lyla springfield 5/2007 fcat reading update clas presentation may 2007

Lyla Springfield 5/2007

FCAT Reading Update

CLAS Presentation

May 2007


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SSS Revisions and FCAT Reading

• FCAT Reading Content Advisory met January 2006 to provide feedback, edits, and global concerns.

• Revised standards were placed on the Internet for public feedback.

• Additional comments and edits were provided by educators during Passage Review, April 25–28, 2006.

• The Test Development Center created a crosswalk to show articulation across grades: 2–6, 5–8, 8–9/10 and provided feedback to FDOE.


SSS Revisions and FCAT Reading

The new SSS were approved by the state board and posted on the FDOE website.

The FCAT Content Advisory Committee and the TDC Reading team reviewed the SSS again, May, 2007.

Edits were made and applied. The new “July 2007 SSS” are now on the FDOE website.


SSS Revisions and FCAT Reading May, 2007 Content Advisory also

discussed the impact of the new SSS on the FCAT.

How much revision will be needed? How much time will it take? Why is the process so complex? In what ways can the process be

shortened?


How much revision…

FCAT Reading will have increased rigor and more SSS benchmarks.

FCAT Mathematics will also have increased rigor but fewer SSS benchmarks.


How much time…

Using the existing FCAT schedule– Determine what/how to test Now-August 2007– Prepare test and item specifications (August-

December 2007)– Develop/review new items (January-August 2008)– Teachers review new items (October 2008)– Field test items with students (February-March

2010)– New test and scores (February-March 2011)


Why is the process so complex?

High stakes testing is important and litigious– Debra P. vs. Turlington - landmark Florida case– Development must be careful, deliberate, and

inclusive– Accepted best practice should be followed

(Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing)

– Instructional validity is a must (instruction in new SSS)

– Adequate resources and opportunity to learn


Why complex continued…

NCLB requirements for Standards and Assessments– Alignment to content standards (external

review)– Involvement of Educators (thorough

processes)– Technical studies of quality (reliability,

validity, scaling, reporting, standard setting, etc.)


Can the process be shortened? Hire a contractor to manage the new

development. Risks/Challenges:

– Time for competitive procurement (6-8 month delay)

– Item quality (must be similar to existing item bank)– Relationship to existing contract requirements– Management oversight is still needed


Shorten process continued…

Hire more staff to manage the new development

Risks/Challenges:– Time for training– Management oversight is still needed



Faster within existing resources

Risks/Challenges:– Jeopardize other activities

(proofing/scoring)– Impossible workload (staff attrition)– Limit educator involvement



Conduct a separate field test Risks/Challenges:

– Two (2) FCAT administrations in one year– Comparable time frame for both (late

spring)– Student motivation - questionable data


Suggestions from the Content Advisory Committee Revisit graduation requirements Retake parts of test Resources equitable in all schools PT’s grades change Align more passages with Social

Studies and Science Adjust length of test


SSS Revision’s Impact on FCATApproximate time line

One year after approval of new SSS: New FCAT Item Specifications prepared for Item Writer Training. Development begins on next-generation FCAT items.

Two years after approval of new SSS: First cycle of next-generation FCAT item

development complete. Test construction process begins for following year’s test.

Three years after approval of new SSS: Field test of next-generation FCAT items.


SSS Revision’s Impact on FCAT

Approximate time line

Four years after approval of new SSS: First test year in which next-generation FCAT items count toward students’ scores.

Eight years after approval of new SSS: First senior class to graduate using next-generation FCAT.


Next steps

Content Advisory meets August 2007

– Item specification document revision– New passages and articles– New items for new SSS– New descriptors


Lessons Learned II (Data)

Grades 3–10 Years 2001–2005 Performance analyzed at several levels. Performance tasks will be included. Florida educators have and will continue to be

included in all phases of the analysis and production of the document.


FCAT Retake Online

An option for schools that began in Fall 2006. Requirements:

– Ability to test students in one week– Technology capacity– Agreement of understanding regarding

comparability Benefits

– Reduction in burden of document handling– Accommodations– Student attentiveness


Retakes for 11th and 12th Graders

High schools will be able to earn 10 bonus points toward their school’s grade when 50 percent of all 11th and 12th graders retaking the FCAT Reading and Mathematics meet the graduation requirement.


Update on FCAT Resources

Released Tests

Reading and Mathematics: Grades 5 & 6

Science: Grade 8

Sunshine State Standards http://etc.usf.edu/flstandards/la/index.html

– Updated May 8, 2007– Search engine being developed to locate

benchmarks


All subject areasnow on the Web!

http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatflreads.html


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Questions? Please contact:

Lyla Springfield*Interim FCAT Reading Coordinator Reading, Elementary School

[email protected] Gunn*Reading, Grades 6-7 [email protected] McCown*Reading, Grades 8-9 [email protected] Edwards*Reading, Grade 10 and [email protected]

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