New England Common Assessment Program

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New England Common Assessment Program

NECAP
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Writing Pilot for NECAP

• NHEIAP vs. NECAP
• Item Types
• Administrative Guidelines
• Teacher Involvement
• NECAP
• Test Design
• Genres
• Planning Boxes
• Depth of Knowledge
• Questions and Answers

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Item Types

• NECAP Writing
• 10 Multiple Choice (grammar and spelling - 1
  point each)
• 3 Constructed Response
• (4 points)
• 1 Writing Sample (15 points)

• NHEIAP Writing
• Multiple Choice (grammar and spelling items 1
  point each)
• 1 Writing Sample (12 points)

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Administrative GuidelinesWriting

• NECAP
• Testing Time Un-timed but not
  Unlimited time
• Accommodations For all students, writing
  test may
• be read to students (C-4)
• Resources are not allowed will
• be scored as a first draft

• NHEIAP
• Testing Time Unlimited
• Accommodations For all students
• Resources
• Dictionary/Thesaurus
• allowed

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Teacher Involvement

• NECAP Writing
• NH, RI, and VT Teachers
• 3 committees (grades 3-4,
• 5-6, and 7-8 for reading )
• 1 writing committee (grades 5 and 8)
• Approximately 18 members per committee (6 per
  state)

• NHEIAP
• NH Teachers
• 3 committees (grades 3, 6, and 10 for ELA)
• Approximately 12 members per committee

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NECAP Operational Test DesignWriting (Grades 5
and 8)
Common Score Points 37 Test Sessions Two
45-minute Sessions with 100 additional time
without an accommodation
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Writing Genres

• NECAP Writing Content Clusters
• Structures of Language
• Conventions
• Response to Text
• Literary
• Informational
• Narrative
• Reports
• Persuasive (grade 8 only)

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Planning Box Response to Text
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Planning Box Narrative(grade 5)
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Planning Box Reports
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Planning Box Persuasive (grade 8 only)
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Planning Box
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Depth of KnowledgeNorm Webb

• Level 1 Recall
• Level 2 Skill/Concept
• Level 3 Strategic Thinking
• Level 4 Extended Thinking
• From the work of Norman Webb

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Depth of Knowledge

• NECAP
• Ceilings defined for all GLEs
• Based on Norman Webbs Descriptors
• Levels 1-3 are assessed for Reading
• Level 4 is for Writing and local assessment

• NHEIAP
• Various Levels have always been represented
• Teacher judgments determined levels
• Done informally

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Identifying ceilings and range for
assessmentWhy important?

• If GLEs are only assessed at the ceiling, then
• The assessment as a whole might be too difficult
• Important information might be lost about gains
  in student learning.

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Contact Information

• Linda Stimson
• ELA Consultant
• 603.271.2035
• lstimson_at_ed.state.nh.us
• Tim Kurtz
• Director of Assessment
• 603.271.3846
• tkurtz_at_ed.state.nh.us