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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
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:
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:
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.
Next, Emily’s mom goes to ColoradoTestGuide.org
Vocabulary
Emily’s mom selects:
5th grade ELA/Literacy
First, she learns about Vocabulary in 5th grade
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
Emily’s mom can see the most likely reasons her daughter did not meet the 5th grade Vocabulary standard
Most important, she can learn simple, practical ways to help Emily get better at Vocabulary
● 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
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
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
