DTC Session

August 29, 2016

DTC Welcome
New DTCs
OoA for 2016-17 School Year

DTC Communication
2016-2017

Communications

Face-to-Face sessions
Webinars
eNewsletters
Weekly call/contact via assessment liaison
Monday memos
School visits
Weekly testing window webinars

DeSSA Calendar
2016-2017

Delaware System of Student Assessments (DeSSA): 2016-2017 Calendar

January 2017

August 2016

June 2017

Required State Assessment Resources

Smarter ELA &

Mathematics

Grades 5, 8, & 10: Mar 1 June 1

*P/P: Mar 29 Apr 13

DCAS Science

PSAT 10

Grade 10 : Feb 21 Apr 14

SAT School Day
DCAS-Alt1 Reading
& Mathematics
DCAS-Alt1 Science

NAEP

Smarter Digital Library

Smarter Interim Assessments

EOC Pre-Test
(for DPAS II)

Grade 11: April 5

Makeup Day: April 25

Grades 38: Mar 8June 1

Grades 10-11: Mar 8-June 1
Grades 5, 8 & 10: Mar 8-June 1

Grades 4, 8 : Jan 30 Mar 10

ACCESS

Optional Assessment
Resources

Grades 38: Mar 8 June 1

*P/P: May 1 May 19

Feb 6 Mar 31

Grades K12: Available entire school year

Grades 312: Aug 29- end of school year

EOCAlgebra II, Integrated Math III: Aug 29 March 31

P

EOC : Alg II/Int

Math III & *P/P
PSAT 8/9

Grades 9: Sept 26 Jan 27

* P/P = Paper and Pencil Test

Jan 4 Feb 3

PSAT 8/9

EOC : Alg II/Int

Math III

Mar 29 June 1
*P/P: Mar 29 Apr 13

Grades 9: Feb 21 Apr 14

Document Control No. 2016/07/02 Replaces:
2016/06/01

Smarter Interims
Update

IABs for 2016-2017- ELA

Grades 3-5
IAB ELA/Literacy Block Name
* New IABs in 2016-2017

Grade
3

Read Literacy texts

Read Informational Texts

Brief Writes

Editing*

Language & Vocabulary Use*

Revision*

Listen/Interpret

Research

Informational Performance Task

(not in 2016/2017)

Opinion Performance Task

Narrative Performance Task

Delaware Department of Education

IABs for 2016-2017- ELA

Grades 6-8
IAB ELA/Literacy Block Name

Grade

* New IABs in 2016/2017

Read Literacy texts

Read Informational Texts

Edit/Revise

Brief Writes

Editing

Language & Vocabulary Use*

Revision

Listen/Interpret

Research

Explanatory Performance Task

Argument Performance Task

Narrative Performance Task * N/A in 2016/2017

Delaware Department of Education

IABs for 2016-2017- Math

Grades 3-5
IAB Mathematics Block Name
* New IABs in 2016-2017

Grade
3

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Fractions

Measurement and Data

Numbers and Operations in Base 10

Geometry*

Mathematics Performance Task

Delaware Department of Education

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IABs for 2016-2017- Math

Grades 6-8
IAB Mathematics Block Name
* New IABs in 2016-2017

Grade
6

Ratio and Proportional Relationships

Expressions and Equations

Expressions and Equations with Proportionality, Statistics

& Probability

Number System

Functions

Geometry

Mathematics Performance Task

Delaware Department of Education

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SAT Updates

SAT School Day Cut Scores Approved

School Day SAT ERW Performance
Achievement
Level 1

Achievement
Level 2

200-410

420-470

Achievement Achievement
Level 3
Level 4
480-620

630-800

School Day SAT Mathematics

Performance
Achievement Achievement Achievement Achievement
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
200-410

420-520

530-640

650-800

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SAT School Day Proficiency

Statewide ERW and Mathematics
Proficient and Achievement Levels, 2016
Proficiency

AL 1

AL 2

AL 3

AL 4

ERW

53%

26%

21%

42%

11%

Mathematics

31%

27%

42%

24%

7%

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SAT School Day Participation

Statewide SAT Assessment Participation Rates

Statewide

ERW

Math

95%

95%

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2017 SAT School Day

School Day SAT Administration Dates

Date

Tests Administered

April 5, 2017

School Day SAT

April 25, 2017

School Day SAT Make-Up

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PSAT Updates

2016-2017 PSAT 10 Information

Test Window: Feb 21, 2017 Apr 14, 2017
Important Dates Feb & March Testing

Deadline to complete SSD requests Dec. 16

Deadline for schools to order tests using the pre-administration option Dec. 23
Deadline to order test materials Jan. 27
Test materials arrive for schools testing in Feb and March Feb. 8

