Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Pilot Testing, Sample Items, and Timeline.
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2014-15:The Next Generation Assessment System -
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
(SBAC)
Parent Advisory Council
October 2012
Testing Timeline
2012-13– NC administers new assessments based on
Common Core and Essential Standards– New NC Online Tests for EOCs, EXTEND2,
Science 5 & 8• EOCs will be Algebra I, Biology, English II
– Types of items: technology enhanced, constructed response, and multiple choice
NC Item Types
• Math – some gridded response items– Grades 5-8 and Math I
• Calculator Inactive: grades 3-8 and Math I– One-third to one-half of grades 3-8– One-third of Math I
• English II: short constructed response and multiple choice
• Test Specifications: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/online/
NC Online Testing Demo
• There is a publicly available website that has demonstration items for the 12-13 online assessments (high school only right now)
• http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo
Testing Timeline, cont.
• 2013-14– Field testing for new online Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium (SBAC) assessments
• 2014-15– NC tests are replaced with SBAC
assessments in reading and math - ONLINE
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
SBAC Assessments
• Variety of question types– Selected response (multiple choice)– Short constructed response– Extended constructed response– Technology enhanced– Performance tasks
• Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)– Based on student responses, the computer program
adjusts the difficulty of questions throughout the assessment.
Computer Adaptive Technology Benefits
Sample ELA – Grade 9
Performance Task Items
• Collections of questions and tasks will be connected to a single theme or scenario – EXAMPLE:– A student may be presented with reading material on a given
topic, and asked questions about the reading.
– That may be followed by reading on the same topic, but from a different perspective, with questions on that reading, plus some compare/contrast questions.
– Finally, the student may be provided additional readings on the same, or an associated topic, and asked to take a position or provide an argument in favor of or opposing a particular perspective, using the provided texts as reference
Interactive Website is Available
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/