next generation of assessments

Next Generation of Assessments

June 25, 2014

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Title 22. Education

Part I. State Board of Education

Chapter 4. Academic Standards and AssessmentThe purpose of this chapter is to establish rigorous academic standards and assessments, applicable only to the public schools of the commonwealth, to facilitate the improvement of student achievement and to provide parents and communities a measure by which school performance can be determined.

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Chapter 4. Standards

PA Core Standards

Academic standards for English language arts and mathematics based upon a Nationwide, state-led process coordinated by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers and in collaboration with teachers, content experts and other education stakeholders. The standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in work-force training programs.

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Chapter 4. Assessment

Assessment Defined

A valid and reliable measurement of student performance on a set of academic standards in a subject area that captures student understanding of the set as a whole and the central concepts, knowledge and skills of each content area.

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Chapter 4. Assessment

Assessments Identified

The state assessment system shall include PSSA assessments and Keystone Exams.The board will not include national assessments as part of the state assessment system . . .

Pennsylvania is a local control state. Opposition to Common Core Standards and

national assessments

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Assessment

Assessment Challenge

Grades 3 – 8 PSSA Prior to 2014-15, aligned to PA Academic

Content Standards Math, Reading, Writing, Science

Beginning in 2014-15, aligned to new PA Core Standards Math, English Language Arts

Science still aligned to PA Academic Content Standards

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Assessment

Assessment ChallengeChallenge one

Math PA Core standards are more rigorous than PA Academic Content Standards How to compare 2014-15 results to 2013-14

results?Challenge two:

Reading and writing now one assessment (ELA) ELA PA Core standards are more rigorous than

PA Academic standards for reading and writing How to compare 2014-15 ELA results to

2013-14 reading results/ writing results? Writing previously administered only in

grades 5 and 87


Assessment

Assessment ChallengeChallenge three

Chapter 4 provides the right to parents/guardians to review any state assessment prior to the administration, and if the parent guardian finds the assessment to be in conflict with his/her religious beliefs, the parent/guardian may opt his/her child out of taking the assessment In 2013-14 Pennsylvania parents/guardians

found religion!

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Assessment

Accountability

School Performance Profile (SPP)Assigns every school a score from 0 to 10040% of this score comes from state assessment achievementBecause 2014-15 assessments are more rigorous, assessment scores are likely to be lower in 2015, causing SPP scores to be lower in 201540% of this score comes from value added growthBecause 2014-15 assessments are more rigorous, assessment scores are likely to be lower in 2015, greatly decreasing the ability to demonstrate growth in 2015

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Assessment

Next Generation Assessment Challenge

PA is attempting to move to online testing In 2012-13, fewer than 2% of students tested

online In 2013-14, fewer than 2% of students tested

online

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Assessment

Next Generation Assessment Challenge

Test security Test Administrator training Certificates Increased monitoring Scrambled items Data Forensics

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