10/20/21 Gauging Student Progress with the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments and Related Online Systems by Assessment for Learning at WestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021 2021 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series en-us 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC 2026-01-06 16:28:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Materials Link A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770878 You should have received an email with a link to access the meeting materials. You may also access the materials at the link above. ]]> 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770878 Upcoming Sessions A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770879 For more information on upcoming sessions and registration, please visit https://www.caaspp.org/training/training-opportunities.html 
Expand the section titled 2021 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series for a complete list of sessions and dates. ]]> 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770879 Verification of Attendance A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770882 This evening, you will receive an email with an evaluation survey and instructions on how to obtain a certificate of completion for each of the sessions you have attended. If you do not receive the email, email CalOutreach@ets.org for assistance.]]> 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770882 Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments Overview A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770883 This resource can be accessed at the following link: https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/interim-assessments-overview.pdf]]> 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770883 Please post technical issues or questions here. A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770884 For help accessing Tools for Teachers or TOMS, please email CalOutreach@ets.org]]> 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770884 --- A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770893 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770893 Answered Questions will appear here. A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770897 2021-10-14 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1815770897 Tuesday brian_avila1 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831545836 Did I miss a session from yesterday?  I received an email saying thank you for joining.

]]> 2021-10-20 20:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831545836 Is this training going to show us what the Interim Assessments are and how to administer them? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831551840 2021-10-20 20:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831551840 Are the Balanced Interim Assessments the same as Blocked Interim Assessments? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831557132 2021-10-20 20:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831557132 I want to make sure that you can not hear or see me. I was trying to make sure the camera and microphone is turned off, but I do not see the tool to turn it off. https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831561532 2021-10-20 20:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831561532 I was in yesterday's training. I still cannot log into the CAASPP (Smarter Tools for Teachers) site. I did not receive an email, even though I sent the "forgot password" twice. https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831563964 2021-10-20 20:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831563964 Are interim assessments the same as benchmarks? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831572988 2021-10-20 20:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831572988 I think interim assessments are every trimester and summative the end of year.Am I right. https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831582606 2021-10-20 20:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831582606 Question https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831585225 My LEA coordinator doesn't how to assign groups in CERS. So doing interim assessment does me no good.]]> 2021-10-20 20:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831585225 How can we connect these assessments to real life challenges? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831585784 2021-10-20 20:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831585784 Notes https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831590249 Good Afternoon, 
I attended yesterday's meeting.  Are the notes the same ones that  I downloaded yesterday.  Or are the notes different today so that I can download them.  Thank you

]]> 2021-10-20 20:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831590249 Did we get a copy of the slide presentation? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831593847 2021-10-20 20:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831593847 Do you have any resources for professional development for teachers following administering our IABs? Such as data analysis, question types, vocabulary, online tools, etc https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831599451 2021-10-20 20:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831599451 Are there several versions of the IAB's and the Summative Assessments? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831605469 2021-10-20 20:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831605469 How long does an average IAB in English take? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831608879 2021-10-20 20:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831608879 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831609873 Would you suggest giving IAB or FIAB outside of the student grade level?]]> 2021-10-20 20:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831609873 IAB SSRs https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831616550 Can you show us how to read the reports and how to support student follow up
learning?]]> 2021-10-20 20:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831616550 Interim Assessment Duration https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831616748 Hi- do you have suggested time that students should take for all three types of the interim assessments? ]]> 2021-10-20 20:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831616748 Interim IAB Test https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831618573 Just to verify, according to Mr. Greenlaw stated, can students take the IAB's in groups?  Im a bit confused and need clarification.  Thank you

