USHC - EOC

Notes from Meeting - 9/17/21

• See contact information on the PDF above - Llewellyn Shealy

• Visually the EOC looks the same but the focus is now on the skill, not the content. The Office of Assessment is audited on their assessment of the standards and the standards are not only skills or only content. 

• Field test items will only be on the spring EOC because the fall population is not large enough for adequate data. 

• Skills are the emphasis/focus and yet the content must be there in order to test the skill. Assessment content comes from the Alignment guide (linked in presentation and also on the State Department website)

• These sample items are made up. They will release actual sample items soon. 

• More data per standard will be given back to teachers/schools. 

  • However, this is a state accountability test, not a formative test for teachers. This test shows how SC is accountable for teaching USHC across the state. 

• MS Assessment Questions - there are NO choose 5, most of them are select 2 out of 5

• Selected Response with Stimulus - MOST of the questions are this type

• Most items are DOK2

• Breakdown slides - on the right is the USHC alignment guide. The highlighted sections are showing where the content of the questions came from. 

• Office of Assessment - Application to be on the EOC committee - https://ed.sc.gov/tests/assessment-information/quick-links-for-teachers/application-for-assessment-committees/

• Test Blueprints - https://ed.sc.gov/tests/assessment-information/quick-links-for-teachers/test-blueprints/

• Other Assessment Quick Links for Teachers - https://ed.sc.gov/tests/assessment-information/quick-links-for-teachers/

• The Office of Assessment plans to begin working with SC teachers on assessment PD for classroom use. This is a new role/responsibility for the Office of Assessment.