Delaware Assessment Inventory Project Table

Name of Individual(s) completing the table: Dr. Franklin Read, Sherrie Clark, Crystal Lancour, Dr. Nick Baker, Hope Moffett
Date: 18 December 2015
Name of
ELA Common Assessments DIBELS
STAR
SRI
assessment:
Entity requiring
District
District test for state
District test for state
District test for state
assessment state
requirement
requirement
requirement
SEA or other
agency; district; or
school:
Grade(s) assessed: K-12
K-2, (3-5 ORF Only)
2-5
6-11
Course(s) or
ELA (Reading, Writing,
Reading: Early literacy
Reading: Foundational
Reading: comprehension
subjects assessed: Speaking & Listening,
skills, Phonological
reading skills, reading
Research/Inquiry)
awareness, Oral Reading
informational text, reading
Fluency
literature language
Which students are Students who take standard Students who take standard Students who take standard Students who take standard
eligible or required state assessment
state assessment
state assessment
state assessment
to take
assessment?

Smarter ELA ICA

District: optional

Math Common
Assessments
District

3-8,11
English language
arts/Literacy (ELA/LIT),
including reading, writing,
listening and research
Students in grades 3-8, 11
who take standard state
assessment

K-8, IM1-IM3
Math, IM1-IM3

Universal Screener
District for state
requirement

K-8
Math

Students who take standard Students who take standard

state assessment
state assessment

Type of assessment Interim

summative;
interim; formative;
diagnostic:

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Diagnostic

Interim

Interim

Diagnostic

Number of years
Since 04, Board mandateassessment has
has been updated to align
been administered to new standards
in the district:

13 years

7 years

3 yrs for high school

students...1 year for
middle school students

0 years

Since 04, Board mandate

Since 2012-13 school year

To which content
standards is the
assessment
aligned? (source of
alignment
verification):
Intended
purpose(s) of the
assessment:
Intended use(s) of
the assessment:

Users of the
assessment:
Do users of the
assessment use it
for its intended
use(s)?

Common Core State

Standards (CCSS)

Common Core State

Test is benchmarked to
Standards (CCSS) directly
CCSS
and indriectly depending on
the subtest

Lexiles aligned to Common Common Core State

Core State Standards
Standards (CCSS)

Common Core State

Standards (CCSS)

Number Sense & Key

Concepts in Common Core
State Standards (CCSS)

Measure student
achievement on the CCSS in
ELA.
DDI and re-teaching,
student grades, track
mastery of CCSS

Measure foundational
reading skills

Measure students skills in

reading

Measure students skills in

reading

Measure core math skills

from the CCSS

Diagnosing students' areas

of strength and weakness
and grade-level readiness,
identify student for RTI
interventions, improve
targeted classroom
iDistrict,
t ti school, teachers

Diagnosing students' gradelevel readiness, identify

student for RTI
interventions, improve
targeted classroom
instruction, identifying
d
i tteachers,
t t
District,
school,

Measure student
achievement on the CCSS in
Math.
Improve instruction and reteaching, student grades,
track mastery of CCSS,
including the Math
Practices

Measure student
achievement toward CCSS

Diagnosing students' grade- Assess CCSS

evel readiness, identify
student for RTI
interventions, improve
targeted classroom
instruction, identifying
d
i tteachers
t t
District, school, teachers,
District,
school,
District, school, teachers,
parents
parents
parents
Yes, more so since SY 2015 yes, the specificity of the yes, RTI data analysis in
Somewhat, some errors in N/A
when we started DDI. The subtests helps teachers
ELA is strong in the district. interpretation resulted
tests are better alligned to identify specific areas for Elementary school parents from the use of incorrect
CCSS and teachers address intervention. As students
interpretive guides.
found STAR especially
progress, oral reading
data in their PLCs
However, the integrity of
useful in finding
fluency is replaced by a
appropriate books for their the test itself was not
focus in later grades on
children. However, parents compromised. These errors
reading comprehension so at the middle school were have been rectified and the
for students above a
less familiar with the data resulting data is useful. The
certain fluency threshold, and its uses, while still
middle schools adopted this
fluency data is less usable. interested in how to use
benchmark in place of STAR
data to help advance their Reading in SY 2016 after
students.
studying the usefulness of

