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Measures of Student Learning/Measures of Student Learning/Common Exam UpdateCommon Exam Update
WS/FCS Board of Education
November 13, 2012
Purpose of Common Exams:
To measure educator effectiveness
Setting the Context
For those grades and subjects that are currently non-tested, we need ways to measure growth:
Common Exams
Setting the Context
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• Exams designed for currently non-tested subjects (does not replace any existing tests)
• Built by the state – every district will have the same exams
• Intended to replace final exams in high school
• Not part of the accountability model
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• FALL 2012-13:
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• SPRING 2013:
*Elementary subjects are not required
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Elementary CEs
Elementary CEs are not required, as teachers will have EOG reading and/or math measures
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS:• 80-minute test
– Two 40-minute sessions
• Multiple-choice and constructed responseconstructed response– Students write in answers; for example:
• Math – students provide numeric answer and show their work
• English – short answer (paragraph or less) and extended response (up to 3 paragraphs)
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS:• Constructed response Constructed response is weighted based
on how much time is spent on CR items– If students are expected to spend 25% of the
test time on CR items, then approximately 25% of the score will be based on CR responses
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/measures/specifications/
Constructed ResponseConstructed Response
% of time on CR
% of total pts attributed to CR
# of CR
items
# of MC
items
ELA 20-25% 17-23% 3-433-37
Math (Adv. F. and Pre-Cal)
20-25% 34-44% 827-32
Science 25% 23-28% 5 40
Social Studies
50% 48-52% 8-1018-21
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• How/if it counts as grades are determined by each school system– High School: just like a final exam - 25% of final grade– Middle School: just like how EOGs are currently
counted – 20% of final grade in the respective subject
• Scores returned by software will be percent of total possible points (no proficiency cut score)– We will be creating a district ‘curve’ that reflects a
similar pattern to EOC grades
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• Each school system is responsible for scoring the exams– Multiple choice – scanned at central office– Constructed response - scored by school
personnel• Scoring processes are determined by each district;
DPI offers the possibility of one or two scorers– Teacher of record cannot be the sole scorer– WS/FCS will have two scorers; the teacher of record and
another subject matter expert
Concerns
• Constructed Response– Amount of time it takes to score– Availability of scorers– Training on rubrics/scorer reliability– Items not field tested
• Other– Senior Exemptions: while students will not be
allowed to exempt, seniors will be allowed to test early
Measures of Student Learning/Common Exams
• Middle School– We expect the length of the test to be similar,
but no specifics released for these yet
Questions andfor more
Information:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/measures/