Important Dates April Testing

Deadline to complete SSD requests Feb. 13

Deadline for schools to order tests using the pre-administration option Feb. 17
Deadline to order test materials Mar. 3
Test materials arrive for schools testing in Feb and March Mar. 27

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DCAS-Alt1 Overview

DCAS-Alt1 Tested Subjects and Grades

Reading and Mathematics
Grades 3-8, 10-11
No grade 9

Science
Grade 5, 8 and 10

For 2016-17 there will be no DCAS-Alt1

Social Studies

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Manuals and Professional Development

New Test Administrator and District Test
Coordinator Manuals
No significant changes
Available on portal end of August
Sent to TAs with their test kits

Professional Development Mandatory

Full Day for new TAs
Update (Schoology) for previous trained TAs

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2017 National Assessment of

Educational Progress
(NAEP)

2017 NAEP
School Name

Gr

Scheduled
Assessment Date

MultipleTeam
School

Alpha
Sample
Flag

Beta
Sample
Flag

Alpha

Num
tablet

Num
P/P

Estimate
Student
Sample

Letter Type

Brick Mill Elementary School

2/15/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Bunker Hill Elementary School

3/1/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Cedar Lane Elementary School

2/28/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Loss (Olive B.) Elementary School

2/7/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Meredith (Everett) Middle School

2/23/2017

YES

75

36

186

Math & Reading MultiHit

Old State Elementary School

3/7/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Redding (Louis L.) Middle School

2/22/2017

YES

75

36

186

Math & Reading MultiHit

Silver Lake Elementary School

2/2/2017

NO

25

12

62

Math & Reading

Waters (Alfred G.) Middle School

2/10/2017

YES

75

36

186

Overlap

Nellie Hughes Stokes Elementary

School

3/9/2017

NO

Writing & Pilot

Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School

2/2/2017

NO

Writing & Pilot

Shue-Medill Middle School

3/2/2017

YES

Family Foundations Academy

2/14/2017

NO

75

36

Beta

1
1

186

Overlap
Writing & Pilot

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Delaware State System of Assessments

Social Studies Development

Social Studies Assessment Updates

Paused testing in grades 4, 7, EOC for Spring
2017
DeSSA RFP released July 22nd; proposals due
Sept 9th
Social Studies tests in one elementary, one
middle, one high school grade
Social
Studies

2016-17 SY
RFP/Contract
Item and Test
Development

2017-18 SY
Field test and
continued
Item Development

2018-19 SY
Summative

2019-20 SY
Summative

2020-21 SY
Summative

iin place and

continued Item
Development

iin place and

continued Item
Development

in place and
continued Item
Development

Updated Standards
Updated Clarifications
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Delaware State System of Assessments

Science Phase I Development

Proposed

Teacher driven
Immediate classroom
feedback

Coalition Driven
Data reported for
curriculum, instruction
and PD decision making.

ESSA Requirement
Grades 5, 8, and 10
(Biology)

Science Next Steps

The purpose of this Phase I RFP is to solicit high-quality proposals from qualified bidders to work with the
Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) to design, develop, and pilot innovative science assessment
tasks to inform specifications for a statewide science assessment to measure student learning of the Next
Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
The proposed schedule of events subject to the RFP is outlined below:
Public Notice

Date: August 26, 2016

Deadline for Questions

Date: September 9, 2016

Bidders Conference and

Response to Questions Posted by:

Date: September 16, 2016

Deadline for Receipt of Proposals

Date: September 23, 2016 at 3:00 PM

(Local Time)

Estimated Notification of Award

Date: October 7, 2016

MANDATORY PREBID MEETING

A mandatory pre-bid meeting has been established for this Request for Proposal and is scheduled for
September 16, 2016 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT.

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Test Security

2015 vs. 2016 Test Security Incidents by

Type
45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
Cheating

Cellphone
Usage

No Classroom Not Shredding

Activity before
Notes
PT

Teacher
starting
incorrect
session

Student
Disruption

Series1

Advantage
Given by TA

Computer
Usage

Calculator
Usage

Component V

Other

Series2

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DeSSA Training

Trainings Page on Portal

Training course numbers are unchanged. Content is being updated in Schoology and course record
updated in PDMS. PDMS course registration will be released when course update is complete.

http://de.portal.airast.org/resources/?section=6

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Trainings Page on Portal, Continued

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Training Available in
Early September
Number

Title

24246

DeSSA Entry Training (includes Security Training)

