1. Kansas State Department of Education June 23, 2014

2.  The transition assessment for ELA and mathematics in Spring 2014 was the same as we have always planned.  Spring of 2015, when we would have had SBAC for the first time, we will have an enhanced Kansas assessment.  By Spring of 2016, we will be very close to where we would have been with SBAC with difference due to choices made in Kansas.

3.  Transition Assessment Delivered on KITE Aligned with Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for math, reading, and writing conventions Follows similar blueprint to SBAC Machine-scorable items only No performance tasks No writing prompt No listening items  Reporting No student, building, or district level data for ELA and mathematics

4.  DLM Field Test for ELA and mathematics alternate  KELPA  Old science assessment modified to include only items aligned to NGSS  Alternate science portfolio  cPass

5.  The transitional test will serve as the backbone for the new Kansas College and Career Ready Assessment  Enhancements Listening section Writing prompt Math performance tasks  The core machine-scorable part of the test will be parallel to what was administered in 2014, but we will refresh the item pool.  We will field test the enhancements.  Accountability for 2015 will be based on the core portion of the test.  Schools and districts will receive feedback on the field test portions to help gauge student readiness on the full set of standards.

6.  Items added to science assessment aligned to NGSS; grades 4, 7, and 11. Alternate science is DLM pilot.  Field test writing performance items in ELA, science, and history/government at selected grade levels.  Field test history/government assessment; grades 6, 8, and high school.  KELPA-P administered for ELL students. 10% will participate in field test for ELPA 21.  DLM fully operational for ELA and mathematics alternate.  cPass

7.  After analyzing the field-test items, we will create the best form possible that includes all features of our future assessment.  We will set new achievement standards (cut scores and performance level descriptors) based on that form.  Using those new cut scores, we will set new AMOs and communicate the new targets to schools and districts.

8.  Now we have a fully enhanced test that covers all of the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards.  ELA and mathematics will have adaptive features included.  DLM for ELA and mathematics alternate  ELPA 21 operational for ELL students  History/government operational in even years  Portfolio for history/government alternate  Science field test; change to grades 5, 8, and 11  DLM field test for science alternate.  cPass

9.  Summative assessment ELA (complete in 2016) Mathematics (complete in 2016) History/government (complete in 2016); alternate portfolio. Science (complete in 2017) DLM for ELA, mathematics, science ELPA 21  Formative tools are developed for all subject areas with item banks for teachers to use to build their own test forms.

10.  Writing Performance Task Grades 3-8 and high school Covers both ELA and Science or History/Government standards Students in grades 6, 8, and 11 would only need to write one essay aligned to both History/government and literacy standards Two rubrics provide two scores—one for each test Same idea for science  Mathematics Performance Task Grades 3-8 and high school

11.  Scoring With a writing prompt and math performance task, we will have student responses that need to be scored by hand. Scoring models  Fully distributed scoring Teachers score on the computer using KITE. An independent activity.  School or regional based scoring Teachers score as a group and enter scores later  Scoring center Only a few teachers come to Lawrence for several days to score all student papers.

12.  Listening requires headphones and additional caching  Districts and schools will need to purchase headphones for every student or ask students to bring in their own (think ear buds)  Streaming audio will put a huge load on the system, so you will need to work with IT to prepare for that in 2014–2015.