Presentation Overview

1. District, School & Innovation Branch UpdatePresented by Deborah V.H. Sigman,Deputy Superintendent of Public InstructionCurriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC)

2. Presentation Overview • Assessment Update • Smarter Balanced • NCSC Phase I Pilot • Accountability Update • API Status • AYP Status • PSAA • Improvement & Accountability Update • Quality Schooling Framework • Plan Alignment & Coordination Project

3. As of May 16, 2014Smarter Balanced Field Test Progress

4. Smarter Balanced Field Test Formative Feedback • Mid-test Survey • Post-test Survey for Test Coordinators/Administrators • Assignment of accommodations • Identification of issues related to accommodations • Seek feedback from parents, teachers, and students

5. The Smarter Balanced Digital Library • California will make available to California LEAs. • Resources will assist teachers in using the formative assessment process. • Will be comprised of exemplar resources for instructional practices and professional learning. • The library is scheduled to launch in October 2014- a preview of the Digital Library is scheduled for June 3 – September 30.

6. Definition of Formative Assessment Process • Formative Assessment is a deliberate process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides actionable feedback that is used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve students’ attainment of curricular learning targets/goals.

7. Smarter Balanced Digital Library Review • All resources are vetted using Quality Criteria, assuring instruction that will address all students’ needs. • Ensure that the resources in the Digital Library reflect the intent of the CCSS • Ensure that all resources reflect the Smarter Balanced vision of effective formative assessment practices • Ensure that all resources in the Digital Library are of the highest quality, regardless of source • Provide consistency in the review process for all resources

8. Four Attributes of the Formative Assessment Process Clarify Intended Learning Elicit Evidence Act on Evidence Interpret Evidence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccr8eT2Q98A&feature=youtu.be

9. What the Digital Library Is Not

10. Digital Library Resources Assessment Literacy Modules • Commissioned Professional Learning Modules • Resources for educators, students and families • Frame Formative Assessment within a Balanced Assessment System • Articulate the Formative Assessment Process • Highlight Formative Assessment Practices and Tools Exemplar Instructional Modules • Commissioned Professional Learning Modules • Instructional coaching for educators • Instructional materials for students • Demonstrate/support effective implementation of the formative assessment process • Focus on key content and practice from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts Education Resources • High-quality vetted instructional resources and tools for educators • High-quality vetted resources and tools for students and families • Reflect and support the formative assessment process • Reflect and support the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts • Create Professional Learning Communities

11. Smarter BalancedInterim Assessments • Anticipated launch in late fall 2014. • Created from the test items deemed valid, reliable and fair through the Smarter Balanced Field Test. • Will build out over time.

12. Smarter BalancedInterim Assessments • Two Types: • Interim Comprehensive Assessment (ICA), similar to the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment. • Interim Assessment Blocks (IAB), sets of items that will assess groups of targets (clusters of standards). • Both will start out as fixed-form assessments and then transition to computer adaptive tests (CAT).

13. For Further Information California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Office caaspp@cde.ca.gov 916-445-8765 CDE Smarter Balanced Field Test Web Page http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/smarterfieldtest.asp Smarter Balanced Technology Readiness Tool (TRT) http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/sbac-itr-index.asp California Technical Assistance Center http://californiatac.org/ 1-800-955-2954

14. National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC)Pilot Timeline • September 2012: California joined NCSC as a Tier II state • February 7, 2014: Registration closed for schoolstoparticipate in the NCSC Phase I Pilot • March 11, 2014: Registration closed for students to participate in the NCSC Phase I Pilot • March 26, 2014: Examiner online training began • April 14, 2014: Testing window opens • May 23, 2014: Testing window closes

15. NCSC Phase I Pilot Purpose • Collect data about how students interact with the items • Gather information about how items function • Examine test administration conditions • Review item scoring processes

16. NCSC Phase I Pilot: Sample • National sample • 23 of 24 NCSC states participating • Nearly 18,000 students • California sample • 177 LEAs registered to participate • Nearly 450 schools • Approximately 7,200 students • Students also will take the CAPA

17. NCSC Grant Next Steps • Phase II Pilot Timeline • Registration begins in May 2014 • Administration begins October through mid-November 2014 • Phase II Pilot Purpose • Test additional items, including writing • Test adaptive engine • Operational Assessment • Administration begins spring 2015 • Includes student level data reporting • Achievement Level Setting will be conducted in summer 2015 • Technical Reports will be produced in fall 2015

