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Revised Recommendations: System Agreement for the Use of Smarter Balanced 11 th Grade Assessment in Washington Higher Education Placement Process April 2014
Revised Recommendations:System Agreement for the
Use of Smarter Balanced 11th Grade Assessment in
Washington Higher Education Placement Process
April 2014
Key Points about the AgreementWhat It Does
• Supports implementation of Common Core
• Provides motivation for some students to improve readiness for college
• Complements system efforts toward multiple, alternative placement measures
What It Doesn’t Do • Replace or address
directly issues with current placement tests
• Apply to admissions decisions for 4-year programs
• Extend beyond Class of 2018 without review process based on performance data
Class of
2016Take SB spring 2015
Enter higher
education fall 2016
Class of
2017Take SB spring 2016
Enter higher
education fall 2017
Class of
2018Take SB spring 2017
Enter higher
education fall 2018
Agreement Timeframe
Review agreement in winter 2018 and consider revision/renewal for class of 2019
SMARTER BALANCED SCORE
POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR 12TH GRADE
POSTSECONDARY PLACEMENT OPTIONS BASED ON SCORE
District option: Senior year college readiness/transition
course (or some other intensive academic support), then
opportunity for re-testing
Taking the statewide math senior year college
readiness/transition course
Expected and advised to earn college credits
An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway
An entry-level calculus pathway math course, contingent on a B or better in a calculus pathway class as a senior
LEVEL 4 (college-ready)
Any entry college-level math course through pre-calculus I
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 3 (college-ready)
LEVEL 2An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway, contingent on a B or better in the statewide math college
readiness/transition course
Encouraged to consider appropriate advanced college credit courses
Taking a calculus pathway class
SMARTER BALANCED RECOMMENDATIONS: MATH
Additional placement information, determined by local institutional processes
(transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.), needed for all entry-level
courses
SMARTER BALANCED SCORE
POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR 12TH GRADE
POSTSECONDARY PLACEMENT OPTIONS BASED ON SCORE
District option: Senior year college readiness/transition
course (or some other intensive academic support), then
opportunity for re-testing
Taking a statewide English senior year college
readiness/transition course
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent)
LEVEL 4 (college-ready)
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English
Composition or its equivalent)
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 3 (college-ready)
LEVEL 2
An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English
Composition or its equivalent), contingent on a B or better in a statewide English senior
year college readiness/transition course
Encouraged to consider opportunities for earning
college credit
Additional placement information, determined by local institutional processes
(transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.), needed for all entry-level
courses
SMARTER BALANCED RECOMMENDATIONS: ENGLISH
Expected and advised to earn college credits
Comments & Questions?
