literacy team ppt-sept 2011
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Presentation of ELA/Literacy TEam meetingTRANSCRIPT
Considering your experience and expertise, what do you bring to this work?
Developing a Core Curriculum
Common Core Standards in ELA and Literacy
Dual Language and Bilingual Programs
Writing Assessment
August 2011
Preliminary Approach to Common Core Readiness
Juwen Lam – Research, Assessment and DataSarah Breed – Leadership, Curriculum and InstructionPhil Tucher – Leadership Curriculum and Instruction
August 2011
Ice Breaker: How much time did you spend this summer thinking about STAR Data?
Using the clicker, press:
1. NOT AT ALL – I was on vacation!
2. It crossed my mind but I really wanted to relax
3. I called/e-mailed once or twice just to check
4. It’s all I thought about
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44 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards
* Maine and Washington have adopted the CCSS provisionally** Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA only
I can describe at least one strategy at my school site which prepares students for the Common Core Standards.
1. YES2. NO3. NOT SURE
Using the clicker, press:
Assessments: Past – Present – Future
Each state has its own assessment system which makes comparison
between states virtually impossible
Relies on multiple choice items
Measures proficiency against state standards, not college and career
Comparability between states
Use multiple measures
More rigorous tests measuring student progress towards college and career
SMARTER OR PARCC
Future
STAR
Past and Present
Which consortium does California belong to as of August 2011?
Using the clicker, press:
1. Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC)
2. Smarter Balanced (SMARTER)
Examples of future literacy assessment items
Reading Comprehension
Based on the article, explain how Hynemann’s background and experience have helped him become a successful special effects technician and television star. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the article.
Article on Jamie Hynemann: Animatronics, Robots and MythBusters
Writing Composition
Often in works of literature, something positive can emerge from a difficult situation. Select a work of literature you have read in or out of school in which something positive emerges from a difficult situation. Identify the work, describe the situation and explain how something positive emerges from it.
Examples of future math assessment itemsShort Answer/Constructed Response Items
Performance Based Items
Jordan has a machine part that is thirty-two thousandths of an inch thick. What is thirty-two thousandths written as a decimal? _________
Four children each a bag of grapes. The table below shows the number of grapes in each child’s bag.
Child Number of Grapes
Greta 30Karen 27Nate 24Dave 33
A. Use the information in the table to make a bar graph. Label your graph and include a title. Your scale must be greater than 1.
B. Use the data from your graph to write a question that compares the numbers of grapes in the children’s bags.
C. Answer the question you wrote in part (b).
Think/Pair Share
Choose a partner (or a trio)
Is there an assessment at your school site that already contains performance based items?
How will you build on this?
When you hear the music, please thank you partner.
Timeline to the New Generation of Assessments
Implementation of SMARTER Balanced Assessment in California
Literacy Math Integration of Other Subjects
Professional Development
Assessment
Continue with STAR for
accountability
Continued implementation of 4th – 9th grade Process Writing Assessments (K – 3rd highly recommended)
Implementation of computer based Scholastic Reading Inventory for 6-12, K-5 pencil and paper
Professional development on PWA calibration
~10%-15% of all math benchmark items will be short answer
1 performance-based item per benchmark (K-5 optional)
All K-5 pilot performance-based item after STAR testing Professional development on scoring short answer and performance based items
Preliminary development of writing based Science assessments in 7th grade Life Science and High School Biology
2011 – 2012
Build awareness of the rationale for Common Core Standards
Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy Calibrate scoring in preparation for assessments using multiple measures
Implementation
Literacy Math Integration of Other
SubjectsProfessional
Development
Assessment
Continue with STAR
K – 9th grade implementation of Process Writing Assessment
Benchmarks contain a combination of items:1.multiple choice2.short answer 3.performance-based
Pilot writing based Science assessments in 7th grade Life Science and High School Biology
Field testing
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Items
2011 – 2012 2012 – 2013Implementation
Assess awareness of the rationale for Common Core Standards and continue development
Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy Continue calibrating scoring in preparation for assessments using multiple measures
Literacy Math Integration of Other
SubjectsProfessional
Development
Assessment
Continue with STAR
Field testing of SMARTER Balanced Interim (Benchmark) Assessment Items
Assess knowledge of Common Core Standards and continue development
Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy
Implementation of Technology
2013 – 2014Implementation
On a scale of 1 - 4, what is your comfort level in articulating the plan to implement the Common Core Standards to your staff?
1. Not comfortable 2. Somewhat comfortable 3. Comfortable4. Very comfortable
PARCC SMARTER Governing States Full commitment to implementing the new assessment system by 2014-2015 Each state controls one vote on the governing board
ArizonaArkansasDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaLouisianaMarylandMassachusetts New YorkRhode IslandTennessee
CaliforniaConnecticutHawaiiIdahoKansasMaineMichiganMissouriMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaOregonUtahVermontWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsin
Participating or Advisory States Engages at some level in the consortium activities but have NOT committed to implementing one particular assessment system
AlabamaColoradoDelawareKentucky
New JerseyNorth Dakota
OhioOklahoma
PennsylvaniaSouth Carolina
Mississippi
IowaNew HampshireSouth DakotaWyoming
States not belonging to either consortium:Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia
The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
Last 12 weeks of the year
INTERIM ASSESSMENTSScope, sequence, number and timing of interim assessments locally determined
Beginning of the year
PERFORMANCEASSESSMENT
(TASKS/EVENTS)Reading, Writing,
Math
END OF YEARASSESSMENT
EOY
OPTIONAL
DIGITAL LIBRARY of formative assessments, released items and tasks, model instructional units, educator training, and professional development tools and resources, scoring training modules, and teacher collaboration tools.
Formative assessments will mirror summative comprehensive assessments.
All of the above assessments will provide students with information regarding their achievement, growth, and progress towards college and career readiness.
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY