Navigating%20the%20State%20Assessment%20Program

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Navigating the State Assessment Program

• Pam Biggs
• NCDPI Division of Accountability Services
• Conference on Exceptional Children
• November 7, 2006

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State Testing Options

• Standard Test Administration
• Test Administration w/ Accommodations
• Alternate Assessment - One or more of the
  following depending on the assessment
• NCCLAS
• NCEXTEND2
• NCEXTEND1

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Standard Test Administration
Standard Test Administration with Accommodations
NCCLAS Grade-level Content Grade-level
Achievement Standards
NCEXTEND2 Grade-level Content Modified
Achievement Standards
NCEXTEND1 Grade-level Content through Extended
Content Standards Alternate Achievement Standards
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1 Data Source 2004-05 Green Book Note In
2004-05, the alternate assessments were the NCAAP
and NCAAAI.
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1 Data Source 2004-05 Green Book Note In
2004-05, the alternate assessments were the NCAAP
and NCAAAI.
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Standard Test AdministrationWithout
Accommodations

• Information on test administration times, number
  of items, sample answer sheets, etc.
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/
• accountability/testing/

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Test AdministrationWith Accommodations

• Modified Test Formats
• Braille Edition
• Large Print Edition
• One Test Item Per Page Edition
• Special Test Environments
• Hospital/Home Testing
• Multiple Testing Sessions
• Scheduled Extended Time
• Testing in a Separate Room

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Test AdministrationWith Accommodations

• Assistive Technology Devices and Special
  Arrangements
• AT Devices
• Dictation to a Scribe
• Interpreter/Transliterator Signs/Cues Test
• Student Marks Answers in Test Book
• Student Reads Test Aloud to Self
• Test Administrator Reads Test Aloud

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Test AdministrationWith Accommodations

• Information on specific accommodations available
  in Testing Students with Disabilities
• (published July 2005)

http//www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability
/testing/alternate/disabilities/testingstudents.pd
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Alternate Assessments
NCEXTEND2
NCEXTEND1
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NCCLAS

• North Carolina Checklist of Academic Standards
• Grade-level content (NCSCS)
• Grade-level achievement standards

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NCCLAS - Eligibility Criteria

• Student cannot participate in standard
  administration with or without accommodations
• Unable to access paper and pencil test
• Some examples include
• Newly blinded
• Recent traumatic brain injury
• Physical disabilities that prohibit the student
  from being able to manipulate materials required
  for test

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NCCLAS EOG Timelines

• Halfway through year (January)
• Beginning Student Profile (Assessor 1)
• Throughout year
• Maintain student work folder (A1)
• Last 30 calendar days of year
• Final Student Profile (A1)
• Objective Level Scoring (A1)
• Final Goal Level Scoring (A1 A2)
• Online submission of scores (A1 A2)

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NCEXTEND2 EOG

• Grade-level content (NCSCS)
• Modified multiple-choice
• Fewer answer choices
• Fewer test items
• Different layout
• Simplified language
• May receive accommodations
• Modified grade-level achievement standards

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NCEXTEND2 EOG

• 2 cap at LEA and state levels
• Still awaiting final regulations from USED
• Test will still need to be approved by NCLB peer
  review

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NCEXTEND2 EOG Eligibility Criteria

• Has an IEP
• Is not identified as having a significant
  cognitive disability
• Is not receiving instruction in the SCOS through
  the Extended Content Standards
• Is receiving high-quality instruction, but is not
  likely to achieve grade-level proficiency within
  school year

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NCEXTEND2 EOG

• Eligibility Criteria (contd)
• Disability has precluded the student from
  achieving grade-level proficiency as demonstrated
  by objective evidence
• Nature of students disability may require
  assessments that are different in design
• Testing Window
• Last 4 weeks of school year

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NCEXTEND1

• Aligned to grade-level content (NCSCS) through
  Extended Content standards
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/
• Performance based assessment
• Alternate achievement standards

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NCEXTEND1

• 1 cap at LEA and state levels
• Test will still need to be approved by NCLB peer
  review

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NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria

• Has an IEP with annual goals that focus on
  functional application of academics
• Has a significant cognitive disability
• Requires extensive and explicit instruction to
  acquire, maintain, and generalize new reading,
  mathematics, and writing skills for independent
  living

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NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria (contd)

• Student exhibits severe and pervasive delays in
  multiple areas of development and in adaptive
  behavior (e.g. mobility, communication, daily
  living skills, and self-care)
• Is receiving instruction in the grade level SCS
  Extended Content Standards for the subject(s) in
  which the students are being assessed

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NCEXTEND1 Timelines

• Nov. 6 - Dec. 1
• Decision Tree Process (Assessor 1)
• Final 6 weeks of school year
• Assess students on tasks (A1 A2)
• Documentation Verification sheets (A1 A2)
• Online submission of results (A1 A2)

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http//www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability
/policyoperations/nctpassessmentoptions.pdf
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EOG Testing Options

• Standard Test Administration
• Test Administration w/ Accommodations
• Alternate Assessment
• NCCLAS
• NCEXTEND2
• NCEXTEND1

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Writing Testing Options

• Standard Test Administration
• Test Administration w/ Accommodations
• Alternate Assessment
• NCCLAS
• NCEXTEND2 (grades 4 and 7)
• NCEXTEND2 OCS (grade 10)
• NCEXTEND1

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http//www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability
/policyoperations/nctphsassessmentoptions.pdf
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End-of-Course (EOC) Tests

• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Geometry
• English I
• Civics Economics
• U.S. History
• Biology (Operational Sample Field Test 06-07)
• Chemistry (Statewide Field Test 06-07)
• Physical Science (Statewide Field Test 06-07)
• Physics (Statewide Field Test 06-07)

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EOC Testing Options

• Standard Test Administration
• Test Administration w/ Accommodations
• Alternate Assessment
• NCCLAS

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NCEXTEND2 OCS

• Occupational English I
• Occupational Math I
• Life Skills Science I and II (enrolled in second
  of the courses, regardless of the order taken)

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NCEXTEND2 OCS Eligibility Criteria

• Students enrolled in courses that are assessed
  must take the test
• For Life Skills Science I and II, must be in 2nd
  of the 2 courses, regardless of the order taken

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Grade 10 OCS Students

• Will not have taken Occupational English I and/or
  Occupational Math I by end of 10th grade
• Will have to take high school comprehensive test
  (HSCT) this year

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Documentation

• Decisions must be documented in IEP
• IEP DEC 4, page 3

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Additional Documentation

• NCTP Tables
• 1 Graduation Tests
• 2 Grades 3-8
• 3 Grades 9-12
• 4 IPT
• Optional, but encouraged
• LEA may require
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/
• accountability/policies/tswd/

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Hopefully now the path is clearer...
and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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Questions?
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