Adaptive Algorithms document for this RFP. 1.31 (3) Technical The Respondent must provide a description regarding how it will meet and address the requirements Requirements (3ad) shared in Section 3 Technical Requirements: (3ad) Literacy” from the of Work “Assessment Assessment Literacy document for this RFP. Assessment Criteria and Evidence Questions Part A. Meet Overall Assessment Goals and Ensure Technical Quality Question # Criteria Evidence 2.1 A.1 Provide a description of the process for developing performance level descriptors and Indicating progress toward setting performance standards (i.e., scores”), including: “cut college and career Appropriate involvement of higher education and career/technical experts in Scores and determining the score at which there is a high probability that a student is college and readiness: performance levels on career ready; assessments are mapped External evidence used to inform the setting of performance standards and a to determinations of rationale for why certain forms of evidence are included and others are not (e.g., college and career student performance on current State assessments, NAEP, TIMSS, PISA, ASVAB, readiness at the high ACT, SAT, results from Smarter Balanced and PARCC, relevant data on school level and for other performance, remediation, and workforce readiness); grades to being on track to Evidence and a rationale that the method(s) for including external benchmarks are college and career for the intended purposes; and readiness by the time of Standard setting studies, the resulting performance level descriptors and performance high school graduation. standards, and the specific data on which they are based (when available). Provide a description of the intended studies that will be conducted to evaluate the validity of performance standards over time.
Adaptive Algorithms document for this RFP. 1.31 (3) Technical Requirements (3ad) Assessment Literacy The Respondent must provide a description regarding how it will meet and address the requirements shared in Section 3 Technical Requirements: (3ad) “Assessment Literacy” from the of Work document for this RFP. Assessment Criteria and Evidence Questions Part A. Meet Overall Assessment Goals and Ensure Technical Quality Question # Criteria Evidence 2.1 A.1 Indicating progress toward college and career readiness: Scores and performance levels on assessments are mapped to determinations of college and career readiness at the high school level and for other grades to being on track to college and career readiness by the time of high school graduation. Provide a description of the process for developing performance level descriptors and setting performance standards (i.e., “cut scores”), including: Appropriate involvement of higher education and career/technical experts in determining the score at which there is a high probability that a student is college and career ready; External evidence used to inform the setting of performance standards and a rationale for why certain forms of evidence are included and others are not (e.g., student performance on current State assessments, NAEP, TIMSS, PISA, ASVAB, ACT, SAT, results from Smarter Balanced and PARCC, relevant data on performance, remediation, and workforce readiness); Evidence and a rationale that the method(s) for including external benchmarks are for the intended purposes; and Standard setting studies, the resulting performance level descriptors and performance standards, and the specific data on which they are based (when available). Provide a description of the intended studies that will be conducted to evaluate the validity of performance standards over time.