District, school, teachers,

and parents
Yes, assessments have been
revised to better align with
CCSS and teachers are using
PLCs to interpret data and
inform instruction

Diagnosing students' areas

of strength and weakness
and grade-level readiness,
identify student for RTI
interventions, improve
targeted classroom
iDistrict,
t ti school, teachers
Somewhat, the decisionmaking process for
identifying students for
intervention differs
amongst schools as each
item must be considered
separately. Identifying
which specific skills
students are struggling with
is difficult. After study of
available options, more
useful alternatives do not
exist.

To what degree do
users of the
assessment find it
useful or not
useful? 1 not
useful 2
somewhat useful 3
useful 4 very
useful Explain why.

3-useful. Helps students get

used to SBAC expectations
and format. Also, as part of
DDI teachers are reviewing
the CA ahead of the unit
and reviewing the data
after the unit

Type of
administration:
Item type(s):

Paper-pencil

Accommodations:

3-useful in grades K-2. It is

a research based screener.
It provides useful
information on who may
need intervention as well
as used for progress
monitoring. 2-Somewhat
useful in grades 3-5. This
test is less relevant for
students who have already
met surpassed the
threshold as fluency is not
an instructional focus at
the upper elementary
Paper-pencil

3-Useful. It is used in
conjunction with other
assessments to determine
who needs intervention. We
purchased SRI for MS to
replace STAR as SRI was
considered more useful at
that level. STAR was the
test most frequently cited
by parents as useful for
elementary school
students.

3-useful. It is useful when

used with other
assessments to determine
who needs intervention.

N/A

3-useful. The assessments

directly assess what
students have been
learning and capture
mastery of content.

Computer-based

Computer-based

Computer based

Paper-pencil

2-Somewhat useful. Due to

the nature of math
learning, when screening
students for areas of
strength and weakness, it is
difficult to identify where
skills are missing. The
screeners help because
their are standards aligned
items from across the
standards, but screeners
require a significant time
investment for data
interpretation
Paper-pencil

Adaptive multiple choice

Multiple choice, free

response, interactive
items, performance tasks
IEP accommodations for
state assessment, GenEd
and ELL supports, Universal
tools

Selected Response,
constructed response

Selected Response,
constructed response

Multiple choice,
Letter-naming, Read-aloud Adaptive multiple choice
constructed response,
accuracy, words per minute
performance task
IEP accommodations for
None
None
state assessment, GenEd
and ELL supports, Universal
tools

Assessment
administration
time:

1-2 class periods depending

on test (performance tasks
take longer than "regular"
common assessments)

Assessment
window:

End of Unit

Assessment
frequency:

4x-7x annually, varies by

grade level

None

None
IEP accommodations for
state assessment, GenEd
and ELL supports, Universal
tools

25-30 minutes total, 5-11

minutes per assessment.
ORF subtest: 6 minutes
total, 2 minutes to
administer and record per
assessment
Fall, Winter, Spring

90 minutes total, 15-30

minutes per adminisration

60 minutes total, 20
Untimed, 3-4 hours
minutes per administration

1 class period per

K-1: 30 minutes total, 10
assessment: 60 minutes for minutes per administration
K-8, 90 minutes for 9-11
Gr 3-8: One class period
each

Fall, Winter, Spring

Fall, Winter, Spring

Flexible window, closes at

same time as Smarter
Summative

End of unit

Fall, Winter, Spring

3x annually

3x annually

3x annually

1x annually

5x-7x per year

3x per year

Time between
Assessment
administration and
results to users:
Vendor:

