Valorie Foy- DirectorJeremy Heneger- Assistant DirectorEd Foy- Writing DirectorJohn Moon- NeSA Project ManagerKim Snyder- NAEP CoordinatorTammi Peterman- Administrative Assistant

Administrator DaysStatewide Assessment

Presented July 30, 2014

Moving forward with

Nebraska School Accountability [NeSA]

2014-2015

Letter of Assurances from Data Recognition Corporation

•NeSA components available by September 1--Will be available August 29

•Software Update•Online Tools Training ( + Spanish)•Practice Tests (+ Spanish)•Guided practice tests•Text-to-speech•Check for Learning

DRC Assurances

•No new system downloads during the year except as needed to benefit districts (iPad and Chromebook- end of September)

•Better load and capacity testers•DRC Technology Representative in

Nebraska for Level II Technology Support—will work with districts as needed

•More “real-time” reporting of technology updates/incidents.

•Discussion of co-location of DRC servers

Updates•Clear button removed from NeSA-Writing test

•New entry screen (Less confusing)•Better system in eDIRECT for student look-up and test management

•Chromebook and iPad Pilot statewide•Chromebooks and iPads can be used for NeSA-Reading, Math, Science- March-May 2015

Updates

•Optional Spellchecker as a Special Education accommodation for NeSA-W

•New field added in spring 2015 to allow Individual Student Reports to be sortable by student's school of attendance in the fall

•All data changes due to zero score removals, writing verifications and such will go back to eDIRECT after all data are corrected

Standards/Assessment Transition

•English/Language Arts Standards Fall 2014

•Transition of AssessmentsDepth of Knowledge and Format of items▫Alignment▫Item Sampler▫Table of Specifications▫Item Development▫Item Piloting▫Operational Tests▫Standard Setting

Assessment/Accountability Advisory Committee

•40-50 educators, representative schools and policy partners in Nebraska

•Met in June 2014•Two meetings per year-fall and spring

Check4LearningAssistant Director- Jeremy Heneger

Check4Learning (C4L)

•System is running•Districts can go ahead and add students

and teachers to the system•Usage-continues to increase•Returning districts-no additional

requirements•Districts are still welcome to join•Videos will be updated in September•Questions-jeremy.heneger@nebraska.gov

November December January Febuary March April May0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

3,56612,041

28,612

69,053

132,234

246,347

316,093

3,061 25,404

82,138

113,454

239,366

307,750 311,550

Comparison of Online C4L tests given in 2012-2013 & 2013-2014 Cumulative Totals

2012-20132013-2014

iPad & Chromebook Pilot

iPad & Chromebook Pilot

•Purpose-ensure that INSIGHT is working on these devices prior to use for NeSA-RMS

•October 27-November 7•Application will be available October 1•Pilot is open to all districts•Districts determine their level of

participation•A single test at each grade level-5, 8, &

11•About 30 items covering RMS and a

survey about the experience

2014-2015 NeSA-WritingEdward Foy-Director of Statewide Writing

Dates•September 11 Prompt Writing in Lincoln•NeSA-Writing Grade 4 workshops for 4th

Grade Teachers▫October 21st Scottsbluff----ESU 13▫October 22 and 23 Kearney----ESU 10▫October 24 Norfolk----ESU 8▫October 28 Beatrice----ESU 5 (Confirming)

Accommodation Changes•The spell checker will be available on-line

at grades 8 and 11 for students with an IEP or 504 plan.

•The spell checker as an accommodation will be available for:

NeSA-W Practice TestNeSA-W Field TestNeSA-W Test

Changes to NeSA-W•The Clear button has been removed from

the system for the upcoming year. The remaining tools now come closer to functioning much the same as they do in word processing programs that students use on a daily basis.

Transcriptions

•NeSA-W under accommodations will have a bubble to fill in if the students’ paper was transcribed. The Transcription Form will contain a reminder to fill in this bubble.

NDE would like to retain the following:

•Prompt Creation•Field Testing•Prompt Selection•Rangefinding•Score Verification

Field Testing is the keystone activity for the above!

Request for Field Testing• NDE is requesting schools seriously consider

participation the field test.

• Grade 8/11 will be on-line through the NeSA testing site. Prompts are assigned randomly to students.

This is an opportunity for students to practice taking the test under the same conditions as the regular NeSA-W test.

• As a field test of future prompts for NeSA –W, the test results cannot be used in any other way. (example no local scoring)

• NDE appreciates school’s supporting this project as we want to keep prompt writing in the hands of Nebraska educators.

Request for Field Testing

•Grade 4 Field Testing will take place in the spring. The testing is paper pencil.

•Rangefinding is dependent upon the Field Test.

2014 NeSA-W 8/11 On-Line Test Times

Time Span Grade 8in Minutes:

Time Span Grade 11in Minutes:

0 – 30 minutes 908

0 – 30 1200

30 – 60 minutes 4950

30 – 60 minutes 8249

60 – 90 minutes 8031

60 – 90 minutes 7363

90 + minutes 7441

90 + minutes 3813

Total tested 21330

Total tested 20625

Nebraska Performance

Accountability System NePAS

Nebraska Performance Accountability System

•History▫Board Policy▫NePAS in current form▫LB # 438-Legislature▫Framework- State Board▫Statute- 79-760

Implementation of Statute 79-760•Identification of three priority schools

designated most in need of assistance to improve

•August 2015 – initial run of NePAS with the classification of all schools and school districts

•August 2016 – Priority Schools present their plans to State Board for approval

Implementation-the model

•The model to determine performance level of each school and district—

•Recommendations to the State Board for further input developed by

•NePAS 1.1 Task Force Reading, Math, Science, Writing Status, Improvement, Growth Graduation Rate All students and subgroup(s)

Second Pass of schools in the lowest performance level to identify three priority schools

•To be based on a fuller picture of each school in order to identify schools most in need of assistance to improve

Accountability-School Improvement-All Schools

•Communication•Learning from effective processes and strategies

Accountability-Vision for the future

•Include other factors not yet available as data, possible-

•Dual Credit•Advanced Placement•Industry Certification•International Baccalaureate•Preschool Programs

NeSA-Release

•August 26th-10:00 a.m. Video Stream•Release of NeSA-Reading, Math, Science

and Writing-Grade 4

District Information

•New DAC—need superintendent email•New N-TAC- need superintendent email

•New or reorganized districts--need superintendent email

•DAC▫N-TAC▫Address

Do not hesitate to contact us at any time.402 471 2495

valorie.foy@nebraska.govjeremy.heneger@nebraska.gov edward.foy@nebraska.govjohn.moon@nebraska.govkim.snyder@nebraska.govtammi.peterman@nebraska.gov

Questions