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Notebook Tablet Replaces Bubble Sheets in Common Core Practice Testing
No longer filling bubbles with a No. 2 pencil, students are dragging answers from one side of a computer screen to another
Rory Devine and R. Stickney
NBC Channel 7
Apr 24, 2014
Over the past few weeks, California students have been taking a practice
test that uses the Common Core curriculum. The new test will replace the
STAR test next year.
7 in 10 Californians Favor Common Core: Survey
There have been a few technical
glitches in the new computerized Common Core testing but school
officials believe practice testing happening now will pave the way for a
smoother roll-out when the testing matters next year.Monday, June 16, 2014
Elementary school students in Chula Vista, Calif. have been practicing with the Common Core standardized tests for three weeks.
The company, Smarter Balance, has
designed a computer program for Math and English standards that also
gives teachers the ability to walk students through test questions.
No longer filling bubbles with a No. 2 pencil, students are dragging answers from one side of a computer screen to another.
Enrique Camarena Elementary fifth
graders were quietly taking the test Wednesday, clicking and dragging
correct answers on the Asus Transformer Book, a device that is part
touchscreen tablet, part laptop with a keyboard.
Answers will not count in the
exercise that’s designed to give students the opportunity to try the new
format of standardized testing and gives the test provider the
opportunity to work out technical glitches for the real deal to be given
next year.
Robert Cochran, the Chula Vista
Elementary School District’s test coordinator, said there have been some
technical glitches but for only a handful of students...
“We’ve been dealing with them through testing,” he said. “Typically, they only affect maybe a student or two students in class.”
As for bringing the technology into
the testing process, Cochran said students who use smartphones are
having no issues working with the program....
His classmate, Patrick Clavillas,
said, “I like life as a challenge, because there is no easy button in
life. That’s what my teacher says.”
A portion of the test could be
adaptive, Cochran said. That is, if a student keeps getting problems
wrong, he or she will be given less difficult questions. If a student
keeps getting problems correct, the student will be given more
challenging questions...
“A few technical tings to work out
but I think overall with more work, more professional development, more
exposure to Common Core, I feel the students will be ready,” Elsmore
said.
The tests will be given next year for the purposes of accountability just as the STAR test was used.
School officials say they have had
approximately 30 students of the district’s 22,000 students opt out of
the practice testing. Officials in Chula Vista Elementary School
District say the number of students who have opted out is less than
those under the STAR test.
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