[Ccade] Fwd: Illinois on APT and edTPA

[Gillette, Maureen]

So, now that I have gotten over my error with egg on my face - do you have
the attachment?  Can we get info today on the cut score recommendation?
Maureen

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Zionts, Paul <PZIONTS at depaul.edu> wrote:

>  FYI
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>  *From:* Beverley Holden Johns <bevjohns at juno.com>
> *Date:* December 1, 2014 at 6:06:28 AM CST
> *To:* <spedpro at virginia.edu>
> *Subject:* *Illinois on APT and edTPA*
>
>   ISBE has just called a Special Board Meeting for 8 AM
> on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. One of the Agenda items
> is to set the Passing Score for the APT (see below).
>
>  ILLINOIS STATE BOARD of EDUCATION MEETING
> December 2, 2014
>
>  TO: Illinois State Board of Education
> FROM: Christopher A. Koch, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools
> Susie Morrison, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Education Officer
>
> * Agenda Topic: *Passing Scores for the Illinois Licensure Testing System
> (ILTS)
> Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) 188
>
> * Materials: *Appendix A
> *Staff Contact(s)*: Jason Helfer, Assistant Superintendent, Center for
> Educator
> Effectiveness
>
> Purpose of Agenda Item(s)
> The purpose of this agenda item is to approve the passing score for the
> Assessment of
> Professional Teaching (APT) 188 Pre K- Grade 12.
>
> Relationship to Implications for the State Board’s Strategic Plan
> The setting of a passing score supports Goal 2, ensuring that every
> student will be
> supported by highly prepared and effective teachers and school leaders.
>
> In order to ensure Goal 2 of the State Board’s strategic plan is met,
> candidates in teacher preparation programs are required to successfully
> complete a series of licensure exams assessing candidate knowledge on
> content and pedagogy. A content test must be successfully completed prior
> to student teaching and the APT, which focuses on
> pedagogical practice, must be completed during student teaching. These
> tests provide
> assurance that, prior to licensure, educators have demonstrated a level of
> mastery of the content necessary to begin a career as a teacher.
>
> Background Information
> The Assessment of Professional Teaching consists of multiple choice items
> and two
> constructed responses. The exam focuses on pedagogical practices such as
> assessment, classroom management, cultural competency, differentiation,
> and literacy.
>
> The APT 188 replaces the four original APT tests: 101 Early Childhood, 102
> Elementary,
> 103 Secondary and 104 Special (K-12).
>
> The standards on which this assessment is based are contained in 23
> Illinois
> Administrative Rule Part 24. The standards were revised in 2010 and
> preparation
> programs were allowed sufficient time to align their programs to the
> revised standards.
>
> On October 16-17, 2014, a panel of twelve Illinois educators participated
> in a passing score review conference. Evaluation Systems, the Illinois
> Licensure Testing System (ILTS) testing contractor, provided training in
> the passing score recommendation process. Panelists were first instructed
> on the expectations of the “Just Acceptably Qualified Candidate” (JAQC).
>
> Panelists were provided with detailed descriptors of “JAQC” and were asked
> to refer to the descriptors several times throughout the one-and-a-half day
> conference.
>
> The Just Acceptably Qualified Candidate (JAQC)—Assessment of Professional
> Teaching (APT) Pre K- Grade 12 is defined as a candidate who has the
> knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to utilize pedagogical practices
> to ensure student learning, including but not limited to the following:
>
>    - Knows how to create a safe instructional environment to maximize
>    student
>
> learning for all students;
>
>    - Designs instruction based on in-depth content knowledge, diverse
>    student
>
> characteristics, student performance data, curriculum goals, and the
> community context;
>
>    - Differentiates instruction using a variety of strategies that
>    support critical and
>
> creative thinking, problem-solving, and continuous growth and learning;
>
>    - Recognizes and addresses student reading, writing, and oral
>    communication
>
> needs to facilitate the acquisition of content knowledge;
>
>    - Works as a team member who demonstrates professionalism when working
>
> with peers and communicating with students, parents or guardians, and
> community members.
>