1 week with the exception Immediately

of 2 weeks for performance
tasks
District-developed

Immediately, Next day in

DSC

Voyager Sopris by Cambium Renaissance Learning

Learning

Immediately in SAM
manager

Written items must be hand- 1 week to input scores into K-1: Data is immediate Gr
DSC & then data is
scored, no time estimate
2-8: Test must be scored &
imediately available
yet
entered into DSC, then
immeditely available
Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt SBAC
District-developed
K-5: State developed
Gr 6-8: State started, but
District-developed
(completed)
No contract, seats purchase NA
No contract
No contract
on one-time basis, annual
tech support fee

Contract expiration No contract

date:

No contract ongoing,
annual cost is for scoring
booklets

No contract, annual seat

purchase

Entity that holds

contract/makes
payment:
Annual cost (total
and per student):
Funding source(s):
Modification
proposed & Why

NA

District

District

District

State

NA

NA

NA

(2016) $3230.92

(2016) $19,907.21

(2016) $23.353.20

NA at district level

NA

NA

NA
Reduction in units tested

Title 1
None for grades K-2.
Elimination of requirement
to test green students MOY
in grades 3-5 because
fluency is not a part of the
3-5 curriculum as students
move towards a focus on
reading comprehension.
Teachers still use DIBELS
BOY to EOY for Component
V, but for on track
students, the MOY
benchmark is less useful.

Title 1
STAR no longer used at the
middle school level in SY
2016

Title 1
NA at district level
SRI expanded from high
Will not be offered
school to middle schools in
SY 2016

NA
Reduction in units tested

NA
None

Performance Tasks

Smarter Math ICA

Social Studies Common

Assessments
District

Science Common
Assessments
District

District

State-provided: optional

K-8, IM1-IM3
Math

PSSS

Readistep

AP

State-provided: optional,
district opted in

District

District: optional

3-8, 11
Math

1-11
Social Studies, Civics,
Economics, U.S. History

1-10
Science

9 & 10
Reading, Writing &
Language, Math

8
Reading, Writing &
Language, Math

9-12
15 subjects tested in 2015

All students in grades K-11

who take the standard
state assessment.

Students in grades 3-8, 11

who take standard state
assessment

Students who take standard Students who take standard All students in grades 9 &
state assessment
state assessment
10that take the standard
state assessment were
eligible

Interim

Interim

Interim

Interim

College Readiness Test

All students in grade 8 that Students enrolled in the AP

take the standard state
courses are eligible to take
assessment are eligible
the exams. Students
determine, in collaboartion
with teacher and parents,
which exams they will take.
Tests are no longer
subsidized by the District
(policy change in effect for
College Readiness Test
Summative

Since 2014-15 school year

0 years

Since 04, Board mandate

Since 04, Board mandate

3 years

0 years for PSAT 8/9

District funded:
Funded:

Self-

Common Core State

Standards (CCSS)

Common Core State

Standards (CCSS)

Delaware Social Studies

Standards, Common Core
History-Literacy Standards
(6-12)

Common Core State

Delaware Science
Standards; plan to move to Standards
Next Generation Science
Standards (NGSS), timeline
not fixed.

Common Core State

Standards

College-Readiness, Revised
tests moving towards the
Common Core

Measure student
achievement on the CCSS in
Math.
Improve instruction and reteaching, student grades,
track mastery of
CCSS,including the Math
Practices, build comfort
with computer-interactive
f
t kteachers,
District,
school,

Measure student
achievement toward CCSS

Measure student
achievement on state
standards in social studies
Improve instruction and reteaching, student grades,
track mastery of state
standards

Measure student
achievement on state
standards in science
Improve instruction and reteaching, student grades,
track mastery of state
standards

Measure student readiness

for college.

Measure student readiness

for college.

Measure student readiness

for college.

