Implementing New Standards: Notes from DESE meeting.

On June 8, area supervisors for DESE met with Northeast school administrators at Moberly high school to discuss the implementation schedule for the new Missouri Learning Standards.

Here are a few takeaways:

-ESSA and MSIP 5 will require the same tests as were given in the spring of 2016.

-Tests in the spring of 2017 will be the same as the tests in 2016, but field tests of ELA and Mathematics items will be embedded in spring tests.

-Tests aligned to new standards will be introduced according to a staggered schedule (see image).

-2022 will be the first year with 3 years of MLS aligned test results in all subjects, which may be the first year APR scores could be used for accountability.

-EOC tests likely won't change much because the test items were developed in Missouri, not purchased from vendors that DESE is prohibited from using.

-IBD reports (likely by another name) will return.

-No definitive statements about testing platforms were made. My personal assumption is that they won't change.