Assessment Guidance
Quick Links
For Parents and Families
Please visit: https://sde.ok.gov/oklahoma-school-testing-program-ostp-families
For Districts and Schools
Assessment Guidance and Tools for SY 2022
This year, performance on end-of-year state summative assessments helps us understand how well students did against end-of-grade level expectations as we continue to recover from pandemic-related instructional changes and interruptions. We invite school leaders to use the tools and resources provided here to examine assessment summary reports with a focus on comparing changes (e.g., improvements, declines, or stabilization from spring 2022 results) to determine whether interventions and initiatives had a meaningful impact.
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NEW! Overview Guide: Using OSTP Data to Monitor COVID Recovery (09/12/2022)
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NEW! Administrator Toolkit: Key Questions for Administrators, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
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NEW! Educator Toolkit: Key Questions for Educators, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
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Working with Families Toolkit: Key Considerations for Families, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
Support Resources
Provides evidence-based, curated guidance documents with links to established research for educators to consider as they implement programs that meet the needs of their communities, determine the most effective uses of local relief funds and engage families and other stakeholders in supporting student learning and well-being.
Assessment Guidance and Tools for SY 2021
Thank you all for your work in helping students participate on the state assessment. These tests help everyone understand where our students are today, especially during these unprecedented times. State tests traditionally serve as a snapshot that helps schools and districts evaluate their instructional programs by providing information about student readiness in math, English language arts, and science. This year it is particularly important to consider other information (participation, enrollment, and opportunities to learn) when interpreting state test scores from the 2021 school year administration.
Considerations for 2021 School Year Test Score Interpretations
Toolkits and Resources to Support Interpretation and Use of SY 2021 State Test Scores
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Overview Guide: Interpreting SY 2021 State Test Scores
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Administrator Toolkit: Key Questions for Administrators, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
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Educator Toolkit: Key Questions for Educators, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
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Working with Families Toolkit: Key Considerations for Families, Webinar Recording, Slide Deck
Supporting Resources
TeleEDGE ECHO
Series Focus: Moving Learning Forward through a System of Assessment
In collaboration with the Oklahoma State Department of Education, TeleEDGE provides participants a real-time option to learn and share with fellow educators across the state around a problem of practice to address common challenges and find solutions. TeleEDGE allows particpants a real-time option to learn and share with fellow educators around a common problem of practice. Sessions are recorded and presentation material can be accessed after each session.
TeleEDGE ECHO Session Recording and Slide Decks
- January 13th ECHO: Connecting Lexiles through a System of Assessment: Recording, Slide Deck
- February 10th ECHO: Moving Learning Forward Using Student Surveys: Recording, Slide Deck
- March 10th ECHO: Moving Learning Forward Using Rubrics and Checklists: Recording, Slide Deck
Oklahoma's Assessment System
Oklahoma recognizes that a robust assessment system is tied closely to students’ learning and teachers’ instructional practices by valuing and promoting local, classroom-based formative assessments that help make student learning visible. At the same time, that system should provide a strong summative assessment program that fits as a component within a multifaceted state, district and school accountability system. Oklahoma ESSA Plan (p 48)
The OSDE supports an assessment system by working with Oklahoma educators and stakeholders to:
- Ensure that state and federally required annual summative assessments delivered through the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) are effective and meaningful to families, districts, educators, and members of the community
- Develop Instructional resources to support local formative and interim assessments through the curriculum frameworks projects and assessment guidance toolkit
- Build and deliver professional learning through face-to-face and web-based resources to support local assessment needs and interpretation of state assessment data
Assessment Literacy Tools and Resources
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For Educators
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NEW! Balanced Assessment Systems and Classroom Assessment for Teachers professional learning modules
These modules were devloped by the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment and include a recording, connecting slides, ready to use materials and supporting readings and research. To access, go to https://osdeconnect.ok.gov/. Create an account and then add the content. Particpants will recieve a certificate for professional learning when complete.
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Balanced Assessment Systems for School Leaders; or
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Classroom Assessments for Teachers.
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Assessment Literacy Resources
- Role of State Assessments in an Assessment System - Brief
- Understanding OSTP Data - Video SlideDeck
- Curriculum Frameworks
- Navigating New Assessment Resources
- Fundamental Insights About Formative Assessment- CCSSO
- Lexile Score Resources
- Quantile Score Resources
2017 Resources
Reminder - The 2016-17 testing marked a total reset and established a new baseline year.
2016-17 Hitting the Reset Button: CCRA Toolkit Preview
By Superintendent Joy Hofmeister and Dr. Jeanene Barnett
This video provides an overview of the 2016-17 Reset
- Assessment Guidance for Educators (2017 Powerpoint Presentation)
- OSTP Assessment Frequently Asked Questions (2017)
- What Families Need to Know (2017)
- Lo que las familias deben saber (2017)