To prepare for the SAT in a 1. To track college and

setting that allows practice career readiness in the
with accommodations
middle grades. 2. To
prepare students for the
SAT; 3. Determine college
readiness

To earn college credit while

in high school

District, school, teachers,

and parents
Yes, teachers are entering
data into DSC with more
fidelity and using PLCs to
interpret that data.

District, school, teachers,

and parents
Yes, teachers are entering
data into DSC with more
fidelity and using PLCs to
interpret that data.

Parents, students

District, school, teachers,

and parents
Somewhat-when the
district subsidized the
entire test cost, student
investment decreased. The
financial burden families of
paying for the entire test is
too high and so some
students did not take tests
they were prepared for and
wanted to take.

Assess CCSS

District, school, teachers,

and parents
and parents
Yes, the performance tasks N/A
are serving as valuable and
informative practice for
summative PTs

No-test did not provide

useful reports and without
school level data, it was
not useful for instruction
either.

District, school, teachers,

and parents
No-Although the test could
be used as part of a
progression of data from
readistep to PSAT to SAT,
interpreting and using the
data requires more
familiarity and training.
Given other measures and
the fact that CCSS is
collegeg and career
aligned, this test is
somewhat duplicative of
other assessments that

4-Very useful.
N/A
Administering the test as a
computer-based interactive
assessment helped students
develop both computer
literacy and their mastery
of content standards.
According to student survey
feedback, felt less test-like
and more like an
interactive activity.

3-useful. The assessments

directly assess what
students have been
learning.

3-useful. The assessments

directly assess what
students have been
learning. With the move in
progress to Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS),
the content of the test will
no longer be aligned to
teaching

1-Not useful. Reports and

data from other tests are
more useful to teachers.
CCSS is college and career
oriented, so the data
provided by the PSSS is less
useful as that is its
purpose.

1-Not useful. Reports and

data from other tests are
more useful to teachers.
CCSS is college and career
oriented, so the data
provided by the Readistep
is less useful as that is its
purpose.

Computer-based

Paper-pencil

Paper-pencil

Paper-pencil

Paper-pencil

3-useful. These tests are

useful for the students who
take AP classes and for
teachers. Success rates on
the test indicate curriulum
and instructor strengths
and weaknesses. Detailed
reports help to refine
curriculum. The tests
indicate student
preparation for college and
offer the financial incentive
of reducing collge tutition
payments
Paper-pencil

Multiple choice, Studentproduced responses

multiple choice, studentproduced responses

Multiple choice, studentproduced responses

Multiple choice, studentproduced responses

Multiple choice, free

response, portfolios

IEP accommodations for

state assessment, ELL
supports

IEP accommodations for

state assessment, ELL
supports

Large-type, Braille,
CollegeBoard approval not
required for
accommodations,
accommodations should
mirror classroom or state
t hours
ti
d ti
untimed, 30-45 mins (Grade untimed, 30-45 mins (Grade 2
45 minutes
1-5), 1.5 hours (grade 6-11) 1-5), 1.5 hours (grade 6-11)

Large-type, Braille,
CollegeBoard approval not
required for
accommodations,
accommodations should
mirror classroom or state
tReadistep:
ti
d tiPSAT
2 hours;

Available for students with

a documented disability
only, subject to
CollegeBoard approval

Every 2 units (Grade 1-3),

Every unit (grade 4-8),
Grouped units (Grade 9-11).
Teacher have week after
the unit end to give the
assessment
3-4 times per years

Computer-based

Performance task

Multiple choice, free

response, interactive
items, performance tasks
IEP accommodations for
IEP accommodations for
state assessment, GenEd
state assessment, GenEd
and ELL supports, Universal and ELL supports, Universal
tools
tools

Gr K-2: 1 class period (60

Untimed, 3-4 hours
minutes); Gr 3-11: 2-3 class
periods (120 minutes)

Late Fall or Winter

Flexible window, closes at

same time as Smarter
Summative

1x per year

1x annually

~3 hours per test

8/9: 2 hours 25 minutes

End of unit. Teacher have

week after the unit end to
give the assessment.

