Endorsed Trainers Workshop

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Endorsed Trainers Workshop

• August 8, 2001

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Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS)

• Assessment
• Types of Assessments
• Content Areas Grades Assessed
• Student Performance Standards
• Accountability
• Long-Term Growth Charts
• Reports

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Assessment vs Test

• Why say Assessment instead of Test?
• Assessment means more than just a test.
  Assessments may include
• portfolios - a collection of student work
• anecdotal records - teacher notes on how students
  are doing
• presentations - students showing what they know
• tests - classroom tests, state tests, other
• projects - students demonstrating what they know
• other

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Two Basic Types of Assessments

• Criterion-referenced or Standards-Based
• student performance is measured against a set
  standard

• Norm-referenced
• - student performance is
• measured against the
• performance of other
• students

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Kentuckys Assessment Program
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Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT)

• Standards-Based
• Spring Administration
• Includes Open-Response, Multiple-Choice,
  Writing Prompts
• Created by Kentucky Teachers Based on KYs Core
  Content for Assessment

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Writing Portfolio

• Standards-Based
• Developed Over Time
• Collection of Students Best Work
• Created from Classroom Assignments

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Norm-Referenced Test

• CTBS/5 Survey Edition
• Norm-Referenced
• Spring Administration
• Multiple-Choice
• Created by CTB McGraw-Hill (testing contractor)

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Alternate Portfolio

• Developed over time
• Collection of a students best work
• Created from classroom assignments

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Norm-Referenced Tests
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Student Performance Standards

• Cut-Scores
• Scores that determine the intervals for
• Novice
• Apprentice
• Proficient
• Distinguished

• Descriptions of
• Novice
• Apprentice
• Proficient
• Distinguished

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Student Performance Standards (Cont.)

• WEB ADDRESS
• http//www.kde.state.ky.us/oaa/implement/dac_index
  .asp

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Long-Term Growth Chart
WEB ADDRESS http//apps.kde.state.ky.us/growth_ch
arts/index.cfm?actiondisplay_cards
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Kentucky Performance Reports

• By September 14, 2001
• State
• Region
• District
• School
• Student
• Interpretive Guide

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Staff Resources for Assessment Accountability

• Scott Trimble
• Associate Commissioner of the Office of
  Assessment Accountability
• 502-564-2256
• strimble_at_kde.state.ky.us

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Staff Resources for Assessment Accountability

• Cindy Owen
• Staff Assistant for the Associate Commissioner of
  the Office of Assessment Accountability
• 502-564-2256
• cowen_at_kde.state.ky.us

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Staff Resources for Assessment Accountability

• Bill Insko
• Director of the Division of Assessment
  Implementation
• 502-564-4394
• binsko_at_kde.state.ky.us

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Staff Resources for Assessment Accountability

• Rhonda Sims
• Branch Manager of the Communications Branch in
  the Division of Assessment Implementation
• 502-564-4394
• rsims_at_kde.state.ky.us