Online Testing SymposiumAre your Staff (and Students) Test Ready?

December 17. 2014

Presented by NWOET

at Bowling Green State University

Keynote by

Roger W. Minier, Ph.D.

rminier@nwoet.org 800-966-9638

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Online Testing Done Right: Learning & Test Scores Go UP ! Done Poorly, Learning & Scores Go Down !

PARCCPartnership for Assessment of

Readiness for College and Careers

Online testing for Grades 3-11End of Course Exams

College Readiness Tests

Ohio’s New Learning Standards

are based on a

Job Growth Model

Ohio’s New Learning StandardsPreparing for Next Generation Testing

Partnership to Access Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Math & ELA

American Institute for Research (AIR) Science & SS

ACT/SAT College Readiness Test

End –of-Course Tests (Feb & May combined score) 18 pts with 4 ELA, 4 Math, S/SS 6 1 to 5 (Advanced)College Ready without Remediation (ACT Score of 18 English 21 Science 23 Math

Industry Credential – CDL Truck Driver Welding Nursing Assistant and over 275 more…

Multiple Pathways to Graduation

Governors and State Superintendents of Instruction from almost every state met

Every Ohio county loses hundreds of jobs annually= tens-of-thousands state-wide*

*on average, based on 2013 estimates

80% of Jobs* require

College

or a Certificate

AND a High School Diploma

* earning over $20,000 annually by the year 2020

Three Paths to Graduation - ODE Tests (OGT/ EOC Exams) - ACT Score - Earn ‘Industry Credential’ CDL Truck Driver Medicinal Direct Care Provider State Tested Nursing Assistant Welder & More !

What Skills Do High School Graduates Lack?

• Third Grade Reading Guarantee

• College Readiness Test for ALL students

• Industry Credential as Graduation Path

Ohio’s New Learning Standardsfocus on

• Reading• Writing• Math

• Job-based or College Readiness Skills

75% Ohio Students NOT College Ready

40% of Admitted students need remedial class

Source: 2014 Ohio Impact Report & The Conditions of College and Career

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* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

Used by permission of Dr. Bill Daggett

…but why

ONLINE testing?

80% of major companies + almost all colleges & job skill centers, and many, many smaller organizations

require online testing to get a job

or advance within an organization

Ohio’s New Learning Standards

include “Next Generation” Assessments

Tests designed to prepare students for skills needed for

learning and good jobs

Each teacher should know:

- Which tests (e.g. 5th grade ELA, Math, Science)

- When (day and hour, not just ‘testing window’)

- Skills (e.g. protractor, copy text)

- Scoring (scoring rubric. test specifications)

- How will data will be used - for example: Student growth measures (teacher /district)

Promotion (e.g. 3rd grade)Graduation requirement

Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments for ALL students grades 3-8

Math and ELA

for Upper Elementary / Middle School StudentsSocial Studies – Grades 4 & 6

Science – grades 5 & 8

for Upper Middle and High School School StudentsPhysical Science Algebra I & Geometry

American History American Government

English I and II

OR “ ‘ace’ the ACT’ “ or ‘Industry Credential’

Recent Updates & Changes: ‘Save Haven’ for schools and teachers 2014-2015

Read Aloud (text-to-speech) Clarified Dec 1, 2014

Math curriculum guide updated (Dec 2014)

Internet ‘stress test’ week of January 26, 2015

ODE Update scheduled at BGSU January 22, 2015

ACT/SAT 2015 Pilot for current sophomores

ODE is listening - more changes ‘for the good’ may be coming

ACCOMMODATIONSfor students with special needs:

Does your online assessment support: Extended Time? Text-to-speech (headphones)? Test Readers? Other supports?

The student’s plan take precedence over typical testing protocols, BUT accommodations usually can NOT apply to just ONE specific test.

For example, if a student’s plan allows more time to complete ONLINE testing then more time must also be allowed for for ALL testing.

The Goal:

Preparing Students

for Learning, Career

and Life Skills

Let’s look at some

sample questions

1) Search with Bing or Google:

“PARCC 6th Grade Ruler”

2) Go to PARCC.pearson.com –

and select ‘Test Preparation’

http://www.parcconline.org/samples/mathematics/grade-6-slider-ruler%20

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Just as careers are changing,

K-12 education is changing as well Research report Inquiry based writing

Lab computers 1:1 / BYO

School Learning in & beyond the classroom

Questions?

For further information on these topics,please contact:

your local EdTech Agency, INFOhio or Roger W. Minier, Ph.D.

NWOET@nwoet.org800-966-9638

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