March

February 22 March 4

May 2 - May 13

3x-4x per year

1 time per year

1 time per year

1 time per year

Test must be scored &

entered into DSC, then
immediately available

Written items must be hand- Up to one week

scored, no time estimate
yet

Up to one week

District-developed

SBAC

District-developed

No contract

NA

NA

2 months

2 months

2 months

Gr 1-5, state-developed, Gr CollegeBoard

6-10 district-developed

CollegeBoard

CollegeBoard

No contract

No contract

NA

SY 2015

No contract, per test basis

State

NA

NA

State

District

Students/Parents

NA

NA at district level

NA

NA

NA
None

NA at district level
Will not be offered

NA
None

NA
With move to Next
Generation Science
Standards, tests will be
revised to align

$15 per student

(discontinued)
State subsidized in SY 2015 District
CollegeBoard discontinued CollegeBoard discontinued
PSSS when it revised the
Readistep when it revised
SAT suite of assessments
the SAT suite of
for SY 2016. PSSS has been assessments for SY 2016.
replaced by the PSAT 8/9
Readistep has been
and the PSAT 10. In SY15, replaced by the PSAT 8/9.
10th grade students took
Colonial will not be offering
both the PSAT (state
PSAT 8/9 to eighth grade
required) and the PSSS
students in SY16.
(state optional). 10th grade
students will only take the
PSAT once per year in SY16.
9th grade students will not
take the optional PSAT 8/9
in place of PSSS
$13 per student

$92 per test, $62 with lowincome fee reduction.

Students/Parents
Based on an announcement
for SY16, students will pay
$40, while William Penn
will pay $52

Delaware Assessment Inventory Recommendations Table

Assessment
Readistep
Common Assessments

Recommendation: No change,
modification, replacement,
Elimination, No replacement with
PSAT 8/9
Modification through a reduction in
the number of ELA and Math common
assessments administered throughout
the year.

PSSS

Replacement with PSAT 8/9 in 9th

grade. Elimination in 10th grade.

AP

Modification to payment for test

Smarter ICA

Elimination

Rationale
This assessment was discontinued as the data was
not useful to inform instruction.
In order to avoid duplicative efforts, common
assessments for end of the year units in particular
were decreased due to overlap with the yearly
summative in both content and timing. Due to the
limited number of social studies and science
9th and 10th graders took this test under the
concern that these students were not taking a yearly
summative. The PSSS did not provide reports that
were useful at the school level to inform instruction
or target areas of strength or weakness. Given the
move to SAT as the accountability assessment in
grade 11, administering the PSAT to 9th graders will
Up until SY 2014, the District paid for the AP tests.
Because the full fee was subsidized, students lacked
investment in the score results. In SY 2015, students
paid the full fee or paid the reduced fee due to a
waiver from CollegeBoard. However, the significant
cost of the test can be a barrier to motivated
students. Starting with SY 2016, William Penn will
When this test was first introduced, it came too late
in the instructional year to be useful as preparation
for the Smarter Summative. Smarter ICA has been
eliminated for the following reasons: because the
districts common assessments are CCSS aligned,
they already help prepare student for the
summative and provide data for teachers to inform
instruction; the Smarter ICA requires significant
computer resources that would then be made
unavailable for instructional use; the time burden

Action Steps
Implemented

Dr. Franklin Read

Timing of Recommendation
Decision made in April 2015 and
implemented for SY 2016
Implemented beginning in April 2015
and full implementation of the new
calendar happened in September
2015.

Dr. Franklin Read

In effect for SY 16

Implemented

Dr. Franklin Read

Changes to test funding go into effect Implemented

for SY 2016.

Dr. Franklin Read

Decision to eliminate Smarter ICA

Implemented
occurred in July 2015. Policy decision
and rationale was distributed to
principals and schools at that point.

