M-STEP

A presentation for Macomb County Math

Teachers

Information we know…

• In June 2014 the Michigan Legislature required the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to develop a new test for spring 2015, creating a need to reduce a normal three-year test

• M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) will be used to deliver a valid, reliable summative assessment measuring Michigan’s standards for 2014-15 school year.

Information we know…

• The M-STEP test replaces the 44-year-old MEAP test.

• The Spring 2015 assessment will include Michigan-developed content as well as content from the multi-state Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

Spring 2015 M-STEP summative tests for grades

3-8 will include:• As in previous years, English language arts

(reading, writing and listening) and mathematics will be assessed in grades 3-8.

• To reflect current year testing, science will move from being assessed in grades 5 and 8 to grades 4 and 7, and social studies from grades 6 and 9 to being assessed in grades 5 and 8 to measure current year growth.

Spring 2015 M-STEP summative tests for

grades 3-8 will include:• The Michigan Merit Examination (MME)

in 11th grade consists of ACT Plus Writing (a college entrance exam) and WorkKeys (a work skills assessment) and the M-STEP summative assessments which will measure student growth in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.

Measuring Student Growth

• Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs) will be used in place of Performance Level Change (PLCs)

• Student Growth Percentiles describe a students’s learning over time, compared to other students with equivalent prior test scores. SGPs are very useful and powerful way to understand student learning over time.

• Fairer to students of all performance levels

Preview the Assessmentwww.wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/

mi/ott1

• This will allow teachers and students to preview item types and system tools.

• It does not represent all of the ELA or Math standards that will be tested.

• A more complete M-STEP sample will be released in early 2015.

• Use Google Chrome to preview the assessment.

M-STEP Mathematics

• Components

• Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)

• Classroom Activity

• Performance Task (PT)

Classroom Activity

• 30 minute scripted lesson presented to the students.

• The lesson is delivered by a classroom teacher.

• It may occur the same day as the Performance Task (PT) or up to 3 days prior.

• The purpose of the activity is to expose students to the context and vocabulary of the PT.

Performance Task

• A multi-item task administered online.

• Students are presented with several stimuli, and will respond to Technology Enhanced (TE) items, short Constructed Response (CR), and extended CR items.

• Administering the PT without the Classroom Activity is considered a testing irregularity.

Testing Schedule

Testing Session Timings

M-Step Preview

• The M-Step 2015 Spring Preview is now available for Michigan students and teachers

• The Preview must be used on Google Chrome. Copy and paste this link into Chrome. https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1

SBAC Portal

• Practice Assessment

• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/

• Additional items by grade span:

• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/