On Back to School Night, I mentioned that this year is a transition year.
It looks like the transition from CA State Standards to Common Core Standards may accelerate more quickly with the pending suspension of STAR testing in May.
If this bill passes, it lifts a burden from our shoulders as we no longer have to do two things at once: prepare students for the STAR test and cover California state standards as well as cover Common Core Standards.
Smarter Balanced Assessments will be used in place of the STAR and will help expose students to the 2015 Common Core standardized tests - as well as help educators better understand how to teach the Common Core standards and prepare students for the 2015 test.
Keep your eyes and ears out for any news related to this Assembly Bill.
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Governor Expected to Sign AB 484—Suspends Current Assessments to Make Way for Common Core
Governor Jerry Brown has AB 484 by Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord) on his desk and is expected to sign the bill that would overhaul the state's assessment and accountability system and align it to the new Common Core State Standards. AB 484 suspends the current Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program immediately and allows students and educators to fully prepare to transition to the new, computer-based assessments. The state's new assessment program is called the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP).
Governor Jerry Brown has AB 484 by Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord) on his desk and is expected to sign the bill that would overhaul the state's assessment and accountability system and align it to the new Common Core State Standards. AB 484 suspends the current Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program immediately and allows students and educators to fully prepare to transition to the new, computer-based assessments. The state's new assessment program is called the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP).
Field tests of the Smarter Balanced Assessments will be given in 2014 and are expected to reveal how prepared schools are to administer the new assessments and how students respond. The tests will be given to students in English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades 3-8 and grade 10. AB 484 lifts the state requirement of testing second graders, which was never required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
Because the transition will leave a lack of comparable data, AB 484 authorizes the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction to suspend the Academic Performance Index (API) for the first two years of the assessment, 2013-14 and 2014-15. The bill also restricts the use of data from field tests for development purposes only.
AB 484 Timeline (2013-14):
Field testing of computer-based SBAC tests. CSTs not administered in 2014!
2014-15: Full implementation of SBAC in all districts. Paper testing will be administered for those not quite ready.
2015-16: SBAC assessment results set the new Academic Performance Index (API) base.
2016-17: SBAC assessment results used to calculate API growth targets.
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