Training -- Short-Cycle Assessment Evaluation (Part 1)

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Training -- Short-Cycle Assessment Evaluation
(Part 1)

• New Mexico Public Education Department
• February 2010

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Training -- Short-Cycle Assessment Evaluation

• Dr. Tom Dauphinee
• Interim Supervisor, Assessment Accountability
  Division
• 300 Don Gaspar Ave, Room 124
• Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786
• 505.827.6528
• tom.dauphinee_at_state.nm.us
• Facsimile 505.827.6689

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SCA Evaluation Meets Statutory and Regulatory
Requirements

• Statute 22-2C-4.1, NMSA 1978 specifies that PED
  shall approve SCAs now used for grades 9 and 10.
• NMAC 6.19.7.8, specifies that PED shall approve
  SCAs, and it outlines some criteria

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How Does the Process Work?

1. Review Short-Cycle Assessment Evaluation
   Guidebook. Follow the link to http//www.ped.stat
   e.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AssessmentEvaluat
   ion/index.html
2. Complete Required Forms.
3. Collect Evidence Documents.
4. Complete Evaluation Rubric (Excel Spreadsheet).
5. Submit Completed Rubric, Evidence, and Forms on
   the Monitoring Web Tool.

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Who Should Complete the Evaluation Rubric and
Submit Evidence?

1. District Test Coordinators or a designee. Charter
   School Test Coordinators if using a different SCA
   than district, test coordinators at State charter
   schools and State education institutions.
2. When multiple districts share an SCA, districts
   should select a Lead District for Analysis to
   complete the technical section.

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All Districts Do Functional Requirements

• Every district, including Lead Districts for
  Analysis, complete the rubric and submit evidence
  on functional requirements.
• All districts submit SCA Mean Scale Score,
  Standard Deviation, and student count.

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SCAs Are Evaluated on Technical and Functional
Quality

• The SCA Evaluation Rubric specifies functional
  criteria for approval
• Assessment administered three times a year
• Administered with approved accommodations
• Reports useful and timely

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SCA Mean Scale Score and Standard Deviation

• Every district submits Mean Scale Score, Standard
  Deviation, and Student Count.
• Reading/Language Arts and Math.
• SCA in kindergarten and grades 1 through 3.
• Directions in Guidebook and Excel spreadsheet.