Smarter Balanced Assessment Resources
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Oscar Lafarga - Student Testing Branch
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Review Smarter Balanced system and
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Overall Scale Score (2000-3000)
Achievement Levels (for ELA/Literacy and
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Summary reports no longer provided by
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Talking Points, infograph (old vs. new test),
and sample parent letter posted on Student
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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Professional Development Resources
are located at:
tinyurl.com/SBACLAUSDPD
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ALDs are rubrics that provide student
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Speaking and listening skills
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Explore professional development resources for the Smarter Balanced Assessment system, including reviewing the assessment differences, understanding overall scale scores and achievement levels, and accessing student reports. Learn about district resources and division of Instruction resources to support effective evaluation practices.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment Professional Development Resources Derrick Chau, Ph.D. - Director of Secondary Instruction Oscar Lafarga - Student Testing Branch
Objectives Review Smarter Balanced system and reporting Share district talking points and resources Share Division of Instruction professional development resources 2
Assessing Your Understanding About the SBAC Summative Assessment... How is the SBAC Summative Assessment different than the CSTs? What Do You Want to Know? 3
Smarter Balanced Summative Results Overall Scale Score (2000-3000) Achievement Levels (for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics Standard Not Met Standard Nearly Met Standard Met Standard Exceeded (EAP - College Ready) (EAP - College Conditional Ready) Claims Below Standard At or Near Standard Above Standard 5
Claims and Levels English Language Arts/Literacy Mathematics Problem Solving & Modeling/Data Analysis Reading Writing Concepts & Procedures Listening Communicating Reasoning Research/Inquiry Below Standard At or Near Standard Above Standard 6
Student Reports District will mail one copy to parents within 20 days of receipt One set will be shipped to schools Additional copies of student reports available through Online Reporting System (ORS) Summary reports no longer provided by CDE 7
District Resources Student level data will be downloaded into MiSIS Student level and aggregate data will be loaded into MyData Policy document will include sample student reports and the CAASPP Student Score Report Guide Talking Points, infograph (old vs. new test), and sample parent letter posted on Student Testing Branch website 8
Division of Instruction Resources Smarter Balanced Assessment Professional Development Resources are located at: tinyurl.com/SBACLAUSDPD 9
Overall SBAC PD Guidance Focus on Smarter Balanced as an assessment system Don t approach analyzing Smarter Balanced summative assessment results like CSTs Concentrate on developing collaborative teams to engage in cycles of inquiry to improve instruction 10
General Smarter Balanced PD Resources (for whole staff PD) Review the blueprints and the achievement levels Learn how the claims connect to the targets and standards Focus on understanding the claims and the Threshold Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) o ALDs are rubrics that provide student performance expectations! 11
Relationship between Claims, Targets and Standards 12
Content-Area Smarter Balanced PD Resources (for department PD) Ensure all content areas are examining the Smarter Balanced summative assessment results Support cycles of collaborative inquiry within department teams Align assessments to ALDs (Smarter Balanced rubrics) 13
Takeaways for SBAC PD Schools with the most collaborative teacher teams focused on improving instruction will improve the most All teachers need to focus on developing student academic language skills Speaking and listening skills are connected to reading and writing development tinyurl.com/SBACLAUSDPD 15
