1 / 44

End-of-Course Assessments

End-of-Course Assessments . Current Status as of January 2010. End-of-Course Assessments. Required Tests English II Algebra I Biology Government. End-of-Course Assessments. Optional Tests English I Algebra II Geometry American History. End-of-Course Assessments. Testing windows

inoke
Download Presentation

End-of-Course Assessments

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. End-of-Course Assessments Current Status as of January 2010

  2. End-of-Course Assessments Required Tests • English II • Algebra I • Biology • Government

  3. End-of-Course Assessments Optional Tests • English I • Algebra II • Geometry • American History

  4. End-of-Course Assessments Testing windows Three large testing windows per year • Fall 10/13/2009 – 1/29/2010 • Spring 03/01/2010 – 5/28/2010 • Summer 06/16/2010 – 8/31/2010

  5. End-of-Course Assessments Phase I Assessments • Include: English II, Algebra I, and Biology • Were the first group of EOC tests created • Became operational in Spring 2009 • Required for AYP, APR and/or NCLB

  6. End-of-Course Assessments All Phase I Assessments • Have two sessions: • Session I – Selected Response Items • Session II – Performance Events (PE) or Writing Prompts (WP)

  7. End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session I Assessments • Have 47 selected response (multiple choice) items • Present students with a question followed by four response options • Are worth 35 points total

  8. End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session II Assessments • Require students to work through more complicated items • Make allowances for more than one approach to a correct answer • Allow insight into a student’s ability to apply knowledge and understanding to real-life situations

  9. End-of-Course Assessments Phase I, Session II Assessments Points are not the same for each content area • English II writing prompt is worth 4 points. • Algebra I PE is worth 4 points. • Biology PE is worth 20 points.

  10. End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Include: English I, Algebra II, Geometry, American History, and Government • Were second group of EOC tests created • Became operational October 13, 2009

  11. End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Government is the onlyrequired Phase II Assessment. • Government is required for APR.

  12. End-of-Course Assessments Online or Paper/Pencil Versions • All Phase I and Phase II Assessments are available in both versions.

  13. End-of-Course Assessments Cost to districts • All Phase I Assessments are $1.80 each. • All Phase II Assessments are free, including Government.

  14. End-of-Course Assessments Cost to districts • The districts are charged for each Phase I test ordered. • Additional Material Orders (AMOs) also require a purchase order number. • Districts are not charged for the 5% overage shipped to buildings.

  15. End-of-Course Assessments Phase II Assessments • Have selected response (SR) items only • English I has 52 items – 7 passages with 6 or 8 items each. • All other Phase II Assessments have 50 items each. • All are worth 40 points

  16. End-of-Course Assessments Phase III Assessments • All decisions about development of Phase III Assessments have been suspended at this time due to budgetary constraints.

  17. End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • SR Items for both Phase I and Phase II Assessments are officially scored by Riverside Publishing immediately after testing. • Official SR scores are returned to the district within about 5 business days from receipt of tests.

  18. End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • WPs and PEs are officially scored by the Assessment Resource Center (ARC) at a later time. • Unscored WP and PE items are scanned and electronic copies are returned to the district for local scoring about 5 business days from receipt of tests.

  19. End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • Session I official scores and locally scored Session II results can be included in a student’s final grade. • DESE highly recommends that EOC Assessments be used as 10-25% of the students’ final grades. • The percentage is a district-level decision.

  20. End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • Riverside Publishing sends two e-mails with attachments to the DTC – one for training and one for scoring. • Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface have URLs, user names, and passwords.

  21. End-of-Course Assessments Scoring EOC • User names and passwords for Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface allow teachers access to secure materials. • For security reasons, do NOT forward these e-mails to the STC or teachers until district testing is complete.

