Learning and Accountability

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Learning and Accountability

• College- and Career- Ready Standards
• A Balanced Assessment System
• A New School Accountability Model

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Why do we assess students?
So we can know about our studentsso we can
ensure they grow and achieve.
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Changing what we think of as State Assessments
Start of School Year
End of School Year
EOC or EOG
Assessment for Learning Formative Assessment and
Continuous Checks for Understanding
While summative assessments are important for
reflection, planning and accountability.
..the assessments that actually change outcomes
for students arent delivered by the state in
June
They are delivered by teachers in August and
throughout the year
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Changing what we think of as State Assessments
This is what weve known

• Constructed Response
• Performance Tasks
• Computer Adaptive Testing

Summative

• Instructional Improvement Systems flexible tools
  to
• Diagnose Needs
• Check Progress
• Use data

Interim Tools

• NCFALCON
• Online Writing Instruction
• NC DIGINs
• Professional Development around Formative
  Strategies

Formative Processes
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Assessment Time LineFor School Accountability
Test 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-15 on
New State Developed Math 3-8
New State Developed ELA 3-8
New State Developed English II
New State Developed Alg I/Int I
New State Developed Biology
New State Developed Science 5 8
ACT ACT
SMARTER Balanced Math 3-8
SMARTER Balanced ELA 3-8
SMARTER Balanced 11th Grade Math
SMARTER Balanced 11th Grade ELA
SBE Decision
SBE Decision
SBE Decision
In Development
2014-15 implementation of SMARTER assessments
contingent upon board approval of assessments to
replace the State-developed ELA and Math
assessments.
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New State Assessments2012-2013 and 2013-2014

• Aligned to the Common Core and Essential
  Standards
• Inclusion of New Items types
• Moving towards full online administration in
  2014-15

Demo of New Assessments http//go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo
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SMARTER Balanced ConsortiumStarting in 2014-15

• Computer-Adaptive Testing
• Better information for teachers
• More efficient and more secure
• More accurate

• Performance Tasks

• Extended projects demonstrate real-world writing
  and analytical skills
• May include online research, group projects,
  presentations

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SMARTER Balanced ConsortiaSample
The use of performance measures has been found
to increase the intellectual challenge in
classrooms and to support higher-quality
teaching.Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank
Adamson, Stanford University
Bird and Dinosaur ExampleFrom Content Math
Specifications
http//www.smarterbalanced.org/
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Bird and Dinosaur Eggs
Principals and Teachers What does giving
summative assessments like this mean about the
kind of instruction children need to
receive? How do we ensure all children are able
to solve problems like this?
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Learning and Accountability

• College- and Career- Ready Standards
• A Balanced Assessment System
• A New School Accountability Model

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AccountabilityPurpose Indicators Key Ideas
?

• Provide incentives and supports to
• Improve Student Learning Outcomes
• Raise Graduation Rates
• Close Achievement Gaps

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3 Types of IndicatorsPurpose Indicators Key
Ideas
?

• Performance Indicators
• How well are students doing this year?
• Lets parents know the overall performance of
  school
• Examples Performance Composite, Graduation Rates

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3 Types of IndicatorsPurpose Indicators Key
Ideas
?

• Progress Indicators
• How much progress are cohorts making from one
  year to the next on the performance indicators?
• Examples Change in graduation rate over time
  Annual Measurable Objectives from NCLB

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3 Types of IndicatorsPurpose Indicators Key
Ideas
?

• Growth Indicators
• Given where students start, how much was the
  school able to help them grow?
• Not applied to cohort measures like graduation
  rate
• Examples EVAAS Longitudinal Growth Models

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Elementary and Middle School AccountabilityPurpo
se Indicators Key Ideas
?
PerformanceIndicators
ProgressIndicators
Growth Indicators
? End of Grade 3-8 Math
End of Grade 3-8 Math
EOG3-8 Math
EVAAS Growth School-wide
? End of Grade 3-8 ELA
End of Grade 3-8 ELA
? End of Grade 5 8 Science
End of Grade 5 8 Science
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High SchoolSchool AccountabilityPurpose
Indicators Key Ideas
?
PerformanceIndicators
Growth Indicators
ProgressIndicators
? End of Course
End of Course
? End of Grade 3-8 Math
EOG3-8 Math
? ACT
ACT
EVAAS Growth School-wide
Graduation Rates
? Graduation Rates
Math Course Rigor
? Math Course Rigor


WorkKeys
? WorkKeys
Graduation Project
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Accountability and SupportPurpose Indicators
Key Ideas
?
PerformanceIndicators
ProgressIndicators
Growth Indicators

• Schools will be accountable for all three types
  of indicators at different levels of
  disaggregation (subject, subgroup, etc) through
  state-level reporting
• Recognition and Support will be targeted by
  triangulating these three indicators
• Work with USED around our ESEA Flexibility
  Requests may require updates

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AccountabilityPurpose Indicators Key Ideas
?

1. Focused on Progress and Growth
2. Less Labeling
3. K-8 Similar Indicators ? Higher Standards
4. High School New Indicators ? Increased
   Expectations
5. Simpler, Understandable Reporting
6. Communication Tools