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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)


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


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


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)


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


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


Quiz 1 AnswerQuiz 1 Answer

Which of these receives a performance level of far below basic on API?

C. Modifications


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


California Modified Assessment (CMA) California Modified Assessment (CMA) Participation Criteria

Adopted by the SBE in November 2007


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.


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.”)


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


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.


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


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


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).



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.




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


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)


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



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



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


Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers


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


ContactsContacts

Linda Stoneall, ETS CAPA Program Manager916-403-2419

[email protected]

Don Killmer, CDE Consultant916-319-0350

[email protected]

STAR916-445-8765

[email protected]


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