Alternate Standards and Assessments in Michigan: Current and Future Direction

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Alternate Standards and Assessments in Michigan
Current and Future Direction

• Supervisors of Low Incidence Population
• January 16, 2015

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Alternate Assessments

• Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) A consortia based
  assessment based on DLM Essential Elements
  (linked Michigans current ELA and Mathematics
  standards Michigan).
• In July 2014, Michigan announced it would not use
  DLM operationally in the Spring of 2015, waiting
  to make a decision on its use in Michigan.
• MI-Access will be used in Spring 2015

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MI-Access Functional Independence

• Features
• Student Facing
• Question with three answer choices
• Based on Extended Grade Level Expectations,
  Extended High School Content Expectations,
  Extended Benchmarks in
• English Language Arts
• Grades 3-8 and 11
• Mathematics Grades 3-8 and 11
• Science Grades 4, 7, 8
• Social Studies Grades 5, 8, 11

New Grouping
Different grade levels
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MI-Access Functional Independence

• Features (continued)
• English Language Arts
• Online
• Accessing Print (Word Study and Passage
  Comprehension)
• Expressing Ideas
• Paper/Pencil for all students
• Assessed at all assessed grades 3-8 11
• Social Studies - Only for FI
• New EGLCEs/EHSCEs released Spring 2013
• Piloted Spring 2014

New Grouping
New!
New!
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MI-Access Functional Independence

• Features (continued)
• Online
• Student clicks answer choice directly on screen
• Student sees one question at a time
• Allows for faster response on student performance
  information (near time reporting)
• Allows for online tools and accommodations,
  including magnification, text to speech (as
  allowable per content) and other features
  required by students
• Expressing Ideas will NOT be online

New!
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MI-Access Functional Independence

• Features (continued)
• Online-Continued
• Parts is Parts
• FI Online assessments - 2 parts each
• ELA Accessing Print
• Part 1 word Study
• Part 2 passage Comprehension
• Mathematics
• Part 1 first half of the test
• Part 2 second half of the test
• Science
• Part 1 first half of the test
• Part 2 second half of the test
• Social Studies
• Part 1 independent Items
• Part 2 context based items

New!
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MI-Access Functional Independence

• Features (continued)
• Paper-Pencil Versions
• Schools with a waiver that are not technology
  ready
• Students requiring an accommodated form
• Braille
• Enlarged Print
• NOTE Audio is supported online
• Individual students for whom using a computer
  creates an accessibility issue related to his or
  her disability (need should stem from IEP)
• Ordered via secure site at the student level (no
  waiver needed when specific students are needing
  this version)
• Near Time reporting not available

New considerations!
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MI-Access FI Social Studies Pilot Training
tutorial -complete
www.michigan.gov/mi-access This program is no
longer a pilot, but will give a sneak peek into
what is coming for the Spring Assessment
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Where is OTT?

• OTT is available once your district technology
  coordinator has loaded Insight onto the computers
  you will be using
• Phase I https//wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi
  /ott2
• Phase II Use Insight

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Differences in Content

• The types of questions and content assessed for
  MI-Access this Spring is based on the same
  content standards as the assessments that
  students have taken in the past, so the types of
  questions and format should be familiar
• FI Social Studies has been added based on the
  EGLCEs and EHSCEs adopted in 2013. They can be
  found on the MI-Access Web Page

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MI-Access Social Studies Content Standards- FI

• www.michigan.gov/mi-access

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MI-Access Social Studies Content Standards- FI

• www.michigan.gov/mi-access

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MI-Access Social Studies Content Standards- FI

• Note To the left of the EGLCE, there is a key
  concepts column that gives core information that
  may be helpful in planning for instruction.

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What about DLM and Essential Elements?

