Getting Ready for the Fall 2005 MEAP Assessment

Sept-Oct 2004 Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability

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Getting Ready for theFall 2005 MEAP Assessment

A Preview of What’s On the Way

Sept/Oct 2004 Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability

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Overview No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

requirements New assessment designs

• field testing in Winter 2005• operational Fall 2005


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Move to Fall Assessment Return to fall assessment in 2005-06 Consequently, teachers will receive

results in time to use them for planning instruction

Operational Assessment


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Move to Fall Assessment Operational assessment for elementary

and middle school in all subjects for the 2005-06 school year is scheduled for October 3 – 21, 2005.

HS Fall 2005 Retest Dates will be October 24 – November 4.



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NCLB Testing Requirements Every student must be assessed in

mathematics and English language arts every year.

Results in mathematics will be reported by Grade Level Content Expectation (GLCE).• ELA may include limited GLCE reporting• Science & social studies may do so in future



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Changes in Grades 3 through 8 Greatest impact in grades 3 through 8

• More students will be assessed• Longer assessments



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Test Lengths by Grade

Grade ELA Math3 62-76 75

4 62-76 90

5 62-76 90

6 62-76 90

7 62-76 91

8 62-76 72



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Field Testing will Increase In the past, MEAP has used field testing

in a limited number of schools Current plan is to release all items

relating to the core GLCEs each year Therefore, field testing will be expanded

Field Testing


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Winter 2005 A significant number of schools will

participate in field testing new items in grades 3 through 8 during the Winter 2005 operational assessment cycle.

Field Testing


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Sample Selection School coordinators were notified about sample

selection on October 15. Sample must adequately represent the students in

the State. Schools selected as part of the sample are required

to participate in the field testing.

Field Testing


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Testing in Grades 4, 5, 7 & 8 In the traditional MEAP grades,

assessments will include both operational and field test items.• Field test items will be scored, but will not be

used to determine student performance levels or for reporting.

• Field test items will be placed within the assessments and will look just like the other items.

Field Testing


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Winter 2005 Testing Cycle Base MEAP assessments with embedded field

test items will be administered at the same grade levels as they have been in recent years:• Grade 4 – English language arts (ELA) and

mathematics• Grade 5 – Science and social studies• Grade 7 – English language arts• Grade 8 – Mathematics, science and social studies

Field Testing


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Winter 2005 Stand-alone Field Tests

Stand-alone field tests• Will consist only of field test items • Will not be used for scoring or reporting

purposes• Schools will be randomly selected to

participate

Field Testing


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Field Tests in Grades 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Stand-alone field tests will be conducted in the

following grades and subject areas:• Grade 3 – English language arts and mathematics• Grade 5 – English language arts and mathematics• Grade 6 – English language arts and mathematics• Grade 7 – Mathematics• Grade 8 – English language arts

Field Testing


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Embedded Field Tests (Future) Beginning in Fall 2005, we plan to

embed field test items in each MEAP assessment booklet for all subjects, in order to determine which items are the best to use for creating future operational assessments.

Field Testing


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Embedded Field Tests in Math & ELA For math, each student will take 8 to 10 field

test items in addition to the items that will count in their assessment scores.

For ELA , in addition to the items that will be reported as part of their scores, each student will be asked to (a) respond to 10 multiple choice items related to an extra reading passage, or else (b) write an essay based on a prompt.

Field Testing


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Matrix SamplingA B C D E F G H I J K L

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Field Testing


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The new ELA reading assessment Narrative and informational passages with

comprehension questions (14 items each) One pair of Cross-Text passages (Informational and/or

Narrative) including• within-text comprehension questions (7 items each) • cross-text questions (5 items) • Response to Reading constructed-response question. (6

points) Word Study and Recognition: Multiple-choice

vocabulary meaning questions. (5 items) Replacement items: New passages and items for one

component or part of a component of the reading or writing assessment. (10 items or points)

ELA Assessment


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Domain Type Points

Narrative Text MC 14

Informational Text MC 14

Comprehension & Critical Standards MC 14

Word Study MC 6

Embedded Field Test MC/CR 10 *

Total Points 58

ELA readingELA Assessment

* Not reported


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Reading test word limitsGrade Word Limit

3 2,150

4 2,250

5 2,600

6 3,000

7 3,250

8 3,500

ELA Assessment


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The new ELA writing assessment Extended writing prompt (12 points) Shorter writing prompt (8 points) Multiple-choice revising and editing of

student writing (10 items)

ELA Assessment


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Revising and editing Word usage Reorganization

• Additions & deletions• Combining sentences• Appropriate use of transitions

Topic sentence Identifying organizational patterns Author's intent (audience & purpose for writing) Genre Style

ELA Assessment


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Domain Type Points

Revising & Editing MC 10

Long Response CR 12

Short Response CR 8

Embedded Field Test* CR/MC 10 *

Total 40

ELA writing

* Not reported

ELA Assessment


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ELA content expectationsIn English Language Arts, there are grade-appropriate content expectations at all grade levels in each of the following strands:

Reading Writing Speaking Listening & Viewing

ELA Assessment


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Grade 4 Reading GLCEs Word Study: Use structural, semantic,

and syntactic cues to automatically read frequently encountered words, decode unknown words, and decide meaning, including multiple meaning words (e.g., letter/ sound, rimes, base words, affixes, syllabication)

