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    The state of nevada has released the results of its new assessment, the smarter balanced assessment consortium (sbac) results provide information on how students, schools, and districts are progressing on the new standards. The new assessment is too fundamentally different from the old assessments to make any reliable comparisons between old scores and new.

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    The state of nevada has released the results of its new assessment, the smarter balanced assessment consortium (sbac) results provide information on how students, schools, and districts are progressing on the new standards. The new assessment is too fundamentally different from the old assessments to make any reliable comparisons between old scores and new.

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    TalkingPoints:SmarterBalancedAssessmentConsortium(SBAC)Results

    November17,2015

    WejustreceivedtheresultsfromtheStateofNevadaDepartmentofEducation.Weare
    eagertoanalyzetheresultsastheywillhelptogiveusinformationonhowtobest
    supportourstudentsandschoolsinreachingthenewandmorerigorousNevada
    AcademicContentStandards.

    Thenewassessment,SBAC,isbasedonthesenewstandards.SBACresultsprovide
    informationonhowstudents,schools,anddistrictsareprogressingonthenew
    standards,anditshould,provideimportantinformationastowheresupportsare
    neededforstudentsandschools.

    Thenewassessmentistoofundamentallydifferentfromtheoldassessmentstomake
    anyreliablecomparisonsbetweenoldscoresandnew.

    Itisimportanttoknowthisyearisaveryroughbaseline.Duetothestatewidetesting
    irregularity,allstudentsinthestatedidnotcompletethenewassessment.

    Assessmentsmustbeadministeredinawaythatisfairtoallstudents.Thiswasthefirst
    yearofcomputeronlinetestingforthiskindofassessment,andthereweresome
    glitches.Wedonotknowtowhatextenttheassessmentwasadministeredreliablytoall
    students.

    Aboveall,assessmentslikethisshouldbeusedtoimproveinstructionandsupportsfor
    studentsandourschools.Accountabilityiskeyindeterminingwherestrengthsand
    challengesarebutisonlyhelpfulifresultsareusedforactionableimprovement.

    Wheninterpretingtestscores,weallmustrememberthattestscoresareonlyestimates
    ofastudentsknowledge.Multiplesourcesofstudentinformationmustbeusedbefore
    comingtoanyconclusionsonastudentsperformance.

    Weshouldneveroverlyfocusonproficiency,butinsteadplacemorefocuson
    achievementlevelsandhowourstudentsperformedontheachievementspectrum.
    Thisnewassessmentisbasedonanewsetofrigorousstandardsintendedtosupport
    morestudentsalongacollegeandcareerreadypathway.

    Theassessmentisonesignalofstudentprogress,andwillbeusedinconjunctionwith
    otherstudentinformationsuchasgrades,assignments,otherformativeassessments,
    andstudentsprojectstoseehowstudentsaredoing.

    Withthetransitiontothisnewassessment,thereisonekeycomponentofassessment
    datamissing,whichisstudentgrowth.Growthtellsusmoreinformationthansimply
    whereachildisonthenewachievementspectrumitprovidesinformationonhow
    studentsareprogressingalongthatspectrumfromyeartoyear.Weanticipategrowth
    measureswillbeavailablein2017.

    The2015resultswillnotbefactoredintoaccountabilityorteacherevaluation
    classificationsordecisions.

    Assoonaswereceivedetaileddata,wewillanalyzedeeplywhereourstrengthsand
    challengeslie.WewillswiftlysharedetailedinformationwithourBoardofTrusteesand
    schoolssoallpartsofoursystemcanlearnfromtheresultsandputsupportplansin
    action.

    Althoughtheadministrationoftheassessmentwaspartofanoveralltesting
    irregularity,andindividualscoresmaynotbeatideallevelsofreliability,wefeelour
    familiesandstudentshaveaninterestinknowingtheirscores.Inthenearfuture,we
    willbesharingstudentscoreswithfamilies,alongwithinformationonwhattheymay
    andmaynotmean.Importantly,wewillremindfamilieswhattheassessmentsare
    intendedtomeasureandconvey,andhowwecanworktogethertohelpsupport
    studentsinmeetingthenewstandards.

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