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Remote/Hybrid resources for assessment and instruction 2020
This session is being recorded and will be sent to you. You will be able to find a copy of the PowerPoint on the mCLASS PL Site.
Our Mission
Dear teachers,
You do a job that is nearly impossible and utterly essential.
We are in your corner – extending your reach, saving you time, and enhancing your understanding of each student.
Thank you for working with us to craft rigorous and riveting learning experiences for your classroom. We share your goal of inspiring all students to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves.
Sincerely,
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Partnerships
Partnerships
& Intervention
Agenda
Implementation options
mCLASS Updates
Q & A
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Educators have asked for...
The power of teacher-administered assessment (e.g. Oral reading, etc)
Options
Fully in-person Remote assessment and learning Hybrid (eg rotation schedules)
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Diagnose gaps, close gaps
Results of our Poll Questions
Diagnose gaps Close gaps
In-person
Diagnosing Gaps and Closing Gaps
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available for both in person and remote settings.
Plan instruction Using the latest student data and the Instructional Tab will assist to organize student groupings and understanding learning needs.
Teacher-led Small Group Instruction
Caregiver Resource
We’ve heard, “We can handle the truth”
Focus on the measure results for instruction
and expect some positive surprises.
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Remote
Prepare for Assessing
Practice beforehand with colleagues
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2. Familiarize yourself with digital
materials
Benchmark Materials
Progress Monitoring
“When teachers use systematic progress monitoring to track their students' progress in reading, mathematics, or spelling, they are better able to identify students in need of additional or different forms of instruction, they design stronger instructional programs, and their students achieve better.” Fuchs, L. S., & Fuchs, D. (2002). What is scientifically-based research on progress monitoring? (Technical report). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University.
Progress Monitoring
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2. Share student materials
4. Administer practice items
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Take steps to share the student sheet.
Scroll to appropriate form.
Assistance from the caregiver may be needed.
Encourage the student to use their cursor to point to words as they read.
Remote 1:1 mCLASS Assessing Remotely
Begin with the practice
Remote assessment
For mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition, End of Assessment popup message displays to capture
the administration mode. This data will be available in DYD report for administrators
beginning mid-October.
For mCLASS DIBELS Next (Acadience Reading) or TRC users, the Notes feature will
include selectors to capture the administration mode. This data can be used
for custom analysis upon request.
Method 3:
Speech recognition thru SoapBox Labs automates accuracy and fluency scoring
8 text-dependent comprehension questions per text
Open response to written comprehension prompts
Assessment output will inform:
Proficiency status on a grade-level text Words correct per minute score (fluency and
accuracy) Comprehension Writing score on content and syntax
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Decoding Online Grades 1-6 2-3 minutes
Text Reading Online Grades 1-6
About 7 minutes
Provided at no cost
Implementation options
Planning decisions
Shortly after returning Diagnose gaps quickly
Wait a bit Allow students to re-acclimate to school routines and new teachers; begin to catch up on prior year’s work. Then assess to diagnose and close remaining gaps.
2. Length of window Short Try to capture all data quickly, just in case school moves to
remote
Longer than usual Too much will be happening at once
3. Who should assess? Classroom teacher Students will be most comfortable with their own teacher
Assessment team Assess a class quickly without loss of instruction. If using remote 1:1, the team will be well-practiced
Planning decisions (continued)
Assess on in-person days Collect gold-standard data
Assess on remote days Use in-person days for instruction, and have an assessment team gather data when students are remote
Remote/Hybrid models: Which measures to administer
All measures Get all the data and a composite score
Selected measures Keep it simple and quick; focus on the measures needed for instruction
Mixed Start with Online Alternative Measures Assess with DIBELS 8 orAcadience Reading for struggling students
Instruction guidance In-person and remote
Resources https://remotemclass.amplify.com Assessment, Instruction and Home Activities
Close the Gaps
Planning for Your Year After Students Have Not Had In-Person Instruction
Use the Chat to add your suggestions so everyone can learn from each other.
