CAST 102
CAST Live:
Supports for ALL students
Dr. Anita Kreide
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Agenda
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CAST Timeline
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2017
First practice tests
2020
COVID -
Test canceled
2021
CAST Optional
2022
12th graders that haven't been tested yet
Coming Soon…
CAST scores added to state "Dashboard"
Tests are CUMULATIVE.
| Elementary | Middle | High School |
When | 5th Grade | 8th Grade | High Schools choose 10th, 11th, or 12th grade |
What is included | All K-5 standards | All 6-8 standards | All HS standards (earth/space, life, chemistry & physics) |
8th grade test
All middle school test
* Actually ⅓ of the standards each year, selected randomly from the full menu
** Actually Grades 3-5 PE's w/ foundational info from K-2
CAST Test Structure
☑️ 30-40 discrete items
computer-scored
🏋🏾♀️ 3-4 performance tasks
~6 items based on a scenario
1-2 free responses (1 paragraph)
1 each in Life, Earth, & Physical
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Breadth
Depth
Taste makers try things out
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(Field test items are hidden within the others – don't assume the last stuff is experimental)
CAASPP Science
Essential Question:
How can all students share their
learning in science on the CAASPP?
CAST Student Accessibility
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Which ones will your students need?
Accessibility Resources for Students in CAASPP Science
Accessibility Resources for Students in CAASPP Science
What: Embedded - Designated Supports
***headphones should be used with any speech tool
Accessibility Resources for Students in CAASPP Science
What: Non Embedded - Universal Supports
Accessibility Resources for Students in CAASPP Science
What: Non Embedded - Designated Supports
Accessibility Resources for Students in CAASPP Science
Context of supports for all students is important:
Embedded Supports
Non embedded Supports
Non embedded site supports are the key to equity and access for all students
Scribe Feature
What: “student dictates responses to a human who records verbatim what is dictated”
When: during segments 3-6 (students can stop test after each segment)
Which students would benefit from this support?
Scribe Feature
How:
Logistics - Site Sample
Sample:
1 week to test for Science
Day 1 - multiple choice segments 1 and 2 (whole class)
Day 2 - Segment 3 All students have scribe
(students who have been given performance task)
Day 3 - Segment 4 All students have scribe
Day 4 - Segment 5 All students have scribe
Day 5 - Segment 6 All students have scribe
Determined by each sites constraints
How will you know which supports your students will need?
Student Familiarity with Tech Embedded Supports
Consider scavenger hunt:
5th grade
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wAVaFzQjK5aIJ7Ayv9E2b9hPE1UU_g22ogB1ODSpAN4/edit?usp=sharing
8th and High School https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l7TJI5TcPcoJJ5DpNgjPFxV8bR5tFpGU9te01wdN2_I/edit?usp=sharing
Practice and Training Test Implementation of Tech in Context
CAST Practice and
Training Tests
How to start a practice test instructions
CAST Practice Test
Full length test.
Recommend starting with 5th grade and moving up based on grade level to increase confidence on test
Go inside the CAST Questions
How to get students ready? Come to CAST 103!
Every test item must probe at least TWO of the NGSS dimensions.
(2/3 of the test is science practices & crosscutting concepts)
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Computer Scored �Question Types
Students use the drop down menu to change the graphs.
Students drag one of the blocks to each organism
Click over here to change the height of the bar for Car 5.
Type in result of calculation here.
Performance Tasks
Essay Rubrics
Essay (constructed response) questions are worth 2 points. Typically the question is looking for two specific items.
Practice test item 6
“Explain why the paramecium population growth is rapid at the part labeled A and why the population growth rate is slower at the part labeled B, where the population is at carrying capacity.
Enter your answer in the box provided”
PE | SEP | DCI | CCC | ICLS |
MS-LS2-1 | Analyzing and Interpreting Data | LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems | 2. Cause and Effect | Explain how resource availability affects population growth and carrying capacities. |
2 points possible
Rubric | 2 Point Exemplar |
The response includes that at point A, resources are plentiful (unlimited) and the population can grow rapidly. AND The response includes that at point B, carrying capacity, resources are limited and so the growth rate slows down. | At point A, the paramecium population is growing rapidly because there’s plenty of food. At point B, the growth rate slows down because now there are more paramecium and the food supply is limited. |
What Would You Score?
