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Scott Bryant�Office of Assessment

August 2023

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As part of ODE’s new contract with Cambium, it included creation and rollout of a new assessment authoring system

Assessment Authoring allows for teachers and districts to build tests from a bank of thousands of test items

Available to districts and schools as of August 1, AASCD will be rolled out September 11

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  • The new system is accessed from the same location as other CAI systems, e.g., TIDE, the TA interface, CRS. A new card will be added to the portal to access the new system.�
  • Once tests are built and published, the custom tests are administered and reported using the same systems as the summative assessments.

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  • In the system, you can view the items that are loaded in the system using the View Item Libraries button. �
  • You can use the Tests tab to create custom tests by searching for items to add, or use the test generator wizard to set some parameters to automatically generate a test. E.g., subject, grade, standards, number of items.

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  • All of the benchmark and checkpoint tests are pre-loaded in the assessment authoring system, so you can view the items before administering them to your students. You can also add or remove items to them.

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  • The item libraries tab allows you to use various filters to find items you may want to use on a test.

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  • From this tab, you can favorite items, or create custom labels to help identify them when you are creating a test.

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  • Authoring includes all Grades 4 and 6 Social Studies items as well as all high school physical science items

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  • From the tests tab, after clicking on Create New Test, the same search filters appear to find items to add to a test.

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  • Add as many items as you want to the test, then click Publish Test to make this new test available to assign to students in the TA interface.

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  • Use the test generator wizard by first setting basic settings: test name, grade, subject. �
  • Then select the content standards for the test. You can align to a reporting category or individual standards.�
  • In the example in the screenshot, I have selected grade 3 math, geometry reporting category. There are 30 items available to add to a 10-item test

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  • Teachers will also have the ability to collaborate in creating and sharing assessments for use

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  • District-level users will also be able to create tests and share these tests with their teachers

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  • Once a test is published, it will be available for the test administrator to choose in the Test Administrator Interface.

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  • Depending on the user role, test windows can also be established for tests

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  • Tests can also be printed into booklets

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  • Allows for printing of student booklets and teacher booklets which include scoring guides (all items hand-scored)

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Test scores will be reported into the Centralized Reporting System as with all other state tests

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Teacher-Authored

Teacher-Authored

Teacher-Authored

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Assessment Authoring Resources now available at:

https://oh-ost.portal.cambiumast.com/resources/online-systems-resources/assessment-authoring

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Demonstration

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https://authoring.cambiumast.com

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Questions?

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@OHEducation�Scott.Bryant@education.ohio.gov�614-728-7121

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