OHIO’S ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITIES Test Administration Refresher Training Ohio Department of Education American Institutes for Research

When Is the AASCD Administered? 2 February 22 – April 15, 2016

New for 2016  The former “Ohio Graduation Tests” for the alternate assessment are now referred to as the “High School Alternate Assessments.” Students will continue to take the suite for four alternate assessments upon entering grade 10. Students in grade 9 do not test.  There are now two field test tasks on each form. They appear in the end of each form as Tasks 13 and 14. Every student, regardless of starting task, is required to take Tasks 13 and 14 on each test 3

New for 2016  A new item type will appear on some ELA field test tasks (Tasks 13 and 14). The new item type requires students to generate a sentence. The Test Administrator will use a rubric to determine the student’s score.  New grades 4 and 6 Social Studies Student Placement Questionnaires. Students are no longer required to take every task on these assessments. 4

Writing Rubric Writing Rubric - 3 Point Scale (Field Test in Gr. Band 6-8 only for Spring 2016)  Score 3: The student’s response includes at least one complete sentence that includes all of the following:  correct beginning capitalization  correct ending punctuation  relevant topic and/or at least one relevant detail  Score 2: The student’s response includes a complete sentence with at least two of the following:  correct beginning capitalization  correct ending punctuation  relevant topic and/or at least one relevant detail 5

Writing Rubric (cont.)  Score 1: The student’s response includes a complete sentence with at least one of the following:  correct beginning capitalization  correct ending punctuation  relevant topic and/or at least one relevant detail  Score 0: The student’s response does not include any of the required criteria.  No Response: The student does not respond. 6

Writing Rubric (cont.)  Details regarding relevancy:  Rubric says one relevant detail–can be broadly interpreted.  Mention of topic only is acceptable (e.g., endangered species topic; student writes “I like tigers.” or “Tigers are scary.”)  Relevant detail but a copy of text from passage or poster: “Tigers are disappearing.” This is acceptable if it follows the convention requirements of the rubric. We are phrasing the prompts so that there is little likelihood of an opportunity to use a sentence directly from task-related text. 7

Writing Rubric (cont.)  Response must be a complete sentence.  Sentence length does not matter as long as it is a complete sentence.  Rubric does not include spelling. Phonetic spelling is acceptable. 8