Knows how instructional decision - making fits into
the balanced system of assessment, users of which they are a member,
Learn more about the concepts of universal design, accessibility, bias, and sensitivity, and how these concepts have guided the design of a variety of tools, designated supports, and accommodations that are available as part of the Smarter
Balanced system of assessments.
Not exact matches
To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk
balance could be favorable; making more use
of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology
assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare
systems.
Standardized
Assessment of Concussion or «SAC», Sport Concussion
Assessment Tool Version 3 or «SCAT3», the
Balance Error Scoring
System or «BESS», King - Devick Test», Maddocks» questions) already shown by studies to be reliable in making the initial remove - from - play decision, or one
of a number
of new
assessment screens being developed and tested.
The SCAT takes 15 - 20 minutes to complete and computes a composite score, comprised
of the Glasgow Coma Scale, a Standardized
Assessment of Concussion (SAC) score (cognitive and physical evaluation, delayed recall), and a
balance assessment score (modified
Balanced Error Scoring
System or BESS).
An
assessment of organic farming relative to conventional farming illustrates that organic
systems better
balance the four areas
of sustainability.
In choosing this year's «Better
Balance,» for example, the editors signaled that something is awry in the existing balance between the «hard» elements of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards, assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability system) and such «soft» components as teacher training, instructional materials, and classroom envir
Balance,» for example, the editors signaled that something is awry in the existing
balance between the «hard» elements of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards, assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability system) and such «soft» components as teacher training, instructional materials, and classroom envir
balance between the «hard» elements
of standards - based reform (namely the academic standards,
assessments, and interventions that make up a state's accountability
system) and such «soft» components as teacher training, instructional materials, and classroom environment.
Educational Testing Service (ETS) is now working with Smarter
Balanced and PARCC on the new
systems of assessment through its Center for K - 12
Assessment and Performance Management.
Perhaps SB's most revealing response along these lines is the following: «While the process that is being used to develop the Smarter
Balanced assessment system would be familiar to anyone who has ever built a test, what is unique about Smarter
Balanced is the bringing together
of a large and diverse array
of talent committed to making each element
of the
system» best in breed.
In Edutopia's The Power
of Comprehensive
Assessment, Bob Lenz describes how to create a
balanced assessment system.
While the process that is being used to develop the Smarter
Balanced assessment system would be familiar to anyone who has ever built a test, what is unique about Smarter
Balanced is the bringing together
of a large and diverse array
of talent committed to making each element
of the
system «best in breed.»
At the conclusion
of the federal grant, Smarter
Balanced will transition to being an operational
assessment system supported by its member states.
The intentional design
of a
balanced and purposeful
system of assessments that creates a comprehensive and robust pathway to support student learning
The Smarter
Balanced assessment system is a key part
of implementing the Common Core State Standards and preparing all students for success in college and careers.
Using a widely regarded conceptual approach called Evidence - Centered Design, and working in partnership with an array
of private sector companies, work groups comprising
assessment leadership from Smarter
Balanced states have developed the various components necessary for a next - generation
assessment system.
2015 promises to be a pivotal year for several major reforms in public education, including the continuing rollout
of the Common Core State Standards, the state's new school financing and accountability
system, and the administration
of the online Smarter
Balanced assessments.
Effective
assessment systems provide
balanced measures
of a student's capacity in the foundational functions (recall, recognize, comprehend, apply in context, and follow routines) and the more complex functions (analyze, synthesize, compare, critique, investigate, prove, explain, and create), which more appropriately assesses a student's progress toward achieving college and career readiness.
AUGUSTA — As Maine shifts to a proficiency - based
system by 2018, the 2014 - 15 Smarter
Balanced Assessment scores in English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 through 8 and the third year
of high school are the first statewide
assessment of our students» accomplishments in meeting Maine's college and career readiness standards.
An
assessment manifesto: A call for the development
of balanced assessment systems.
And, most significantly, especially for students, the education community is beginning to
balance its reliance on external
assessment systems with an understanding
of classroom
assessment's instructional power.
mission
of the MAC is to improve student learning and achievement through a
system of coherent curriculum,
balanced assessment, and effective instruction.
