1. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Division of Assessment and Student Information Smarter Balanced Assessments 2014-15 Webinar #1 October 20, 2014

2. October 20, 2014 | Slide 2 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Today’s Topics  Big Picture Overview  Digital Library  Interim Assessments  Summative Assessments  Other State Assessments (Exit Exams)

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4. October 20, 2014 | Slide 4 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Big Picture Overview  State Assessments in 3 content areas  ELA and Math assessed with Smarter Balanced  Science still assessed with MSP and Biology EOC  Smarter Balanced Components: Digital Library, Interim Assessments, Summative Assessments  Transition from grant to vendor  Accountability  HS changes from Grade 10 to Grade 11

5. October 20, 2014 | Slide 5 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments 2014–15 and beyond English/LAMathematicsScience (no change) Grade 3Smarter Grade 4Smarter Grade 5Smarter MSP Grade 6Smarter Grade 7Smarter Grade 8Smarter MSP Grade10 (or below for EOCs) (until Class of 2019) Smarter ELA exit exam Year 1or Year 2 EOC exit exam EOC Biology exit exam (until NGSS) Grade 11Smarter Grade 11 or 12 (class of 2015 & 2016) HSPE Reading and/or Writing Retake Smarter=Smarter Balanced Assessment; MSP=Measurements of Student Progress; EOC=End of Course exams; HSPE=High School proficiency Exam

6. Smarter Balanced Assessments Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching rand learning Summative: College and career readiness assessments for accountability Interim: Flexible and open assessments, used for actionable feedback Formative Educator Resources: Digital Library with instructional and professional learning resources that include embedded formative assessment processes Page 6

7. A System of Assessments

8. October 20, 2014 | Slide 8 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Smarter Balanced Sustainability  The Smarter Balanced grant is coming to an end  4 years of development – remarkable accomplishments  Now housed at UCLA  Member states pay UCLA to use assessments  Joe Willhoft is retiring as of Dec 31; Tony Alpert has been named executive director  Each state implements on their own, with common protocols  Most states, including Washington, need a vendor to assist with implementation

9. October 20, 2014 | Slide 9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION New Smarter Balanced Vendor to Support Our State’s Implementation  Multi-Agency Assessment Cooperative (MAAC)  Washington, Hawaii, Idaho, South Dakota, US Virgin Islands, West Virginia partnered on an RFP  Smarter Balanced assessments (common to all) and state specific (Science MSP and EOC, new state exit exams)  Contract awarded to our new service provider  American Institutes for Research (AIR)  Kick off meeting held last week (10-16-2014)  Current vendors assisting through fall/winter

10. October 20, 2014 | Slide 10 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Training Plan in Context of MAAC Smarter Balanced AIR – MAAC Customization OSPI Customization

11. October 20, 2014 | Slide 11 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Tests for Accountability (95% participation expected)

12. Digital Library Educator resources for formative assessment practices to improve instruction 12 October 20, 2014

13. October 20, 2014 | Slide 13 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Digital Library  Access  District Assessment Coordinators (DACs), or their designees, should enroll instructional and support staff who work directly with students in their districts.  Functionality  The Digital Library offers professional learning resources and instructional materials—like lesson plans, units, and learning modules—for educators to use daily with students and staff. Resources span K-12 and are aligned to Washington State Learning Standards for English language arts and mathematics. Resources are also aligned to formative assessment practices.

14. October 10, 2014 Slide 14 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Digital Library  How to Add Users (Demonstration of what ought to happen)  Known issues and solutions/recommendations

15. October 10, 2014 Slide 15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Digital Library  Known Bugs:  Email addresses cannot have apostrophes  Email addresses are case-sensitive  It’s possible create two accounts that only differ in case of email addresses.  We recommend creating all accounts using lower case; if it’s too late for that, the correct case can be found in the original upload file, by searching in ART* or in the welcome email*  Coordinators sometimes see users from other states  But cannot edit or change them  Export only includes users listed on the current screen  This is causing problems with OSPI’s effort’s to support password resets  Estimate is 2-3 weeks for these issues