]]> 2021-10-20 20:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831618573 When interims are used nonstandardized, is data saved? rfearing https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831619538 2021-10-20 20:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831619538 Can we use an IAB or a few IAB's as a benchmark for our district? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831620397 2021-10-20 20:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831620397 Do the standardized and nonstandardized look the same to students? Is the difference in the reports or ???? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831622134 2021-10-20 20:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831622134 What do you say to the teacher who says that giving IABs and FIABs are teaching to the test? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831634826 2021-10-20 20:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831634826 Use the + symbol at the bottom of the column to post your question(s) A4LWestEd https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831635205 2021-10-20 20:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831635205 A question about hand scoring https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831657288 I am planning to have a committee of teachers complete the hand scoring for all students who took an IAB, so they will need to access responses of students who may not be in their own class or even at their school site. Is there a way to give those selected teachers access to see ALL the students' responses to the hand scored items?]]> 2021-10-20 21:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831657288 Difficulty with images https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831661056 Hi! It is a bit difficult to see the CASSPP site in presentation]]> 2021-10-20 21:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831661056 Do teachers need to be entered into the TOMS system before they can access the "tools for teachers" https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831663069 2021-10-20 21:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831663069 What are the "targets" in the interim assessments? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831666968 2021-10-20 21:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831666968 Printing https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831668985 You're showing us how to print items, but earlier were cautioning us about test security. Are the items available to print in Tools for Teachers different than the items that are on the actual IABs?]]> 2021-10-20 21:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831668985 Access jessica_cooley https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831675057 I am unable to access anything through TOMs except for Tools for Teachers. Somehow my account got deactivated. Tyler S. fixed my account yesterday so I could access Tools for Teachers. I asked if I needed to check anything else so ensure I could access things for today's training. Turns out, my account is still not right. I called the ets 800 # and they told me my institution is set as California, not my site/district. I have emailed my districts LEA to see if they can fix this...but frustrated :/]]> 2021-10-20 21:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831675057 I missed how to navigate from CAASPP home page to Interim Assessment portal https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831676280 2021-10-20 21:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831676280 Not having to answer one question before you move on to the next one: does that only apply to today's resources, or does that apply to the "real" SBAC/CAASPP itself? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831677215 2021-10-20 21:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831677215 How to access Student Test and preview?? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831677497 Sorry, I missed the step that got you to the preview of that Student Test.
Thanks.]]> 2021-10-20 21:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831677497 Hand scoring guides rfearing https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831684348 Teachers can't access these? We have to download and send them to teachers?

]]> 2021-10-20 21:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831684348 This seems overwhelming. Is this going to be recorded and sent? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831686147 2021-10-20 21:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831686147 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831687939 Where was the SmART?]]> 2021-10-20 21:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831687939 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831691317 Where do you access the rubrics for handscoring exemplars?

]]> 2021-10-20 21:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831691317 My "chat" is disabled? Might you know why? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831700287 2021-10-20 21:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831700287 Login Question https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831704605 Hi! I could not find the emial for todays training so my colleague forward it to me.  I registered for todays training but again could not find email.  Just realized that the link to the zoom is name/teacher specific.  I just found email...should I log out and log back in with my email?
 ]]> 2021-10-20 21:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831704605 Are the exemplars available in Spanish? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831708353 2021-10-20 21:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831708353 Recording Available? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831719169 Hello, 
Will there be a recording we can watch again in case we missed a couple sections?]]> 2021-10-20 21:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831719169 Can data in CERS link to our SIS? Grdebooks? rfearing https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831725419 2021-10-20 21:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831725419 CERS https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831726646 Can an administrator look at multiple teachers' results in CERS for a bigger picture of student progress?]]> 2021-10-20 21:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831726646 How do I get access if I am not at a school site and work out of the District office? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831726668 2021-10-20 21:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831726668 Sorry: I was interrupted during slides just prior to 73: can we pull up the results for our current students on the previous year's interim assessments with another teacher, or just for our own "old" students from the previous year? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831731222 2021-10-20 21:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831731222 What would we use the sample items website for? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831745524 2021-10-20 22:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831745524 Repost the link for the Sample Items https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831750231 Hello, 
I had to switch computers and can't get the Materials file to open. Could you please repost the link for the Sample Items in the chat or on the padlet? 
Thank you!]]> 2021-10-20 22:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831750231 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831765905 Is there a flow chart or graphic organizer to see, at a glance, all the components, how they relate, when they can be used, and where to be found? You’ve covered so much. ]]> 2021-10-20 22:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831765905 are there any science test questions or only mathand ela https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831776296 2021-10-20 22:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831776296 Universal Accomodations? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831779931 Are all the universal accommodations (text-to-speech, etc.) that are available in the summative assessment also available when students take IABs?]]> 2021-10-20 22:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831779931 So many portals/websites! CAASPP, Interim Assessment, Content Explorer…I'm kind of confused about when and why to go to each. Any clarification available? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831784762 2021-10-20 22:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831784762 How is the state supporting schools with a dual language emphasis? If we are testing in Spanish, when will we have access to these resources in Spanish (for example)? https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831798667 2021-10-20 22:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831798667 https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831815541 I hope in the future you can break this into 2-3 training with greater opportunity to actually investigate and use the tools and resources. Thank you]]> 2021-10-20 22:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/A4LWestEd/IFA102021/wish/1831815541