making preparations in ohio: common core and ohio’s revised academic content standards new system...
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New Generation of Assessments in Ohio
Ohio Department of EducationPaula Mahaley
Office of Curriculum and Assessment
Making preparations in Ohio:Common Core and Ohio’s Revised Academic Content Standards
New System of Assessments
Ohio’s Academic Standards
“The standards shall specify… the core
academic content and skills… that will allow
each student to be prepared for
postsecondary instruction and the workplace
for success in the twenty-first century.” ORC § 3301.079(A)(1)(a)
• English language arts
• Mathematics
• Science• Social Studies
Ohio Revised
Standards
Ohio’s Academic Standards
New Generation of Assessments
“The state board of education, the
superintendent of public instruction, and the
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall
develop a system of college and work
ready assessments… The system shall
replace the Ohio graduation tests…”
ORC § 3301.0712
More rigorous tests measuring student progress toward “college and career readiness”
Have common, comparable scores across member states, and across consortia
Provide achievement and growth information to help make better educational decisions and professional development opportunities
Source: Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 68 / Friday, April 9, 2010 pp. 18171-85
New Generation of Assessments
Assess all students, except those with “significant cognitive disabilities”
Administer online, with timely results
Use multiple measures
Source: Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 68 /
Friday, April 9, 2010 pp. 18171-85
New Generation of Assessments
Assessment Grants
In September 2010, the U.S. Department of Education awarded two grants to develop common assessments aligned to standards.
The recipients were…
PARCC SMARTER Balanced
Assessment Consortia
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Hawaii
SMARTER Balanced State
PARCC State
Washington, DC
Participating in Both consortia
Consortia Membership
Ohio’s Decision
On November 15,
the Ohio State Board of Education voted to have Ohio join PARCC as a
governing member.
PARCC:
Assessments Designed for Students in the 21st Century
PARCCConsortia of 24 states + D.C.
English language arts and mathematics assessments
On-line testing
Item Types
Multiple-choice items
Extended-response items
Technology-enhanced items
Performance Task items
Rapid reporting system to inform instruction and accountability
Teachers involved in developing and scoring tests
PARCCComponents:
1) Diagnostic (optional)
2) Mid-year (optional)
3) Performance Based (required*)
4) End-of-year (required*)
5) Listening/Speaking (required)
* contributes to summative score
End-of-Year /End-of-Course
Assessment
Performance-Based
Assessment
Summative assessment for accountability
Formative assessment
Diagnostic Assessment
Speaking and
Listening
Flexible
Mid-Year Assessment
English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11
Summative Components
Source: Center for K-12 at ETS
PARCC Assessment Design
1. Determine whether students are college- and career-ready or on track
2. Compare performance across states and internationally
3. Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards
4. Measure the full range of student performance, including high and low performing students
PARCC will enable Ohio to:
5. Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction, interventions and professional development
6. Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth
7. Guide changes in instructional practice
PARCC will enable Ohio to:
PARCC Additional Tools
Teacher Resources
Public Communication
Professional Development
Rationale for PARCC
Close alignment with Ohio’s Race to the Top initiatives and state legislation
Established relationships with PARCC states
Achieve’s* work on Algebra I and II End-of-Course assessments led by Ohio
*PARCC’s project manager partner
Ohio’s New Assessments
PARCC developed assessments
English language arts
grades 3 – 8 and high school
Mathematics
grades 3 – 8 and high school
Operational school year 2014-15
State developed assessments
Science
grades 5 and 8 and high school
Social Studies
grade 5 and 8 and high school
Operational school year 2014-15
Ohio Assessment Timeline
June 2010
• State Board Adopted Common Core Standards
March 2011
• State Board Adopted Model Curriculum
2012- 2014
• Assessment Development• Test Development• Field Test• Standards Setting
2014-2015
• Assessments Operational – First Administration
Ohio Assessment ProjectsOhio Performance Assessment Pilot Program (OPAPP):
Performance Task Assessment • Learning Task• Assessment Task
Grades:• 11 &12 – English language arts, mathematics and science
• 3, 4 & 5 – English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies
Contact: [email protected]
Ohio Assessment Projects
Formative Assessment Middle School (FAMS)Formative instruction process/practice
Community of Practice
Grades:
• 5, 6, 7 & 8 – English language arts, and mathematics
Contact: [email protected]
Where are we now?
Existing State
Assessments –
Transitional
Years
The Transitional Years
Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA)*Continue to be administered until ORC is revised to address end date
Ohio Graduations Tests (OGT)*Continue to be administered
ORC states OGT will be phased out and replaced with new system (national standardized assessment and end-of-course exams) but no timeline given
*OAA and OGT assess the standards adopted in 2001 and 2002
The Transitional YearsHB153 July 2011
Restates from HB1
Elementary, Middle and High School
Combine reading and writing into a single English language arts assessment
Establish 3 performance levels (instead of 5)
The Transitional YearsHB153 July 2011
Changes
High School
National Standardized Assessment
Series of End of Course exams
Senior Project
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The Transitional Years
OTELARequired for students identified as ELL
Process started to realign to CCSS
Did not receive EAG to develop new standards and English language proficiency assessment
States who joined the California led consortia Facilitated by CCSSO-ELL SCASS
Decision needed on developing new ELP to assess realigned to CCSS
The Transitional Years
Alternate Assessment for Students with Disabilities (AASWD) – alternate OAA and OGT for students with severe cognitive disabilities
Development has started for online assessment
No longer the portfolio format – students will be given tasks, scores recorded by test administrator online
Operational spring 2013
The Transitional Years
K-3 DiagnosticsProcess has started to realign to CCSS
Minor modifications to fill gaps
Ready for districts to use in school year 2012-13
The Transitional Years
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment – Literacy (KRA-L)
Development started to expand content areas: Mathematics
Physical well-being and motor development (including adaptive skills)
Social and emotional development
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant – 35 states including Ohio
Web Resources
PARCC: http://www.parcconline.org/
Search education.ohio.gov using keywords:– Testing rules book– OAA– OGT– OTELA– Diagnostics– KRA-L
Students must read lots of ‘complex’ texts—texts that offer them new language, new knowledge, and new modes of thought”
Measuring Text Complexity
word length or frequency,
sentence length, and text cohesion,
levels of meaning or purpose; structure;
language conventionality and clarity; and
knowledge demands.
purpose and the complexity of the task assigned and the questions posed
Questions?