Texas Social Studies Supervisors Conference March, 2010 Student Assessment Update Brenda Tingle - Manager of Social Studies Assessment Lynn Franzen - World History Coordinator 1

The Next Two Years Transition period TAKS Program STAAR Development Advisory meetings Field Testing Mandatory and Field Testing Standard Setting 2

Testing TAKS is the official program 3

Testing EOC is under development 4

EOC mandatory sampling of operational EOC assessments Can volunteer for these assessments Performance results available Testing

EOC Mandatory Sampling Algebra I, geometry, biology, chemistry, U.S. history, physics, world geography 6

Testing Field testing Algebra II and English I for the first time Representative sampling will be required to participate Others can volunteer to participate No performance reports 7

Current EOC Assessments Untimed, but designed to be about 2 hours Not grade specific Not required to be part of student’s grade Not included in state or federal accountability No retests available until 2011–2012 8

Current EOC Assessments Districts may volunteer for field tests and operational tests (online or paper when available) at the student teacher campus, or district level 9

Current EOC Assessments Three week testing window for field tests (May 3–21) English I Algebra II Three week testing window for operational tests (May 10–28) Algebra I and Geometry U.S. History and World Geography Biology, Chemistry, and Physics 10

Current EOC Assessments Operational Online only will be available in paper or online Some districts will participate in mandatory testing 2010 U.S. History EOC Assessment 11

Current EOC Assessments Operational Mandatory for those districts selected; online only Voluntary for everyone else; districts can choose paper, online, or combination 2010 World Geography EOC Assessment 12

Current EOC Assessments Within 24 hours of online testing Confidential Student Report Confidential List of Student Results Data file available in summer Overall raw score Performance by objective Summary reports available in summer Overall raw score frequency distribution Objective level raw score frequency distribution Cumulative raw score frequency distribution 13

Current EOC Assessments Resources available Assessed curriculum Assessment blueprint Assessment reference materials Can be found at menu_id3=793 menu_id3=793 14

Changes to the Assessment Program—House Bill 3 Vertically align assessments from college and career readiness concepts in EOC assessments to new middle school assessments and to new elementary assessments New assessments will focus on specific knowledge and skills with others rotating into the assessments across years New Assessments at Grades 3–8 & High School 15

2009 – 2010 Development STAAR State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness 16

Development Grades 3–8 & High School (EOC) Will have “clearer, fewer, deeper” focus Will become stakes test for freshman in 2011–

Development Convene educator advisory committees in 2010 Review curriculum to determine what is assessable Review assessed curriculum to determine what should be the focus of the assessment STAAR - Grade 8, and social studies EOCs 18

Development NEW TEST DESIGN Determine the focus of grade 8 and each EOC social studies assessment What is essential in preparing students for success on the next social studies assessment and in college and career? 19

TEKS FOR SPECIFIC GRADE OR COURSE NOT ASSESSED ASSESSED ACROSS YEARS FOCUS OF ASSESSMENT New Proposed Assessment Design

Development STAAR assessments will measure skills along with content in all subject areas Will not separate out and measure skills alone Reflects how skills are taught -- authentic assessment 21

Development Some test items will be dual coded Items will have a primary content student expectation number and when applicable, a skills student expectation number 22

Example of Dual-Coding 23 Content student expectation: world geography 18A Skills student expectation: world geography 21C

Example of Dual Coding 24 World Geography 18: Culture. The student understands the ways in which cultures change and maintain continuity. The student is expected to: A. Describe the impact of general processes such as migration, war, trade, independent inventions, and diffusion of ideas and motivations on cultural change. World Geography 21: Social studies skills. The student applies critical thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. The student is expected to: C. Construct and interpret maps to answer geographic questions, infer geographic relationships, and analyze geographic change;

Development New assessment blueprints prior to 2011 administration New reference materials New information booklets STAAR High School EOC 25

Development 26 STAAR Grade 8 New assessment blueprints prior to 2012 administration New reference materials New information booklets

2010 – 2011 Development Setting performance standards Standards for EOC assessments planned for fall 2011 Standards for grades 3–8 assessments planned for fall 2012 STAAR Development 27

