Nature of Science (Inquiry) 50% Biological Science Physical Science Earth and Space Sciences
(Content)
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PSSA Science 2013 Test Blueprint
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Biology Keystone 2012-2013
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Biology Keystone 2012-2013
The Biology Keystone Exam takes the place of the Grade 11 PSSA Science Assessment for 2012-2013
Two purposes:- Proposed state requirement that the class of 2017
and beyond must demonstrate proficiency for the purpose of earning a PA high school diploma - Accountability as per No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculations
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Biology Keystone 2012-2013
The Biology Keystone Exam will measure the Biology Assessment Anchors as defined by the
Eligible Content and will be aligned to the Concepts and Competencies
Module 1 - Cells and Cell Processes
Module 2 - Continuity and Unity of Life
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Biology Keystone 2012-2013
Eligible Content may be assessed using knowledgeand/or skills associated with the Nature of Science
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Biology Keystone 2012-2013
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