Race to the Top Assessment Program: Public

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Race to the Top Assessment Program Public
Expert Input

• High School Assessments

Shelley Loving-Ryder Assistant Superintendent for
Student Assessment and School Improvement Virginia
Department of Education November 13, 2009
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Benefits of End-of-Course Assessments

• Assessment closely tied to instruction
• Motivation for students
• Potential flexibility in meeting graduation
  requirements

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Challenges in Using End-of-Course Assessments to
Measure College and Career Readiness Standards

• College and career readiness standards are not
  course specific
• Standards interwoven into course instruction
  could be part of an end-of-course assessment

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English Standards

• Reading informational and literary texts
• Writing
• Speaking and Listening
• Applications of the core
• Research
• Media

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Measurement of English Standards

• End-of-course assessments in reading and writing
  at the end of grade 10 or 11
• Measurement of listening and speaking and
  applications of standards in research and media
  will be challenging using traditional assessments

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Mathematics Standards

• Mathematical Practice
• Number
• Quantity
• Expressions
• Equations
• Functions
• Modeling
• Shape
• Coordinates
• Probability
• Statistics

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Measurement of Mathematics Standards

• End-of-Course Tests
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Other courses such as Algebra, Functions, and
  Data Analysis
• Administered as student completes course

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Challenges of Assessing College and Career
Readiness Standards

• Will assessment expectations be the same for all
  standards?
• Additional detail may be needed to ensure
  consistency across states in assessment
  development
• For mathematics end-of-course tests,
  determination of which standards will be
  addressed in each assessment