• Decisions on using DLM have been delayed pending
  further work with the consortium
• Michigan has not formally shifted to new
  alternate standards in ELA and Mathematics
• Currently in progress of making the shift
• SWD Advisory and MDE office input
• Public comment
• Formal shift in ELA and Mathematics
• In the foreseable future, EGLCEs, EHSCEs and EBs
  will still serve as the alternate standards in
  Science and Social Studies

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MI-Access Supported Independence and Participation

• Student Experience
• Not changing for these two programs
• Selected response and activity based observation
  items with Picture cards and/or instructional
  materials
• ELA, Mathematics and Science
• Social Studies for these two levels will remain a
  district determined assessment

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MI-Access Participation and Supported
Independence

• Online Answer Document
• No more tear out sheets
• Single page scoring documents
• Assessment Administrator Booklets
• Student Picture Cards
• Enter responses online
• Sign and keep scoring sheets on file

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Training for Participation and Supported
Independence

• www.michigan.gov/mi-access

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Overview of the Participation and Supported
Independence Programshttp//video1.resa.net/mde
/PSI/module1.html
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Participation and Supported Independence
Administration

• It is recommended that both Primary Assessment
  Administrators and Shadow Assessment
  Administrators view the entire training program
  and print and submit their certificate of
  completion to their School MI-Access Coordinator.
  
• Many School or District MI-Access Coordinators
  may require this before the assessment is given.
  Please check your local requirements.

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MI-Access Supported Independence and
Participation-Scoring Document

• Online Answer Document
• No more tear out sheets
• Single page scoring documents
• Assessment Administrator Booklets
• Student Picture Cards
• Enter responses online
• Sign and keep scoring document on file
• Allows for near time reporting

New!
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Scoring Documents
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Scoring Documents
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Online Answer Document

• Below is a sample of how the online version might
  look. The Primary Assessment Administrator logs
  in and enters the responses for both PAA and SAA
  at the same time.

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Future of Alternate Achievement Standards in
Michigan

• Currently Extended Grade Level Content
  Expectations, Extended Benchmarks and Extended
  High School Content Expectations in ELA and
  Mathematics
• Need to be aligned with current Michigan Academic
  Content Expectations
• DAS Advisory and ASWD Advisory groups
  recommendmoving to Essential Elements,
  regardless of assessment used.
• Teams to be convened to (will come back to this
  in a moment)
• Make recommendations regarding statewide
  alternate achievement standards in ELA and
  Mathematics
• Develop new assessment plans for ELA and
  Mathematics based on alternate achievement
  standards

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A Step Back

• Original Plan
• Dynamic Learning Maps
• Decision to use assessment portion on hold
• Consideration for using alternate standards

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Dynamic Learning Maps

• The Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate
  Assessment System uses learning maps that are
  highly connected representations of how academic
  skills are acquired as reflected in research
  literature.

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Dynamic Learning Maps

• Nodes in the maps represent specific knowledge,
  skills, and understandings in English language
  arts and mathematics, as well as important
  foundational skills that provide an
  understructure for the academic skills. The maps
  go beyond traditional learning progressions to
  include multiple and alternate pathways by which
  students may develop content knowledge.

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Dynamic Learning Maps
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Dynamic Learning Maps
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Mini-Map
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Claims, Conceptual Areas and Essential Elements

• For Example
• ELA Claim 1 Students can comprehend Text in
  increasingly complex ways
• Conceptual Areas
• Determine Critical Elements of Text
• EE.RL.3.1 Answer who and what questions to
  demonstrate understanding of details in a text.
• Construct Understandings of Text
• EE.RL.3.4 Determine words and phrases that
  complete literal sentences in a text
• Integrate Ideas and Information from Text
• EE.RL.3.1 Identify common elements in two
  stories in a series

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Next Steps

• For Entities in the state already working with
  Essential Elements
• Join panel of educators to meet and discuss and
  make recommendations on
• How to structure and shift our alternate
  standards to the Essential Elements
• Explore how to outline precursor skills leading
  to the target (Proximal and Distal) using the DLM
  Mini-Maps as a guide
• Weigh in on potential assessment structure based
  on developed structure (not looking at programs)
  this may be a follow up

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