Update to Kansas State Reading Standards and Assessment

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Update to Kansas State Reading Standards and
Assessment

• Presented by Kris Shaw
• kshaw_at_ksde.org
• KSDE Reading Consultant

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Kansas Reading Mission Statement

• The mission of Kansas reading education is for
  all Kansas students to be given an equal
  opportunity to become competent and strategic
  readers and writers

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KS Education Shines!

• KS students rank in the top 10 for reading and
  mathematics on the ACT
• In KS, 77 of graduating seniors went on to
  post-secondary education

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News from ACT
Tested Comp Ave. Math Reading Science
Kansas 76 21.9 21.6 22.4 21.7
Colorado 100 20.4 20.1 20.8 20.4
Missouri 74 21.6 21.0 22.1 21.5
Nebraska 77 22.1 21.8 22.4 21.9
Oklahoma 71 20.7 19.8 21.3 20.5
Texas 30 20.5 20.8 20.6 20.4
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News from ACT
Tested Composite Core
KS 2005 75.7 21.7 22.6
KS 2006 75.4 21.8 22.7
KS 2007 76.3 21.9 22.8
National 2007 41.8 21.2 22.0
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2007 NAEP Scores

• In fourth-grade reading, 36 percent achieved
  proficient or better scores and 72 percent
  achieved basic or better scores a record for
  the state.
• Kansas trailed behind just five states in fourth-
  and eighth-grade reading.

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KS Assessment Highlights Reading
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Swimming Against the Trends
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4th grade Reading
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8th grade Reading
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Importance of Early Assessment and Intervention

• Reading problems identified in Grade 3 and beyond
  require considerable intervention.
• 74 of children identified as having reading
  problems in Grade 3 still have those problems in
  Grade 9.

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• Presence of risk characteristics are apparent in
  Kindergarten and Grade 1
• 88 of students who were poor readers in Grade 1
  are also poor readers in Grade 4
• 87 of students who were good readers in Grade 1
  are good readers in Grade 4

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Early Reading Assessment

• Assessment given at one grade level Kindergarten,
  1st or 2nd grade
• Revised 2007
• Approved Early Reading Assessment Best Practices
  list
• Reporting system
• Report due November 16, 2007

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Assessment and Instruction Relationship
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Relationship of Assessment to One Another
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KSDE Reading Website

• Reading Standards
• http//www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid142
• Reading Assessment
• http//www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid159
• Reading Resources
• http//www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid160
• KERC- Kansas Education Resource Center
• www.kerc-ks.org/
• Online Standards Training Manual

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Formative Assessment

• Formative assessments
• CETE www.cete.ku.edu/
• Kan-ED www.kan-ed.org/
• To Inform Instruction
• In a timely manner so that instruction can take
  place

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Release of State Assessment and AYP Results for
2007

• Raw scores posted on CETE website May 18
• Preliminary AYP June 18
• Final AYP presented to the State Board October
  9-10
• QuestionsTom Foster
• tfoster_at_ksde.org

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2008 Preliminary Reading Assessment Window

• General Assessment- Feb. 18 April 14
• KAMM Assessment-mid. Feb.18 April 14
• Alternate Assessment Jan. 2 April 14

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2008 General Reading Assessment

• General education district students at grades 3rd
  High School
• On grade level readability
• Paper/pencil or computer based assessment
• Kris Shaw kshaw_at_ksde.org

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2008 General Reading Assessment Format

• 3 sessions, allow at least 45-60 minutes per
  session
• All multiple choice items
• Four to six items per tested indicator

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Text Types at Each Grade Level
Grade Narrative Expository Technical Persuasive
3 3 3 0 0
4 3 3 1 0
5 3 3 1 1
6 3 3 1 1
7 3 2 2 2
8 2 2 2 2
HS 2 2 2 2
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Decisions regarding Text Structure- Aug. 8, 2007