16. October 10, 2014 Slide 16 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Digital Library  The Big Problems (and what we’re doing to fix them)  If user has a state and district role, District Coordinators cannot see the records in ART  Short Term Solution: contact OSPI to remove STATE records  Long Term Solution: working with Smarter to get the complete list of WA’s users and removing all STATE level records (may disrupt some users)  User never logged in during preview and doesn’t have temp email  Short Term Solution: School or District Coordinator can reset one- by-one (unreasonable in most districts)  Long Term Solution #1: OSPI resets every password in the state  Long Term Solution #2: allow all users to use ‘forgot password’ even if they don’t have a security question for a limited time period

17. October 10, 2014 Slide 17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Digital Library  Big Problems (continued)  Emails not coming through  (NOTE: emails only created during initial account creation)  Whitelist Smarter-DoNotReply@opentestsystem.org BEFORE uploading lists to ARTSmarter-DoNotReply@opentestsystem.org  Check school/district level spam/junk/quarantine folders to see if the emails hit the server or not to isolate if the issue is local or remote  Issue seems to be consistently district wide (suggests local issue, but working to confirm)  OSPI working on providing dedicated staff for firewall issues, but can provide additional sender info to help configure firewalls (“Tier 2 Support”). Password issues should be resolved by early next week; email triage on a case-by-case basis

18. Digital Library Basics The Digital Library is accessed through a single sign-on with user permission levels so educators have access to all of the instructional and professional learning resources for each grade (Grades K-12). There are resources that educators can share or use with students and families, but students and families will not be able to access materials directly. All resources will have the formative assessment process embedded within them. But the Digital Library WILL NOT be a “bank” of formative assessment items alone. All submitted materials will be vetted through a Quality Criteria Review Process by reviewers across the nation. Each resource reviewed and rated by at least 3 trained educators If resources do not meet the quality criteria, they are not included in the library Page 18

19. Resources in the Digital Library * Resources include the following file types: Video, HTML5, Audio, PPT, Excel, Word, and PDF. Commissioned professional development modules Resources for students and families Frame formative assessment within a balanced assessment system Articulate the formative assessment process Highlight formative assessment practices and tools Commissioned professional development modules Instructional materials for educators Instructional materials for students High-quality vetted instructional resources and tools for educators High-quality vetted resources and tools for students and families Reflect and support the formative process Reflect and support the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts Create Professional Learning Communities Assessment Literacy Modules Exemplar Instructional Modules Educational Resources Page 19 Demonstrate/support effective implementation of the formative process Focus on key content and practice from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts

20. Digital Library Functionality Enables State Networks of Educators and State Leadership Teams to submit, review, and publish resources Allows educators to view, download, and rate resources Uses state-of-the-art tagging and search to quickly find resources by CCSS and other topics Enables educators from across the Consortium to collaborate and share their knowledge Facilitates access to resources that are stored in participating libraries Illustrative Slide 20

21. Filtering for the Resource and Modules Types Page 21

22. Difference Between Educational Resources and Modules Educational ResourcesModules Page 22 A Green Check in the top corner marks the resource as “posted with distinction.”

23. Digital Library: Collaboration Page 23

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29. Grounded in this Definition of Formative Assessment Process Formative Assessment is a deliberate process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides actionable feedback that is used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve students’ attainment of curricular learning targets/goals. ~ Compiled by the Digital Library National Advisory Panel Page 29

30. All Resources are Grounded in the Four Attributes of the Formative Assessment Process and Reviewed using Quality Criteria Clarify Intended Learning Elicit Evidence Act on Evidence Interpret Evidence Page 30

31. Quality Criteria for Professional Learning Resources The resource… 1) Reflects research and/or the principles of effective professional learning 2) Incorporates formative assessment practices 3) Supports learner differences and personalized learning 4) Demonstrates utility, engagement, and user-friendliness 5) Integrates technology and media effectively Page 31

32. Quality Criteria for Instructional Resources The resource… 1) Aligns with the intent of the Common Core State Standards 2) Incorporates formative assessment practices 3) Contains accurate, complete, high-quality curriculum and instruction 4) Supports learner differences and personalized learning 5) Demonstrates utility, engagement, and user-friendliness 6) Integrates technology and media effectively Page 32