24248

DeSSA District & School Test Coordinator Training

24288

Smarter Interim Test Administrator Training

24251

DCAS-EOC Test Administration Training

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Other Trainings Available

Number

Title

Audience

24473

What is a CAT

Educators, Students

24472

Lets Talk Universal tools

Educators, Students

24484

Student Test Interface

Educators, Students

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2016-17 Manuals Published

Technical Specifications Manual
For your technology supervisors and tech
support persons

Secure Browser Version 9.0 Installation

Manual
Online Error Messages Document
System Requirements Document

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New Ticket System

New Ticket System to Replace SysAid

SysAid to be retired
New system to be implemented a DELL
product
Will integrate better with other DOE
systems
Assessment will notify DTCs when it
becomes available

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System Update

TIDE Down Time

August 22-28, 2016
Preparation of systems for 2016-17 School
Year

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DeSSA Site Visits

Overview of 2015-2016
Site Visit Pilot
Used protocol during school visits
Similar to CCSS Site Visits used by
Curriculum workgroup
Focused on assessment areas
Training and Administration
Accommodations
Test Security and Environment
System improvements

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Purpose of Site Visits

to assist LEAs with refining and improving assessment administration,

training, and security

to maximize best testing conditions for all students and reduce security
infractions

to provide on-going support and gather information about district needs

to refine and improve support for the DeSSA system and ongoing
implementation

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DeSSA Site Visit Activities

Beginning Winter 2016-17
DOE Lead will coordinate schedules for
site visits and agendas with schools (point
of contact is likely STC)
On-site visit
- Student focus group
- Interviews with TAs, STC, and DTC
- Classroom visits
Site Visit Report provided to DTC, STC
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Peer Review
August 2016

Purpose of Peer Review

The purpose of Peer Review of State assessment systems is to support
states in meeting statutory and regulatory under Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1963 (ESEA) for
implementing high technical quality assessment system and, where
applicable, provide for ESEA flexibility with an opportunity to
demonstrate that they have met requirements for high-quality
assessments under Principle 1 of ESEA flexibility.
A key purpose of Title I of the ESEA is to promote educational
excellence and equity so that when students graduate from high school,
they have mastered the knowledge and skills to be successful in
college and careers.
The ESEA requires a state to develop and implement challenging
academic content standards and achievement standards in at least
reading/language arts and mathematics, and science, and to apply the
same academic standards to all public schools and public school
students in the State.

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Process for Preparation

The Delaware preparation for Peer Review started in
early April;
The Center for Assessment (CFA) provided us
(assessment and some curriculum staff) with an
intensive training about the six critical elements and the
process; and
It was a joint effort of DDOE staff, CFA consultants, and
AIR to collect documents, files, and data, and prepare
evidence to demonstrate the technical quality of
Delaware assessment system.
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Six Critical Elements

1. Statewide System of Standards and Assessments: For
example, state adoption of academic content standards for all
students; policy for including all students in assessments;
participation data
2. Assessment Systems Operations: For example, test design &
development; monitoring test administration; test security;
system for protecting data integrity & privacy
3. Technical Quality Validity: For example, overall validity,
including validity based on content; validity based on cognitive
process; validity based on internal structure; validity based on
relations to other variables
4. Technical Quality Others: For example, reliability; f airness &
accessibility; scoring; multiple versions of an assessment;
technical analysis & ongoing maintenance

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Six Critical Elements

5. Inclusion of All Students: For example, procedures for
including SWDs; procedures for including ELs;
accommodations; monitoring test administration for special
populations
6. Academic Achievement Standards and Reporting: For
example, state adoption of academic achievement standards
for all students; achievement standards setting; challenging &
aligned academic achievement standards; reporting

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Submission
All preparations were completed by the end of May;
The submission included the State Assessment Peer
Review Submission Cover Sheet; Submission Cover
Letter, Executive Summary, Delaware Peer Review
Exhibit List by Critical Element (an index of
documentations, page numbers and relevance), and
Summary (with detailed evidence); and
Dr. Steve Godowsky, Secretary of Education reviewed
the submission and approved the submission on June 1,
2016, on schedule.
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Consortium
Since Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is
adopted by multiple states, including Delaware and the
peer review for Smarter was a joint effort.

Evidence such as test design, item/test development,

achievement standards, was prepared by the
consortium; while the evidence such as adoption of
content standards, test administration, technical quality
from operation, was prepared by each state.
Smarter Balanced submitted evidence for Peer Review
in June. Like other member states, Delaware
submission will be reviewed in late August.

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DTC Questions and Support

DTC Monthly Meeting March 16, 2016

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