PPT-Automated Test Scoring for MCAS

Special Meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education January 14 2019 Deputy Commissioner Jeff Wulfson Associate Commissioner Michol Stapel 01 Overview of Current MCAS ELA Scoring. for students, schools and districts that took MCAS in spring 2015. (Sept/Oct) . Statewide PARCC scores released. . . (Oct/Nov) . Approx. 81,000 of Massachusetts' nearly 1 million students participate in a . Shedding Some. Light . on . MCAS. 2.0. WHY Common Core . Standards and TEST?. Jeb Bush:. “Born Poor, Stay Poor”. Standards and Assessment of Learning:. Can Needier Students Learn?. Shedding Some. Light . on . MCAS. 2.0. MCAS 2.0 . ASSESSES. STANDARDS LEARNING. K – 2 Focus:. Phonemic Awareness. Phonics. Reading for Meaning. K – 2 Focus:. Help each child develop Basic. High School Testing Workgroup. Presentation to the BESE Assessment Oversight Committee. Brooke Clenchy, Sr. Associate Commissioner. March 22, 2016. High School Testing Workgroup. PURPOSE. and the . Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Agenda. ESSA and alternate assessments. Commissioner’s memo and attachments posted to . www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/alt/essa. Which students should take MCAS-Alt?. High School Testing Workgroup. Presentation to the BESE Assessment Oversight Committee. Brooke Clenchy, Sr. Associate Commissioner. March 22, 2016. High School Testing Workgroup. PURPOSE. Peter W. . Foltz. Pearson. pfoltz. @. pearsonkt.com. www.pearsonkt.com. Overview. What . aspects in T&Es are amenable to automated analysis to improve accuracy . and/or efficiency?. Natural language processing approaches applied to open-ended responses. The Office of Student Assessment Services October 3 and November 5, 2018. Presenters. Katie . Bowler, Director of Test Development. ELA Team. Amy Carithers, Administrator for ELA Test Development. Beth Niedzwiecki, grade 10 ELA test developer. Peter W. . Foltz. Pearson. pfoltz. @. pearsonkt.com. www.pearsonkt.com. Overview. What . aspects in T&Es are amenable to automated analysis to improve accuracy . and/or efficiency?. Natural language processing approaches applied to open-ended responses. and Students with Disabilities. Dan Wiener. Administrator of Inclusive Assessment. a. nd. Robert Pelychaty . Accommodations & Competency Portfolio Coordinator. CONTENTS. 01. Accessibility and Accommodations. for Students in Grades 3. 8. Overview of MCAS . Accessibility and Accommodations for . Grades 3. . 8. See the publication . Accessibility and Accommodations Manual . available at . www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/accessibility/. For All . G. rades with a Focus on . H. igh . S. chool Tests/Retests. September 2018. Presenters. Dan Wiener, Administrator of Inclusive Assessment. Robert Pelychaty, . Accommodations and Appeals Coordinator. Submitted by The Learning Center for Deaf Students. Contact Jessica Greenfield at. Jessica_Greenfield@tlcdeaf.org. with questions. . Make-Up Testing. Students who are absent on the date scheduled for testing for any reason (including illness or other medical condition) must be scheduled for make-up testing as soon as they return to school. Make-up tests may be administered at any time after the scheduled testing date and before the end of the test administration window. . September 17, 2021. Embargoed until 9:30 . a.m. , September 21. Logistics for This Session. Questions about a specific student should be sent by email to . mcas@doe.mass.edu. . . Some questions may be covered during the course of the presentation. .