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Smarter Balanced Assessment: Planning and Implementation
Tony AlpertChief Operating Officer, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
Mickey Garrison. Ph.D.Oregon Department of Education
Oregon Assessment Conference August 1, 2012
Objectives
• Discuss strategies to guide development of a Local Implementation Plan
• Identify resources that can support and enhance your LIP development (no lip service here)
• Identify resources to support communication with Stakeholders
Steering Committee Membership
• Need to have mathematics and ELA represented• Don’t forget ELL and SWD• Should consider science, music, social studies, PE,
art, etc. so that the plan incorporates a comprehensive implementation and holistic problem solving
• Consider K-16 and potentially K-20 Teams
Duration: 3 minWhere: Person you don’t already knowWhat: Introduce yourself to someone you don’t know and ask them what their district doing to address these first 3 critical elements of a local plan for transition. Now change roles.
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Duration: 5 minWhere: Same personWhat: How can you create opportunities for a K-16 plan? What about a K-20 plan? How can the plan be sustained over time?
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Strategies for Building the LIP• Inventory your resources
– Don’t completely reinvent the wheel. You have materials that still will work. Identify strengths, weaknesses and risks
– Leverage work with other districts and schools – Don’t be afraid to cross state lines (you won’t be
arrested)– Establish a integrated calendar of meetings. These
meetings need to be protected because time is short• Frame the conversation around teaching and
learning– Use curriculum and content standards as a resource– Be critical consumers
• Professional development planning– Oregon CCSS Stewardship team developed a
way to assist with PD planning and is posted at http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/aligned-ccss-pd-needs-final.pdf
– Oregon will develop a webinar series to orient districts on the PD plan http://www.ode.state.or.us/news/events/
Resources for Building the LIP
• Formative assessment practices– Oregon Data project will roll out 2 day training
in February and March regarding authentic classroom assessment practices
– SBAC’s formative workplan is available at http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2012/03/Formative-Assessment-Master-Work-Plan-Narrative.pdf
Resources for Building the LIP
Duration: 9 minWhere: With your teamWhat: What can you re-use and what are some gaps in your resources that prevent high quality teaching and learning?
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Objective: All teachers have a basic understanding of the pedagogy of reading, writing and mathematics in the context of the CCSS
Exemplar Evidence: All teachers incorporate reading, writing and mathematics
content aligned to CCSS in their instruction
Objective: Students learn knowledge and skills using academic vocabulary
Exemplar Evidence: • All teachers explicitly instruct students on academic
vocabulary by incorporating academic vocabulary in their lessons.
• Teachers observe students appropriately using academic vocabulary as part of classroom interactions and classroom based assessments.
Accountability Indicators
Duration: 5 minWhere: With your teamWhat: Identify 1 additional objective and at least one exemplar that would serve as evidence that the objective was achieved
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• Level the playing field– Consider a team lead model with an expert regarding
CCSS and Smarter Balanced Assessment respectively– Team leads can be empowered to interject
information about CCSS and SBAC into team conversations
• Dust-off your “Resource” argument• Establish a meeting date to review the plan and
the Accountability Indicators. • Collect your evidence of success. Who is going to
do this? Who is going to analyze the data?
Implementing the Implementation Plan
• National Resourceshttp://www.ccsso.org/Documents/2012/Common_Core_Resources.pdf
• Introduction to Smarter Balanced Websitehttp://www.smarterbalanced.org
–Item Specificationshttp://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/#item
–Training Videoshttp://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/item-writing-and-review/
Implementation Resources
Duration: 7 minWhere: Someone at another tableWhat: What do you like about the sample lesson plan? What is missing? What needs to be removed/changed? 15
Evidence Centered Design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZPb56onUBs&feature=relmfu
Item Development and ECD
Duration: 5 minWhere: With Your TeamWhat: How might you use these videos as part of your approach professional development? 17
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• I am challenged to complete complex tasks and apply my knowledge
• I know how I am progressing toward college and career readiness
• My test results will be accurate regardless of my ability, disability or proficiency in English
Students
• My child’s class time is focused on learning and not on testing
• My child will have opportunities to improve
• I will know whether my child’s school is performing as well as it should
Parents
• I won’t be surprised by the test results at the end of the year
• I will have the supports I need to help my students
• The tests measures the right things in the right way
Teachers
• We are sharing costs with other states to provide a world-class test
• We can compare the performance and growth of our schools, districts and state so that we can improve
• We know the test will work for us because we helped build it
Policymakers
Communicating With Stakeholders
Duration: 5 minWhere: Person at table next to youWhat: Who’s story is missing? What message do they need to receive? How would you deliver it?
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Duration: 5 minWhere: With Your TeamWhat: Give an example of how your Career and College message will be different from your current message.
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