  22. End-of-Course Assessments Task Scoring Workshop • Web-based training material to help prepare teachers for the Teacher Interface scoring process • Includes anchor papers, training papers, and scoring rubrics • Password protected and available for a limited period of time

  23. End-of-Course Assessments Teacher Interface • Web-based software that contains official SR scores and unscored scanned copies of the PEs and WPs • Password protected and available for a limited period of time

  24. End-of-Course Assessments Group Information Sheets (GIS) for Phase I Assessments • Session I – A GIS accompanies answer sheets, which are shipped to Riverside Publishing for scoring. • Session II – A GIS accompanies the test books for the Performance Events (PE) or Writing Prompts (WP), which are shipped to Assessment Resource Center (ARC).

  25. End-of-Course Assessments Group Information Sheets (GIS) for Phase I Assessments • The GIS for Session I and Session II MUST match exactly. • If the match isn’t exact, the data returned to the districts will be significantly impacted in both Teacher Interface and the paper reports.

  26. End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • Official scores for PEs and WPs arrive in the district in August. • Both Session I & II are combined into a Scale Score for Student Reports. • Official state scores will be used for AYP and APR.

  27. End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results

  28. End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • Crystal Reports have breakdown of Session I and Session II scores. • Teachers will be able to compare their scored Session II assessments to the official state-scored Session II.

  29. End-of-Course Assessments EOC score results • For more understanding or questions about score results, appeals, interpreting AYP, APR, Title III Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs), please contact the Accountability, Data, and Accreditation Unit.

  30. End-of-Course Assessments Level Not Determined (LND) • For EOC Assessments, a district will receive a Level Not Determined (LND) for a student only if that student NEVER participates in a required EOC Assessment before they graduate. • EOC Assessments are not a graduation requirement. • The requirement begins with the graduating class of 2011.

  31. End-of-Course Assessments Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) • Students who participate in an EOC Assessment receive scores. • A student receives the Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) if a student’s test is invalidated for cheating or paraphrasing in any content area because they have participated in the test.

  32. End-of-Course Assessments Lowest Obtainable Scale Score (LOSS) • Additional LOSS Circumstances are described in the Accommodations chart found both in the Test Coordinator Manual and the Test Examiners Manuals

  33. End-of-Course Assessments Individualized Education Program (IEP) • Students who have an IEP with accommodations can be accommodated during testing.

  34. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • The “Not Enrolled” bubble is used for a student who begins any session of an EOC Assessment and moves either out of the district or from building to building within a district before finishing the entire assessment. • The sending school should keep documentation on file about the student’s move.

  35. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates Linking barcode labels • Used when precoded student barcode labels contain any incorrect information or no barcode label was provided • Used for Phase I Assessments only so that Session I and Session II are linked together to the appropriate student

  36. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates Linking barcode labels • Packaged with the scenario-specific instructions

  37. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • In the manuals and materials, EOC Assessments will be categorized as Phase I and Phase II. • Task Scoring Workshop and Teacher Interface information included in TCM

  38. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • The Test Examiner’s Manuals will be combined into two manuals • Phase I Test Examiner’s Manual • Phase II Test Examiner’s Manual

  39. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Specific instructions are found in the middle of the Test Examiner’s Manual. • Dictionaries, thesauruses, and grammar handbooks can be used with the writing prompt for English II Session II. This includes a bilingual dictionary.

  40. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Regarding the use of a calculator: • If the IEP says the student will use a graphing calculator or any other specific type of calculator, then the IEP must be followed. • For general education students, the district should follow the district, school, and/or class general education calculator usage policy that is in place for quizzes, benchmark tests, common assessments, chapter/unit tests, and/or finals on End-of-Course Assessments.

  41. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • When students are taking the online version of the test, do not mark a student as absent until the END of the district’s testing window. • English II will not have a stand alone field test this year. However, the Phase II GIS has a bubble for an English II field test. Please disregard.

  42. End-of-Course Assessments Changes and Updates • Instead of FORM numbers on each test, this year the tests have FORM letters.

  43. End-of-Course Assessments Overages for EOC Assessments • A 5% overage is sent to the buildings only and not to the district office.

  44. End-of-Course Assessments Released Items • Released test items can be found on the DESE website under the EOC Assessments.

More Related