1. Review of the New Assessments: PARCC and SBAC Webinar May 14, 2014 Presented by: Sean McGrew, Ph.D.

2. Poll 1 Whats happening in your neck of the woods?

3. Source: EdWeek, October 2013

4. Common Core: Questioning the Assessments

5. Source: EdWeek, October 2013 Florida, Georgia, and SC have anti-CC legislation in the works Indiana pulled out of CC as of March 2014 Kansas is now developing own assessment New York delayed PARCC until 2022 OK is dropping out this month

6. Agenda

7. Poll 3 Will private/parochial schools in your state participate in PARCC/SBAC?

8. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

9. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

10. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

11. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html PDK/GALLUP POLL Just your impression or what you may have heard or read, has increased testing helped, hurt or made no difference in the performance of the local public schools?

12. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html AP/NORC CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL How important is it to you that your childs school regularly assess whether or not your child is meeting the statewide expectations for the grade level?

13. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html AP/NORC CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL Overall, do you think students in your childs school take too many standardized tests, too few standardized tests, or is it just about right?

14. TEST DESIGN SBAC Summative assessment has adaptive portion for short items, and non-adaptive portion for performance tasks Paper-pencil option is transitional (for 3 years), different from computer- based form Offered in last 12 weeks of school PARCC Summative assessments are not adaptive PBA (Performance-Based) after 75% of school year writing, applying skills. EOY (after 90%) Paper-pencil versions available Will include speaking and listening in 2015-2016

15. Poll 2 How do you feel about the released sample items?

16. Poll 4 Is your school logistically equipped to test all students online?

17. PRICE AND LOGISTICS SBAC SBAC coordinates writing of items (by teachers in partner states) and reporting; states choose vendor (or self) for technical deployment Summative-only: $6.20 for SBAC + approx $16.30 for administration. Interim/Formative included: $9.55 + approx $17.75. PARCC PARCC contracted with Pearson (and subcontractors) to build content and deploy tests $24-$29.50 (current and original price estimate) includes performance- assessment and end of year

18. PARCC Interface

19. PARCC Interface

20. SBAC Interface

21. SBAC Interface

22. INTERIM ASSESSMENTS SBAC Optional interims at locally- determined intervals. Item bank is open to participating districts PARCC Diagnostic and Mid-Year available optionally

23. FIELD TESTING SBAC Over 2 million students tested so far (continuing through June 6) PARCC About half a million tested in first window, expecting about the same in second window.

24. ACCOMMODATIONS SBAC Complete Spanish version of Math tests Glossaries for 10 languages built into online system Text-to-Speech functionality Braille ASL video translation for listening portions PARCC Glossary for Math terms if paid for by state Paper-based glossaries allowed Text-to-Speech functionality No Braille (yet) No ASL video (yet)

25. SBAC and PARCC influence on other tests SAT moving toward Common Core (David Coleman) ACT Aspire is a K-12, Classroom/Interim/Summative NWEA, Renaissance STAR Catapult Learnings eValuate and custom interim assessments

26. TEQ: Open-Ended 26

27. TEQ: Drag and Drop 27

28. TEQ: Multiple Selectors 28

29. TEQs: Graphing Points, Lines, Segments, Rays 29

30. TEQs: Graphing Points, Lines, Segments, Rays 30