Authority
Dr. Franklin Read

Implemented

STAR Reading/SRI

DIBELS

Replacement of STAR Reading with

SRI at the middle school level. No
Change to STAR Reading at the
elementary level. No Change to SRI at
h hi h h inl lgrades
l 3-5, administer
Modification
the test only to red and yellow
students during the middle of year
(MOY) benchmark. No Change to
DIBELS in grades K-2.

Math Screener
Math Performance Tasks

No change
No change

The middle schools wanted to access the more

detailed reports of the SRI and align themselves
with the high school, which has already been using
the SRI.

Dr. Franklin Read

Students in grades 2-5 receive two benchmarks in

Dr. Franklin Read
ELA: DIBELS & STAR Reading. Teachers only give the
ORF test from DIBELS in grades 3-5. DIBELS ORF
takes 2-3 minutes as a benchmark 3 times per year,
but the test must be administered student by
student, so it takes up a significant amount of a
teacher's time. Teachers use the BOY and EOY
administrations for Component V but the MOY
NA
Dr. Franklin Read
NA
Dr. Franklin Read

The decision was finalized after input Implemented

from the middle schools in late SY
2015. The SRI went into effect as the
middle school benchmark at the start
f SY 2016
Notify
1/1/2016
teachers,
update
calendar

NA
NA

NA
NA

Comparison of Testing Times Before & After Inventory

BEFORE INVENTORY
Grade Level
RTI
District/Charter
K
0:55:00
8:30:00
1
1:01:00
10:00:00
2
4:16:00
12:00:00
3
3:55:00
13:45:00
4
3:55:00
15:30:00
5
3:55:00
14:00:00
6
3:45:00
18:45:00
7
3:45:00
18:00:00
8
3:45:00
19:00:00
9
1:00:00
15:30:00
10
1:00:00
16:30:00
11
1:00:00
12:30:00
12
0:00:00
4:00:00
TOTAL
32:12:00
178:00:00
AVERAGE
2:28:37
13:41:32
*Includes planned administration of the ICA that was then cut during

AFTER INVENTORY
Other*
TOTAL BEFORE
RTI
District/Charter
Other
0:00:00
9:25:00
0:55:00
7:30:00
0:00:00
0:00:00
11:01:00
1:01:00
8:45:00
0:00:00
0:00:00
16:16:00
4:16:00
11:00:00
0:00:00
6:00:00
23:40:00
3:50:00
11:00:00
0:00:00
6:00:00
25:25:00
3:50:00
11:45:00
0:00:00
6:00:00
23:55:00
3:50:00
11:45:00
0:00:00
6:30:00
29:00:00
3:45:00
16:30:00
0:00:00
6:30:00
28:15:00
3:45:00
15:45:00
0:00:00
8:30:00
31:15:00
3:45:00
14:45:00
0:00:00
10:15:00
26:45:00
1:00:00
14:45:00
2:25:00
10:15:00
27:45:00
1:00:00
15:45:00
0:00:00
7:30:00
21:00:00
1:00:00
11:45:00
0:00:00
0:00:00
4:00:00
0:00:00
4:00:00
0:00:00
67:30:00
277:42:00
31:57:00
155:00:00
2:25:00
5:11:32
21:21:42
2:27:28
11:55:23
0:11:09
the assessment inventory process. The ICA accounts for 60 hours of testing across grades 3-11.

TOTAL AFTER
8:25:00
9:46:00
15:16:00
14:50:00
15:35:00
15:35:00
20:15:00
19:30:00
18:30:00
18:10:00
16:45:00
12:45:00
4:00:00
189:22:00
14:34:00

TIME
1:00:00
1:15:00
1:00:00
8:50:00
9:50:00
8:20:00
8:45:00
8:45:00
12:45:00
8:35:00
11:00:00
8:15:00
0:00:00
88:20:00
6:47:42