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Ocean View trustees take Smarter Balanced practice test, debate raising middle‑school climate goals
Summary
Trustees tried sample Smarter Balanced questions and spent over an hour debating proposed LCAP Goal 3 metric changes, including a push from several trustees to raise middle‑school targets for students 'knowing the rules' and 'treating each other with respect,' with administration asked to return with refined targets and student‑focused follow ups.
Trustees at the Ocean View School District on April 14 tried a live Smarter Balanced practice test and then engaged in an hour‑long discussion about proposed Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Goal 3 metrics aimed at student safety, belonging and respectful behavior.
The practical demonstration, led by Rashida Gates, the district’s director of teaching and learning, and IT director Sam Plambach, walked board members through a grade‑4 math computer adaptive item, a grade‑6 English passage and an eighth‑grade algebra question to show how students encounter multiple‑choice, short‑answer and performance Task items and how the adaptive algorithm adjusts difficulty.
"This test is computer adaptive," Gates said during the demonstration, adding that "when students get a question right, the next question can be slightly more difficult," a point she said parents should know when students…
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