1 / 12

SSS Revisions & FCAT

SSS Revisions & FCAT. Vince Verges Test Development Center Florida Department of Education. FCAT Revisions. How much revision will be needed? Are educators involved? How much time will it take? Why is the process so complex? In what ways could the process be shortened?.

thu
Download Presentation

SSS Revisions & FCAT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. SSS Revisions & FCAT Vince Verges Test Development Center Florida Department of Education

  2. FCAT Revisions How much revision will be needed? Are educators involved? How much time will it take? Why is the process so complex? In what ways could the process be shortened?

  3. SSS Revisions and FCAT • Science • Goal is to have Science SSS revisions approved by the State Board of Education in December 2007 or January 2008. Significant changes are anticipated. • Language Arts (Reading and Writing) • New SSS have been approved.

  4. SSS Revisions and FCAT • FCAT Reading • All skills currently being assessed will still being assessed in the next-generation FCAT. However, benchmarks have changed, and assessment of new skills will be added.

  5. SSS Revisions and FCAT • FCAT Writing+ • Most benchmarks currently being assessed will still be assessed. • FCAT Item Writers recently received training on writing items to the new standards.

  6. SSS Revisions and FCAT • FCAT Mathematics • Following the scheduled approval of the new standards this month, final changes will be incorporated into the new FCAT Mathematics Test Item Specifications. Work is currently underway on these. • There will be significant changes for FCAT Mathematics.

  7. rigor content How much revision will be needed? Key Increased Rigor Increased Rigor – More SSS Benchmarks Increased Rigor – Fewer SSS Benchmarks

  8. Are educators involved? • Educators will continue to be involved in the same way as in previous years. • 76 meetings over 38 weeks; over 700 participants • Content Advisory – define what/how to test SSS • Bias/Sensitivity reviews by experienced professionals • Content reviews by grade-level teachers • Scoring rules for performance tasks by grade-level teachers • Reviewing/adjudicating gridded-responses by Science and Mathematics teachers • Technical review of statistical information by state and national experts

  9. How much time will it take? • Using the existing FCAT schedule • Determine what/how to test (Spring – Fall 07) • Prepare test and item specifications (August-December 2007) • Develop/review new items (January – August 2008) • Teachers review new items (October 2008) • Field test items with students (Feb.-March 2010) • New tests and scores (Feb.-March 2011)

  10. Why is the process so complex? • High stakes testing is important and litigious • Debra P. vs Turlington – Landmark case from Florida • Development must be careful, deliberate, & inclusive • Accepted best practice should be followed (Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing) • Instructional validity is a must (instruction in new standards) • Adequate resources & opportunity to learn • NCLB requirements for Standards and Assessments • Alignment to content standards (external review) • Involvement of Educators (thorough processes) • Technical studies of quality (reliability, validity, scaling, reporting, standard setting, etc.)

  11. In what ways can the process be shortened?

More Related