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Common Core Assessment System
Fall Administrator’s WorkshopAugust 1, 2013
Presenter: Rob Bauer [email protected]
Assessment Planning Schedule
October 2013 Last administration of NDSA
Fall 2013 – Fall 2014 Inventory of Technology Readiness in North Dakota
Spring 2014(dates TBD)
Voluntary Field Testing of Online Smarter Balanced Assessment
Fall 2014 Determine % of students that will take assessment online vs. paper
Spring 2015 First administration of common core state assessment(may be a hybrid of online & paper)
Summer 2015 Accountability metrics for student, school, district, and state performance
Smarter BalancedAssessment Consortium
Claims for the English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment
• Claim #1 – Reading “Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.”
• Claim #2 – Writing “Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.”
• Claim #3 – Speaking and Listening “Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.”
• Claim #4 – Research/Inquiry “Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.”
Claims for Mathematics Assessment• Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures
“Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.”
• Claim #2 – Problem Solving “Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.”
• Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning “Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.”
• Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis “Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.”
Scores Reported for Individual Students
English Language Arts # Claims Example of
Weights 1 Reading % (TBD)
2 Writing % (TBD)
3 Speaking/Listening % (TBD)
4 Research % (TBD)
Total Composite 100%
Mathematics # Claims Example of
Weights 1 Concepts & Procedures % (TBD)
2&4 Problem Solving & Modeling/Data Analysis
% (TBD)
3 Communicating Reasoning
% (TBD)
Total Composite 100%
Achievement Levels for Which Cut Scores Will Be Set
1: Minimal Command2: Partial Command3: Sufficient Command (Proficiency)4: Deep Command
Grade 11 achievement levels used to determine content readiness for college & career
Estimated Testing TimesTest Type Grades CAT Perf Task
Only Total In-Class
ActivityTotal
English Language Arts/Literacy
3 – 5 1:30 2:00 3:30 :30 4:006 – 8 1:30 2:00 3:30 :30 4:00
11 2:00 2:00 4:00 :30 4:30
Mathematics 3 – 5 1:30 1:00 2:30 :30 3:006 – 8 2:00 1:00 3:00 :30 3:30
11 2:00 1:30 3:30 :30 4:00
Combined 3 – 5 3:00 3:00 6:00 1:00 7:006 – 8 3:30 3:00 6:30 1:00 7:30
11 4:00 3:30 7:30 1:00 8:30
Times are estimates of test length for most students. Smarter Balanced assessments are designed as untimed tests; some students may need and should be afforded more time than shown in this table.
Technology Readiness
• Technology Readiness Tool (TRT)• Used to determine which schools
and/or grades will require a paper assessment in the first year (Spring 2015)
• EduTech supporting TRT project• Participation needed from all districts
Practice Test
• Available online at www.smarterbalanced.org• Grades 3–8 and 11 • Follows a test blueprint similar to the
blueprint intended for the operational test, making the Practice Test experience an abbreviated but similar experience to the assessment in 2015
• Afford teachers, administrators, and parents access to items planned and designed for the Smarter Balanced assessment
Practice Test• Resources and Documentation
– Manuals and User Guides– Classroom Activities– Scoring Guides
• Accommodations– Braille– Text to speech
By fall 2013, the Practice Tests will be augmented with additional features, including:• Performance tasks for mathematics (including classroom-based activities)• Classroom-based activities for ELA/literacy performance tasks in selected
grades• Scoring rubrics• American Sign Language translation and other accommodation and
accessibility tools.
Director of AssessmentGreg Gallagher701-328-1838 or at [email protected]
General Assessment Robert Bauer
701-328-2224 or at [email protected]
Alternate AssessmentDoreen Strode701-298-4637 or at [email protected]
English Language LearnersKerri Whipple701-298-4638 or at [email protected]
Department of Public InstructionAssessment Contact Information