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Explore how the North Country Regional Consortium formed by SLL, FEH, and NYSUT facilitates collaboration for assessment development and management, ensuring rigorous student achievement measures. Learn about the comprehensive system addressing district needs and streamlining assessment processes. The consortium's approach involves teacher participation in question creation, review, and approval stages, leading to the development of secure assessments aligned with standards. District administrators are provided with convenient access to assessments and detailed data reports, enhancing decision-making. Continuous improvement is achieved through regular review and updating of question banks. For more information, visit www.sllboces.org. Contact Stephanie Allen, Supervisor of Data and Assessments, at sallen@sllboces.org or 315-386-4504 ext. 15110.
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An Overview for Successful Collaboration Component Districts, SLL & FEH BOCES, NYSUT April 2013 Regional assessments
APPR 20% -- student growth on state assessments or a comparable measure of student achievement growth 20% -- locally-selected measures of student achievement that are determined to be rigorous and comparable across classrooms The Call for Change : Education Law 3012-c
Cost and Time Required(unfunded mandate) June 2013: ~75 exams x 23 districts + 2 BOCES = 1,725 exams (not including January & August Assessments) • No manageable, common platform in place The dilemMa: District Resources
Regional Partnership Makes Sense SLL + FEH + NYSUT = North Country Regional Consortium From the beginning of the APPR process, all three partners have worked hand-in-hand to provide teachers and administrators an opportunity to work together in shaping the process and having control over their destiny. The Consortium
Courses that end in a state assessment share a common curriculum • Courses that do not end in a state assessment build curricula based on broad standards The need: a flexible, secure, long-term system that would accommodate all districts’ needs and make life easier for everyone. The need
The Solution • Houses question • banks, assessments, answer sheets, scores assessments and provides data reports.
Questions created/adopted/adapted for question banks by teacher participants. Teachers tagged each question to standard/performance indicator and difficulty level and SLL BOCES staff members entered them into eDoctrina. Marked as “draft”. • Teams of teachers review questions in eDoctrina. Approved questions marked as “final” • Test templates and/or order forms created by teams of teachers. • BOCES creates, formats, and proofreads secure, summative assessments using test templates/order forms and question banks created by teachers. Assessments marked as “draft” • Teams of 2 teachers (“final eyes teams”) review secure assessments. (Note: Review team teachers will be certified with experience in the course but are not currently teaching the course this school year.) Approved assessments marked as “final” • Summative assessments available to District administrator (designee) in eDoctrina • Assessments copied and answer sheets printed • Summative assessments administered and answer sheets scanned/sent to eDoctrina • Data reports available with item analysis • “Feeding and Weeding” of question banks by local educators (ongoing…at least once per year) • Questions deemed substandard removed and edited • Newly submitted questions vetted and incorporated into question banks The process
The website www.sllboces.org • Data and Assessments Contact • Stephanie Allen • Supervisor of Data and Assessments sallen@sllboces.org 315-386-4504, ext 15110 315-250-7029 (cell)