33. Smarter Balanced Digital Library: Formative Assessment Practices and Professional Learning – educator involvement National Advisory Panel (NAP) 11-20 experts Begins December 2012 Provides policies and criteria for resources State Leadership Team (SLT) 10-14 WA members Provides support and training for State Network of Educators Promote statewide communications State Network of Educators (SNE ) 85 WA Members (1,500+ nationally) Representation from LEAs, AEAs, content leaders, ELL, IHE Serve Summer 2013 – Late Fall 2014 Submit and review resources Page 33

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35. October 20, 2014 | Slide 35 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Interim Assessment Design Principles  Administered through the same system as Summative  Items drawn from same pool as Summative; full array of item types  Can be administered at various points in the year  Optional for districts  Online administration  Adhere to Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines  Adaptive as appropriate (2015-16)  Not intended for accountability decisions

36. October 20, 2014 | Slide 36 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Interim Assessment Components Interim Assessment Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA) Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB)

37. October 20, 2014 | Slide 37 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Interim Assessment User Interface, Scoring and Reporting  User interface  Details for accessing items are not yet determined. Interim test engine is still in development.  Scoring  Interim assessments will have various item types, most of which will be machine scored  Hand scoring will be a local (school/classroom) responsibility  Rubrics and training will be provided online as part of the system

38. October 20, 2014 | Slide 38 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Interim Assessment User Interface, Scoring and Reporting, continued  Reporting  Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA)  Report same information as Summative Assessment  Overall composite scale score  Achievement levels  Claim level information  Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)  Report information consistent with claim level information  Item level reporting is a future feature (not on current work plan)

39. October 20, 2014 | Slide 39 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IABs for ELA Current Thinking on Coverage Proposed Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) 1 Read Literary Texts 2 Read Informational/Explanatory Texts 3 Write Brief Narrative Text 4 Narrative Performance Task 5 Write Brief Informational/Explanatory Texts 6 Informational Performance Task 7 Write Brief Opinion** Texts 8 Opinion** Performance Task 9 Revise/Edit (across Narrative, Informational/Explanatory, and Opinion texts) 10 Listen/Interpret 11* Speaking 12 Research *Placeholder until items are developed **”Opinion” is “Argumentative” for grades 6-8 and 11

40. October 20, 2014 | Slide 40 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IABs for math Current Thinking on Coverage Proposed Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grades 3-5 1Operations and Algebraic Thinking 2Numbers and Operations in Base Ten 3Fractions 4Geometry 5Measurement Proposed Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grades 6-7 1Ratios and Proportional Relationships 2Number System 3Expressions and Equations 4Geometry 5Statistics and Probability Proposed Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) Grade 8 1Expressions and Equations - I 2Expressions and Equations - II 3Functions 4Geometry

41. October 20, 2014 | Slide 41 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IABs for math Current Thinking on Coverage Proposed Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB) High School Algebra and Functions 1Linear Functions 2Quadratics 3Exponentials 4Polynomials 5Radicals 6Rationals 7Trigonometric Geometry 8Transformations 9Right Triangle Ratios 10Three-Dimensional Geometry 11Proofs 12Circles 13Applications Other 14Statistics and Probability

42. October 20, 2014 | Slide 42 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Interim Assessments Timeline  Interim Assessments will be available Jan 6th  Jan 6 th – Comprehensive Interim  Jan 27 th – Interim Assessment Blocks  Initial release will include a fixed forms; adaptive forms will be available as the item pool allows

43. October 20, 2014 | Slide 43 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Current Timelines  All components of Smarter Balanced will be operational in 2014-15  Digital Library now available!  Interim assessments available Jan 6 th (Comprehensive) and Jan 27 th (Blocks)  Summative assessments administered in spring 2015  11 th grade – last 7 weeks of year  3-8 th grade – last 12 weeks of year (3 rd gr ELA more limited)  Grade 3 ELA results must be returned in time for principals to meet with parents before the end of the year so window is short and early  Student score reports available June 2015 (or three weeks after school’s testing is completed if online)

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45. October 20, 2014 | Slide 45 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments  Administration windows  Paper/pencil option  AIR Portal  Cut scores

