assessing the new social studies glces and hsces (and other changes): 2008-09 through 2010-11...
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Assessing the new Social Studies GLCEs and HSCEs (and other changes): 2008-09 through 2010-11
Assessment & Accountability Conference
2008
How do we assess over 500 CEs?
First Steps…. A subgroup of the OEAA Social Studies Steering Committee met in January 2008
Recommended Content Expectations (CEs) to be state assessed
Grades 3-8 and high school only At least 50% of the grade or course CEs
must be assessed at state level All the standards will be assessed each year
with at least one CE (except P3, P4)
Current Steps…
Recommendations were reviewed by Steering Committee March 2008
Office of School Improvement (OSI) and task forces met to review CEs for assessment purposes May 2008: Draft of “clarification document”
OSI currently editing clarification document: slated to be available fall 2008
Primary CEs: assessed every year; Secondary CEs: in 2-3 year test cycle Remember: All standards will be assessed every
year by at least one CE (3-HS, except for P3, P4)
Sample from Clarification Document:Focus Questions and Responses
for all CEs: Grades K-HS
3 - H3.0.1 nWhat are the questions and sources historians use to
understand Michigan's past?
Historians ask what happened, when did it happen, who was involved, and why did it happen to learn about the past.
3 - H3.0.2 nWhat are the questions and sources historians use to
understand Michigan's past?Historians use primary and secondary sources to
answer questions about the past.
3 - H3.0.3 yHow can cause and effect help us describe the
relationship between 3 events in Michigan's past?
Cause and effect relationships show us how historical events are related to each other. We can use a graphic organizer to describe how one event in Michigan's past led to another.
3 - H3.0.4 nHow do we make generalizations about American
Indians who lived in Michigan?
One way we can make generalizations about beliefs of American Indians is to use traditional stories.
3 - H3.0.5 nWhat can we use to compare how American Indians
and settlers in the early history of Michigan interacted with their environment?
We can use informational text, like text books, trade books, letters and diaries of settlers, and internet sources; visual data like maps showing Indian trails of the past, and museum resources, or field trips to compare how American Indians and settlers adapted to, used, or modified the environment.
Next Steps: Summer 2008: item writers began writing
“new” items to new CEs Fall 2008 MEAP: Current test design, no
“new” items to new CEs Spring 2009 MME: Current test design
minus Inquiry Strand (replaced with ACT WorkKeys Locating Information items); no “new” items but will re-code some field test items with crosswalk from old benchmarks
Next Steps (continued): Fall 2009 MEAP Grades 6&9: Current
test design: Items are aligned with old bench marks: Field test “new” items to new CEs
Spring 2010 MME: Current test design: Operational Cross-walked items; Field test “new” items to new CEs
Fall 2010 MEAP Grades 6&9: New test design
Spring 2011 MME: New test design
More Next steps… 2008-2009: Steering Committee and
OEAA/OSI will review new test design options
Spring 2009 May 1st: Secondary Credit Assessment System (SCAS) US History and Geography: about 100 items with 2 “Taking A Stand” items
More Next steps… Current plan to produce one SCAS per
year for WH&G, Civics, and Economics
2010: Possible stand alone pilot for World History and Geography items only (perhaps with SCAS pilot)
2010-2011: Pilot new test designs, Grades 6, 9, MME
Changes for Fall 2008 MEAP… Fall 2008 MEAP and Spring 2009 MME:
no longer any “Taking a Stand” written items* (but will be included in SCAS, see earlier slide)
MEAP 2008: 10 items per 4 stands, and 6 for Inquiry; plus 10 Field Test=total 56 items
*Persuasive writing is still part of the curriculum and is expected to be taught and assessed at the classroom level
Changes for Fall 2008 MEAP… MEAP 2008: Still assessing the old
benchmarks; Parts 1 and 2
MEAP 2008: Must administer on October 23rd or October 28th; or give Make-Up
MEAP 2008: Still officially untimed
Spring 2009 MME changes…. Spring 2009 MME: no longer any “Taking
a Stand” written items (but will be included in SCAS, see previous slides)
Spring 2009 MME: reduced to 7 items per 4 strands, no Inquiry*, plus 14 field test=42 total items
Spring 2009 MME: timed; approximately 45 minutes, only one part
*ACT WorkKeys: will include 6 items that will also be scored for social studies Inquiry, and added to the MME Social Studies score
Stay tuned…
Transition: switching gears from teaching/assessing old bench marks and new CEs: we’re all in the same boat!
OEAA is aware of some students possibly assessed on content not yet taught; as with other content areas, adjustments are made on new items to ensure parity and fairness
Stay tuned…
New test designs (2010-2011) will incorporate matrix design in order to assess all standards each year
Matrix design: all students will get at least 50% of the same operational items: OEAA equates difficulty of operational items across forms
Social Studies Assessment and Curriculum Contact information Ruth Isaia, 517 335 0477, [email protected] Karen R. Todorov: [email protected] MEAP: www.mi.gov/meap MME: www.mi.gov/MME ACT. WorkKeys: www.act.org Social Studies OSI (curriculum):
www.mi.gov/socialstudies