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AzMERIT UpdateWendy Davy, Director of Research
August 27, 2015
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Background• 2010 State Board of Education adopted the Arizona
College and Career Ready Standards (ACCRS)• November, 2014
• State Board of Education (SBE) adopted Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching (AzMERIT)
• New state-wide assessment aligned to ACCRS
• Spring, 2015• First administration of AzMERIT• Both computer-based and paper-based
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Cause for Change
• New assessment means:• New performance levels• Impact for cut scores
• Formally referred to as Standard Setting• Impact on Move on When Reading (MOWR) requirements
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Old Performance Levels - AIMS• Falls Far Below• Approaching• Meets• Exceeds
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New Performance Levels - AzMERIT
• Minimally Proficient• Minimal understanding, highly likely to need support to
be ready
• Partially Proficient• Partial understanding, likely to need support to be ready
• Proficient• Strong understanding, likely to be ready
• Highly Proficient• Advanced understanding, highly likely to be ready
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State Board AdoptionAugust 14, 2015
Officially adopted proposed AzMERIT performance levels (cut scores)
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Process for Establishing Cut Scores• Eighty-one Arizona educators participated in the AzMERIT
Standard Setting Workshop• Using the Bookmark method, these panelists recommended
performance standards (cut scores) for AzMERIT utilizing various group formations
• Standards were compared to International, National and Consortium tests
• ACT• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Commonly referred to as the Nation’s Report Card• SMARTER BALANCE• Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
• International assessment
• Consistency and reliability in scores were the results
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New Expectations
• AzMerit is a criterion-referenced assessment• This measures what students should know and be able
to do; a measurement of our standards
• AIMS was also a criterion-referenced assessment• As opposed to a norm-referenced assessment such
as: Stanford 10
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Percentage of Students at Each Performance Level based on Final Recommended Performance Standards – AzMERIT ELA
*Projected percentage of Arizona’s overall performance by grade level
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Percentage of Students at Each Performance Level based on Final Recommended Performance Standards – AzMERIT Math
*Projected percentage of Arizona’s overall performance by grade level
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AzMERIT is not Equivalent to AIMS
"The story is not that scores dove, it is that expectations soared. This is the moonshot.“
Dr. Joe O’ReillyExecutive Director of Student Achievement
Mesa Public Schools
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Timeline of Results
• Student scores and district data will be made available end of October 2015, first of November 2015
• Annual Measureable Objectives and statewide results will be available January 2016
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Move on When Reading
• Cut scores were presented to SBE on August 14, 2015
• Aligned to the Falls Far Below category from 2014 AIMS
• SBE tabled the item• Some indication that the bar was set too low• We will keep you updated as this is brought back to
the SBE for action
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Communication Plan
• Website• Numerous resources available here for parents
• Social Media• Newsletters• Parent Dinners• Peoria United Parent Council (PUPC)• Parent/Teacher Conferences• Information sent home with students
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Questions?
