A move toward comparability
Status/Achievement & Growth
References
SEA Challenge: Growth models and the development of a
new generation of assessments
Damian W. Betebenner
National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
Dover, NH
ARCC Standards and Assessment Regional Initiative, Nashville, TN
March 2nd & 3rd, 2011
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
A move toward comparability
Status/Achievement & Growth
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From a Paucity to a Plethora of Data
The Economist: The Data Deluge
Student assessment results in all states for (at a minimum)
English Language Arts/Reading and Mathematics in Grades 3
to 8
Historical records of student achievement in each state via
unique student identifiers
Historical records of student demographics, teachers, schools,
educational programs, . . .
Stakeholder interest in an examination of this longitudinal data:
Where have students been and where are they going?
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
A move toward comparability
Status/Achievement & Growth
References
Two levels of comparability: Standards and Assessments
Uneven performance standards across states has led numerous
policy makers and researchers to argue that interstate comparisons
of quality are basically meaningless [Linn, 2001].
The Common Core State Standards and the two multi-state
assessment consortia (PARCC and SBAC) represent moves toward
greater cross state comparability.
The data can tell a thousand stories: What stories are likely to
emerge.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
A move toward comparability
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Common Core State Standards
Defined for Mathematics, English language arts and literacy,
history/social sciences, science, and technical subjects
The standards are intended to be clear, focused, and rigorous
The standards outline a content path towards career and college
readiness.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
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The Assessment Consortium
As part of the Race to the Top initiative, unprecedented resources
have been made available for the development of next generation
assessments.
More than $350 million was made available with two proposals
receiving awards: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium (SBAC).
PARCC: 26 states serving more than 30 million students. SBAC: 31
states serving more than 20 million students.
Both consortia are currently in active development/planning in
preparation for assessment use in 2014-2015.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
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Status/Achievement
Common performance standards enable cross state comparisons of
student levels of achievement.
Such comparisons have been available for some time from the
NAEP assessments.
Because comparisons will be relative to the standards common to
nearly all states, the results are likely to be more meaningful.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
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Student Growth
As the PARCC title suggests, career and college readiness has
become the new proficiency.
Recent ESEA re-authorization blueprints reference all students
being career and college ready by 2020.
Both PARCC and SBAC promote the idea of growth toward the
standard of career and college readiness.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
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Student Growth and Value-Added
With RttT, state efforts toward utilizing student growth have become
increasingly rapid.
States receiving RttT funding are required to use student
assessment results, when available, as part of educator evaluation.
Many states not receiving RttT funding passed legislation requiring
the same.
Student growth is now a primary part of many states’ accountability
initiatives, both personnel (e.g., teacher or principal) and institutional
(e.g., school or district)
Value-added methodologies have been used for more than a decade
toward this end.
Integrating value-added and growth-to-career and college readiness
is the next big challenge.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
A move toward comparability
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References
Linn, R. L. (2001).
Reporting school quality in standards-based accountability systems.
CRESST Policy Brief 3, National Center for Research on Evaluation,
Standards and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA.
Damian W. Betebenner Growth/Next Generation Assessments
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