Measuring the Power of Learning.™
California Assessment of Student
Performance and Progress (CAASPP)
2015–16 CAASPP
March, 2016
Laurie Carlson
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We are Preparing for a New Future
• Our students will live and work in the world of
tomorrow
• We have updated our curriculum to match the
demands students will face
• Tomorrow’s need? Workers who are:
• Adaptable
• Can apply knowledge to unpredictable problems
• Can find information, assess its value and integrate
it to arrive at creative solutions
Summative Assessment:
One Part of an Integrated System
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We have been transitioning for
several years now:
• Implementation of the new approach has
been a process
• Teachers have been learning and refining
research-based instructional practices
• The curriculum has been aligned to the
CCSS
• The annual test will give us a measure of
our progress
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The Assessment is like your child’s
regular check-up with the pediatrician
• Provides a consistent check on progress - Is the
student meeting expected milestones?
• Allows teachers and parents to
measure growth year to year
• Provides information that
teachers and parents can act
on – is focused support needed?
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Tests Provide Information
• Information is used to show us where we
need to improve teaching
• Information is used to target support before
students fall too far behind
• The annual test is one measure: Other
measures of student learning include
classroom tests, projects and formative
assessment
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Time Allotted For Testing
• Less than 1% of the school year is spent on
the annual statewide test
• Since the test measures the skills and
knowledge we teach all year, there is no
focus on “test preparation” other than
experience with the testing interface/tools
• There’s no time limit for the statewide test;
students have the time they need to show
what they know and can do
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What’s New about the Test
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Assesses Desired Skills
• Problem Solving Perseverance
• Application of Knowledge
• Listening
• Reading Complex Texts
• Research
• Real-world math tasks
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New Problem Types:
More Engaging, More Challenging
- 4th Grade Math
Click and
Drag
animation
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New Problem Types:
Listening Questions – 7th Grade ELA
Listen to the presentation
Audio glossaries for
words above grade level
Asks students to provide
evidence for answers
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Unique Accessibility Features:
Example - Pop Up Glossary, Highlighter, Notepad
Roll cursor over
shadowed words
–glossary pops up
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Student Participation: General
• All students in grades 3–8 and grade 11 take
the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments
with the following exceptions:
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Students whose IEP team designates the use of
the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs)
–English Language Arts and mathematics tests
for students with significant cognitive disabilities
–
English learners who have been enrolled in a
school in the United States less than 12 months
(ELA only)
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Smarter Balanced
Summative Assessments
PART I: Computer adaptive test (CAT)
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ELA and mathematics
Wide variety of question types.
As a student progresses, the difficulty of questions is
adjusted on the basis of the student’s responses.
– Answering a question correctly will result in a more
challenging question
– An incorrect answer will generate an easier question
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Smarter Balanced
Summative Assessments
PART II: Performance Task
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ELA and mathematics.
Designed to provide students with an opportunity to
apply their knowledge and higher-order thinking skills to
explore and analyze a complex, real-world scenario.
Teachers will administer a classroom activity 1 day prior
to the Performance Task
•Timing of classroom activity is about 30 minutes
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Scores
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Completion Rules
• Completion of the Smarter Balanced online
assessments is dependent on the student
completing both parts of the assessment in
each content area:
»CAT (Math & ELA)
»Performance Task (Math & ELA)
Important: Students who do not complete both
parts will not receive an overall score.
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Overall Scores – 2 Areas, 4 Levels
English Language Arts and Mathematics
Exceeded the Standard
Met the Standard
Nearly Met the Standard
Has Not Met the Standard
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Additional Scores –
3 levels, 8 topics
English Language Arts
1.Reading
2.Writing
3.Speaking & Listening
4.Research/Inquiry
Mathematics
1.Concepts & Procedures
2.Problem Solving
3.Communicating Reasoning
4.Modeling & Data Analysis
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Sample Student Score Reports
Side A
Side B
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Parent Support
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What can you do to support
your child?
●Prior to Testing…
- Encourage your children to do their best work
- Reassure them that their learning all year has
prepared them well
- Optional: Try out a practice and/or training test
●During testing windows, make sure your child…
- Gets plenty of sleep
- Eats breakfast
- Attends every day (refrain from Dr.’s appt’s)
- Arrives each day on time
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Cumberland Testing Calendar
3rd-5th Grades
April 25
April 26
April 27
April 28-29
3rd-5th Grades
May 2
May 3
May 4
May 5
May 3-13
5th Grade Only
May 10
May 11
May 12-13
APRIL 25-29 MATH
CAT Math
Classroom Activity Math
Performance Task Math
SBA Math Make ups
MAY 2-6 ELA
CAT ELA
Classroom Activity ELA
Performance Task ELA Part I
Performance Task ELA Part II
SBA ELA Make ups
May 10-11 Science
CST/CMA/CAPA Science
CST/CMS/CAPA Science
CST/CMS/CAPA Science Make ups
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Practice & Training Tests
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Accessing the Practice and Training
Tests
1
2
Students and parents
who wish to access
the Practice Test
and/or Test via an
Internet browser will
select the button below
3
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Access through
http://www.caaspp.org on a
Web browser
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Practice Tests vs. Training Tests
Practice Tests
Purpose
Grade Levels
Number and Types
of Questions
Universal Tools,
Designated
Supports, and
Training Tests
Provide students with a grade
specific testing experience similar in
structure and format to the summative
assessments
Provide students with an opportunity to
quickly become familiar with the software
and interface features
Each grade:
•
3–8, 11
Grade bands:
•
3–5
•
6–8
•
High school
Approximately 30 questions in ELA and 30
questions in mathematics per grade level;
includes 1 ELA Performance Task and 1
mathematics Performance Task per grade
level
Approximately 15 questions per grade
band (6 in ELA and 8–9 in mathematics);
Performance Tasks are not available
All
All
Tests are not scored, however answer
keys and scoring rubrics are available
Tests are not scored
Accommodations
Scoring
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CAAs Training Tests
Training Tests for CAAs
Purpose
Provide students with an opportunity to quickly become familiar with
the test delivery system, question types, and interactions provided in the
DFAs
Grade Levels
One test each for ELA and mathematics
Number and
Types of
Questions
Approximately 5–10 questions for each content area
Universal Tools,
Designated
Supports, and
All that are available for CAAs
Accommodations
Scoring
Tests are not scored