NAEO State Assessment Directors Suevey 2011 Appendix D

Appendix D – Exploratory NAEP Survey of State Directors (spring 2011)

Name: __________________ Contact Information: ____________________________

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1A. For the English Language Arts state high school assessment(s) required for graduation (not EOC), what is the grade level, or grade range, of the content tested?

1B. For the Mathematics state high school assessment(s) required for graduation (not EOC), what is the grade level, or grade range, of the content tested?

1C. For the Science state high school assessment(s) required for graduation (not EOC), what is the grade level, or grade range, of the content tested?

1D. For the Social Studies state high school assessment(s) required for graduation (not EOC), what is the grade level, or grade range, of the content tested?

2. If your state administers a high school assessment that students are required to pass for graduation, are students included in and accommodated to the test based on NCLB rules or are students included based on separate state policy?

___ State does not administer assessment that students must pass for graduation

___ State uses NCLB rules to include and accommodate students.

___ State uses separate state policy to include and accommodate students—

If yes, what is the separate state policy? _____________________________________.

3. Does your state provide funding support for students to participate in other high school assessments that are not statewide assessments? (Please choose No or Yes)

___ No

___ Yes, state provides support for students to take: (check all that apply)

___ Advanced Placement tests

___ International Baccalaureate tests

___ PSAT

___ SAT

___ ACT

___ Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

___ Other College Board tests

___ Other ACT tests

___ Other assessments (please specify)

4A. In 2009, 11 states participated in the Grade 12 NAEP State Pilot in reading and mathematics. If there is another voluntary Grade 12 NAEP State Assessment, is your state likely to participate? (Please choose one)

___ Yes ___ No ___ Possibly ____ Not sure/Cannot answer

4B. If Yes or Possibly, what do you see as the main reason(s) that your state will or may participate in a Grade 12 NAEP State Assessment?

___ A second indicator of student achievement for state

___ Assessment results that can be compared to the nation or other states

___ A benchmark for international comparisons for the state

___ Access to state-level data from NAEP background questionnaires completed

by students and school personnel

___ Decision by state policymaker for state to participate

___ Other: _____________________________

5. Has your state made any policy change affecting high school assessments related to the goal of assessing student college or career preparedness/readiness within the past 3 years? (Please choose one)

___ No state policy changes regarding high school assessments related to college or career readiness/preparedness

____ Yes, state high school assessments were recently changed to address college or career preparedness/readiness. The following types of changes were made (check all that apply):

___ End of course tests were implemented as graduation requirement

___ New performance levels or passing score required on graduation test

___ Test content was changed

___ High school assessment score can be used for college course credit

___ Other change: ___________________________