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April 2014

Revised Recommendations: System Agreement for the Use of Smarter Balanced 11 th Grade Assessment in Washington Higher Education Placement Process. April 2014. Major Shifts in the Common Core State Standards: “Fewer, Higher, Clearer, Deeper”. MATH Focus strongly where the standards focus

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April 2014

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  1. Revised Recommendations:System Agreement for the Use of Smarter Balanced 11th Grade Assessment in Washington Higher Education Placement Process April 2014

  2. Major Shifts in the Common Core State Standards:“Fewer, Higher, Clearer, Deeper” MATH • Focus strongly where the standards focus • Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics within grades • Rigor: Require conceptual understanding, fluency, and application ELA • Building content knowledge throughcontent-rich nonfiction • Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational • Regular practice withcomplex text and its academic language www.corestandards.org

  3. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium 26 states & territories (22 governing, 3 advisory, 1 affiliate) K-12 & Higher Education Leads in each state

  4. Assessing the Common Core • Identify • List • Draw • Define • Memorize • Calculate • Illustrate • Who, What, When, Where, Why • Measure • Arrange • Name • Tabulate • Repeat • Match • Design • Recall • Categorize • Recognize • Use • Connect • Infer • Level One • (Recall) • Graph • Organize • Synthesize • Classify • Level Four • Modify • Level Two • (Skill/Concept) • Apply Concepts • Describe Explain Interpret • Smarter Balanced assessments move beyond basic skills and recall to assess critical thinking and problem solving • Cause/Effect • (Extended Thinking) • Relate • Critique • Predict • Prove • Compare • Level Three • (Strategic Thinking) • Analyze • Interpret • Estimate • Create • Revise • Assess • Summarize • Develop a Logical Argument • Use Concepts to SolveNon-Routine Problems • Show • Critique • Construct • Compare • Apprise • Investigate • Explain • Formulate • Draw Conclusions • Hypothesize • Differentiate Source: Webb, Norman L. and others, “Web Alignment Tool” 24 July 2005. Wisconsin Center of Educational Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2 Feb 2006 4

  5. Why is Higher Education Involved? • Common Core State Standards anchored in expectations for college readiness • Opportunity to improve college readiness, reduce remediation, and boost completion • Making K-16 “alignment” meaningful adapted from Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

  6. Washington Core to College Project

  7. Core to College System Policy Timetable Showcase local school/ college partnerships Review and endorse proposal Develop specific proposal for SB use in higher education • System group and institutional review (Winter 2014--Spring 2014)

  8. SMARTER BALANCED RECOMMENDATIONS: MATH POSTSECONDARY PLACEMENT OPTIONS BASED ON SCORE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR 12TH GRADE SMARTER BALANCED SCORE LEVEL 4 (college-ready) Any entry college-level math course through pre-calculus I Expected and advised to earn college credits • Encouraged to consider appropriate advanced college credit courses • Taking a calculus pathway class • An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway • An entry-level calculus pathway math course, contingent on a B or better in a calculus pathway class as a senior LEVEL 3 (college-ready) An entry college-level terminal math course not on the calculus pathway, contingent on a B or better in the statewide math college readiness/transition course Taking the statewide math senior year college readiness/transition course LEVEL 2 District option: Senior year college readiness/transition course (or some other intensive academic support), then opportunity for re-testing Additional placement information, determined by local institutional processes (transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.), needed for all entry-level courses LEVEL 1

  9. SMARTER BALANCED RECOMMENDATIONS: ENGLISH POSTSECONDARY PLACEMENT OPTIONS BASED ON SCORE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR 12TH GRADE SMARTER BALANCED SCORE LEVEL 4 (college-ready) An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent) Expected and advised to earn college credits • An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent) Encouraged to consider opportunities for earning college credit LEVEL 3 (college-ready) An entry college-level English course (including but not limited to English Composition or its equivalent), contingent on a B or better in a statewide English senior year college readiness/transition course Taking astatewide English senior year college readiness/transition course LEVEL 2 District option: Senior year college readiness/transition course (or some other intensive academic support), then opportunity for re-testing Additional placement information, determined by local institutional processes (transcript, high school GPA, additional testing, etc.), needed for all entry-level courses LEVEL 1

  10. Key Points about the Agreement

  11. Agreement Timeframe Review agreement in winter 2018 and consider revision/renewal for class of 2019

  12. Comments & Questions? Core to College website Bill Moore bmoore@sbctc.edu 360-704-4346

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