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Common Formative Assessment Initiative

In 2008, Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill 08-212 titled Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K)Expand and refine model content standards from preschool through high school.Colorado Academic Standards

SB 08-212 Cap4Kids (Preschool to Postsecondary Education Alignment Act - Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K))2Assumptions:Begin with the end in mindStatus quo not good enough (change is needed)Aim is to create healthy tension Design features = fewer, clearer, higherThe focus is standards, not curriculum21st century skills are essentialCompetency based matters more than seat timeStandards Work Directed by CAP4K

Approaches to Standards Implementation

ThenMastery standards

Standards are unpacked by grades and evidence outcomes

Concept connections within and across content areas

Now Identify power standards

Unpack standards Content isolation and checklist of skills/content

Bring this back again at the end need to work on questions to have them think about their products

What would it take to support. . . .

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We want to explicitly talk about the differences in this implementation of the CAS in contrast the previous approaches to implementation. We will look at what was and what will be.

4DanceDrama and Theatre ArtsComprehensive Health & Physical EducationMathematicsMusicReading, Writing, and CommunicatingScienceSocial StudiesVisual ArtsWorld Languages

Areas where Standards Exist

State StandardPrepared Graduate CompetenciesConcept & SkillEvidence OutcomesCommon Core Standard21st Century Skills

All Grades & Content Organizedin a similar way

6Past assessments (NWEA) has measured broad standards and not evidence outcomes.While TCAP hasnt assessed the new standards directly, the new PARCC assessment which begins in 2014-15 and the new Colorado exam in Science in Social Studies which begins in 2013-14 will.There has been an inconsistency of assessments between course and grade level assessments across schools and district.

So how do we measure mastery?

2013-14New CO Science AssessmentsGrade 5 & 8 Spring AdministrationGrade 12 Fall AdministrationNew CO Social Studies AssessmentGrade 4 & 7 Spring AdministrationGrade 12 Fall AdministrationLast year for TCAP Reading, Writing, Math

New Colorado Assessment Plan

2014-15PARCC Assessment Reading, Writing, and MathGrades 3-11CO Science & Social Studies AssessmentGr 5, 8, and 12Gr. 4, 7, and 12Assessments will be based on student performance of skill not regurgitation of information

New Colorado Assessment Plan

By having teachers develop CFA items in collaboration with colleagues, we should have confidence in their quality and fairness.To ensure that teachers can track student mastery, common assessment items will be available to ensure student mastery in advance of any state or national testing. State and national testing should only confirm what we know about student growth, not be a surprise.Aligning our Assessments

The project has set out to engage teachers in the important work of:Developing a clearly defined bank of assessment tasks/items tied to the evidence outcomes.Teachers are working in collaboration with other content/grade level teachers from around the region.Teachers will be able to have easy access to items to assess student progress throughout the instructional process

Common Formative Assessments (CFA)

Multiple Choice (Electronically scored)Matching (Electronically scored)Picture Identification (Electronically scored)Short Answer (Electronically or teacher scored)Constructed Response (Teacher scored)Performance Task (Video/Audio)

Types of CFA Items

For the process of tracking mastery, weve defined it as:Correct completion of three of more items consecutively, with at least two different types of items being completed.For example, accurate completion of one matching, one short answer, and one constructed response in a single evidence outcome.Mastery

Secure Items for District AssessmentsUpon completion of the assessment bank for each evidence outcome, a portion of items will be secured allowing the development of district level assessments to further monitor student progress consistently across classrooms and schools.

Evidence Outcome XYZItem #1 Multiple ChoiceItem #2 Multiple ChoiceItem #3 Short AnswerItem #4 Constructed RespItem #5 Constructed RespItem #6 Short AnswerItem #7 MatchingItem #8 Short AnswerItem #9 Multiple Choice

Upon completion of the CFA bank of items in a given subject area and grade level, teachers will be able to use them to:Check progress each day after instruction (i.e., ticket out the door, short probe of 2-3 items, etc.)Check progress on a few evidence outcomes following instruction over a short period of time. (i.e., quiz) Check progress after completion of a series of lessons covering a series of evidence outcomes.

Use of CFA Bank

SchoolVault Under Construction

Current system being used to develop CFAs has proven to be challenging.Currently working to develop a new system called SchoolVaultSystem will allow not only development and administration of CFAs but also support teachers in sharing resources to help students successfully work toward mastery.

Tracking Student MasterySchoolVault, through clear pacing guides, will allow continual tracking of student mastery on EOs.Each box is an EOWhen clicked on, information on which mastery level will appear and help identify students and progress.

To provide fair measures to contribute to student achievement data for a teacher evaluation process, secure CFA items will provide a means to measure success outside of the state or national testing data.A proposed structure might include: Interim Assessments End of quarter Semester Assessments Summative Mid-Term or Final Exams

District Interim and Summative

Common Formative Assessments will ensure common learning and mastery across classrooms around the district.Since teachers are creating them in collaboration with colleagues from around the region, the quality and effectiveness of these items should be high.Through both providing teachers with formative measures and summative assessments developed by similar items, student growth and progress should be easier to track.The development of SchoolVault will provide teachers one tool for curriculum support, student assessment, and performance tracking.Summary

If you have questions or wish to get involved, speak with your principal or assistant principal orContact Christy Bloomquist, Executive Director of Student Achievementcbloomquist@durango.k12.co.us

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