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State Science AssessmentWERA Conference, December 2015
Agenda
State testing for the next few years Development of the next generation of science
assessments
Science Assessment Staff• Dawn Cope—Science Assessment Lead
• Kara Todd—Science Assessment Specialist• [email protected]
• Cinda Parton—Director of Assessment Development• [email protected]
• Jessica Cole—Administrative Assistant• [email protected]
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Check calendar posted at: http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/ProfDevelopment.aspx
State testing for the next few years…
Assessment requirements: Federal and state law require that our state’s science
standards must be assessed: Once in elementary school (we give Measurements of
Student Progress in 5th grade) Once in middle school (we give MSP in 8th grade) Once in high school (we give Biology End-of-Course exam)
We will continue to give these assessments through spring 2017 at least Items are written to the 2009 science standards Scored and equated the same way as we have since 2011
(MSP) and 2012 (Bio EOC)
Scores—percent passing
5th MSP 8th MSPBio EOC-
10th
2011 55.6 61.6 —
2012 66.2 66.3 61.3
2013 66.6 64.8 71.5
2014 66.8 67.2 77.7
2015 63.4 60.7 72.5
Measurements of Student Progress Online testing encouraged Same engine as the Smarter Balanced ELA and Math
assessments Paper/pencil testing still available Resources available:
Teacher Resource page: http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/EducatorResources.aspx
Updates documents—practice questions Scoring Training videos—how some short-answer questions are scored
Online Training test: Interactive Practice using features of the test engine http://wa.portal.airast.org/training-tests/
Biology EOC Graduation Requirement Legislative intent regarding high school science
assessment 2013 Engrossed House Bill 1450 2015 Senate Bill 6145
Classes of 2017 and beyond must pass the state science exam to graduateBiology EOC until a comprehensive NGSS-based test is
administered (Spring 2018)Transition period where either the Biology EOC or the
high school NGSS assessment could be used for graduation purposes, much like math’s transition to Smarter Balanced assessments
Biology EOC
Paper/pencil Resources available:
Teacher Resource page: http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/EducatorResources.aspx
Updates documents—practice questions Scoring Training videos—how some short-answer
questions are scored
Who Takes the Biology EOC? Winter (January/February) 2016
Students (class of 2017+) who took EOC previously and did not meet standard
Students (class of 2017+) completing a biology course mid-year
Spring 2016 Any student (class of 2017+) enrolled in a high school
level biology course All 10th graders who have not yet met standard
Meets the high school science testing requirement of NCLB
Next Generation of Science AssessmentDevelopment and Implementation
New Learning Standards = New Assessment Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) adopted
as our state science learning standards in October of 2013
Official name:
Washington State 2013 K-12 Science Learning Standards
Current assessment timeline—At the earliest…Fall 2015: begin development of
assessmentSpring 2016: limited pilot testSpring 2017: full pilot testSpring 2018: operational test for entire
state
Major assessment shifts…
All the tested grade levels (5, 8, and high school) will be tested onlineMore item types available online
Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) embedded throughout
Comprehensive for high school:all of the domains—PS, LS, ESS, ETS—will be tested
Grade 5 test to assess 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade standards
Steps to building a new assessment: Develop item specifications from standards (began
winter 2015)
Determine the test map/blueprint (begin summer 2016)
Develop test items (began fall 2015)
Develop Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) from standards (begin summer 2016)
Administer an operational test (spring 2018)
Set achievement levels (Standard Setting) (summer 2018)
Test Item Development Cluster Development*—October 2015, March 2016
Content Review*—December 2015, July 2016
Bias/Sensitivity Review—December 2015, July 2016
Pilot Testing—Spring 2016, Spring 2017
Pilot Range Finding*—Summer 2016, Summer 2017
Content Review with Data*—Fall 2016, Fall 2017
*Educator Committees
Item Specifications Provide guidance for writing items that match the standards. Provide information about allowable item types, vocabulary, etc.
Contributing documents: A Framework for K-12 Science Education NRC Report: Developing Assessments for the NGSS Washington State 2013 K-12 Science Learning Standards (NGSS) Evidence Statements (from Achieve) Assessment Framework (from SAIC) Item Specifications Guidelines (from SAIC)
Washington Item Specifications Will be revised through stages of the assessment development
cycle First published by fall 2017, updated annually
Science Assessment Item Collaborative SAIC—January 2015 Led by CCSSO, Achieve, and WestEd Membership includes 14 states and the Virgin
Islands Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Illinois Kentucky Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Nevada Oregon Washington West Virginia Virgin Islands
SAIC Products Assessment Framework
Provides a range of options and accompanying rationales for the development of the NGSS-aligned items for summative assessments
Item Specification Guidelines Companion document to the Assessment Framework Focuses on how the content of the NGSS will be assessed, by
articulating the NGSS-to-Item cluster correlations
Prototype Items Initial example for measuring three-dimensional science learning Can support states in guiding their test vendors with the design
and development of NGSS-aligned assessments’ Can promote dialogue about a large-scale assessment for
measuring the NGSS
SAIC Products available from CCSSO CCSSO Website
• Science Assessment Item Collaborative Assessment Framework
• Science Assessment Item Collaborative Item Specifications Guidelines
• Science Assessment Item Collaborative Grade 5 Item Cluster Prototype
Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation• http://www.csai-online.org/spotlight/science-asse
ssment-item-collaborative
Grade 5 Item Cluster Prototype
NGSS Science Standard
Bundled Performance Expectations
Item Cluster Overview
Evidence Statements
• Development led by Achieve Inc.
• Completed for all grade levels and grade bands
• Expand the initial PE structure to include specific, observable components of student performance
• Intended to be used by educators and assessors to determine a student’s level of mastery for a given PE
• http://www.nextgenscience.org/resources
Evidence Statement
Questions?
