DoDEA-Comprehensive Assessment System

Overview

The DoDEA-Comprehensive Assessment System (DoDEA-CAS) was implemented in conjunction with the roll out of the College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) and includes all system-wide assessments. Presently, DoDEA-CAS includes:

Oral Reading Proficiency Tool (RPT)
CogAT
WIDA Screener
PSAT 8/9
PSAT NMSQT
Advanced Placement (AP)
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Assessment
ACCESS for ELLs and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
Alternate Assessment
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) World Languages
CCRS Interims in mathematics and literacy (with a pilot for science)
CCRS Summative assessments in Mathematics and Literacy
Credit by Exam

In addition to supporting student learning and monitoring student achievement, the data from DoDEA-CAS informs instructional decisions.

The Pacific East also collaborates with individuals contracted with College Board and ACT to provide our students the opportunity to take the SAT and ACT at our six high schools.

In order to maximize the implementation of the DoDEA-CAS consistently with fidelity, the Pacific East District partners with DoDEA Headquarters, where a specialist is dedicated to each assessment. A plethora of training is offered for the logistics, reporting, and communication of the assessments. These trainings are located in the Schology Assessment of Learning LMS Group. The Pacific East District designed and implemented Pacific East Assessment Squads (PEAS) to manage the logistics associated with consistently implementing the assessment with fidelity within our schools.

In addition to expanding our assessment arsenal over the last five years, the Pacific East District has developed the Pacific East Dashboard to make data readily available in TEAMS and engages colleagues in data use through Focused Collaboration and the Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS).

Connected Cognia Standards

Leadership Capacity Standards

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Learning Capacity Standards

2.1

2.7

2.11

2.2

2.8

2.12

2.3

2.9

2.5

2.10

Resource Capacity Standards

3.1

3.2

Impact Statement

The Pacific East District has positively impacted our comprehensive assessment program and use of data to inform instructional decisions as evidenced by:

Expanding our assessment arsenal
Developing and implementing the Pacific East Assessment Squad (PEAS) to manage the logistics of implementing assessments consistently with fidelity
Developing and implementing the Pacific East Dashboard to make data readily available for colleagues
Embedding the use of data in Focused Collaboration
Developing and implementing the Pacific East Data Management System (PEDMS)

Timeline

SY 2016-2017

DoDEA identified the assessments to support its College and Career Ready Standards assessment arsenal and outlined a timeline for their implementation.

SY 2017-2018

The assessment arsenal was expanded to include the CCRS Summative Assessment for mathematics in grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II and for literacy in grades 6-8 and 10.

SY 2018-2019

The assessment arsenal was expanded to include the ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) World Languages, CogAT, and CCRS Interims for mathematics in grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II and literacy in grades 6-8 and 10.

SY 2019-2020

The Pacific East District reshaped its Focused Collaboration to strengthen the utilization of data to inform instruction.

The Pacific East designed and implemented the Pacific East Assessment Squads (PEAS) to manage the implementation of the assessment consistently with fidelity.

The assessment arsenal was expanded to include the CCRS Summative in literacy in grades 3-5, CCRS Interims for literacy in grades 3-5, and the WIDA Screener, ACCESS. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DoDEA summative assessments were not administered during this school year.

SY 2020-2021

DoDEA focused on the implementation of assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic and was able to administer all assessments as planned.

DoDEA transitioned from the Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) for reading in primary grades to the Oral Reading Records assessment for elementary grades.

Impact Evidence at a Glance

CCRS Summative

PSAT

AP Exams

Supporting Documents

DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System : An overview of the DoDEA Comprehensive Assessment System (DoDEA-CAS) from the DoDEA-CAS website.

DoDEA-CAS Balance Assessment System Components: DoDEA-CAS has been designed as a balanced-assessment system comprising three components.

Assessment calendars for the previous six years:

Assessment Bulletins are shared regularly to keep stakeholders current; these are samples from SY 21-22:

DoDEA Assessment Descriptions: Contains a brief description of each system-wide assessment.

DoDEA-CAS Accommodations Guidance: Contains the approved and available accommodations for system-wide assessments.

DoDEA-CAS System Matrix: Indicates which assessment are available for each grade-level or subject.

DoDEA Regulation: DoDEA policy that guides all activities related to assessments.

Pacific East Assessment Squads (PEAS) provide a structure to managing the logistics of implementing assessment consistently with fidelity

Assessments Overview Information:

Page updated

Report abuse