Table of Contents
Content Home
Welcome- Module Orientation
Pre-Assessment- Unit 1: Introduction and Overview
- Unit 2: California State Assessment System
- Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
- New State Assessment System
- Smarter Balanced Assessments
- Computer Adaptive Technology
- A Balanced Assessment System
- Assessment Methods and Item Types
- Smarter Balanced Preliminary Blueprints
- Smarter Balanced Practice Tests
- Supporting All Students in California’s Assessment System
Summary of Unit 2
- Unit 3: Assessment Literacy for Educators
- Purposes and Uses of Assessment
- Assessment Information Usage
- Types of Assessment Information
- Integrated Teaching-Assessment Cycle
- Assessment Literacy at the Classroom Level
- Assessment Literacy Defined
- Assessing Student Learning
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Attributes of Assessment-literate Teachers
- Summary of Unit 3
- Unit 4: Developing Standards-based Instructional Learning Targets
- Preparing and Planning for Instruction and Assessment
- Planning for Instruction and Assessment
- Assessment Targets
- Developing Instructional Learning Targets
- Summary of Unit 4
- Unit 5: A Balanced Assessment System
- Multiple Levels of Assessment
- Sources of Assessment Data
- Effective, Appropriate Use of Assessments and Assessment Data
- Categorizing Different Types of Assessments
- Summative Assessment: Assessment of Learning
- Formative Assessment Practices and Tools: Assessment for Learning
- Peer Assessment
- Assessment Vignettes
- Summary of Unit 5
- Unit 6: Identifying, Developing, and Implementing Sound, Quality Assessments
- Identifying, Selecting, and Developing Appropriate Classroom Assessments
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Validity
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Reliability
- Key Concepts in Accurate Measurement: Fairness
- Assessment Accessibility
- Selecting and Developing Appropriate Classroom Assessments: Assessment Methods
- Developing Better Assessments
- Instructionally Embedded Formative Assessment: Checking for Understanding Strategies
- Checking for Understanding on a Daily Basis
- Using Think-Pair-Share to Check for Understanding
- Summary of Unit 6
- Unit 7: Analyze & Act: Appropriate & Effective Use of Assessment Data
- Assessment Data
- Using Rubrics to Evaluate Student Work
- Involving Students in Using Rubrics
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Mining Item-Level Data
- Acting on the Data: Now What, So What?
- Developing Instructional Adjustments and Interventions
- Effective Feedback
- Student Reflection and Goal Setting
- Students’ Use of Data
- Steps for Goal Setting
- Goal Setting from Constructed-Response Assessments
- Helping Students Adjust Their Learning Tactics
- Summary of Unit 7
- Module Summary
Post-Assessment- Certificate of Completion
Glossary- Resources
- Unit 1 Introduction and Overview
- Unit 2 California Assessment System
- Unit 3 Assessment Literacy for Educators
- Unit 4: Developing Standards-Based Instructional Learning Targets
- Unit 5: A Balanced Assessment System
- Unit 6: Identifying, Developing and Implementing Sound, Quality Assessments
- Unit 7: Analyze & Act: Appropriate and Effective Use of Assessment Data
- Module Evaluation
Unit 2 California Assessment System
STAR Program
CDE STAR Web page: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/
Smarter Balanced
Smarter Balanced Assessments Web page: www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
Smarter Balanced Computer Adaptive Testing Fact Sheet: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Smarter-Balanced-CAT.pdf
Overview of Computer Adaptive Testing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKCZpvpH6A
CDE SBAC electronic mailing list (send a blank e-mail): subscribe-sbac@mlist.cde.ca.gov
Smarter Balanced Summary of Core Components (and reproducible handout): http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Smarter-Balanced-Core-Components.pdf
Smarter Balanced Sample Items and Performance Tasks: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/
Smarter Balanced Practice Tests: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/
Smarter Balanced Master Work Plan for the Digital Library for Formative Assessment: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Formative-Assessment-Master-Work-Plan-Narrative.pdf
SBAC Preliminary Draft Blueprints for ELA and Mathematics: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Smarter-Balanced-Preliminary-Test-Blueprints.pdf
UCLA National Center for Research Assessment Research Reports: http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports.php?action=search&query=On+the+Road+to+Assessing+Deeper+Learning%3A
Smarter Balanced General Item Specifications (quality assurance and validity studies): http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TaskItemSpecifications/ItemSpecifications/GeneralItemSpecifications.pdf
SBAC Bias and Sensitivity Guidelines: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TaskItemSpecifications/Guidelines/BiasandSensitivity/BiasandSensitivityGuidelines.pdf
SBAC General Accessibility Guidelines: http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TaskItemSpecifications/Guidelines/AccessibilityandAccommodations/GeneralAccessibilityGuidelines.pdf
English Learner
CDE English Language Development Standards Web page: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/eldstandards.asp
Students with Disabilities
CDE CCSS Resources Web page — Alternate assessment for students with disabilities (select Alternate Assessment tab): http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/
National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC): http://www.ncscpartners.org/
NCSC FAQs (CDE Web page): http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/ncscfaq.asp
CDE NCSC Electronic Mailing List (send a blank e-mail to subscribe): ncsc@mlist.cde.ca.gov
Other Resources
Partnership for Assessment and Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) —other consortium developing CCSS-based assessment system: http://parcconline.org
Assessment Literacy. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
For questions or feedback, please e-mail commoncoreteam@cde.ca.gov.
