1. Next Generation Iowa Assessments

2. Today’s Purpose Overview of the Iowa Assessments
Purpose of Forms E/F and Alignment Considerations
Next Generation Iowa Assessments

4. Iowa Assessments Forms E and F
Built to Bridge the Gap
Built to Maintain Federal and State Reporting Requirements for Growth, Proficiency
Aligned to Common Core in ELA and Math
eITP Online Tools Supports both Forms
Connects Practice to Content
Do we want to say anything about how both use DataManager as a central online tool for managing testing programs?

5. Technical Requirements
Comparison of % of Proficient Students (A/B to E/F)
Parallel Forms allow the Tracking of Students
Design Maintained Flexible Scheduling for Testing
Vertical Scale to Measure Growth
Valid, Reliable and Technically Sound
Aligned to Iowa Core (2008)
Can we more explicitly say that how since E and F are parallel, they can be used together for pre-/post-testing? I know it says ‘allows for tracking over time’ but I think it wouldn’t hurt to say explicitly that that can be within a year and across years.

6. Form E and F -- Enhancements
Alignment
Domain coverage at the same level
Expanded standards covered
Format
Paired Passages
Additional informational texts
Rigor
Using evidence from texts in social studies and science
Assessing research and inquiry across all areas
Rather than saying “Additional” standards coverage (which may lead to the belief that we didn’t cover some of them in Form E), perhaps we go with “Expanded” standards coverage.

7. Alignment Results State commissioned study to set cutscores on Form E
State commissioned study to document alignment on Form E
Study results questioned by vendor and ITP
Study results released to districts (October 2013)
Response to study prepared by ITP

8. ITP’s Response
Response to Claims Raised by DRC’s Mathematics and Reading Alignment Study
The Iowa Department of Education released a report in October 2013 that was commissioned in March 2013 to align the Iowa Assessments, Form E, to the Iowa Core/Common Core State Standards in Reading and Mathematics. The study compared Form E to a set of standards that were not used to develop Form E. In addition, apparent flaws in the methodology and implementation of the alignment study, Iowa Testing Programs (ITP) has serious reservations about the integrity of the results and serious questions about the validity of any conclusions drawn by the authors, Data Recognition Corporation, of the report.

9. Quotes

10. Agreement

11. Inconsistency?
15 raters aligned
11 standards
6 domains
4 grade levels

12. Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Reporting
Empirically validated
Innovative
Research based

13. Online and Paper-Based Reports

14. Content Guided by desire to inform instruction
Aligned to Common Core State Standards
No overlapping grade levels
Guided by the quality of the information provided to users
Emphasis on measuring growth
Emphasis on college and career readiness
Technically sound and reliable

15. Required Characteristics
Be valid, fair and reliable
Make effective and appropriate use of technology and a variety of item types
Be appropriately secure
Provide fast turnaround time on scores, without forcing the use of lower-quality assessment items
Be maintained, administered and scored at a cost that is sustainable over time

16. Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Technology-enhanced items

17. Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Opportunities to measure additional components of the Common Core State Standards

18. Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Opportunities for students to write

19. Next-Generation Iowa Assessments
Variety of passage lengths
Variety of paired passages or sidebars with passages
Materials are used as stimulus materials for MC and CR items

20. Example
Written responses allow students the opportunity to develop ideas and generate responses

21. Example Two
Written responses allow educators the opportunity to review and evaluate student work

22. Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Online testing and
Paper/Pencil

23. Key Features of Next Generation Iowa Assessments
Measuring progress and tracking growth with a vertically scaled assessment
Measuring the Common Core State Standards
Predicting college readiness
Monitoring gaps
Supporting valid interpretations and uses of assessment results

24. Moving Forward Assessments for multiple purposes
New reporting technologies
Variety of item types
Enhanced online capabilities

25. Questions/Reactions?