The California Alternate Assessments What’s New in 2017–18? 2017 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting Mao Vang, Administrator II California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office Assessment Development and Administration Division
California Department of Education California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English Language Arts and Mathematics California Department of Education
Lessons Learned From Test Examiners Test Directions were cumbersome Guidance needed when to stop testing Reduce overall reading load Directions for Administration Test items California Department of Education
CAAs for ELA and Mathematics: Time to Evaluate and Reflect Our goal is to better address the needs and abilities of this population A great deal of work has gone into crafting new questions for the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. California Department of Education
CAAs for ELA and Mathematics: What’s New This Year? This year’s tests have an additional question, resulting in a total of 29 questions. California Department of Education
What Does This Change Impact? The CAAs for ELA and mathematics will be post-equated. Allows for more flexibility in building test forms Results available in August 2018 California Department of Education
California Department of Education CAA for Science California Department of Education
CAA for Science: Implementation Timeline Year One Pilot Test (census) 2017 Year Two Pilot Test 2018 Field Test 2019 Operational Administration 2020 California Department of Education
Year One Pilot Test: Lessons Learned New Directions for Administration (DFAs) format Response check High-level video in development: How to use the DFAs How to administer a performance task How to use the Answer Recording Document California Department of Education
New DFAs Format: Do and Say California Department of Education
Activities and Graphics California Department of Education
Answer Recording Document Provided for test examiners to complete during testing Student response check Document individualization Provide score for item California Department of Education
Year Two Pilot Test: What’s New! Three performance tasks, to be administered over the course of the school year. Available in November: Performance tasks High-level training video http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/documents/caaresourceflyer.pdf California Department of Education
Year Two Pilot Test What’s New: Student scores for each performance task must be entered using the online Data Entry Interface (DEI) Available in January 2018 Use Answer Recording Document to enter student responses into the DEI. Training video on how to access and use DEI to enter a student’s scores will be developed. California Department of Education
Year Two Pilot Test: Update to Testing in High School California Department of Education
The CDE Preparing for Field Testing and Beyond Performance task topics will be available in September 2018 to allow for teacher planning and instruction. Ultimately, the administration of the performance task will be moved to an online assessment. California Department of Education
1 Percent Threshold Survey Information about the current survey and a link to the 2016–17 survey is on the 1 Percent Threshold on Alternate Assessments Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca /caaonepercent.asp. California Department of Education
How to Get Involved in the Development of the CAAs Opportunities for California educator involvement may include: Item writing Item review Form review Scoring Data review Range finding To get involved, complete the content reviewer application at http://caaspp.org/reviewers.html. California Department of Education
For further information CDE CAASPP Office 916-445-8765 caaspp@cde.ca.gov California Department of Education’s CAASPP Web page http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/ CalTAC Assistance 800-955-2954 caltac@ets.org Join the CAASPP listserv for weekly updates! Send a blank e-mail to subscribe-caaspp@mlist.cde.ca.gov. California Department of Education