Aligning NVACS Standards with ACT Assessment | Analysis & Findings

Office of Assessment, Data, and Accountability Management (ADAM) Summarizing an alignment study by ACS Ventures, LLC for Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction THE ACT IN NEVADA INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION TO THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS COUNCIL

The ACT in Nevada College and Career Ready Assessment adopted by Assembly Bill 288 of the 2013 Legislative Session Enacted by NRS 390.610 NRS 390.610 State Board to select college and career readiness assessment for grade 11; requirement of pupil to take assessment; results not used for receipt of standard high school diploma; use of results to provide data and information for pupil; adoption of regulations prescribing manner in which results must be used to inform instruction to pupils in grade 12. Assembly Bill 7 of the 2017 Legislative Session Made the ACT the Federally report High School exam for Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA)

ACT: A Proprietary Assessment ACT assessment content is confidential ACT does not share content/test questions with Nevada October 2017 ACT provided access to ACS Ventures to perform an alignment study to the Wisconsin Academic Standards (WAS) for Federal Peer Review Wisconsin shares the same set of Mathematics and ELA standards as Nevada

ACS Alignment Study Methodology Figure 1. Summary of Panelist Expertise & Experience Panelists were instructed to only indicate an item was aligned if the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), included within a(WAS) standard, were required to answer to the item correctly. ELA Math Panelists 7 7 Districts/Organizations Represented 7 7 Years of Experience 21.0 15.1 Highest Degree Bachelors 1 0 The panel completed the alignment process for the first of three test forms by making independent judgments and then coming to consensus on all ratings. Masters 6 7 Current Position Teacher 5 6 Researcher 1 1 Coordinator 1 0

The NVACS and ACT College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) are unique structures Nevada Academic Content Standards (NVACS) ACT College & Career Readiness Standards Subject Areas Subject Areas Strands (ELA) Content Categories Conceptual Categories (Math) Domains Score Ranges Anchor Standards (ELA) Standards (Math) Standards Grade-level Standards (ELA) Cluster Standards (Math) Items & Tasks

Study Overview: ACT / NVACS English Language Arts All test items can be aligned to standards 50% of standards were observed in test items Mathematics: 56% of items can be aligned to High School standards 44% of items can be aligned to Middle School standards 78% of standards were observed in test items All domains but Modeling are at least partially observed in test items

ACT / NVACS: English Language Arts Alignment to Instructional Domains Reading: 80% Writing Ideas & Content: 70% Writing Linguistic Production: 67% Speaking & Listening: not on the ACT

Percent of ACT Reading items aligned to each Reading Standard and Domain Standard Percent of Items Key Ideas & Details 63% R1 48% R2 11% R3 5% Craft & Structure 29% R4 16% R5 6% R6 8% Integration of Knowledge & Ideas 8% R7 0% R8 3% R9 6% Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 0% R10 0%

ACT English items and Writing scoring elements aligned to each Language/Writing Standard -- -- -- -- -- -- --

ACT / NVACS: Mathematics Alignment to Instructional Domains Number & Quantity: 67% Algebra: 100% Functions: 90% Modeling: not on the ACT Geometry: 67% Statistics & Probability: 67% Mathematical Practices: 0% to 50% dependent on Category and Score Range

Percent of Mathematics Items Aligned to each Standard Standard % of Items 12% 3% 2% 3% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 12% 3% 3% 0% 0% 1% 1% 5% 0% 1% Standard % of Items 31% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 14% 2% 6% 1% 3% 18% 3% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 0% Standard % of Items 18% 2% 3% 2% 17% 1% 0% 3% 0% 0% 1% 3% 0% 1% 1% 1% 3% 1% 0% 4% 25% Number & Quantity HSN.RN.A HSN.RN.B HSN.Q.A HSN.CN.A HSN.CN.B HSN.CN.C HSN.VM.A HSN.VM.B HSN.VM.C Statistics & Probability HSS.ID.A HSS.ID.B HSS.ID.C HSS.IC.A HSS.IC.B HSS.CP.A HSS.CP.B HSS.MD.A HSS.MD.B Algebra Functions (cont.) HSF.TF.A HSF.TF.B HSF.TF.C Geometry HSG.CO.A HSG.CO.B HSG.CO.C HSG.CO.D HSG.SRT.A HSG.SRT.B HSG.SRT.C HSG.SRT.D HSG.CA.A HSG.CA.B HSG.GPE.A HSG.GPE.B HSG.GMD.A HSG.GMD.B HSG.MG.A Other Grades HSN.SSE.A HSN.SSE.B HSN.APR.A HSN.APR.B HSN.APR.C HSN.APR.D HSN.CED.A HSN.REI.A HSN.REI.B HSN.REI.C HSN.REI.D Functions HSF.IF.A HSF.IF.B HSF.IF.C HSF.BF.A HSF.BF.B HSF.LEA.A HSF.LEA.B

References Becker, S., Wiley, A., (2017) Alignment of the ACT to the Wisconsin Academic Standards in ELA and Mathematics Final Report. ACS Ventures