National Conference on Student Assessment
Developing and ImplementingHigh Quality Assessments
June 23, 2015
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Pennsylvania is going it alone
Not implementing PARCC or Smarter Balanced
Keystone Exams
End-of-course high school exams
Algebra I, Literature, Biology
PSSA
Grades 3 – 8 English Language Arts and Math
Grades 4 and 8 Science
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Pennsylvania Core Standards
The Pennsylvania State Board of Education adoptednew ELA and math standards in 2013 – thePennsylvania Core Standards
Hybrid
PA Academic Content Standards
Common Core Standards
Chose the more rigorous
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New Assessments Aligned to the Pennsylvania CoreStandards
It would be impossible to assess every singlestandard on the statewide assessment. Rather thanhave teachers “guess” which standards are mostcritical, PA developed Assessment Anchors toidentify a core set of standards that couldreasonably be assessed on a large scaleassessment.
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Assessment Anchors
Assessment Anchors clarify the standardsassessed on the PSSA.
Assessment Anchors are designed to holdtogether or “anchor” both the stateassessment system and thecurriculum/instructional practices inschools.
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Item Development
•Vendor writes item aligned to newStandards/Assessment Anchors
•Department of Education AssessmentSpecialist reviews the item
•Item Review Committee (PA educators)reviews the item
•Bias, Fairness, and Sensitivity Committeereviews the item
•Item is field tested
•Item-with-Data Review Committee (PAeducators) reviews the item
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Standard Setting
•New Performance Level Descriptorsdeveloped
•PA educators
•Bookmark method
•PA educators
•Validate during the Standard Setting
•Validate after the Standard Setting
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For more information on the development and implementation of highquality assessments, please visit PDE’s website atwww.education.pa.gov
The mission of the department is to academically prepare children and adults to succeedas productive citizens. The department seeks to ensure that the technical support,resources and opportunities are in place for all students, whether children or adults, toreceive a high quality education.