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This state case summary demonstrateshow leadership starting at the local level can drive assessment system design that meets accountability requirements while also improving student learning.  \nAlaska has taken a state-driven step to redesign its assessment system to better balance statewide assessments with student learning throughout the school year. The state leveraged COVID-19 pandemic disruptions as an opportunity to revamp assessment systems with a clear learning focus. In 2023, Alaska launched AK STAR, a testing platform that integrates the NWEA MAP Growth interim assessments with a statewide summative assessment. This through-year model allows Alaska to reduce testing time, align assessments to instruction and generate real-time data that informs responsive teaching practices.  \nKey Innovation  \nThe Alaska Department of Education and Early Development redesigned its system to better serve educators and students by providing:  \nInstructional Utility. The interim data is available within 24-48 hours after testing and is used to guide real-time instruction.  \nContinuity. Students use the same testing platform throughout the year, which can reduce anxiety and improve familiarity.  \nEfficiency. This approach reduces duplicative testing in the spring by integrating the MAP Growth data to fulfill federal accountability requirements while  \nmaintaining growth measurement.  \nThe department committed to a multi-year approach to developing the AK STAR that began in the summer of 2021. At least 48 of the 54 Alaskan school districts were already using interim assessments. Through a combination of state leadership and educator consultation,  \nthe next step in the system was the effort to connect interim assessments that districts were  \nalready using to the summative assessment. The connection helped educators see more value  \nin the spring summative assessment rather than an assessment that results in a metric solely  \nfor federal accountability.  \nAlaska’s innovation lies in streamlining assessment across the school year using a computer  \nadaptive platform. The computer-adaptive assessments adjust the difficulty of the questions  \nbased on prior student responses with the intention of providing more precise understanding of student proficiency. This adaptive model ensures that each student is met at their level and makes it possible to track progress even for students significantly above or below grade level.  \nThe AK STAR system offers interim assessments for grades three through nine in English  \nlanguage arts and math in the fall and winter that transition seamlessly into the spring summative  \nassessment. The spring assessment combines the growth and summative components into  \na single administration. It also provides consistent measurement tools across districts while  \npreserving local control since districts voluntarily engaged in the fall and winter administration.  \nThis model delivers timely student data that is accessible to educators, families and students  \nmultiple times throughout the year. The fall and winter interim assessments provide student-level  \ndata for the projected proficiency on the AK STAR summative assessment, normative academic  \nachievement, and growth data and information from prior scores in instances where the student  \nparticipated in prior assessments.  \nThe department made a concerted effort through an assessment advisory panel to  \ncreate assessment reports that provided continuity between assessments while being  \nunderstandable to th","cbCaigERsX0KS4Rc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigERsX0KS4Rc","pdf",205439,"English","# Key Innovation\n## Instructional Utility, Continuity, Efficiency\n# Assessment Design and Model\n## Through-year interim-to-summative alignment\n# Reporting and Support\n## Assessment reports, growth measures, and incentives\n# Implementation and Capacity Building\n## Online training, webinars, certified facilitators, family toolkits","[{\"question\":\"What is AK STAR and how does it work across the school year?\",\"answer\":\"AK STAR is Alaska’s through-year assessment model that transitions from fall and winter interim computer-adaptive assessments into a spring summative assessment. 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