46. October 20, 2014 | Slide 46 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments - Administration Windows Smarter Balanced 2015 Testing Windows Grade 3 ELAMarch 9 10 to April 23 – online March 9 10 to April 15 – paper/pencil Grade 3 MathLast 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 9 10 and no later than June 15 – online March 9 10 to May 20 – paper/pencil Grades 4–8 ELA and MathLast 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 9 10 and no later than June 15 – online March 9 10 to May 20 – paper/pencil Grade 11 ELA and MathLast 7 weeks of school, but no earlier than April 6 and no later than June 15 – online Last 3 weeks of school, but no later than May 30 – paper/pencil

47. October 20, 2014 | Slide 47 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments - Administration Windows Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) 2015 Testing Windows Grades 5 and 8 ScienceApril 20 to June 5 – online April 20 to May 19 – paper/pencil High School Exit Exams (HSPE) (Off Grade) (EOC) (ELA) 2015 Testing Windows Grades 11 and 12 HSPE Retake o Reading o Writing March 17 March 18–19 Grade 10 ELA exit examLast 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 10 and no later than June 15 – online May 12–13 OR May 19–20 paper/pencil Math EOC exit examsMay 11 to June 12 Biology EOC exit examMay 11 to June 12 Off Grade Level testing (formerly known as DAPE) Last 12 weeks of school, but no earlier than March 9 10 and no later than June 15 – online

48. October 20, 2014 | Slide 48 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments – Paper/Pencil  Smarter Balanced 3–8 and 11 paper/pencil tests will cost $6.00 per test per content area ($12.00 per student if using paper for both ELA and Math).  Additional costs do not apply to MSP science Grades 5 and 8, HSPEs, Off Grade Level tests, EOCs, or Grade 10 ELA.  Selection of paper/pencil is at a school by grade by content area (e.g., a school use online except for 5 th grade math).  Print-on-demand tests required for visually impaired students (documented on the Individualized Education Program), are available through the Smarter Balanced testing engine at no cost to districts.

49. October 20, 2014 | Slide 49 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Summative Assessments – Paper/Pencil  Paper/pencil tests are fixed forms – not computer adaptive. This means students will likely take longer to complete paper/pencil tests than online tests.  The online test engine for Smarter Balanced incorporates a multitude of embedded usability, accessibility, and accommodations – districts will need to provide those accommodations or have individual students who need accommodations test online.  Scoring paper/pencil tests will take longer than scoring online tests. Shipping paper/pencil tests back to the scoring vendor will necessitate a shorter testing window to minimize the delay in scoring and reporting.

50. October 20, 2014 | Slide 50 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Washington’s Smarter Balanced Portal (Mockup)

51. October 20, 2014 | Slide 51 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Alphabet Soup Assessment and Registration Tool (ART) Digital Library User Sign-on Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) Registering students Enrolling new students Managing and editing users/students Processing and viewing test invalidations Test Delivery System (TDS) Test Administrator Interface Student Interface

52. October 20, 2014 | Slide 52 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Training Plan  Webinars for District Assessment Coordinators (OSPI/AIR)  Smarter Balanced training modules (customized for MAAC/OSPI)  What is a CAT  Technology Requirements for Online Testing  Performance Tasks Overview  Student Interface for Online Testing  Accessibility and Accommodations  Universal Tools  Tech Readiness  Test Administrator (TA) Interface  Test Administration Training  Test Administrator course (for test proctors)  How to:  Start and administer tests  Approve students for testing  Monitor a test session

53. October 20, 2014 | Slide 53 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION How students access the Student Interface Practice/Training tests Desktop/laptop secure browser Mobile secure apps Supported web browsers Operational tests Desktop/laptop secure browser Mobile secure apps

54. October 20, 2014 | Slide 54 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Practice and Training Test options This is how students can take practice tests at home, for example, or how a member of the public can take a practice test Guest student Guest session Requires a Test Administrator with a user account in TIDE Guest student Real session Requires the student to be present in TIDE and requires a Test Administrator with a user account in TIDE This most closely mimics the operational environment Real student Real session

