2.9 A.6 Ensuring Provide evidence, including test blueprints, showing the range of State standards transparency of test design covered, reporting categories, and percentage of assessment items and score points and expectations: by reporting category. Assessment design Provide evidence, including a release plan, showing the extent to which a documents (e.g., item and representative sample of items will be released on a regular basis (e.g., annually) test specifications) and across every grade level and content area. sample test questions are Provide example items with annotations and answer rationales. made publicly available so Provide scoring rubrics for constructed-response items with sample responses for that all stakeholders each level of the rubric. understand the purposes, Provide item development specifications. expectations, and uses of the Provide additional information to the State to demonstrate the overall quality of the college- and assessment design, including assessments. Estimated testing time by grade level and content area; Number of available by grade level and content area; Plan for what percentage of items will be refreshed and how frequently; Specifications for the various levels of cognitive demand and how each is to be represented by grade level and content area; and For ELA/Literacy, data from text complexity analyses. 2.10 A.7 Meeting all Provide an assurance of student privacy protection, reflecting compliance with all applicable federal and State laws and requirements. requirements for data privacy and ownership: Provide an assurance of State ownership of all data, reflecting knowledge of State All assessments must meet laws and requirements. federal and State Provide an assurance that the State will receive all underlying data, in a timely and requirements for student useable fashion, so it can do further analysis as desired, including, for example, privacy, and all data is achievement, verification, forensic, and security analyses. owned exclusively by the Provide a description for how data will be managed securely, including, for State. example, as data is transferred between vendors and the State. Part D: Yield Valuable Reports on Student Progress and Performance Question # Criteria Evidence D.2 Provide a timeline and other evidence to show when assessment 2.11 Providing timely data that
2.9 A.6 Ensuring transparency of test design and expectations: Assessment design documents (e.g., item and test specifications) and sample test questions are made publicly available so that all stakeholders understand the purposes, expectations, and uses of the college- and assessments. Provide evidence, including test blueprints, showing the range of State standards covered, reporting categories, and percentage of assessment items and score points by reporting category. Provide evidence, including a release plan, showing the extent to which a representative sample of items will be released on a regular basis (e.g., annually) across every grade level and content area. Provide example items with annotations and answer rationales. Provide scoring rubrics for constructed-response items with sample responses for each level of the rubric. Provide item development specifications. Provide additional information to the State to demonstrate the overall quality of the assessment design, including Estimated testing time by grade level and content area; Number of available by grade level and content area; Plan for what percentage of items will be refreshed and how frequently; Specifications for the various levels of cognitive demand and how each is to be represented by grade level and content area; and For ELA/Literacy, data from text complexity analyses. 2.10 A.7 Meeting all requirements for data privacy and ownership: All assessments must meet federal and State requirements for student privacy, and all data is owned exclusively by the State. Provide an assurance of student privacy protection, reflecting compliance with all applicable federal and State laws and requirements. Provide an assurance of State ownership of all data, reflecting knowledge of State laws and requirements. Provide an assurance that the State will receive all underlying data, in a timely and useable fashion, so it can do further analysis as desired, including, for example, achievement, verification, forensic, and security analyses. Provide a description for how data will be managed securely, including, for example, as data is transferred between vendors and the State. Part D: Yield Valuable Reports on Student Progress and Performance Question # Criteria Evidence 2.11 D.2 Providing timely data that Provide a timeline and other evidence to show when assessment
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