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Mathematics Standards of Learning Assessment Update

Mathematics Standards of Learning Assessment Update. Agenda. Implementation timeline for the 2009 Standards of Learning assessments Blueprints and Curriculum Formula Sheets Additional Ancillary Materials Item Development Cycle Standard Setting. Agenda (continued). Changes for 2011-2012

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Mathematics Standards of Learning Assessment Update

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  1. MathematicsStandards of Learning Assessment Update

  2. Agenda • Implementation timeline for the 2009 Standards of Learning assessments • Blueprints and Curriculum • Formula Sheets • Additional Ancillary Materials • Item Development Cycle • Standard Setting

  3. Agenda (continued) • Changes for 2011-2012 • Virginia’s College and Career Readiness Initiative (CCRI) • Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) • ePATs and TI-73 calculator • Alternate and Alternative Assessments • Elimination of Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA) • Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test (VMAST)

  4. Mathematics Standards of Learning Implementation Timeline

  5. Mathematics Standards of LearningImplementation Timeline

  6. Blueprints and Curriculum • Blueprints are currently available on the VDOE website to accommodate curriculum development and instructional planning, but will not become effective until the 2011-2012 school year • School divisions should be teaching the new content from the 2009 SOL in the 2010-2011 school year since there will be FT items in spring 2011 on the new content

  7. New SOL Blueprints Look for changes in: • Number of reporting categories • Number of items in reporting categories • Asterisks denoting SOL that will be assessed in the non-calculator section for grades 4 - 7 • SOL that will not be tested

  8. Formula Sheets • Formula sheets that correspond to the 2009 Standards for grades 6-8 and EOC are currently available on the VDOE2011-2012 Ancillary Test Materials webpage http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/test_administration/ancilliary_materials/2011-12/index.shtml

  9. Formula Sheets • New formula sheets will be effective for the EOC tests (2009 standards) that are administered beginning in fall 2011 • New formula sheets will be effective for grades 6-8 tests that are administered beginning in spring 2012

  10. Additional Ancillary Materials • The Table of Standard Normal Probabilities (z-table) is available on the VDOE 2010-2011 Ancillary Test Materials webpage for the new Algebra II statistics standard, 2A.11 • The z-table will be available within TestNav for online tests beginning in the Spring 2011 Test Administration

  11. Important Information Found in: Superintendent’s Memo #223-10, dated September 17, 2010 http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2010/223-10.shtml

  12. Item Development Cycle How does an item get selected for use on a test form? Who selects the items for a test form?

  13. Item Development Cycle

  14. Standard SettingDetermining Cut Scores • Cut Scores are determined by standard setting committees comprised of educators from across Virginia • Committee members examine the test form, rate each item, and recommend a cut score for the test form • Virginia’s Board of Education takes these recommendations under advisement and determines final cut scores

  15. Determining Cut Scores • All subsequent tests developed for that grade level or subject are equated to the original test form • Standard Setting committees for EOC will meet in fall 2011 • Standard Setting committees for Grades 3 - 8 will meet early in 2012

  16. Changes in Mathematics for 2011-2012 • Virginia’s College and Career Readiness Initiative (CCRI) • Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) • ePATs and TI-73 calculator • Elimination of Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA) • Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test (VMAST)

  17. Virginia’s College and Career Readiness Initiative (CCRI) A collaborative initiative designed to: • Ensure that college and career-ready standards in mathematics are emphasized in each Virginia school classroom • Increase students’ preparation for college and the work force before leaving high school 20

  18. Measuring Student Achievement Based on College-Ready Performance Expectations • Virginia is developing new end-of-course (EOC) assessments that align to the revised mathematics Standards of Learning adopted in 2009 • The new EOC assessments will be constructed to support a college and career-ready score 21

  19. Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) • New math tests will include “technology-enhanced” items

  20. Technology Enhanced Items Format of Questions: Fill in the blank Click and drag Hot-spots: Select one or more answer options, placing points on coordinate planes Creation of graphs