55. October 20, 2014 | Slide 55 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Accessibility Features Amer. Sign Lang. Braille Closed Captioning Color Contrast (4 types) Masking Print on Demand (items) Print on Demand (stimuli) Streamlined Interface Text-to-Speech (items) Text-to-Speech (stimuli) Zoom (4 levels)  General  Translations and Glossaries Full Translation (Stacked) Spanish (Math items) Glossaries (>89% of ELs) English Arabic Cantonese Korean Mandarin Punjabi Russian Spanish Tagalog Ukrainian Vietnamese

56. October 20, 2014 | Slide 56 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Smarter Balanced + Higher Ed  Washington has had unprecedented movement to use mandatory high school tests in college placement  Recently announced - Agreement to provide access to credit bearing courses to 11 th graders who score a 3 or 4 on the Smarter Balanced ELA and math tests  Washington’s Community Colleges  Washington’s Baccalaureates

57. October 20, 2014 | Slide 57 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Setting a New Baseline  New content standards: Clear expectations for educators, students and parents about the knowledge and skills students need to be on track for college and/or career  New assessments: Challenging and engaging for students, provide teachers and school leaders with better information to help students  New performance baseline: Proficiency scores developed by educators that reflect high expectations for students (achievement level setting)

58. October 20, 2014 | Slide 58 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION What is “Achievement Level Setting”?  Formerly known as “standard-setting”  Process of establishing one or more scores for proficiency on a test  Allows state and local education agencies to create categories of performance for students

59. October 20, 2014 | Slide 59 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Achievement Level Setting Timeline State chiefs approve plan/process for Achievement Level Setting April 30 Online Panel opened to thousands of educators and other constituents October 6-17 In-Person panels convened to recommend grade-level performance standards October 13-19 Vertical Articulation by subgroup of In-Person panels looks at across-grade coherence October 20 Technical Advisory Committee reviews proceedings October 30 State chiefs vote to endorse achievement level recommendations November 6

60. October 20, 2014 | Slide 60 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION What about Graduation?  Legislature has given the State Board the option to set a different cut score for graduation purposes  The ELA exit exam cut score will be determined from 10 th graders’ performance on the Smarter Balanced HS ELA test (for classes of 2015-2018, at least).  Math EOC exit exam cut scores will be determined from this year’s performance on new EOC tests (for classes of 2015- 2018). Exit exam cut score on Smarter Balanced math may also be set next summer – SBE discussion next month.

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62. October 20, 2014 | Slide 62 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Other State Assessments – HS Exit Exams  ELA Exit Exam  Retakes and Alternatives for High School Graduation  Supt. Dorn’s Legislative Proposals

63. October 20, 2014 | Slide 63 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ELA Exit Exam  Legislation calls for OSPI to develop a comprehensive ELA exit exam for 10 th graders to use to fulfill assessment graduation requirement, using Smarter Balanced items  Limited items available to states would necessitate paper/pencil format  Paper/pencil precludes CAT  Test map would be same as 11 th grade test  Items would be the same as 11 th grade test  Why not just use “11 th grade” test?

64. October 20, 2014 | Slide 64 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ELA Exit Exam – News!  Wa’s ELA Exit Exam will use the same test engine and item bank as HS Smarter Balanced ELA test (used in 11 th grade for school and district accountability)  In other words, the Smarter Balanced ELA test will be taken by 11 th graders for accountability but should be available to10 th graders for graduation purposes (to allow time for remediation and retakes)  An Exit Exam cut score will be set by the State Board for graduation purposes based on 10 th graders’ performance  The College & Career Ready cut score set by the consortium will be used for accountability (11 th graders)

65. October 20, 2014 | Slide 65 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ELA Exit Exam – more detail  Wa’s ELA Exit Exam will now be available online – administration within last 12 weeks of school (but no later than June 15). Previously expected to be paper/pencil only.  Fixed form paper/pencil can be used (at no cost) – administration May 12–14 OR May 19–21.  Only online test will be Computer Adaptive.  If a student meets or exceeds the College and Career Ready cut score in 10 th grade, we will bank their score so they won’t need to be tested in 11 th grade.

