Cougar Ridge Assessment Results 2012Debra HawkinsDirector, Assessment and ResearchTeaching and Learning Division

Goals for Tonight Provide an Overview of the Assessments

given K-5 and Recent Results from these assessments

Explain the rationale behind recent assessment changes

Discuss the impact of WA State ESEA Waiver Review District Position on Practice tests Identify What is Coming in the World of

Assessment

State/Federal Level Testing Requirements Washington English Language

Proficiency (WELPA)/Placement and Annual Test

Second Grade Reading Assessment Measurements of Student Progress

(MSP) National Assessment of Educational

Progress (NAEP) Classroom Based Assessment/Civics

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) Results AMAO Target 1-MET

Measures the annual increase in the number or percentage of children making progress in learning English

AMAO Target 2-MET Measures the number or percentage of children

attaining English proficiency. AMAO Target 3-MET

Measures the number or percentage of students learning English who reach academic standards in reading and math based on the state’s assessments.

Second Grade Reading Assessment Mandates that every student in the

state of Washington be assessed at the beginning of the second grade using a grade-level equivalent oral reading passage. Students whose performance is found to be substantially below grade level must be provided an intervention plan that involves the student, parents, and school.

Measurements of Student Progress Third grade-Reading and Math Fourth grade- Reading, Math and Writing Fifth grade Reading, Math, and Science

What is a good score on the MSP?

Advanced (Level 4) Proficient (Level 3) Basic (Level 2) Below Basic (Level 1)

Students generally have to achieve a score that represents approximately 60-65% of the points possible on each test to pass. That score or above means they have met the required standard for proficiency in that subject.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) An essential measurement of student

achievement in the United States Required by federal government for all

states receiving Title I funding National results are reported for grades

4, 8, and 12 In the ISD Cascade Ridge and Maywood

Middle School will participate this year

Classroom-based Assessment-Civics

State mandated assessment are multi-stepped tasks or projects aligned to specific state standards which target skill and knowledge necessary for engaged, informed citizenship

Most of the assessments ask students to develop a position on an issue, event, or question, include background on the issue, event, or question, provide reasons for the position and cite the sources used to develop and support the position

District Required Assessments Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessment Everyday Math Assessment Stanford 10 Achievement Test Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Structure of the Intellect (SOI)

Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessment Spring 2011-Fountas and Pinnell Reading

assessment was selected by the Reading scope and sequence committee

Determines 3 reading levels for each student Independent, Instructional, Hard Provides placement level for guided reading

instruction Allows teachers to tailor their reading program

more accurately to a wide range of reading abilities

Stanford 10 Achievement Nationally standardized, norm-referenced

achievement test Group administered Collects achievement data from a

nationally representative group of students so that others have a current norm group against which to compare their scores

Given at 1, 2, and 5th grade

CogAT/SOI Group-administered ability test battery and

creativity measured CogAT-Used to assess students’ abilities in

reasoning and problem solving using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal symbols

SOI-Used to assess creativity (figural-spatial, symbolic and verbal abilities are measured)

Used as part of the identification process for Gifted/Talented students eligibility

Rationale behind Assessment Changes WASL to MSP Stanford 10 Achievement K-12, to

Stanford 10 Achievement administration only at 1, 2, and 5

WA State ESEA Flexibility Waiver Superintendent Dorn announces ESEA

Waiver approval July 6, 2012 Effective immediately Adequate Yearly

Progress (AYP) rules are replaced by Annual Measurable Objectives (AMO)calculations

What’s Coming in Assessment? Smarter Balanced Assessment

Consortium Common Core State Standards On-line Testing Teacher-Principal Evaluation Pilot Common Assessments

The Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project The Teacher and Principal Evaluation

Project (TPEP) is part of a broad education reform bill (E2SSB 6696) passed by the Washington State Legislature in 2010.

Traditional evaluation systems have a two-level ranking of “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory”. The legislation calls for a four-level rating system and eight minimum criterion

Links for additional information

http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?year=2011-

http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/default.aspx

http://www.k12.wa.us/default.aspx http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

Need help with Assessment Issues?

Debra Hawkins Director of Assessment and Research hawkinsd@issaquah.wednet.edu