Suggestions: Create an action plan addressing each lever where
there is a need Things to consider:
Curriculum - Provide equitable, grade level instruction for all students For core, plan a “double dose” to review of skills from previous year. You may need to increase your instructional time for ELA.
Scheduling and Time - Increase number of intervention blocks
Assessment Practices - ensure you have a team of educators that are “experts in giving remote assessments”
Use The Instruction Tab
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Additional Instructional Tools: Tools you have access to that are great for planning and providing instruction (remote or in-person)
mCLASS® Interactive Skill Maps https://amplify.com/remotelearning/mclass/skills-map-intro/
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Close gaps
Foundational Skills Boost (Grades 1-3) Explicit video lessons with an educator to support unfinished learning from spring 2020
(Available mid-August 2020) https://amplify.com/anywhere
It is powered by mCLASS assessment data.
mCLASS Updates School Year 2020 - 2021
mCLASS Updates!
New optional phonemic awareness measure in DIBELS 8
New Oral Language Screener
New Remote Assessment Flag
New Spanish assessments
Dual Language reporting
Updates to English assessment suite
DIBELS 8 benchmark goal improvements Benchmark goals of some subtests and composite scores have been
revised based on an even larger data set and educator feedback.
Provide better balance of performance level distribution while
maintaining NCII standards.
composite.
These changes will be reflected in SY19-20 data as well.
DIBELS 8 Instruction Update
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Instructional groups no longer require a completed composite score. A student can be grouped based on:
Subset of DIBELS 8 measures
On-grade PM results or off-grade PM results
Additional subtests and progress monitoring results throughout the benchmark period.
** August 5 visual update to the Group Instruction tab to help remind teachers that they control their group recommendations by clicking the “Update Recommendations” button. The newly redesigned “Update Recommendations” section contains explanatory text and visually emphasizes the button.
DIBELS 8 Instructional Link
mCLASS with DIBELS 8 Instruction link to quickly download activity packets for each small group to send home to parents for at-home learning
DIBELS 8 New measure (optional)
Get additional insight into early phonemic awareness skills (especially helpful for students that discontinue on PSF).
Measures ability to isolate first sound in a spoken word.
All DIBELS 8 customers have access.
Available at Kindergarten BOY only.
First Sound Isolation
DIBELS 8 New Oral language screener
Redesigned to provide an intuitive and user friendly experience with fewer clicks than before!
Available as an add-on for anyone using DIBELS 8.
Updates to Spanish assessment suite
New Atlas Español benchmark book set
New, authentic Spanish benchmark book set
that reflects text features specific to the
Spanish language and respects how Spanish
is developed and taught.
Atlas Español Development Brief
Includes: 54 titles Full coverage of Guided Reading
Levels A-Z (plus PC & RB) 2 books per level Optional Written Comprehension
tasks and scoring rubrics
Teachers see a side-by-side view of English and Spanish results
For Spanish, TRC Español (required) and Vocabulary Español (optional) results will display
Teachers receive instructional recommendations specific to the student’s profile in both languages that help identify transferable skills from one language to another
Recommended activities give guidance on cross-linguistic tips for instruction
If a district has both DIBELS 8 and TRC Español with the new Atlas Español book set, the Dual Language reporting will be available within the Español and English reporting views under a new Dual Language tab
Dual Language Reporting
Students are grouped automatically based on performance in TRC Español and Vocabulary Español.
Includes what students can do/need to work on, tips for instruction and activities
Newly designed Spanish-language activities target foundational skills, comprehension and vocabulary.
Group Instruction
Benchmark Reports
Time-of-year, full-year, and student-level reports available.
Aggregate class summary to be added with the new IDEL .
Oral Language probe detail reports updated to match the new miscues.
Detail reports reflect the newly redesigned experience for both the English and Spanish Assessments.
Home Connect Home Connect: TRC Español,
Vocabulary Español and Spelling Español
Oral Language to be added during BOY
Aggregate Reporting Suite Updates
New View My Data navigation
Updated Download Your Data (DYD) report selection to minimize the need to run multiple and separate reports
New assessments available in the Reporting Suite
mCLASS Home Training Tile
Practice Library Online Modules
Ongoing Professional Support
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