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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Overview Hebron Public Schools December, 2013 Vonda Tencza Director of Curriculum and Technology

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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Overview. Hebron Public Schools December, 2013. Vonda Tencza Director of Curriculum and Technology. Why do we need new assessments?. The new SBAC assessments will be ready by the 2014-2015 school year. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

OverviewHebron Public Schools

December, 2013

Vonda TenczaDirector of Curriculum and Technology

Why do we need new assessments?

The new SBAC assessments will be ready by the 2014-2015 school year.◦ Smarter Balanced assessments will go beyond

multiple-choice questions and include short constructed response, extended constructed response, and performance tasks that will allow students to complete in-depth work that demonstrates analytical skills and real-world problem solving.

What are the Common Core Standards?

State-led effort to establish a shared set of clear educational standards◦ Common Standards will help ensure students are

receiving a high-quality education consistently from school to school and state to state.

Designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.

Just as important as content…“The Four C’s”

Critical thinking and problem solving—including the ability to make decisions, solve problems, and take action as appropriate;

Communication skills—the ability to synthesize and transmit your ideas both in written and oral formats;

Collaboration and team building—the ability to work effectively with others, including those from diverse groups and with opposing points of view;

Creativity and innovation—the ability to see what’s NOT there and make something happen.

Adult Actions to develop CCSS “habits of mind”

Intentionally sequence instructional strategies◦ Think, Pair-Share (or Think, Write, Pair-Share)◦ Show/model “thinking” in classrooms◦ Practice questioning and wait time◦ Group students and use engaging problems◦ Use questions and prompts with student groups◦ Allow struggle time◦ Encourage/model logical reasoning◦ Model connecting learning to bigger picture

Hebron’s Transition to the Common Core

• CCSS Content Standards and CT GLE

• CMT

2011-2012

• CCSS Content Standards

• CMT• Practice SBAC

Assessments

• Implement CCSS• Practice SBAC –All

Assessments• Science CMT 5th

Transition2013-2014

Transition2012-2013

• CCSS • SBAC• NWEA?

Implementation2014-2015

Our Current 2013-14

second grade students will be tested as

third graders

A Balanced Assessment System

School Year Last 12 weeks of the year*

DIGITAL LIBRARY of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools.

ELA/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-8 and High School

Computer AdaptiveAssessment and

Performance Tasks

Computer AdaptiveAssessment and

Performance Tasks

Scope, sequence, number and timing of interim assessments locally determined

*Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions.

Performance Tasks

• ELA/literacy• Mathematics

Computer Adaptive

Assessment• ELA/literacy• Mathematics

Optional InterimAssessment

Optional InterimAssessment

Re-take option available

Summative Assessment for Accountability

Significant Assessment ShiftsPerformance TasksClose ReadingInformational TextAnalytical Writing

Technology Enhanced QuestionsMultiple Question TypesMultiple Correct Responses

SBAC Performance Tasks

Stimulus Information Processing

Product/Performance

• readings• video clips• audio clips• research topic/issue/problem• graphs, charts, other visuals•etc.

• research questions• comprehension questions• simulated internet search• etc.

• essay, report, story, script• oral presentation or speech with/without graphics, other media• responses to embedded constructed-response questions• etc.

Field Test vs. Live Summative TestField Test 2014 Live Test 2015

Computer Adaptive No* Yes

AdministeredMarch 18 –June

6*Last 12 weeks

Content AreasMathematics and

ELAMathematics and

ELA

Grades AssessedGrades 3 – 8 & 11

Grades 9 & 10Grades 3 – 8 & 11

Where Administered Computer Only Computer

Paper-Pencil Option*

Administration Training

Yes – 10 web-based modules

Yes

Coordinator and Administrator Manual

Yes Yes

Summative AssessmentsAPPROXIMATE Testing Times

Content Area GradesComputer Required

In-Class Activity Total

CAT PT Only Total

English language

arts/Literacy

3-5 1:30 2:00 3:30 0:30 4:00

6-8 1:30 2:00 3:30 0:30 4:00

11 2:00 2:00 4:00 0:30 4:30

Mathematics3-5 1:30 1:00 2:30 0:30 3:006-8 2:00 1:00 3:00 0:30 3:3011 2:00 1:30 3:30 0:30 4:00

Combined3-5 3:00 3:00 6:00 1:00 7:006-8 3:30 3:00 6:30 1:00 7:3011 4:00 3:30 7:30 1:00 8:30

The test duration estimates described above are applicable to most students. However, Smarter Balanced assessments are not timed tests. Some students may need more time while others may made need less time to complete the assessment.

Staff- continued implementation of CCSS, participate in practice test in January, review SBAC examples, continued performance task development

Students- continued interaction with CCSS, rich learning opportunities, keyboarding instruction, exposure to practice test examples, participation in performance task in math and ela (grades 3-6), collaborative experiences

Curriculum- continued alignment of math/ela, identifying explicit technology readiness skills, continued staff straining, inclusion of more non-fiction materials, explicit modeling for ‘habits of mind’

Assessment- development of performance tasks, new assessments, standards-based rubrics, revision of report cards to be aligned to standards, exploration of NWEA for additional data

How are we preparing our students?

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/Link to SBAC Practice Test Informationhttps://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/Link to SBAC Practice Test Student Log-In

Practice Test now on the Web:

Shows item types and tools/featuresAll grades, both content areas

For more information