CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction The California Story Presented for the National Center on Educational Outcomes Teleconference December 18, 2007 Mary Hudler, Director Special Education Division Deb Sigman, Director Standards and Assessment Division

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 Brief History of Alternate Assessments in California California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA) “1% test” Implementation of NCLB Redesign of CAPA to link to the California content standards Flexibility in assessment for students with disabilities California Modified Assessment (CMA) “2% test”

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 3 Using the Development of CMA to Foster Collaboration Standards and Assessment and Special Education joint project –Staff routinely meet –Joint letters to the field –Letters to the field copied to special education directors and assessment directors

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Using the Development of CMA to Foster Collaboration (cont.) –Sharing of list serves –Joint attendance at meetings, conferences (both internal and external to the organization) –Joint presentations to groups –Reciprocal communication

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 5 Using the Development of CMA to Foster Collaboration (cont.) Developing the assessment –General educators join special educators –Focus groups with assessment and special education directors –Focus groups with parents of students with disabilities –Mock IEP team (including all members of a team)

JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 Participation Criteria, Blueprints, and Support to the Field CMA Participation Criteria was adopted by the SBE in November 2007 and available at CMA blueprints for grades 2-8 have been adopted by the SBE and are available at Training-of-Trainers, Student Participation in Statewide Assessments: Guidelines for IEP Team Decision- Making Partnership with the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd acc/home.htm acc/home.htm