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··PACT·PACT·•••••abridged & amended •••••abridged & amended

(amendled)•••••(amendled)•••••PPerformanceerformance

AAssessment forssessment for CCaliforniaalifornia TTeacherseachers Raymond PecheoneRaymond Pecheone

Stanford UniversityStanford University April 16, 2008April 16, 2008

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The PACT Assessment The PACT Assessment SystemSystem

• A performance assessment for teacher A performance assessment for teacher candidates created in response to SB 2042, candidates created in response to SB 2042, with new subject matter standards, new with new subject matter standards, new program standards, and new assessment program standards, and new assessment standardsstandards

• Alternate assessments permitted must meet Alternate assessments permitted must meet California Quality Standards for California Quality Standards for reliability/validity reliability/validity (i.e., AERA/APA test standards).(i.e., AERA/APA test standards).

• Aligned with the California Teaching Aligned with the California Teaching Performance Expectations (standards) and Performance Expectations (standards) and California Content StandardsCalifornia Content Standards

• High stakes assessment designed to initially High stakes assessment designed to initially license beginning teacherslicense beginning teachers

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PACT InstitutionsPACT Institutions‣ UC BerkeleyUC Berkeley

‣ UC DavisUC Davis

‣ UC IrvineUC Irvine

‣ UCLAUCLA

‣ UC RiversideUC Riverside

‣ UC San DiegoUC San Diego

‣ UC Santa BarbaraUC Santa Barbara

‣ UC Santa CruzUC Santa Cruz

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‣ Cal Poly — SLOCal Poly — SLO

‣ CSU Channel IslandsCSU Channel Islands

‣ CSU ChicoCSU Chico

‣ CSU Dominguez HillsCSU Dominguez Hills

‣ CSU Monterey BayCSU Monterey Bay

‣ CSU NorthridgeCSU Northridge

‣ Humboldt StateHumboldt State

‣ Sacramento State Sacramento State

‣ San Diego StateSan Diego State

‣ San Francisco StateSan Francisco State

‣ San Jose StateSan Jose State

‣ Sonoma StateSonoma State

‣ StanfordStanford

‣ Holy Names Holy Names UniversityUniversity

‣ Mills CollegeMills College

‣ Notre Dame de Notre Dame de Namur UniversityNamur University

‣ Pepperdine Pepperdine UniversityUniversity

‣ St. MarySt. Mary’’s College of s College of CaliforniaCalifornia

‣ University of the University of the PacificPacific

‣ University of San University of San DiegoDiego

‣ Antioch UniversityAntioch University

‣ USCUSC

‣ San Diego InternSan Diego Intern

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Teaching Event Teaching Event Records of Practice*Records of Practice*

Instructional and Social ContextInstructional and Social Context3 to 5 Days3 to 5 Days

PlanningPlanning•Lesson PlansLesson Plans•Handouts, Handouts, overheads, overheads, student workstudent work•Lesson Lesson CommentaryCommentary

InstructionInstruction•Video Video clip(s)clip(s)•Teaching Teaching CommentaryCommentary

AssessmentAssessment•Analysis of Analysis of Whole Class Whole Class Assessment Assessment •Analysis of Analysis of learning of 2 learning of 2 studentsstudents

ReflectionReflection•Daily Daily ReflectionsReflections•Reflective Reflective CommentaryCommentary

Evidence of Academic LanguageEvidence of Academic Language

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* 24 Teaching Events in 13 credential areas

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Guiding Questions and Guiding Questions and Analytic RubricsAnalytic Rubrics

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• ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT‣ Analyzing Student Work Analyzing Student Work

From an AssessmentFrom an Assessment‣ Using Assessment to Using Assessment to

Inform TeachingInform Teaching

• REFLECTIONREFLECTION‣ Monitoring Student Monitoring Student

ProgressProgress‣ Reflecting on TeachingReflecting on Teaching

• ACADEMIC ACADEMIC LANGUAGELANGUAGE‣ Understanding Language Understanding Language

DemandsDemands‣ Supporting Academic Supporting Academic

Language DevelopmentLanguage Development

BalanceBalance

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Procedures

ProblemSolving

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PACT Teaching Event · PACT Teaching Event · DNADNA

• Documents teaching of learning Documents teaching of learning segment segment (3-5 lessons or hours of instruction)(3-5 lessons or hours of instruction)

• Subject specificSubject specific

• Standardized tasks & core questions Standardized tasks & core questions across programsacross programs

• Scored with common rubrics, passing Scored with common rubrics, passing standardstandard

• During student teachingDuring student teaching77

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California Teaching California Teaching Performance Performance ExpectationsExpectations

‣ TPE 1 · TPE 1 · Specific Pedagog-Specific Pedagog-ical Skills for Subject ical Skills for Subject Matter InstructionMatter Instruction

‣ TPE 2 · TPE 2 · Monitoring Student Monitoring Student Learning During InstructionLearning During Instruction

‣ TPE 3 · TPE 3 · Interpretation and Interpretation and Use of AssessmentsUse of Assessments

‣ TPE 4 · TPE 4 · Making Content Making Content AccessibleAccessible

‣ TPE 5 · TPE 5 · Student Student EngagementEngagement

‣ TPE 6 · TPE 6 · Developmentally Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Appropriate Teaching PracticesPractices

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‣TPE 7 · TPE 7 · Teaching English Teaching English LearnersLearners‣TPE 8 · TPE 8 · Learning about Learning about StudentsStudents‣TPE 9 · TPE 9 · Instructional Instructional PlanningPlanning‣TPE 10 · TPE 10 · Instructional Instructional TimeTime‣TPE 11 · TPE 11 · Social Social EnvironmentEnvironment‣TPE 12 · TPE 12 · Professional, Professional, Legal, and Ethical Legal, and Ethical ObligationsObligations‣TPE 13 · TPE 13 · Professional Professional GrowthGrowth

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What is Subject Specific What is Subject Specific about the Teaching about the Teaching

Event?Event?• Focus of learning segment & aligned to CA Focus of learning segment & aligned to CA

content standardscontent standards

• Teaching/learning tasks on video clip(s)Teaching/learning tasks on video clip(s)

• Additional prompts in some content areas Additional prompts in some content areas (e.g., misconceptions in science, (e.g., misconceptions in science, dispositions in mathematics, description of dispositions in mathematics, description of text in text in English/language arts)English/language arts)

• Common and subject specific rubricsCommon and subject specific rubrics

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ScoringScoring

•Trained and Trained and calibrated subject calibrated subject specific assessorsspecific assessors

•Campus based with Campus based with central audits & central audits & regional scoringregional scoring

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Questions?Questions?•More info on PACT Central web More info on PACT Central web

site, site, http://www.pacttpa.org/•More info on Al’s website, More info on Al’s website,

http://teachered.ucdavis.edu/ahttp://teachered.ucdavis.edu/almendle/pact.htmllmendle/pact.html

•Call or email meCall or email me‣530 752-8784530 752-8784‣ammendle@ucdavis.eduammendle@ucdavis.edu

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