Performance Tasks Announced for Each District
Date: 03/13/2014
Author: Mickey Porter
Many of you have already read this, but I wanted to pass it on just to be sure.
Field Test Flash # 11
This is the Field Test Flash from the California Department of Education (CDE), providing updates about the upcoming Smarter Balanced Field Test. Please forward these flash announcements to all educators who may want to stay apprised of the latest information about the Field Test. If you would like to receive Flash updates via e-mail notification, subscribe to the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) listserv by sending a blank message to subscribe-caaspp@mlist.cde.ca.gov. If you would like to unsubscribe from the Flash listserv, send a blank message to unsubscribe-caaspp@mlist.cde.ca.gov
- Local educational agency (LEA) assignments for performance task topics and classroom activity materials for are now available on the California Smarter Balanced Field Test Classroom Activity and Content Area Assignments Web page at http://californiatac.org/administration/instructions/assignments/.
The Web page provides two critical pieces of information:
—The assigned performance task topic for each school and grade
—The classroom activity materials associated with the assigned topic
To download the assignments, LEAs can select their county from the list to open the County Assignments Web page, then select their LEA from the list of LEAs.
LEAs will need to download the classroom activity and distribute it to test administrators at least two or three days in advance of administering the activity to students. The Classroom Activity and Performance Task Administration Guidelines that is available at http://sbac.portal.airast.org/field-test/resources/ explains how to administer the classroom activity and performance task.
- Two additional documents were recently added to the Field Test Portal at http://sbac.portal.airast.org/field-test/resources/: the Resources and Practices Comparison Crosswalk and the Scribing Protocol for Smarter Balanced Assessments. The crosswalk lists the resources that are currently included in the Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines and assists educators and decision-makers by providing a description of both the resource and its classroom equivalent. The scribing protocols were designed to assist state staff, test administrators, educators, and scribes in ensuring scribing is standardized.
For questions related to the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test, please contact the California Technical Assistance Center (CalTAC) by phone at 800-955-2954 or by e-mail at caltac@ets.org. Information also can be accessed through the CalTAC Web site at http://californiatac.org/.
For questions about this Field Test Flash, please contact the CDE CAASPP Office at 916-445-8765 or by e-mail at caaspp@cde.ca.gov.
