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Smarter Balanced Field Test

Smarter Balanced Field Test. Sequim School District. March 3, 2014. Common Core State Standards: Consistent Guidelines to Help S t udents Succeed. Define the knowledge and skills students need for college and career

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Smarter Balanced Field Test

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  1. Smarter Balanced Field Test Sequim School District March 3, 2014

  2. Common Core State Standards:Consistent Guidelines to Help Students Succeed Define the knowledge and skills students need for college and career Provide clear, consistent standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics Developed voluntarily and cooperatively by states; more than 40 states have adopted

  3. Improving Teaching & Learning Summative: College and career readiness assessments for accountability Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning All students leave high school college and career ready Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness Formative resources: Supporting classroom-based assessments to improve instruction Interim: Flexible and open assessments, used for actionable feedback 3

  4. SBAC Logistics • What is a Field Test? • Complex set new logistical opportunities • January ~ practice & training test link • Series of webinars & trainings • Building level team trainings • Training Videos – District Website • 4th Lab at SMS & 2nd Lab GWE • Schedule & coordinate over 4600 Smarter Balanced Assessments

  5. Field Test:A Practice Run of Our New Assessments • Provides teachers, schools, and students an opportunity to participate in a practice run of the assessment system • Sets preliminary achievement standards that help track student preparedness for college and career • Evolving set of guidance from… • American Institute of Research (test delivery system) • Smarter Balanced Consortium (created assessment) • OPSI

  6. Field Test:A Practice Run of Our New Assessments Test is not timed, and each subject area (ELA/literacy and math) is expected to take 2.5 to 4 hours to complete Because the Field Test is a “test of the test” that will result in some questions being revised or dropped, students will not receive scores.

  7. Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 5 ELA

  8. Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 5 Math

  9. Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 8 Mathematics

  10. Example Schedule for the Field Test Grade 8 ELA

  11. Testing Schedule - Snapshot Follow a specific sequence Coordinated & schedule with building proctors Dependent on computers available Coordinate with Learning Support staff to ensure appropriate accommodations are available Print & manage test session tickets Draft sample schedule

  12. Smarter Balanced Field Test Families & Community Webpage – announcement & video Sending parent communication

  13. HSPE, EOC, ELL, MSP, etc… By the end of school year, over 10,000 state assessments will be processed in the Sequim School District This number will increase in the coming years with additional accountability measures and systems.

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