In this webinar, we will discuss the ever-changing landscape of the Common Core’s new assessments, focusing on the two test consortia—SBAC and PARCC, as they complete their pilot-testing year and prepare for full-scale assessment in 2014-2015. In this webinar you will learn: Feature Comparison: How are the SBAC and PARCC the same and different? Political Context: What is happening with either embracing or withdrawing the SBAC and PARCC testing? Application: What does it mean for my curriculum and assessment decision-making?

1. Review of the New Assessments:
PARCC and SBAC
Webinar May 14, 2014
Presented by: Sean McGrew, Ph.D.

2. Poll 1
What’s happening in your neck of the woods?

3. Source: EdWeek, October 2013

4. Common Core: Questioning the Assessments

5. Source: EdWeek, October 2013
Florida, Georgia, and SC
have anti-CC legislation in
the works
Indiana pulled out of CC
as of March 2014
Kansas is now developing
own assessment
New York delayed
PARCC until 2022
OK is dropping out
this month

6. Agenda

7. Poll 3
Will private/parochial schools in your state
participate in PARCC/SBAC?

8. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

9. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

10. Common Core: Reality Check in 2014

11. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT
SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html
PDK/GALLUP POLL
“Just your impression or what you may have heard or read,
has increased testing helped, hurt or made no
difference in the performance of the local
public schools?”

12. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT
SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html
AP/NORC CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL
“How important is it to you that your child’s school
regularly assess whether or not your child is meeting the
statewide expectations for the grade level?”

13. SURVEY: ATTITUDES TOWARDS ASSESSMENT
SOURCE: www.edweek.org/ew/section/infographics/education-polls.html
AP/NORC CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS POLL
“Overall, do you think students in your child’s school take
too many standardized tests, too few standardized tests,
or is it just about right?”

14. TEST DESIGN
SBAC
• Summative assessment has
adaptive portion for short
items, and non-adaptive
portion for performance
tasks
• Paper-pencil option is
transitional (for 3 years),
different from computer-
based form
• Offered in last 12 weeks of
school
PARCC
• Summative assessments are
not adaptive
• PBA (Performance-Based)
after 75% of school year—
writing, applying skills.
• EOY (after 90%)
• Paper-pencil versions
available
• Will include speaking and
listening in 2015-2016

15. Poll 2
How do you feel about the released sample
items?

16. Poll 4
Is your school logistically equipped to test all
students online?

17. PRICE AND LOGISTICS
SBAC
• SBAC coordinates writing of
items (by teachers in
partner states) and
reporting; states choose
vendor (or self) for technical
deployment
• Summative-only: $6.20 for
SBAC + approx $16.30 for
administration.
• Interim/Formative included:
$9.55 + approx $17.75.
PARCC
• PARCC contracted with
Pearson (and
subcontractors) to build
content and deploy tests
• $24-$29.50 (current and
original price estimate)
includes performance-
assessment and end of year

18. PARCC Interface

19. PARCC Interface

20. SBAC Interface

21. SBAC Interface

22. INTERIM ASSESSMENTS
SBAC
Optional interims at locally-
determined intervals.
Item bank is open to
participating districts
PARCC
“Diagnostic” and “Mid-Year”
available optionally

23. FIELD TESTING
SBAC
• Over 2 million students
tested so far (continuing
through June 6)
PARCC
• About half a million tested
in first window, expecting
about the same in second
window.

24. ACCOMMODATIONS
SBAC
• Complete Spanish version of
Math tests
• Glossaries for 10 languages
built into online system
• Text-to-Speech functionality
• Braille
• ASL video translation for
listening portions
PARCC
• Glossary for Math terms if
paid for by state
• Paper-based glossaries
allowed
• Text-to-Speech functionality
• No Braille (yet)
• No ASL video (yet)

25. SBAC and PARCC influence…
on other tests
• SAT moving toward Common Core (David
Coleman)
• ACT Aspire is a K-12,
Classroom/Interim/Summative
• NWEA, Renaissance STAR
• Catapult Learning’s eValuate and custom
interim assessments

26. TEQ: Open-Ended
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27. TEQ: Drag and Drop
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28. TEQ: Multiple Selectors
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29. TEQs: Graphing Points, Lines,
Segments, Rays
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30. TEQs: Graphing Points, Lines,
Segments, Rays
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