  21. Practice Opportunities for Students • Approximately ten practice questions will be provided via an ePAT for each mathematics test, Grades 3-8 and EOC • ePATs will include items that address increased rigor for existing SOL, items that address new SOL, and technology enhanced items • Available by February, 2011

  22. TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator • Has all the functionality required for the EOC mathematics tests that measure the 2001 SOL, but it does NOT have all of the functionality required for some items developed to measure the 2009 Algebra II SOL

  23. TI-73 Explorer™ Graphing Calculator • Because the Algebra II test for the spring 2011 test administration will have field test questions that measure the 2009 revised SOL, the TI-73 Explorer™ calculator is not recommended for the spring 2011 Algebra II test (and subsequent tests that measure the new SOL)

  24. Alternateand AlternativeAssessments VAAP - Virginia Alternate Assessment Program VGLA - Virginia Grade Level Alternative VSEP - Virginia Substitute Evaluation Program VMAST - Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test

  25. Alternate and AlternativeAssessments • VAAP: Grades 3 – 8 and Grade 11Portfolio Collection of Evidence • VGLA: Grades 3 – 8Portfolio Collection of Evidence • VSEP: EOCPortfolio Collection of Evidence • VMAST : Grades 3 – 8 and Algebra IFirst online alternate assessment

  26. VAAP • Designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities • Students participating in the VAAP must defend Aligned Standards of Learning (ASOL) • The VAAP passing scores equal to 1% of the total tested population can be counted towards AYP

  27. VGLA 2011-2012:VGLA mathematics will be no longer available. VGLA continues to be available for students with disabilities in reading, science, writing and history/social science. 2011 -2012:VGLA continues to be available for LEP students in reading

  28. VGLA 2012-2013:VGLA mathematics andreading are no longer available for students with disabilities. VGLA continues to be available for students with disabilities in science, writing, history/social science. 2012 -2013:VGLA continues to be available for LEP students in reading

  29. VSEP • Students must meet VSEP participation criteria • Decisions must be made by the IEP teams /504 committee and documented on the IEP or 504 plan • Students are not allowed to participate in the VSEP and the SOL assessment for the same subject area test during the same administration

  30. VSEP • Work samples in multiple-choice format are not allowed as evidence • Students participating in the VSEP are counted as non-participants in the calculation of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

  31. VMAST • Virginia’s first online alternate assessment • Developed as a result of a United States Department of Education grant • Designed for a small population of students with disabilities

  32. VMAST Federal Requirements Must assess grade-level content May be less rigorous than the general assessment The VMAST passing scores equal to 2% of the total tested population can be counted towards AYP

  33. VMAST Participation Requirements • Student’s disability must preclude achieving grade level proficiency • Even with appropriate instruction the student will not achieve grade level proficiency in the year covered by the IEP • IEP must include goals based on grade level academic content

  34. VMAST Timeline • 2009-2010 - Field tests conducted for VMAST in grade 8 • 2010-2011 - Field tests conducted for VMAST in grades 3-8 mathematics and Algebra 1 • 2011-2012 - Operational VMAST assessments are available in grades 3-8 mathematics and Algebra I

  35. VMAST Mathematics Item Modifications • Fewer distractors • Break items into discrete steps • Formulas provided with each item • Color coding • Virtual manipulatives • Simplified text • Alternate representation • Graphic organizers • Hint Boxes

  36. VMAST Mathematics Sample

  37. VMAST Mathematics Sample

  38. Additional VMAST Information • Additional information can be accessed on the VDOE website at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/alternative_assessments/vmast_va_mod_achievement_stds_test/index.shtml • ePATs for grades 3-8 and Algebra I VMAST will be available in early 2011 • Encourage participation in the field test in 2011

  39. Thank you for your efforts! Encourage your staff to become active participants and sign up for committees!

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