World Geography 28 U. S. History Since 1877 TAKS Grade 10 and Exit Level 2010 U. S. History EOC STAAR U. S. History EOC (2011 and after) Objectives56To be decided Number of Questions Grade 10 – 50 Exit Level To be decided Student Expectations included Selected SEs from grade 8 world geography world history All 92 SEs from the U.S. History curriculum Selected U. S. History SEs (inclusion of SEs to be determined) Assessment of skills Stand-alone skills items Dual–coded items will assess both content and skills Question distribution Questions distributed over cumulative social studies content Questions distributed proportionally over SEs in the U. S. History Since 1877 curriculum Question distribution will emphasize the core

World Geography 29 World Geography TAKS Grade 10 and Exit Level 2010 World Geography EOC STAAR World Geography EOC (2011 and after) Objectives56To be determined Number of Questions Grade 10 – 50 Exit Level To be determined Student Expectations included Selected SEs from grade 8 world geography world history Selected SEs from world geography (65 of 66 SEs) Selected world geography SEs (inclusion of SEs to be determined) Assessment of skills Stand-alone skills items Dual–coded items will assess both content and skills. Question distribution Questions distributed over cumulative social studies content Questions distributed proportionally over SEs in the World Geography curriculum Question distribution will emphasize the core

World Geography 30 World History TAKS Grade 10 and Exit Level World History Field Test STAAR World History EOC (2012 and after) Objectives5To be determined Number of Questions Grade 10 – 50 Exit Level - 55 To be determined Student Expectations included Selected SEs from grade 8 world geography world history Selected world history SEs (inclusion of SEs to be determined) Assessment of skills Stand-alone skills items Dual–coded items will assess both content and skills Question distribution Questions distributed over cumulative social studies content Questions assessing all student expectations included in the blueprint will be field tested Question distribution will emphasize the core

World Geography 31 Grade 8 TAKS Grade and 2011 Grade 8 TAKS STAAR Grade 8 Assessment (2012 and after) Objectives55To be determined Number of Questions 48 To be determined Student Expectations included 65 of 108 grade 8 student expectations Selected grade 8 SEs (inclusion of SEs to be determined) Assessment of skills Stand-alone skills items Dual–coded items will assess both content and skills Question distribution Questions distributed over the selected Grade 8 SEs Question distribution will emphasize the core

Any Questions? 32

Reminders 33

EOC Assessments Freshman class of 2011–2012 is first group to have EOC assessments as a graduation requirement That is the current 7 th graders All 12 EOC assessments will be available in 2011–

EOC Assessments 2009– – – – – –2015 GR 9TAKS EOC GR 10TAKS EOC GR 11TAKS EOC GR 12TAKS* EOC or TAKS* Plan for phase-out HS TAKS and phase-in EOC assessments *Out-of-school testers and 12 th grade re-testers 35

Your Input Is Needed Educator involvement in test development is critical to process Highly qualified educators are needed to serve on educator committees, especially at the high school level The Educator Recommendation Form can be found at develop/recform.pdf develop/recform.pdf 36

EOC Assessments EOC assessments shall measure a student’s performance on college and career readiness standards EOC assessments will include questions to measure college readiness (Algebra II and English III) If a link is substantiated between performance on science and/or social studies EOC assessments and college readiness, then college readiness performance standards may be established 37

EOC Assessments A student must achieve a minimum score, as determined by the commissioner, for the score to count towards the student’s cumulative score A student’s cumulative score is determined using the student’s highest score on each EOC assessment The 0–100 scale with references to scores of 60 and 70 has been deleted from the law 38

EOC Assessments If a student does not achieve the minimum score on an EOC assessment, the student shall retake the assessment If a student does not perform satisfactorily on the college-readiness component of the EOC assessments for Algebra II or English III, the student may retake the assessment 39

EOC Assessments A student’s score on an EOC assessment will be worth 15% of the student’s final grade for that course A school district is not required to use the student’s score on subsequent administrations to determine the student’s final grade for that course 40

Effects of Social Studies TEKS Revisions on Assessments Assessments will be aligned to TEKS in place in the state for that school year 41

For More Information Go To … Texas Education Code chapter 39 at htm/ED.39.htm htm/ED.39.htm House Bill 3 at ext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf ext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf 42

Manager of Social Studies Assessment Brenda Tingle Social Studies Assessment Team Aimee Cabatingan Nicole Ellis Lynn Franzen Lisa Medina TEA Student Assessment Social StudiesTeam 43

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