Smarter Balanced Assessment

January 8, 2015 West Seattle STEM PTA

Mary Bannister, Julie Schmick and Ben Ostrom

Why Smarter Balanced?

Washington State adopted the Common Core Standards.

Common Core Standard attainment will be assessed via

Whoo will be assessed?

The Smarter Balanced Assessment will be administered to students in grades 3 – 8 and 11.

Me?

What will be assessed?

ReadingWritingListeningMathematics

5th grade will continue to use MSP for Science Assessment!

When will my student be assessed?

How will my student be assessed?

Smarter Balanced is an online assessment.Students will take it via computers at school.

We will design a computer schedule to give students the time they need to take the assessment.

MSP -Out with the Old

SBAC – In with the New

Grades 3-8 Grades 3-8Test Booklet •Computer Adaptive Test or CAT delivered

on computer.

•Performance Task or PT - Must have a lesson (approx. 30 min.) taught in the classroom 1-3 days in advance of seeing the PT. PT is delivered on the computer with a 30 minute presentation and then students respond to the task directly on computers.

•CAT and PT are both parts of Math and ELA

Math – All grades Math – All grades

Reading – All grades Reading – All grades but combined into English Language Arts/Literacy or ELA

SPS. “SBAC Overview for Family Symposium.” Fall 2014. http://smarterbalanced.mysps.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=4449499&sessionid=1aa87ec831c353e8f6092c8596bff0d5 accessed 5 January 2014. Web.

MSP -Out with the Old

SBAC – In with the New

Grades 3-8 Grades 3-8

Writing – Grades 4 and 7 Writing – All grades but combined into English Language Arts/Literacy or ELA. Only one “prompt” for each grade level similar to MSP but not exactly the same.

No listening Listening – All grades but combined into English Language Arts/Literacy or ELA. Headphones required.

Science – Grades 5 & 8 – Same No science

School Test Coordinator Training focused on protocol for proctors and coding of booklets.

School Test Coordinator Training focused on Online Management Tool (similar to online MSP) and protocol and logistics – tickets/login/student navigation of embedded tools. School-wide schedule? Who proctors?

SPS. “SBAC Overview for Family Symposium.” Fall 2014. http://smarterbalanced.mysps.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=4449499&sessionid=1aa87ec831c353e8f6092c8596bff0d5 accessed 5 January 2014. Web.

MSP -Out with the Old

SBAC – In with the New

Grades 3-8 Grades 3-8Set district schedule Flexible schedule set by schools

within the last 12 weeks of school. District approval required. Will take a lot of building planning for schedule with computers for both CAT and PT.

Untimed, but must finish in 1 day.

Untimed Scheduled over multiple days for each CAT and PT or in a block schedule: CAT is done in one day PT on another dayPT must finish within 5 days of computer presentationCAT will be active after login up to 45 days.

Test taking skills - all paper/pencil

Test taking skills:

1. To use embedded tools – practice tests are online

2. Keyboarding skillsSPS. “SBAC Overview for Family Symposium.” Fall 2014. http://smarterbalanced.mysps.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=4449499&sessionid=1aa87ec831c353e8f6092c8596bff0d5 accessed 5 January 2014. Web.

What if I want more information?Seattle Public Schools has an overview for families.http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/SBAC%20Overview%20(For%20Families).pdf?sessionid=f7273521a9a3987ad076f7d408b6eb7b

and Smarter Balanced provided this parent sheet “Preparing Students for Success.”http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Smarter-Balanced-Parents-Factsheet.pdf

What can I do as a parent?

Acknowledge that this is a new and CHALLENGING format!

Encourage your student to persist and do their personal best!

Make certain your student is well rested during the assessment window.

Provide a water-bottle to keep your student hydrated and healthy snacks for brain-food.

Have your student practice their touch typing skills at home with programs such as DanceMat Typing and the new Typing Agent!

http://primarygamesarena.com/Dance-Mat-Typing2012 http://typingagent.www.seattleschools.org

FYI – In Typing Agent Students' usernames will be first initial, middle initial, and last name.  Password: seattle

ResourcesOSPI. “Washington State Smarter Balanced Consortium. <

http://www. k12.wa.us/ smarter/default.aspx> accessed 25 November 2014. Web.

Smarter Balanced Consortium. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ accessed 25 November 2014. Web.

Smarter Balanced Consortium. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/performance-tasks/animal-performance.pdf accessed 25 November 2014. Web.

Smarter Balanced Digital Library. https://www.smarterbalancedlibrary.org/digital-library-resources accessed 25 November 2014. Web.

SPS. “Not Your Parents’ Bubble Sheets.” Fall 2014. Print.SPS. “SBAC Overview for Family Symposium.” Fall 2014. http

://smarterbalanced.mysps.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=4449499&sessionid=1aa87ec831c353e8f6092c8596bff0d5 accessed 5 January 2014. Web.

SPS. “Smarter Balanced.” http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=&pageid=313774. accessed 25 November 2014. Web.

SPS. “Wall Calendar.” http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/363488OPT.pdf?&sessionid=63c88b5398c7742a54042974f4627299 accessed 25 November 2014. Web.