Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
How is Alternate Assessment changing? •2003
• ELA STANDARDS
AAPA
• 2004 • MATH STANDARDS
NCSC
• CCSS Common Core State Standards • CCC Core Content Connectors
How is Alternate Assessment changing? •Portfolio
AAPA
•Photo, Video, Work Product
NCSC
• Electronic format (NOT a Portfolio) • 4 Levels of complexity
How is Alternate Assessment changing?
AAPA
• Entries Collected from September to March
NCSC
• Takes 1.5 to 2 hours to give per content area
How is Alternate Assessment changing?
AAPA
•Window is 7 months
NCSC
• Window is 5 weeks
How is Alternate Assessment changing?
AAPA
•Scoring is done by human scorers
NCSC
• Scoring is electronic for most of test (except writing)
How is Alternate Assessment changing?
AAPA
• PD provided once a year in Little Rock
NCSC
•PD will be provided via webinars
NCSC Participation Guidelines http://www.ncsc partners.org/Med ia/Default/PDFs/ Resources/NCS C-ParticipationGuidelines-6-2513.pdf
What Information do schools need to provide when registering for the pilot test? 1.
Contact information for principal, test coordinator, technical support, and special education contact/test administrators
2.
Number of eligible students per grade
3.
Notes on special considerations (e.g., sending/receiving school, special education school)
Registration of Schools with CTB (Oct to Dec 2013) Register: 0 all schools that have students who qualify
0 enter grades at each school beginning with grade 3 along with number of students 0 submit button 0 below Questions or Concerns?
NCSC – Registration 0 Staff Roles 0 Principal or Designee 0 Ensures registration of schools 0 Ensures administration during test window 0 Participates in test training professional
development 0 Sends informational letter out to parents
NCSC – Registration 0 Staff Roles 0 Test Coordinator 0 Ensures completion of individual student
enrollment forms in CTB system 0 Collects any extraneous materials 0 Assists in scheduling logistics
NCSC – Registration 0 Staff Roles 0 Special Education Contact/Test
Administrator
0 Completes individual student enrollment forms 0 Completes required training before administration 0 Administers the assessment and records and
submits student responses
NCSC – Registration 0 Staff Roles 0 Technical Support Contact 0 Ensures technology requirements are met 0 Supports professional development technology
needs
Registration of Schools with CTB (Oct to Dec 2013) cont.
0Questions about
registration?
0Contact CTB at
[email protected]
Registration Site www.ctb.com/NCSCPILOT
NCSC Assessment Test questions will be at four levels of complexity so that students with the can demonstrate their knowledge and skills when they have received content instruction in the classroom
NCSC Assessment 0 The assessment will take approximately
1.5-2 hours to administer the math
sessions and an equivalent amount of time to administer the ELA sessions 0 Students will be assessed in only one content area on the Pilot test
0 Students can be assessed in smaller
blocks of time during the testing window
NCSC Assessment The assessment will consist of approximately 30 items for each subject tested 0Many items are selected response 0Additional items assess “writing skills” or require a constructed response
0Responses can be constructed in many
ways including words and picture symbols
NCSC Assessment - Technology 0 The assessment will be administered
using technology in a variety of ways 0 Some students will respond directly into the
online system
0 Some students will take a paper-pencil version
of the test
0 The teacher may enter student responses into
the computer for students who are unable to do so
NCSC Assessment - Technology 0Technology Requirements 0 http://www.ncscpartners.org/Media/Default
/PDFs/NCSC_Proposed_Workstation-andBandwidth_Technology_Requirements_1118-13.pdf
NCSC Pilot Phase 1
How many students are expected to participate? Each state is expected to test 1/3 of their alternate assessment students.
Arkansas is expected to test 2400 students
Pilot Test Benefits Districts, Schools, Teachers
0Will allow Arkansas educators the
opportunity to provide valuable feedback on the field test 0Will allow Arkansas student data to directly affect the NCSC operational test in 2014-2015
Pilot Test Benefits Districts, Schools, Teachers
0Provides an opportunity to confirm
technology readiness 0Opportunity to experience 0Types of items 0Item presentation
0Administration procedures
What will happen to the results? 0 Pilot test data will be used
to:
0 see how students interact
with items 0 see how items function 0 examine test administration procedures 0 develop scoring processes
0No
individual student reports
Pilot Phase 1 Calendar Date
Activity
Description
October 15-December 20, 2013
Open Registration
School Level Information
Late Nov/Early Dec 2013
Directions for enrolling students
Schools are provided the needed enrollment requirements to prepare student registration
Late Nov/Early Dec 2013
Open Enrollment
Student Level Information
February 14, 2014
Administration Training
Training for individuals who will be administering the assessment
Feb. 2014-April 2014
Pilot Phase 1
Administer assessment
Pilot Test Dates 02/14/2014 Administrator’s Training 02/20-3/27 Math Pilot Window 0 3/11-4/15 Literacy Pilot Window
School Communication to Parents
A template letter will be provided to districts 0 use to send communication home to parents
Training Opportunities 0 NCSC has
Curriculum and Instructional Resources and Professional development opportunities to support teachers.
0 http://www.ncscpartn ers.org/resourcescop-presentations
0 https://wiki.ncscpart ners.org/mediawiki/in dex.php/Main_Page
For more information… Resources http://www.ncscpartners.org/resources
https://wiki.ncscpartners.org/mediawiki/ index.php/Main_Page https://arksped.k12.ar.us/caAssessment.html
