End of Course Exams A Review of Spring 2014 Guide Middle School Principals, Assistant Principals and School Testing Coordinators

Guide Developed on Best Information  The guide is designed to cover the following areas:  Courses and Content  Suggested Course Numbers  Participants  Students with Disabilities  ELL Students  Students with 504  All others  Opt Out  Administration times and schedules  Accommodations  Test Materials  Scoring  Passing Scores  Using the EoC as a Grade

EoCs Available from PED EoCs Administered in APS  PED has developed EoCs that are listed on their site as designed for grades 6-12 and for 9-12:  Algebra I and Algebra II  Biology and Chemistry  Health  Art and Music  NM History, Economics, Government, US History, World History  English Language Arts Writing and Reading 11 and 12 (III, IV)  PE  General Computer Applications  Spanish I  Spanish Language Arts

Participants  EoCs are designed for all students who are enrolled in the courses associated with the exam  At the time the exam is administered  Suggested course numbers are in the guide  Students with disabilities may participate  English Language Learners –  in English or in Spanish  Students with 504 Accommodation Plans

Exceptions  Students who Opt Out  Students with severe disabilities may consider the NMAPA as the alternate as PED has not provided an alternative EoC  Students with severe disabilities who are enrolled in a content course for socialization or for goals other than the content use NMAPA  Students who have completed the course the first semester

Administration and Times for Testing  EoCs are designed for about 90 minutes.  Extra time rule of thumb from PARCC ½ again as much time as estimated BUT NOT TIMED.  Students may not have unsupervised breaks while they are completing a test.  Students may take tests via Data Director on line or paper/pencil.  Do not start students with extra time accommodations in the afternoon if there are not 2.5 hours after lunch.

Split Tests  Any split tests may be administered as one complete test in one sitting  If the exam in one content is split  Both parts must be completed in order to attempt a passing score.  If a student completes one part and fails to complete the other, and their answer document is scored All unanswered items will be counted wrong  The student must make up the missing part or you must consider this an invalid attempt and not submit for scoring

Accommodations  Most common ones are  Read aloud,  More time,  scribe, and/or assistive devices  Students with IEPs or 504s are afforded the same accommodations as they have for the same content in SBA (math, science, writing)  IEPs do not address social studies  Legal opinion is that student should be provided same accommodations as other content areas (e.g. math or science)  ELL students may use word-word dictionaries or translators (headphones)  Other students for whom you provide accommodations may have them as this EoC was developed as a class final,

Materials  Class sets of 40 will be provided to each teacher  for each course they teach that is on the list  Counts are being run from SchooloMax  Counts to the School Test Coordinator who will review with principal  Additional booklets can be ordered through Testing Services Center  Answer documents are printed at Testing Services Center

Opt Out (Participants, Scoring)  Parents may opt out their students from any or all of the EoCs  Must provide the signed form  Mark the EoCs on the reverse side that their student will not take  Provide the student with reasonable educational activities  Must not adversely affect student’s grade or any other activities  Can’t remove student from a pizza party or field trip for participants  Exception: if the student fails to do their assigned work  If teachers give a participation grade for students taking the EoC, then students who opt out earn that grade if they participate in the assigned work.

Passing and Grades  Passing scores for new fall EoCs will be available in April.  Data Director will score to the key but will not provide a pass/fail until we have the scores from PED.  Do not use the EoC as a class final exam grade.  May use PARTICIPATION in the EoC or alternative assignment as a homework. Participation or class assignment grade ONLY

True or False: Cite Evidence from the Text  A student may go back to Part 1 after starting Part 2. (only if the two parts are being administered as one test (see page 24  Students who completed NM History 1 st semester should take the EoC now.  Students with accommodations of read aloud for math may not have the same accommodation for social studies.  The NM History exam is written to 9-12 grade standards and still may be administered to middle schoolers.  All of the PED developed EoCs are applicable to APS middle school students.  Class sets of tests are provided to encourage on-line testing.  A student may enter 9 th grade having already met the SS requirement.

True or False - continued  Student who are not special education or ELL or have a 504 Plan may have accommodations. If true, why?  As soon as you scan the EoCs you will be able to report pass/fail status to each student.  Students who opt out may be given work that is graded for a classwork or assignment grade.  After passing scores are obtained from PED the EoC may be used as a class final grade.  Students passing the EoC who are enrolled in summer school may drop their summer school course and consider the course passed.