State Assessment System

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State Assessment System
Presented to California CO-OP Directors Fall
Institute September 28, 2006
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Presentation Objectives

• Provide a description of Californias assessment
  system
• Handouts
• State Assessment System power point presentation
• California Assessment System Matrix
• www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa

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California Assessment System Matrix 200607

• Provides a summary view of all California state
  assessments
• Summarizes for each test
• Grade levels and content areas assessed
• Groups together testing components of the STAR
  Program

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California Assessment System Matrix 2006-07

• Outlines five additional testing programs not
  addressed today
• California English Language Development Test
  (CELDT)
• Early Assessment Program (identifying readiness
  for college English and mathematics, in
  collaboration with CSU system)
• Physical Fitness Test
• California High School Proficiency Examination
  (CHSPE)
• General Educational Development (GED) test
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

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Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program
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Program Components

• The STAR Program has four components
• California Standards Tests (CSTs)
• California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition
  Survey (CAT/6 Survey)
• California Alternate Performance Assessment
  (CAPA)
• Designated Primary Language Test (Aprenda/3 or
  Standards-based Tests in Spanish (STS))

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Students To Be Tested

• All students in grades two through eleven,
  including English learners, enrolled on the first
  day of CST and CAT/6 Survey testing are required
  to take these tests.
• Only students with written parent/guardian
  requests may be exempted from testing. (EC 60615)

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California Standards Tests

• The California Standards Tests (CSTs)
• Are standards-based tests
• Are administered only in California public
  schools
• Are discrete at each grade level/course
• Are the core of the State Assessment System
• Carry the majority of the weight for API
  calculations
• Are augmented to exempt students from California
  State University Placement Tests

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California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition Survey

• The California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition
  Survey (CAT/6 Survey)
• Are national norm-referenced tests
• Measure general achievement of academic
  reading/language, spelling, and mathematics
• Compare the scores of third and seventh grade
  California students with scores of national
  samples of students tested in the same grade at
  approximately the same time during the school
  year
• Are used in API calculations

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California Alternate Performance Assessment

• California Alternate Performance Assessment
  (CAPA) is
• A performance-based assessment
• Related to a subset of Californias Academic
  Content Standards
• Used to assess students with significant
  cognitive disabilities who are unable to take the
  CSTs and CAT/6 Survey (about 1 of the population)

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New Program Components

• Two new Program components are being developed
• Standards-Based Tests in Spanish (STS)
• California Modified Assessment (CMA)

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Standards-Based Test in Spanish (STS)

• Required by California Education Code Section
  60640(f)(3)(A)
• Must be aligned with content standards for
  reading/language arts and mathematics

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STS Blueprints

• Assessment Review Panels (ARPs) analyzed content
  standards to develop blueprints.
• Blueprints for Grades 2, 3 and 4 adopted by SBE
  at July 2005 meeting.
• Blueprints for Grades 5, 6, and 7 adopted by SBE
  at July 2006 meeting.

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STS Blueprints

• Grades 2 -4 Blueprints available at
  http//www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr05/documents/blue
  jul05item15.doc
• Grades 5 7 Blueprints available at
  http//www.cde.ca.gov/be/ag/ag/yr06/documents/jul0
  6item36.doc

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STS Development

• ARP members are bilingual and biliterate and ARP
  members from the CSTs in math and ELA are
  represented.
• Training of item writers and development of test
  specifications mirrored CST.
• Items reviewed for alignment to content
  standards, difficulty, bias and sensitivity, and
  use of Spanish language.

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California Modified Assessment (CMA)

• Will be administered to students with
  disabilitiesstudents for whom both the CAPA and
  the CSTs are inappropriate
• When fully implemented, will be added to AYP
  calculations for up to 2 of the states students
• Pilot test of item types and modes of delivery

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Internet Resources

• http//www.startest.org
• Directions for Administration
• Pre-ID
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/resources.asp
• Blueprints
• Released Test Questions
• Teacher Guides
• Explaining 2006 Tests to Parents and Guardians
• Helping Your Student Achieve (brochure)
• http//star.cde.ca.gov
• Test Results
• California Reading List

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California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE)
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CAHSEE Basics

• All students, beginning in 200506, must pass the
  CAHSEE to receive a public high school diploma in
  California.
• There are no opt-outs.
• The first opportunity students have to take the
  CAHSEE is in grade ten.
• Students have up to five additional opportunities
  throughout high school to pass the CAHSEE.
• Students shall only retake the portion(s) of the
  exam not previously passed.

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Exam Content

• Two portions
• Day 1 English-Language Arts (ELA)
• 79 multiple-choice questions (including 7
  field-test questions) and 1 writing task
• Assesses academic content standards through grade
  ten in reading and writing
• Day 2 Mathematics
• 92 multiple-choice questions (including 12
  field-test questions)
• Assesses academic content standards through part
  of Algebra I

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CAHSEE Blueprint for English-Language Arts

• 80 test questions
• 72 operational multiple-choice items
• 1 operational writing task
• 7 field-test multiple-choice items

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CAHSEE Blueprint for Mathematics

• Multiple-Choice items
• 80 operational
• 12 field-test questions

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Interpreting CAHSEE Scores

• CAHSEE Scale
• Scale scores range from 275450
• Passing score is 350
• Mathematics approx. 55 correct
• ELA approx. 60 correct
• Score conversions on the ETS Web site at
  http//www.ets.org/cahsee

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Senate Bill 517

• Students with disabilities on a diploma track for
  2006
• Student took CAHSEE once during 10th and twice
  beyond, with once in 12th grade
• Student participated in remediation or school
  certifies it wasnt offered
• Student takes CAHSEE once after remediation if
  test is offered
• One-year only, may be extended with SB 267

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Local Waiver Process

• Education Code Section 60851(c) explains the
  waiver process in detail.
• At the request of the students parent or
  guardian, a school principal must submit to the
  local school board a request for a waiver of the
  requirement to pass the part(s) of the CAHSEE on
  which a modification was used and the equivalent
  of a passing score was earned.

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Local Waiver Process(Continued)

• For the local board to waive the CAHSEE
  requirement, the principal must certify the pupil
  has
• (1) An IEP or Section 504 Plan that requires the
  modifications to be provided to the pupil when
  taking the CAHSEE.
• (2) Completion, or in the process of completion,
  of high school level coursework sufficient to
  have attained the skills and knowledge otherwise
  needed to pass the CAHSEE.
• (3) A score report showing that the student
  received the equivalent of a passing score on
  the CAHSEE while using a modification.

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Litigation Update

• Appellate Court Decision
• In August 2006, the 1st District Court of Appeals
  upheld the CAHSEE requirement for the class of
  2006.

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Remediation

• Education Code Section 37252 - Districts must
  provide remediation to students in grades 7
  through 12 who do not show sufficient progress
  toward passing the CAHSEE.
• Education Code Section 37254 (Intensive
  Instruction and Services Grant)
• 69.5 million statewide compared to 20 million
  last year.
• All LEAs that apply will receive funding.
• LEAs will receive up to 500 for each grade 12
  student who has not passed one or both parts of
  the CAHSEE.
• Any remaining funds will be distributed to LEAs
  for grade 11 students.

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Internet Resources

• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/resources.asp
• Released Test Questions
• Student Study Guides
• Teacher Guides
• Assistance Packets for Reporting Results and
  Notifying Parents
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/accmod.asp
• Matrix of Test Variations, Accommodations, and
  Modifications
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/cahseematrix.asp
• Remediation Compendium

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Questions