An analysis
of the components
of formative and summative
assessments in my classroom clearly shows an
assessment system that is out
of balance and needs to be redesigned.
To leverage the collective experience
of Smarter
Balanced members, we asked district staff from four states and one territory what they learned during the first two years
of implementing the
assessment system.
Instead, Smarter
Balanced will «create all
of our [English / language arts] and mathematics items» as well as the computer adaptive
system for the
assessment.
Comprehensive and detailed evidence in support
of the validity
of the Smarter
Balanced assessment system is available below.
As educators «build» a learning path with quality
assessment, «pave» the path by providing students with the tools to reflect on their learning, and «illuminate» it by the «light»
of understanding student expectations for future success — and then push them beyond those expectations (Hattie, 2009), the state test become simply a small part
of a
balanced assessment system.
The content specifications serve as the basis for the Smarter
Balanced system of summative and interim
assessments and formative
assessment support for teachers.
Identify the process
of designing and the practice
of employing a robust and
balanced assessment system at the classroom level.
During a yearlong process, consortium members identified opportunities for Smarter
Balanced to maintain the quality
of its
assessment system while also looking to innovate and evolve in response to a changing education landscape.
Smarter
Balanced works closely with state education chiefs and elected officials to ensure that the
assessment system meets the needs
of member states.
This story is just one example
of the many great ideas from school districts in Smarter
Balanced states and territories on how they implemented the Smarter
Balanced assessment system.
The state should begin moving to a
system balancing state on - demand exams and locally delivered performance
assessments designed to measure a common set
of standards.
Implementing the Smarter
Balanced assessment system includes teaching parents and educators about how
assessments work, communicating early and regularly about testing, and shifting curriculum and instruction to reach the depths
of learning students require.
What educational and social forces have prevented schools from developing the kind
of balanced assessment system defined in this chapter?
The Smarter
Balanced Executive Committee oversees the ongoing development and management
of the
assessment system and the Consortium's finances.
First, principals must embrace the concept
of balanced assessment systems that rely on a combination
of classroom, interim, and annual
assessments to provide information needed by various instructional decision - makers.
Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both
assessments and accountability
systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department
of Education (co-author
of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council
of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author
of documents on the design
of accountability
systems and
balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author
of research reports on standardization and reliability for
assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Committees.
Our work in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are further examples
of partnerships with school districts interested in the design and development
of innovative,
balanced assessment systems.
«Our alignment
of Smarter
Balanced scores from the 11th grade
assessment will assist the regental
system in its continued collaboration with the South Dakota Department
of Education to reduce the number
of students who require remedial coursework when they arrive at one
of our six public four - year institutions.
Interest has emerged in
balancing assessment systems across levels
of use.
FairTest supports the authentic accountability plan proposed by the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) proposed a comprehensive accountability
system that uses a
balance of local and state
assessments to describe school improvement and student progress.
Understands and advocates for the development
of balanced assessment systems that meet the information needs
of all
assessment purposes,
The development
of an effective
balanced assessment system, therefore, requires the analysis and inclusion
of the full range
of assessment users and uses at each
of these three levels
of assessment.
The challenge for schools is designing a
balanced assessment system using the strengths
of summative, interim, and formative
assessments to address instructional, accountability, and learning needs.
Assessment is a fundamental part
of the teaching and learning process, but more time needs to be focused on what a well -
balanced assessment system is and can do to help teachers improve student learning.
Kathryn (Kathy) Dewsbury - White serves as the president and CEO
of the Michigan
Assessment Consortium, a statewide non-profit education association organized to provide professional learning opportunities, develop resources and tools, and provide advocacy for quality
assessment practice and quality, comprehensive, and
balanced assessment systems.
To create and successfully enact a
balanced assessment system, to pull it off, everyone will need to transform the way they think about schooling, their respective roles in schools, and the notion
of leadership.
Education leaders need to be knowledgeable and persuasive in advocating the use
of a
balanced assessment system.
Further, an
assessment literate person understands that district
assessment systems must take into account and
balance the needs
of users throughout the local context.
Countries that tend to place at the top
of international student achievement rankings have had in place for years the type
of assessment systems that PARCC and Smarter
Balanced are currently developing.