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A powerful new tool designed to help parents understand the new state tests and how to help their child
Introducing the GreatKids State Test Guide for Parents
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Help parents adopt a problem-solving mindset in response to their child’s performance on new state tests, and give them concrete ways to support their child’s learning
Our goal:
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Offer a comprehensive companion guide - by state, grade and subject - parents can use to understand their child’s score report and find actionable “how to help” resources
Currently available for all Smarter Balanced states, including: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; and in all PARCC states, including: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington DC.
Our solution:
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Let’s see how the GreatKids State Test Guide for Parents works for the mother of Emily, a 5th grader in Colorado
Emily took the PARCC test in Colorado last spring. Now, her mom is getting her score report in the mail.
Emily’s mom notes the troubling news: Emily is “Below Expectations” in Vocabulary and Knowledge and Use of Language Conventions, two of the five areas of ELA/literacy performance reported on by PARCC.
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Next, Emily’s mom goes to ColoradoTestGuide.org
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Vocabulary
Emily’s mom selects:
5th grade ELA/Literacy
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First, she learns about Vocabulary in 5th grade
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She can watch a GreatKids Milestone video that shows 5th graders demonstrating the kind of vocabulary skills measured by the test
See the the video at
http://www.greatschools.org/gk/milestones/is-your-5th-grader-building-vocabulary-from-reading/
To see what Emily’s mom sees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvIT8CFBviM
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Emily’s mom can see the most likely reasons her daughter did not meet the 5th grade Vocabulary standard
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Most important, she can learn simple, practical ways to help Emily get better at Vocabulary
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● Free for everyone● Designed for use across smartphones, computers and tablets● Currently covers grades 3-8● Available in English and Spanish for all SBAC and PARCC states● Created in collaboration with teachers and experts*● Funded by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation,
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Helmsley Charitable Trust, Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
● Learning Heroes is advising and supporting
* We worked with 20 teachers (ten math, ten ELA) from current and former SBAC and PARCC states. Seven are SAP Core Advocates; four are part of the America Achieves Teacher and Principal Fellowship programs; others are affiliated with Educators for Excellence, the AFT teacher cadre, and the LearnZillion Dream Team
More about the GreatKids State Test Guide for Parents
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How you can help spread the word
● Our Partner Toolkit page includes sample parent and educator outreach emails and Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest posts
● Please distribute through your email newsletters, blogs, and social media posts
● We are happy to demo the GreatKids State Test Guide for Parents on any Webinars
● We also want to work with you to organize events to introduce parents and teachers to the Guide
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Thank you!
Links and contact information
● GreatKids State Test Guide for Parents● Sample state homepages
○ New Jersey ○ Colorado○ Illinois
● Partner Toolkit page
For more information, contact:Claudine Ryan, VP of Marketing: [email protected] Padilla, Director of Communications:
○ Maryland ○ Massachusetts○ New Mexico