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| Scoring the NYS Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Assessments Briefing Bulletin February 2005 Number Number 06-01[View whole bulletin 48k pdf]The New York State Education Department has posted the 2006 ELA Administrator's Manual in pdf file format. You may access the manual at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/sam/home.htm . The guidelines in the manual give information that is useful to all teachers involved in the testing process, including: testing accommodations; who may score the tests; and operations for scoring the short and extended response questions. There are several websites that you can reference before and during administration of the tests and during the scoring process. These sites include: • Test Administration and Scoring Updates: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/latest/update06.htm • Teacher Directions for the Grades 3 – 8 ELA Tests: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/directions/home.htm • Field Test Information: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/3-8/directions/home.htm This Briefing Bulletin gives a summary of the scoring portion, including the use of special education teachers. Scoring • Scoring is done by a scoring committee. • Each scoring committee must have a minimum of three scorers. • There must be a minimum of two scoring committees to a scoring site Who May Score Administrators make the final decision as to who can score after review of teacher's certification and present teaching assignments, but criteria to consider include: • English language arts expertise; • Experience with scoring open-ended questions, including use of rubrics; and • One or more years of teaching specified grade or adjacent grade levels. Retired teachers and active or retired administrators and certified teachers who are currently working as teaching assistants may score if they: • Have taught elementary (for grades 3 - 6 tests) or in subject area (for grades 5 - 8 tests); • Have familiarity with either the sample 3 - 8 ELA tests or the 4 and 8 tests given in previous years; and • Have experience using holistic rubrics. If a district is contracting with an outside vendor, it is the district's responsibility to ensure that all individual scorers for the vendor meet the criteria. Consistency Assurance Sets (CAS) A CAS will be provided for each grade and will be incorporated into the training process in order to:
During the scorer training for the tests, the CAS should be used to identify areas in which additional training may be needed in order to ensure interrater reliability. Guidelines for Including Special Education Teachers in Scoring Committees for the Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests
Special Education Teaching Certificate Titles on or After 2/02/04
Advice for Local Leaders • Districts may use social studies teachers and science teachers for scoring since they are familiar with the use of holistic scoring using rubrics. Please check with your district to find out who will be scoring the tests. If the district plans on using teachers of family and consumer sciences, physical education, music, visual arts, health and technology education, a rationale from the district should be requested. • If your district is using an outside vendor to score, please make sure the administration checks the certification of those hired by the vendor. Non-certified people are not to score the tests. If the vendor does not abide by the criteria for scorers, there may be consequences for the district from SED regarding the validity of the scores. EJS/mc-55675 [View whole bulletin 48k pdf] |
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