18. Future Steps for California’s Alternate Assessment • State Board of Education must adopt a successor assessment to the CAPA that is aligned to the California CCSS in ELA and mathematics and new science standards • Options for selecting a successor to the CAPA include: • Independently design an alternate assessment based on the work produced by NCSC • Participate in a multi-state consortium, based on the work of the NCSC grant, for the development and administration of future alternate assessments • Consider the work products of other consortia in the development of an alternate assessment for ELA, mathematics, and/or science

19. Alternate Assessment Resources • CCSS and CDE Special Education Web site can be found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/. • NCSC grant Web site can be found at http://www.ncscpartners.org. • Frequently Asked Questions for the NCSC Phase I Pilot can be found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/ncscphase1faq.asp. • Coming soon CDE Alternate Assessment Web site • CAPA administration • NCSC Phase I Pilot

20. Accountability Update • No results available from the field test – law specifies use of field test and prohibits use for accountability • Restricts comparison of scores from CAASPP to STAR • SSPI recommended and the SBE approved in March to not produce an Academic Performance Index (API) in 2013-14 and 2014-15 (Base will be produced using 2015 data)

21. Status of API • 2013 - APIs released in fall of 2013 • 2014 - APIs will not be calculated • 2015 - a new base API will be calculated using the new CAASPP assessment results • 2016 - two years of CAASPP results will be available to calculate a growth API

22. Alternatives Related to API • Schools and school districts that do not have an API calculated due to comparability issues to meet legislative requirements using one of the following: • The most recent API calculation; • An average of the three most recent annual API calculations; • Alternative measures that show increases in pupil academic achievement for all groups of pupils school wide and among significant subgroups.

23. Three Year API Average • In May, as a support to LEAs, CDE will release two types of three-year averages • Unweighted Average • Weighted Average

24. SAMPLE Academic Performance Index (API) Report 3 - Year Average API School Report School 1 School 2 School 3 School 4 School 5 School 6 School 7 School 8 School 9

25. Similar and Statewide School Rankings • The Education Code authority for CDE to produce rankings was eliminated in the 2013 budget process (AB 97) • However, since 2013 growth APIs have been released, rankings for 2013 will also be calculated (for the last time) and displayed in a revised Accountability Progress Report • These rankings may be useful for charter school renewal and revocation decisions

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27. Status of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • 2013 - AYP reports released • 2014 - AYP reports for high schools will continue since CAHSEE and graduation rates are the current measures • US Department of Ed approved a waiver that suspends AYP reports for elementary and middle schools for 2014

28. Status of AYP • The 2013 AYP determinations for elementary and middle schools carry over to 2014 • Program Improvement (PI) status for elementary and middle schools remains the same for a the 2014 school year • These schools would not advance or exit from PI – no new schools would be identified as PI in 2014

29. PSAA Advisory Committee • Currently discussing the addition of a college/career indicator with assistance from Dr. David Conley, Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) • Also under discussion, options for measuring alternative schools • June 17, 2014 – next public meeting • Meetings are webcast and archived: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/pa/

30. Accountability Contact Information • Data Reporting Office Randy Bonnell, Administrator rbonnell@cde.ca.gov • Academic Accountability Unit Jenny Singh, Administrator jsingh@cde.ca.gov • Data Visualization and Reporting Office Michelle Center, Administrator mcenter@cde.ca.gov 30

31. Improvement & Accountability Update • Strengthen state systems of support to assist local educational agencies • Streamline processes to fulfill state and federal reporting requirements • Facilitate and support a coherent flexible system of school and district resources to support innovative practices

32. Quality Schooling Framework • Purpose of QSF is to provide a conceptual model for gauging and supporting a school’s effectiveness through the planning process. • Users can access research-based information, narrated presentations, and tools to assist in local school assessment, planning, and improvement process.

33. Plan Alignment and Coordination Project • Purpose is to support the expanded coordination and integration of multiple plans that are necessary for state and federal requirements. • Identifies all various plan requirements, both in state statute and federal law. • Categorizes similar plan elements across plans to reduce duplication and strengthen the department’s support of and assistance to effective planning.

34. Schedule of Significant Events for the Plan Alignment and Coordination Project

35. Improvement & Accountability Contact Information • Title I Monitoring Jeanette Ganahl, Administrator JGanahl@cde.ca.gov • Title I Program Policy and Guidance Kimberly Born, Administrator KBorn@cde.ca.gov • District Innovation and Improvement Office Keith Coppage, Administrator KCoppage@cde.ca.gov