• Remove text structure items (1.4.6) from
  narrative passages on developed forms of the
  state assessment at grades 3-6
• Text structure items (1.4.6) will remain for
  narrative passages on developed forms of the
  state assessment at grades 7 - HS
• Text structure items (1.4.6) will no longer be
  developed for narrative passages for the state
  assessment at any grade level, grades 3 - HS

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Decisions regarding Text Structure- Aug. 8, 2007

• Text structure (1.4.6) will be assessed in
  expository at grade 3, expository and technical
  at grade 4, and expository, technical, and
  persuasive at grades
• 5 HS on new forms.
• Only assess text structure (1.4.6) in a paragraph
  at grade 3 on new forms
• Use only sequence as an answer choice. Do not
  use sequence of events or series of steps on
  new forms
• Do not use problem-solution and cause-effect
  as answer choices in the same item on new forms

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Accommodations

• Allowed for all students
• Updated Accommodations Manual for 2008

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Draft Read-aloud Accommodation

• A students need for the read-aloud accommodation
  must be documented on one of the following plans
• Pre-intervention plan (student improvement plan)
• ELL plan
• 504 plan
• IEP
• The need for the read-aloud accommodation should
  be determined for each individual content area
  being assessed. If a student has the read-aloud
  or any other accommodation listed on one of these
  plans, the student must receive that
  accommodation on the state assessment.

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Draft Read-aloud Accommodation

• All text in the assessments for Science,
  History/Government, and Mathematics can be read.
  Only the item questions and answer choices may be
  read to a student receiving the read-aloud
  accommodation on the Kansas Reading Assessment.
  Absolutely nothing from a reading passage on the
  Kansas Reading Assessment may be read or
  pronounced, including single words.

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Draft Read-aloud Accommodation

• Only human readers who comply with KSDE
  guidelines will provide this accommodation. No
  CDs or the KCA audio will be used for the
  read-aloud accommodation.
• Training materials for human readers will be
  provided by KSDE. Local districts must provide
  training for human readers providing the
  read-aloud accommodation.

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2008 KAMM Kansas Assessment of Multiple Measures

• Only 2 of all district students at all grade
  levels who take a reading assessment may be
  classified meets standard or higher
• Decreased complexity but on grade level
• IEP team decision to participate in the KAMM
• Questions Contact
• Joan Houghton- jhoughton_at_ksde.org

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2008 Alternate Reading Assessment

• Only 1 of all district students at all grade
  levels who take a reading assessment may be
  classified meets standard or higher
• Portfolio
• IEP team decision to participate in the Alternate
• Questions Contact
• Debbie Matthews-dmatthews_at_ksde.org

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Assessment Contacts

• Scott Smith, 785.296.4358 sesmith_at_ksde.org
• Cherie Randall, 785.296.3996
• crandall_at_ksde.org
• David Bowman, 785.296.4349
• dbowman_at_ksde.org

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Content Area E-Newsletters

• Content specific E-Newsletter for Math, Reading,
  Science, Social Studies, Writing, and World
  Languages and ESL
• Sign-up by email

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Content Area E-Newsletters

• Reading- Kris Shaw kshaw_at_ksde.org
• Writing- Matt Copeland mcopeland_at_ksde.org
• Math- Sid Cooley scooley_at_ksde.org
• Science- Heather Click-Cuellar hclick_at_ksde.org
• History/Government- Lynn Vasquez
  lvasquez_at_ksde.org
• World Languages- Phyllis Farrar pfarrar_at_ksde.org

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Work in Progress

• Kansas Literacy Plan
• More Formative Assessment at CETE
• BAIP Blended Assessment Instruction Project
• KU developing it to include a unit plan tied to
  indicators, activities, and formative assessments
  with teacher evaluation tools. Math only at this
  time with other subjects to follow.

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Upcoming Events

• KATE Conference- Wichita- October 18-19
• KSDE Fall Assessment Conference- Topeka- October
  29-30
• Plains IRA Conference- Overland Park- November
  8-11
• KSDE Summer Academies-
• Junction City Middle School June 17th 18th
• Garden City High School June 24th 25th
• Turner High School July 29th 30th

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