ELA Assessment


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Grade 4 Reading GLCEs (continued)

Narrative: Analyze characters’ thoughts and motivation through dialogue; various character roles and functions (e.g., hero, villain, narrator); know first person point of view and conflict/resolution

ELA Assessment


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Informational: Identify and explain the defining characteristics of informational genre (e.g., autobiography/ biography, personal essay, almanac, newspaper)

ELA Assessment



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Comprehension: Retell and summarize grade level appropriate narrative and informational text

ELA Assessment


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Grade 4 Writing GLCEs Write a comparative piece to

demonstrate understanding of central ideas and supporting ideas using an effective organizational pattern

ELA Assessment


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Mathematics assessment1. Core: Three-item measures for up to

24 Core GLCEs (55 to 72 items)2. Extended Core: Items for up to two

additional GLCEs (0 to 2 items)3. Future Core: Items for up to two

additional GLCEs that are expected to become part of the Core assessment in five years (0 to 4 items)

Mathematics Assessment


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Mathematics (continued)4. Replacement Items: Items to replace

released items from 1-3 above in future years (8 to 10 items)

5. Linking Items: A small group of items from the previous and next grade levels used to place the tests on a common scale – for measuring “growth” from one grade to another (3-6 items)



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Math items per gradeType GLCEs ItemsCore 20-24 60-72Extended Core* 0-8 0-16Future Core* 7-13 14-26Linking Items* 3-6Replacement Items** 128-162Total 31-44 205-282

* Not reported at the student level** Not reported at any level



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Math test lengthsType GLCEs ItemsCore 20-24 60-72Extended Core* 0-8 0-2Future Core* 7-13 2-3Linking Items* 3-6Replacement Items** 8-10Total 31-44 70-92

* Not reported at the student level** Not reported at any level



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Content expectations in mathAt all grade levels, there are grade-appropriate content expectations in each of the following strands

Number and operations Algebra Measurement Geometry Data and probability



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Some future math GLCEs Grade 2: Understand multiplication as

the result of counting the total number of objects in a set of equal groups, e.g., 3 x 5 gives the number of objects in 3 groups of 5 objects, i.e.,• 3 x 5 = 5 + 5 + 5 = 15.



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Some future math GLCEs (continued)

Grade 3: Estimate the perimeter of a square and rectangle in inches and centimeters; estimate the area of a square and rectangle in square inches and square centimeters.



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Grade 4: Find unknown angles using the properties of: triangles, including right, isosceles, and equilateral triangles; parallelograms, including rectangles and rhombuses, and trapezoids.



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Grade 6: Solve equations of the form ax + b = c, e.g., 3x + 8 = 15, by hand for positive integer coefficients less than 20, using calculators otherwise, and interpret the results.



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Some future math GLCEs (continued) Grade 7: Recognize inversely proportional

relationships in contextual situations; know that quantities are inversely proportional if their product is constant; e.g., the length and width of a rectangle with fixed area and that an inversely proportional relationship is of the form y = k/x where k is some non-zero number.



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(yet to be approved)

Science benchmarks and standards are under review this year, with May 2005 as the earliest that assessment development can begin.

Current Science assessments would be given in the Fall 2005 at grades 5 and 8.• Schools will not have the first semester to cover

content included in the assessment; this could have local instructional implications.

New assessments could be pilot-tested in Winter 2006 and implemented in Fall 2006.

Science Assessment


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Science benchmarks Constructing new scientific knowledge Reflecting on scientific knowledge Using life science knowledge Using physical science knowledge Using earth science knowledge

Science Assessment


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(yet to be approved) The State Superintendent’s Social Studies

Task Force will be making several recommendations soon.• Under consideration: A proposal to create grade-

level expectations and reduce the breadth of the MEAP assessments.

• If completed by Fall 2004, new MEAP assessment items could be field tested in Fall 2005 and the new assessments could be implemented in Fall 2006.

Social Studies Assessment


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Move to grades 6 & 9 Existing MEAP assessments, now

given in the winter of grades 5 and 8, may be shifted to the fall of grades 6 and 9 in 2005.



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Social studies content strands Historical perspective Geographic perspective Civic perspective Economic perspective Inquiry Public discourse and decision making Citizen involvement



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Teacher involvement MEAP plans to return to the previous

practice of involving Michigan teachers in developing the items for field tests beginning in Fall 2005.

Item Development


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Benefits Will ensure that our assessments have high

quality Will also give Michigan educators a valuable

professional development opportunity to increase their familiarity with the GLCEs and thereby enhance their knowledge of Michigan’s standards.

Item Development


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References For further information about content standards, go

to http://www.mi.gov/mde and select “K-12 Curriculum.” Copies of the math and ELA GLCEs are available for download at www.michigan.gov or at www.learnport.org/news.cfm

To compare GLCEs with benchmarks, go to http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--87065--,00.html

To participate in reviewing State-assessed GLCEs for math and/or ELA, go to the MEAP website and look under “What’s New?”, or else go to http://www.mi.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-22709_31168-101707--,00.html

http://www.mi.gov/mde

http://www.michigan.gov/

http://www.learnport.org/news.cfm

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--87065--,00.html

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--87065--,00.html

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Getting Ready for the Fall 2005 MEAP Assessment