Standards Aligned System (SAS)

SAS – Do you have an account??www.pdesas.org

1. Standards Circle: PA Core Standards• On July 1, 2010, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education adopted the

Common Core State Standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, with a transition plan that targeted July 1, 2013, as the full implementation date. • Keystone Exams are aligned to the PA Core Standards

•Pennsylvania’s approved standards are the foundation of the Standards Aligned System

•Pennsylvania Standards describe what students should know and be able to do; they increase in complexity and sophistication as students progress through school.

What are the ELA Shifts with the PA Core Standards?

• http://literacyresources.iu1.wikispaces.net/file/view/ELA%20Shifts.pdf/480408012/ELA%20Shifts.pdf

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2. Curriculum Framework Circle• Identify standards, anchors, EC• Big Ideas• Concepts• Competencies• Essential Questions• Vocabulary

Big Idea• Declarative statement that describes

concepts that transcend grade levels. • Big Ideas are essential to provide

focus on specific content for all students. • Example: Comprehension requires

and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text.

Essential Question• Questions connected to the SAS

framework that are specifically linked to the Big Ideas. • Essential questions frame student

inquiry, promote critical thinking, and assist in learning transfer • Example: How does the interaction

with text promote thinking and response?

Concept• Describe what students should know

and understand (key knowledge) as a result of this instruction specific to grade level • Example: Essential content, literary

elements and devices inform meaning

Competency• Describe what students should be

able to do (key skills) as a result of this instruction • Example: Identify and evaluate

essential content between and among various texts types

VocabularyComing soon to SAS

• Brick and Mortar words: Tiers 2 & 3

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3. Assessment Circle• Fair assessment is a process used by teachers and students before,

during, and after instruction to provide feedback and adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve student achievement. • In Pennsylvania the four types of assessment are summative,

formative, benchmark, and diagnostic

Summative:

Assessment in Pennsylvania

Benchmark/ Interim:

Formative:

Diagnostic:

Summative Assessment• Often used for grading, accountability and or

research/evaluation

• Seeks to make an overall judgment of progress made at the end of a defined period of instruction such as:• PSSA• Keystone• PASA• ACCESS for ELLs• TerraNova• Final Exam• Unit Test• Project Rubric Evaluation

Benchmark Assessment• Benchmark• Provide feedback to

both the teacher and the student.

• Findings are reported by referencing the standards, not other students’ performance

• Measure performance regularly

Examples:• 4Sight• AIMSweb• Study Island

Benchmarking Tools• District Designed

Benchmark

Diagnostic Assessment• Diagnostic

• Students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills before and during instruction

• Allows for remediation or intervention

• PA will use a Computer-Adaptive testing approach with CDTs

Examples:

• Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)

• Running Records

• DRA

• G-Made

Formative Assessment• In Pennsylvania we are

defining formative assessment as classroom based assessment that allows teachers to monitor and adjust their instructional practice in order to meet the individual needs of their students.

Formative Assessment Activity• Think about how you use formative assessment with your students.• Make a list of three formative assessments that you have used with

your students.

Examples of Formative Assessment• Think-Pair-Share• Thumbs up – Thumbs down• Ticket out the door• Random Reporter

Keystone Exams and Project Based Assessments(PBAs)

• The Keystone Exams are end-of-course assessments designed to assess proficiency in various subjects• Keystone Literature Exam and the Keystone Writing Exam• The Keystone Exams are one component of Pennsylvania’s proposed

system of high school graduation requirements• Students who are unable to meet Chapter 4 requirements relating to

high school graduation requirements through the Keystone Exam may qualify to complete a project based assessment.• Item Scoring Samples and other resources on SAS

Assessment Builder• Assessment Builder• Allows teachers to create

customized assessments• Can be formative, summative,

diagnostic, or benchmark

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4. Instruction Circle• Differentiated• Standard aligned• At instructional level (not frustration level), but be rigorous• Scaffold support – I do, We do, You do…• Engagement• Interventions

Rigor with Webbs Depth of Knowledge

• What kinds of questions do you ask during a lesson?• How many of each level of

question do you ask during a lesson or unit?• What kinds of questions do you

ask on your assessments?

Engagement vs. Time on Task• Can students be involved in the

lesson but not engaged in the learning process??

• Engagement vs. Time on Task…is there a difference??

• When students decide, "I won't learn from you," they go into "not-learning" mode. "Not-learning" describes any number of behaviors that a learner uses to keep new information from getting into the brain.

Herbert Kohl I Won’t Learn from You – and other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment 1994

Levels of Engagement1. Students report what they have learned only (lowest level of engagement)

2.Students report what they have learned only with possible collaboration

3.Students solve a teacher-directed problem

4.Students given options to solve a teacher-directed problem with possible collaboration

5.Students help define the task, the process, and/ or the solution

6.Students help define the task, the process, and/ or the solution; collaboration extends beyond the classroom (highest level of engagement)

Engaged Learning ExampleConsider the following: • If the students were collaborating with the students at other schools

to write better poetry then the engagement level is a 6.

• Before I could decide I would need to ask how much collaboration beyond the classroom was involved.

How do I get students engaged??• Ask yourself….Where do

students have the opportunity to make choices? • Content – determined by the state

standards – no choice• Process • Product

• Tic-Tac-Toe Menu

NOT examples of Engagement• We observed that, on the average

about 75% of class time was spent on instruction and that nearly 70% of this was “talk” – usually teacher to students.

John Goodlad A Study of Schooling

2004

• Barely 5% of this instructional time was designed to create students’ anticipation of needing to respond. Not even 1% required some type of open response involving reasoning or perhaps an opinion from students.

John Goodlad A Study of Schooling

2004

Questions to ponder….• What materials are you using to

engage students?• How much of the class period is

the teacher talking?• How much of the class period

are the students collaborating or talking?• How are the students involved in

the choices of process and product for your lessons?

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5. Materials & Resources Circle• Lessons and Unit Plans• Voluntary Model Curriculum• Learning progressions

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6. Safe and Supportive Schools Circle• The Safe and Supportive Schools element is now active, and the

Student Interpersonal Skills may be accessed from this element. • While still a work in progress, materials and resources are available

but are not yet aligned to these new standards• Resources on engagement (parents), respect for diversity, school

participation, and comprehensive resources

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Beyond the Circles: Teacher Tools• My Profile• My e-portfolio• My website• Publish your best• My communities • Curriculum Mapping• PD Center

My Profile• The information provided in this section

will be used to manage your SAS account:• Manage personal information• Identify professional interests• Change a password

My ePortfolio• A web-based, portable filing

cabinet• Create organizational folders• Add resources• Add to My ePortfolio• Upload File• Add Bookmark

My Website • Develop a classroom website to enhance communication between students, parents, and colleagues

• Modify the site to reflect:• Specific classes you teach• Events relevant to your class

or school• Resources you want available

for yourself, colleagues, students, and/or parents

My Communities• Join Professional Learning

Communities to participate in discussions and share ideas with colleagues throughout the state!

PD Center• Under class registration, you can

access many classes and workshops online for free.

PDE Free Professional Development on the Danielson Framework• Pennsylvania has adopted

Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching as the overarching vision for effective instruction in the Commonwealth. The model focuses the complex activity of teaching by defining four domains of teaching responsibility.

• Domain 1 – Planning and Preparation• Domain 2 – Classroom

Environment• Domain 3 – Instruction• Domain 4 – Professional

Responsibilities

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Questions???