66. October 20, 2014 | Slide 66 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION High School Assessment Graduation Requirements Vary by ‘Class of’ Cohort Class of… English Language Arts Mathematics Science 2014 Reading HSPE Writing HSPE Either Algebra or Geometry EOC 2015 HSPEs or Smarter Balanced (Exit exam cut score) Either Algebra or Geometry EOC/EOC Exit Exam Biology EOC (until Next Gen Science Standards) 2016 HSPEs or Smarter Balanced (Exit exam cut score) Either Algebra or Geometry EOC/EOC Exit Exam or Smarter Balanced 2017 & 2018 Smarter Balanced (Exit exam cut score) 2019 and beyond Smarter Balanced (College & Career Ready cut score) 11 th Smarter Balanced (College & Career Ready cut score)

67. October 20, 2014 | Slide 67 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Assessment Menu – English Language Arts  Smarter Balanced ELA  Exit Exam Cut Score  College/Career Ready Cut Score  HSPE in Reading and Writing (retakes for 11 th and 12 th graders)  Collection of Evidence  College Entrance Scores  SAT, ACT, IB, AP  Out of State Tests  Grades Comparison  Recent Transfer Waiver  Special Education Alternatives General AssessmentsAlternatives

68. October 20, 2014 | Slide 68 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Assessment Menu - Mathematics  Smarter Balanced Math  Yr1 & Yr2 EOC Exit Exams  Collection of Evidence  College Entrance Scores  SAT, ACT, IB, AP  Out of State Tests  Grades Comparison  Recent Transfer Waiver  Special Education Alternatives General AssessmentsAlternatives

69. October 20, 2014 | Slide 69 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Assessment Menu - Science  Biology EOC Exam (until new NGSS comprehensive exam is developed)  Collection of Evidence  College Entrance Scores  IB, AP  Out of State Tests  Grades Comparison  Recent Transfer Waiver  Special Education Alternatives General AssessmentsAlternatives

70. October 20, 2014 | Slide 70 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Superintendent Dorn’s legislative proposals related to assessments  Plan A: Eliminate assessment graduation requirements  Use Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards to prepare students for college and career.  Use Smarter Balanced assessments in grades 3-8 and 11 to signal if students, teachers and systems are on track for graduating students college and career ready.  Use the 11 th grade tests as a “Green, Yellow, Red” indicator of services/instruction needed in senior year.  Switch resources used for testing retakes and alternatives for passing exit exams on direct instruction and preparation of students.

71. October 20, 2014 | Slide 71 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Superintendent Dorn’s proposals  Plan B: Update and streamline options to fulfill assessment graduation requirements  Collection of Evidence in Math – reduce to just Year 1 math (eliminate Geometry COE)  Out of state test – must be test used for accountability or exit exam in the other state  Grades Comparison in Alg 1, Int 1, Geometry or Int 2 – eliminate minimum GPA for access to this alternative  Additional HS Credit (1.0) in content area – add this new alternative  College Credit in content area – add this new alternative  Transfer Waiver – change date of transfer to January 1 of senior year (from March 1)

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73. October 20, 2014 | Slide 73 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Learn More and Stay Engaged  To experience the assessment yourself, take the Practice Test : www.SmarterBalanced.org/practice-test www.SmarterBalanced.org/practice-test  For the latest news and developments on Smarter Balanced in Washington: http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/default.aspx http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/default.aspx  For Training Modules, Manuals, and Sample Letters  Materials will be posted in the coming weeks:  For questions about Smarter Balanced or the assessment system transitions, contact: Assessment@k12.wa.us 360-725-6348 Assessment@k12.wa.us August 7, 2014

74. October 20, 2014 | Slide 74 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Resources/Communications  Webpages  To learn more about the Smarter Balanced Consortium: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/http://www.smarterbalanced.org/  To learn more about Washington’s new standards: http://www.readywa.org/http://www.readywa.org/  Toolkits  To learn more about graduation requirements in WA: http://www.k12.wa.us/GraduationRequirements /GraduationToolkit.aspx http://www.k12.wa.us/GraduationRequirements /GraduationToolkit.aspx

75. October 20, 2014 | Slide 75 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Questions?

76. October 20, 2014 | Slide 76 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Thank you!