Example A | Example B |
It is growing rapidly at Part A because there was abundant resources. But once the population reached its carrying capacity the growth slows down because there is only enough resources for a certain population now | At point A this population experiences a period of logistic growth. A population will increase rapidly because there is nothing stopping them, they have abundant resources. Once the population starts to slow in growth and reaches its carrying capacity at point B, it will stay at a steady rate. This population experiences logistic growth just like most populations do at some point during their existence. |
What Would You Score?
Example C | Example D |
First the population is rapid because the parameciums are reproducing and growing. But then the population hits the carrying capacity. This means for a couple of years the population will stay the same with nothing affecting them. | In part A the population increases. In part B the population reached its carrying capacity, meaning that there are only enough resources in their environment to support a certain population and the resources can’t sustain any more paramecium. |
CAST Practice and
Training Tests
How to start a practice test instructions
CAST Practice Test
Full length test.
Recommend starting with 5th grade and moving up based on grade level to increase confidence on test
LACOE Test Bank
Stephanie Fortunato pointed out that LACOE has CAST like Performance Tasks available in their question bank.
https://www.lacoe.edu/Accountability/Assessment-Accountability-Network
Need to sign in and agree not to distribute the items
Extra Slides
Students will get access to a formula sheet.
Because the sample test lumps together all three grade bands, you won't necessarily see the correct sheet in this sample test (each test has an appropriate formula sheet that you can view here.
High School
(Administered in 10, 11, or 12)
Students drag these flies to the correct box on the outside of the Punett square
Really annoying graph interface. Students drag each genotype into the correct number of wedges to build the pie chart.
Reporting Achievement Level Descriptors
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Standard Nearly Met
The student at this level demonstrates a partial understanding of and ability to apply the knowledge and skills associated with the performance expectations of the California NGSS.
Standard Not Met
The student at this level demonstrates a minimal understanding of and ability to apply the knowledge and skills associated with the performance expectations of the California NGSS.
Standard Exceeded
The student at this level demonstrates a thorough understanding of and ability to apply the knowledge and skills associated with the performance expectations of the California NGSS.
Standard Met
The student at this level demonstrates an adequate understanding of and ability to apply the knowledge and skills associated with the performance expectations of the California NGSS.
Source: Science Community of Practice CDE Presentation, February 2020
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CAST Scale Score Ranges
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Grade | Minimum Scale Score | Maximum Scale Score | Scale Range for Standard Not Met �(Level 1) | Achievement Level Scale Score Range for Standard Nearly Met (Level 2) | Achievement Level Scale Score for Standard Met (Level 3) | Achievement Level Scale Score for Standard Exceeded (Level 4) |
5 | 150 | 250 | 150-178 | 179-213 | 214-230 | 231-250 |
8 | 350 | 450 | 350-377 | 378-414 | 415-432 | 433-450 |
High School (Grades 10-12) | 550 | 650 | 550-575 | 576-614 | 615-635 | 636-650 |
Source: CDE, February 2020, https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ca/castscalescores.asp
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Does the test emphasize any topics more than others?
Does the test emphasize any topics more than others?
| Priority | Elementary | Middle | High |
Physical Science | Highest | Motion; Energy | Matter | Matter |
Medium | Matter | Forces & Motion; Energy | Forces & Motion; Energy; Waves | |
Lower | Waves | Waves | | |
Life Science | Highest | Adaptation & Survival | Structures & Processes | Ecosystems; Structure & Processes |
Medium | Parts & Processes; Variation of traits; Ecosystems | Ecosystems; Adaptations & Evolution | Evolution | |
Lower | | Inheritance & Variation | Inheritance & Variation | |
Earth & Space Science | Highest | Earth Systems | Earth Systems | Earth Systems |
Medium | Earth & Human Activity | Earth & Human Activity | Earth & Human Activity; Space | |
Lower | Space | Space | |
Topic names here are shorthand for the full DCI, which encompass a lot! See the actual titles in the CAST Blueprint Table 2 (page 5)
Does the test emphasize any SEPs more than others?
| Elementary | Middle | High |
| Explanations Argument Models Investigation | Models Explanation Data Analysis | Everything! |
1. Questions | 4 | 3 | 3 |
2. Models | 7 | 16 | 6 |
3. Investigation | 7 | 5 | 5 |
4. Data | 4 | 9 | 5 |
5. Math | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6. Explanations | 8 | 12 | 6 |
7. Argument | 8 | 8 | 6 |
8. Communicating | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Number of items with each SEP
5) Released Qs (Practice)