Race to the Top Assessments Florida Organization of Instructional Leaders

1. Race to the Top AssessmentsFlorida Organization of Instructional Leaders November 14, 2013 Lake Mary, FL

2. Presentation Overview • FDOE Support for Local Assessments • Assessment Development Training • IBTP • Hard-to-Measure Assessment Item Development • Review of Progress to Date • Classroom Enrollment Tool • Item Tryouts • Next Steps

3. Local Assessment Training

4. Requirements in FL Statute Section 1008.22 FS: (8) LOCAL ASSESSMENTS.— (a) Measurement of the learning gains of students in all subjects and grade levels other than subjects and grade levels required for the state student achievement testing program is the responsibility of the school districts. (b) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each school district shall administer for each course offered in the district a student assessment that measures mastery of the content, as described in the state-adopted course description, at the necessary level of rigor for the course. Such assessments may include: 1. Statewide assessments. 2. Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized assessments. 3. Industry certification examinations. 4. District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments. (c) The Commissioner of Education shall identify methods to assist and support districts in the development and acquisition of assessments required under this subsection. Methods may include developing item banks, facilitating the sharing of developed tests among school districts, acquiring assessments from state and national curriculum-area organizations, and providing technical assistance in best professional practices of test development based upon state-adopted curriculum standards, administration, and security.

5. Assessment Development Training • Two training sessions conducted: • Jacksonville, September 23 – 24 • Lake Mary, September 26 – 27 • Training sessions included break-out sessions for: • Assessment item writing and item review • Test form construction • Scoring • Using Data to Support Instruction (optional)

6. My School District has in place: • □ a district-developed or district-selected assessment designed to measure mastery of the content, as described in the state-adopted course description, for every course offered in your district? • □ a local assessment plan • □ for assessment development for every course offered in your district? • □ for training of staff in necessary aspects of assessment administration and scoring • □ for assessment administration for every course offered in your district? • □ for assessment scoring and reporting for every course offered in your district? • □ for setting assessment achievement levels for every course offered in your district? • □ for reviewing assessment items for performance (and for not scoring assessment items that do not perform well) for every course offered in your district? • … Local Assessment Readiness Gauge

7. Florida Interim Assessment Item Bank and Test Platform Project Overview

8. IBTP *Computer or paper-based functionality

9. IBTP Project

10. Currently in Development Implementation beginning 2014

11. Hard to Measure Assessment Item Development

12. Seven Hard to Measure Project Awards

13. Osceola County Project (CFAC) • Project Awarded in July 2013 • Working to develop high quality assessment items for: • Mathematics (Trig, pre-Calc, Probability + Stats) • Science (Environmental, Marine, Anatomy + Physiology) • Social Studies (Psychology, Sociology) • AVID • CTE • JROTC

14. Classroom Enrollment Tool

15. Classroom Enrollment Tool • The way IBTP will get student and teacher information is from a Classroom Enrollment Tool (CET) • Data format is designed to be very similar to what districts already submit to FDOE (Survey 2) • Unlike survey data, CET data is designed to be updated frequently and variable

16. Next Steps

17. Timeline of Events Related to IBTP • Item Development: Fall 2012 through January 2014 • Read-only Access to FL Item Bank: June 2013 • Item Tryouts: October 2013 • Training for IBTP: Spring 2014 • Full availability of IBTP for Districts: May 2014

18. Florida District Involvement • Florida educators as item writers and item reviewers • Hard-to-Measure project led by districts • Functionality testing throughout the project - Phase 1 in progress • District Preview to the Item Bank - June 2013 • Item Tryouts

19. Courses with Standardized Assessments or Assessment Items • List of courses (draft) with identification of • Courses with FCAT 2.0 or EOC Assessments • Courses with nationally-recognized assessments (IB, AP, AICE, Industry Certification) • Courses covered by RTTT Projects in the Florida Item Bank and Test Platform

20. Resources to Support Local Assessments • Office of Race to the Top Assessments Website: • http://www.fldoe.org/arra/RaceToTheTop/assessments/resources.asp • Site includes: • FCAT 2.0 Item Rating Sheets • Item Specifications • Links to Course Descriptions, CTE Frameworks, and Content Standards

21. Resources to Support Local Assessments • CFAC Test Item Specification Documents: https://sites.google.com/a/bay.k12.fl.us/cfac/upcoming-events/summer-workshop/summer-workshop-registered-participant-information/registered-participant-information • CFAC Partnering Districts and Contacts: https://sites.google.com/a/bay.k12.fl.us/cfac/home/district-information

22. Office of RTTT AssessmentsDistrict Support • Five Content Specialists: • English / Language Arts: Julia.Somers-Arthur@fldoe.org • Mathematics: June.Campbell@fldoe.org • Science: Sally.Sanders@fldoe.org • Social Studies: Patty.Ceci@fldoe.org • Spanish: Veronica.Allende@fldoe.org • Available for district support / training for: • Item Writing - Test Development • Item Review - Item Bank Use

23. For More Information Director: Todd.Clark@fldoe.org IBTP Project Manager: Michelle.Worrell@fldoe.org HtM Project Manager: Antionette.Meeks@fldoe.org IBTP Systems Admin: Gary.Evans@fldoe.org • RTTT Assessments: http://www.fldoe.org/arra/racetothetop/assessments/ • FDOE RTTT Website: http://www.fldoe.org/arra/RacetotheTop.asp

24. Questions?