> The 1.5 day meeting held in Springfield, Illinois, included a simulated
> test taking activity where panel members reviewed and answered the scorable
> items on the first operational test form for this test. Panelists were then
> provided orientation and training for three rounds of standard setting
> judgments for both the multiple choice and constructed response items for
> the test.
>
> A modified Angoff standard-setting model was used for establishing the
> recommended raw passing scores. This standard-setting model conforms to
> accepted industry practice and is used by the State Board of Education in
> establishing passing scores for all licensure tests.
>
> The method relies on raters estimating the difficulty of each item for a
> hypothetical group
> of minimally competent or (just acceptably qualified) examinees. Raters
> are asked to
> estimate the percent of just acceptably qualified examinees who would get
> each item
> Each rater's estimated passing standard for the total test is then
> calculated by combining their estimates for each individual item. As a
> final step, each panelist then has an opportunity to make a total test
> score recommendation based on the calculation of his or her individual item
> estimates. The median of all panelists’ final test score
> recommendations is then presented as the overall panel-based cut score
> Evaluation Systems provided the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
> with a data report that included tables with the panel-based passing score
> recommendations.
>
> Evaluation
> Systems also provided Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) adjustments to
> the panel,
> based on passing score recommendations. The *Preliminary Pass Rate
> Analysis *includes performance data of 313 examinees. (See Appendix A)
>
> On November 7, 2014, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
> (SEPLB)
> approved the panel recommendation for the APT 188 cut scores.
>
> * Expected Outcome(s) of Agenda Item: *It is expected that the Board will
> approve the
> recommended cut scores for the APT 188 exam.
>
> Analysis and Implications for Policy, Budget, Legislative Action and
> Communications
> *Policy Implications: *Approving the cut score will ensure that the APT
> 188 exam, which
> costs $135, is aligned with the 2013 Illinois Professional Teaching
> Standards (IPTS) (23
> Illinois Administrative Code 24). All institutions of higher education
> with approved educator preparation programs submitted evidence of program
> alignment with the 2013 IPTS in December 2013.
>
> Additionally, beginning September 1, 2015, the edTPA will be required for
> licensure. The
> edTPA is a performance-based assessment whereas the APT 188 examines
> similar
> understandings through multiple choice questions and two constructed
> response items.
>
> Since the edTPA provides evidence of “real time” practice and has been
> aligned with the
> IPTS, the APT 188 will be redundant. Thus, the Agency is considering
> modifying portions 23 Administrative Code 25 that identifies the APT
> requirement as a condition of initial licensure. Assuming that this occurs,
> a candidate in a teacher preparation program would be responsible for the
> successful completion of the following exams: Test of Basic Skills ($135) *or
> *ACT ($54.50) *or *SAT ($52.50), a content test ($135), and the edTPA
> ($300).
>
> * Budget Implications: *None
> *Legislative Action: *None
> *Communications: *Information regarding the new cut score will be
> communicated with
> the field.
> Pros and Cons of Various Actions:
> The APT 188 exam, required for licensure, was released in September 2014.
> Since that time, over 1000 candidates have completed the exam. Until a cut
> score is approved, those candidates who have completed the APT 188 will not
> be entitled for licensure.
>
> Superintendent’s Recommendations:
> The Superintendent recommends the following motion be adopted:
> The State Board of Education hereby approves the passing scores for the
> Assessment of Professional Teaching Pre K-Grade 12 188.
>
> Next Steps:
> ISBE staff will provide information concerning the cut score to
> institutions of higher
>
> *Appendix A **lllinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS)*
> Illinois Standard Setting-October 2014
>
> Preliminary *Pass *Rate AnaEysis
> Test Administrations.. September 8-20,2014
> *Field: 188Assessment of Professional Teaching (APlJ he-K *- *Grade 12*
> .. -
>
>
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*Maureen Gillette*, Dean

College of Education
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