pennsylvania state assessments 2012 - 2013

Tom Corbett, Governor ▪ Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education www.education.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania State Assessments 2013 Tom Corbett, Governor ▪ Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education www.education.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania State Assessments 2013

Pennsylvania State Assessments2012 - 2013




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




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




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




PSSA Math

Assessment2013




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




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




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.




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.]




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.




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.




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.




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).




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.




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.*




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




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




Keystone Algebra I – What It Measures




PSSAREADING

ASSESSMENT2013




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




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




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




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




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




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




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%




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.




PSSAWriting

Assessment2013




Writing 2013

Grades 5, 8 Multiple-Choice Writing Prompts Mode-specific Scoring Guidelines for composition Conventions scored separately




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




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/

pennsylvania_system_of_school_assessment_%28pssa%29/8757/resource_materials/507610




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




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




Keystone Literature Exam




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)




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




Types of questions and number of questions covered in the Literature Keystone Exam operational form.

*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




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.




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




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




PSSA Science

Assessment 2013




PSSA Science 2013

All students in grades 4 and 8

Exception:

- PASA students




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




PSSA Science 2013

Science Test Composition 50% Nature of Science (Inquiry) 50% Biological Science Physical Science Earth and Space Sciences

(Content)




PSSA Science 2013 Test Blueprint




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





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





Eligible Content may be assessed using knowledgeand/or skills associated with the Nature of Science




Thank you!

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