California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP)

Guidelines for Submitting Appeals Guidelines for Submitting Appeals for the 2014 California Smarter for the 2014 California Smarter

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April 16, 20141 – 2:30 p.m.

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• Overview of Appeals• Identifying the Correct Appeal Type• Submitting Appeals in Test Information

Distribution Engine (TIDE)• Tips and Reminders • Questions

Agenda

Overview

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Overview of Appeals

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• What is an appeal?– Request for invalidating, resetting, reopening, or

restoring students’ tests– Submitted in TIDE by authorized users– Must be approved by the California Department

of Education (CDE)

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Example Reasons for Appeals

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• Test security incident • Incorrect test setting • Wrong student takes test• Wrong test is approved• An English learner (EL) who has been in the

United States for less than 12 months was administered an ELA test

• Items are missing answer boxes• Students cannot advance to next item

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Example Reasons for Appeals

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• A Test Administrator (TA) accidentally administers Field Test instead of Practice Test

• Student begins a test but does not complete it• Student mistakenly submits test before he or

she is finished

Identifying the Correct Appeal Type

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Four types of appeals: 1. Invalidate a test2. Reset a test3. Re-open a test4. Restore a test that has been reset

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Identifying the Correct Appeal Type

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Invalidate a Test

• Reasons for request: – Security incidents (improprieties or breaches) – Example: A Test Administrator (TA) sees two

students discussing answers to questions during a test session

• Results of approved appeal:– Student loses testing opportunity– Score will not be reported

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Reset a Test• Reasons for request:

– Student started test without appropriate designated supports or accommodations

– Correct test is not available for student– Wrong student took test – TA approved wrong test

• Resets are possible if any of the following student test settings were incorrectly set:– American Sign Language– Braille – Closed Captioning

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Reset a Test• Resets are possible if any of the following student

test settings were incorrectly set (continued):– Streamlined interface– Translation-stacked (for mathematics only)

Note: Stacked translations are automatically provided when the selected language is Spanish.

– Translation-glossary – Text-to-speech as an accommodation (i.e., for ELA

reading passages in grades 6–8 or 11)  – Any non-embedded accommodation(s)

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Reset a Test

• Results of approved appeal:– Removes current test from system and student

starts a new test– Student will begin with first item– Student does not lose opportunity – Only most recent test may be reset

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Re-open a Test

• Reasons for request:– Student became ill and was unable to resume

testing before testing opportunity expired– System issue

i.e., Student completed part of a test, but was not allowed back into it.

• Result of approved appeal:– Re-opens test that has expired– Student will begin where he or she left off

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Restore a Test That Has Been Reset

• Reason for request:– A test has been reset in error– Example: A test reset was requested for a

mathematics test instead of an ELA test• Result of approved appeal:

– Restores a student’s test from “reset” status to its prior status

Submitting Appeals in TIDE

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Submitting Appeals in TIDE1. Log into TIDE through the California Smarter

Balanced Portal: – http://sbac.portal.airast.org/ca/field-test-ca/

2. Select the Appeals tab.

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Submitting Appeals in TIDE3. Select [Create Appeals].4. Select a request type.

5. Select the search parameter.− Result ID

The test opportunity’s unique ID number; found through the Online Reporting System (ORS)

− Session ID− SSID

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Submitting Appeals in TIDE6. Enter information for your search.

7. Select [Search Student Results].− Search results will be displayed in a table.

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Submitting Appeals in TIDE8. Enter the reason for the appeal request in the text

box.– Include as much detailed information as possible

i.e., Specific item number where student stopped.

9. Select [Create] to submit appeal.

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Tips and Reminders

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Tips and Reminders

• Include as much information as possible in the reason text box when submitting an appeal request. – Example: It was discovered that a student

began testing in a wrong test, include in the reason text box how many questions he or she had completed before the issue was discovered.

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Tips and Reminders

• All previously submitted appeals to re-open a test before the re-open option became available will be rejected.– The submitter will be asked to resubmit the

appeal request as a re-open request. – Currently, there is no way to change the type of

appeal in the system.

QuestionsQuestions

Resources

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Resources

• California TIDE User Guide:– http://sbac.portal.airast.org/wp-content/uploads/

2014/02/Smarter-Balanced-CA-TIDE-User-Guide-Spring-2014.pdf

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Help Desk Support

• The California Technical Assistance Center (CalTAC) is there to support all LEA CAASPP coordinators!

Available Monday – Friday from 7 a.m.– 5 p.m. PTE-mail: caltac@ets.orgPhone: 800-955-2954

Web site: http://californiatac.org