Smarter Balanced Field Test March 3, 2014 Sequim School District

Common Core State Standards: Consistent Guidelines to Help Students Succeed Define the knowledge and skills students need for college and career Provide clear, consistent standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics Developed voluntarily and cooperatively by states; more than 40 states have adopted

Improving Teaching & Learning 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 and learning Summative: College and career readiness assessments for accountability Interim: Flexible and open assessments, used for actionable feedback Formative resources: Supporting classroom-based assessments to improve instruction 3

SBAC Logistics What is a Field Test? Complex set new logistical opportunities  January ~ practice & training test link  Series of webinars & trainings  Building level team trainings  Training Videos – District Website  4 th Lab at SMS & 2 nd Lab GWE  Schedule & coordinate over 4600 Smarter Balanced Assessments 4

Field Test: A Practice Run of Our New Assessments 5 Provides teachers, schools, and students an opportunity to participate in a practice run of the assessment system Sets preliminary achievement standards that help track student preparedness for college and career Evolving set of guidance from… American Institute of Research (test delivery system) Smarter Balanced Consortium (created assessment) OPSI

Field Test: A Practice Run of Our New Assessments Test is not timed, and each subject area (ELA/literacy and math) is expected to take 2.5 to 4 hours to complete Because the Field Test is a “test of the test” that will result in some questions being revised or dropped, students will not receive scores. 6

01/14/2014 Slide 8 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 5 ELA MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A.M. Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min ) Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min Classroom activity (30 minutes) Performance task ( hours) Part 1 Performance task ( hours) Part 2 P.M.

01/14/2014 Slide 9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 5 Math MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A.M. Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min ) Classroom activity (30 minutes) Performance task ( hours) Part 1 P.M.

Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 8 Mathematics MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A.M. Classroom activity (30 minutes) Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min) Performance task (1 – 2 hours) P.M.

Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 8 ELA MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday A.M. Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min) Computer administered (non-PT) items (45 – 60 min) Classroom activity (30 min) Performance Task (1 – 2 hours) Part 1 Performance Task (1 – 2 hours) Part 2 P.M.

Testing Schedule - Snapshot  Follow a specific sequence  Coordinated & schedule with building proctors  Dependent on computers available  Coordinate with Learning Support staff to ensure appropriate accommodations are available  Print & manage test session tickets  Draft sample schedule

Smarter Balanced Field Test Webpage – announcement & video Sending parent communication Families & Community

SBAC Prep HSPE/EOC BIO and Math MSP Science MAP SBAC Field Testing

HSPE, EOC, ELL, MSP, etc…  By the end of school year, over 10,000 state assessments will be processed in the Sequim School District  This number will increase in the coming years with additional accountability measures and systems.