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How Assessment Supports Teaching and Learning

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2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedGoalsTo identify how formative and summative classroom assessments are integral to instruction.To identify how Balanced Assessment guides effective assessment practiceTo review how classroom assessment practices support district/state/national assessmentsExamine actual summative assessment items in small groupsRevise assessments to reflect formative practices discussed

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedGoals

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedGoals

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedGoalsTo identify how formative and summative classroom assessments are integral to instruction.To identify how Balanced Assessment guides effective assessment practiceTo review how classroom assessment practices support district/state/national assessments Examine actual summative assessment in small groups Revise assessments to reflect formative practices discussed

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Tier 1 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedDefinition of Formative AssessmentWhat is the Purpose? To improve instruction and provide student feedbackWhen is it administered?Daily, on-going throughout a lesson or unit of instruction without grades attachedHow do students use the results?To self-monitor understanding and learningHow do teachers use the results?To check for understanding and determine next steps

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved9Formative AssessmentTier 1 requires vigilant attention to information gathered from formative assessment of student progress.Repeated checks to find out what students understand about instruction based on clear targets inform teachers of successes and challenges.Responsive teaching based on the information gathered from formative assessment must occur quickly and with focus on correcting misconceptions and filling gaps.Summative assessment follows successful completion of clear learning targets. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedFormative or Summative AssessmentState assessmentCollege admissionsClassroom tests for report card gradesQuizzesExit cardsQuestions during instruction

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedSummarizeWith 2 partners, write a three-sentence summary of the role of assessment in effective learning environments.

5 minutesShare 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedBalanced Assessment and Effective Intervention Support 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved13GoalsTo identify how formative and summative classroom assessments are integral instruction.To identify how Balanced Assessment guides effective assessment practiceTo review how classroom assessment practices support district/state/national assessments and RTExamine actual summative assessment in small groupsRevise assessments to reflect formative practices discussed

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedA Balanced Assessment System

Responsive TeachingCommon Benchmark AssessmentFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionState TestingFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCheck & ChangeDid your goals and strategies make a difference?Responsive TeachingFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCommon Benchmark AssessmentCommon Benchmark AssessmentFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionWhat will you do to improve teaching and learning?Responsive TeachingCheck & ChangeCheck & ChangeLook for Strengths & Weaknesses; Formulate GoalsData AnalysisConnecting lines: Continued, Daily Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment REQUIRES Responsive Teaching for Impact 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedA Balanced Assessment SystemResponsive TeachingCommon Benchmark AssessmentFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionState TestingFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCheck & ChangeDid your goals and strategies make a difference?Responsive TeachingFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCommon Benchmark AssessmentCommon Benchmark AssessmentFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionWhat will you do to improve teaching and learning?Responsive TeachingCheck & ChangeCheck & ChangeLook for Strengths & Weaknesses; Formulate GoalsDid your goals and strategies make a difference?Responsive TeachingCommon Benchmark AssessmentState TestingValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCheck & ChangeResponsive TeachingValue-Added Analysis & Class ReportsCommon Benchmark AssessmentCommon Benchmark AssessmentFormative InstructionWhat will you do to improve teaching and learning?Responsive TeachingCheck & ChangeCheck & ChangeLook for Strengths & Weaknesses; Formulate GoalsFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative InstructionFormative Instruction 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedCurriculum, Instruction, AssessmentCurriculum(What?)Instruction(How?)Assessment(How Well?)Standards; Curriculum; Pacing Guides

Strategies; RTI2; Differentiation; Collaboration; Flexible Grouping; etc. Formative; Summative; Common Assessments; Benchmarks; State; National 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedFormative assessment questions that guide our work:Where am I going? (learning target)Where am I now? (feedback)How can I close the learning gap?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedDiscuss With a PartnerWhat current assessment practices of yours align with the Balanced Assessment graphics?

What is one thing that you could change about your assessment practice to align more closely to the Balanced Assessment model? 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment in Your Classrooms 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedGoalsTo identify how formative and summative classroom assessments are integral to instruction.To identify how Balanced Assessment guides effective assessment practiceTo review how classroom assessment practices support district/state/national assessments.Examine actual summative assessment in small groupsRevise assessments to reflect formative practices discussed

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAlignment of Assessment to StandardConsider This

Research shows that teachers spend from a quarter to a third of their professional time on assessment-related activities.

Almost all do so without the benefit of having learned the principles of sound assessment.Stiggins, R.J. (1999). Evaluating classroom assessment training in teacher education. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 18 (1), 23-27. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedThe Need for Assessment LiteracySelecting Purposeful AssessmentsDeveloping Local AssessmentsBalanced AssessmentsEffective Use of Data to Guide InstructionMeasuring and Closing Achievement GapsStudent MobilityComputer-Based Assessments

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedConnections to Formative Instructional Practices (FIP)Using clear learning targets

Collecting and documenting evidence of student learning

Providing effective feedback

Student ownership of learning 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedBalanced Assessment System: What do I know about my students?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedEstablishing Teacher Ownership & Commitment When teachers work collaboratively to develop and use assessments, they build a greater sense of ownership and commitment to thoughtful, meaningful use of the results.

When used formatively by teachers, data generated from assessments have high impact results on student learning.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedComplex StandardsUnpack, Unwrap, DeconstructCompare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of the comparison. (CCSS Math grade 2)Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedComplex StandardsDetermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedComplex Standards?Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals. (CCSS)

Capitalize dates and names of people. (CCSS)

Distinguish the difference between goods and services. (TN)

Kick a ball into the air or along the ground. (TN)

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedFoundations of Assessment Literacy 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedHigh-quality Assessment

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedHigh-quality Assessment

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAlignmentSince our ultimate goal is to improve learning and teaching through the use of the data generated from student growth measures, the assessments used must be closely aligned to articulated standards taught in the classroom. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAdd in the Alignment visual: Slide 45 on the Ohio pdf

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAlignmentWhat do I want my students to know and be able to do?ContentSkills 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedReview & Analyze an Assessment Using the 3rd Grade mathematics test, identify which standards are assessed and to what degree of validity.

[NF = Numbers and Fractions] 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned? (2) CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF*.A.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.

[NF = Numbers and Fractions]

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned? (2) CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF*.A.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedIs this item aligned?

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedWays to Improve ValidityEliminate assessment items that contain content unrelated to what is intended to be measured.Ensure a representative distribution of assessment items.Ensure item alignment to both the content and the skill levels.Ensure that demonstration of mastery of content and skills being measured is not affected by content and skills not being measured.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedWebbs Depth of KnowledgeHandout Hess DOK

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedWebbs Depth of Knowledge vs Blooms TaxonomyBlooms Taxonomy has been helpful to identify the level of rigor.Teachers were encouraged to pay attention to verbs to identify the level of cognitive complexity.

4th Grade: Identify examples of effect.

6th Grade: Analyze examples of cause and effect. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedWebbs Depth of Knowledge vs Blooms TaxonomyMany new standards require teachers to look beyond the verb to determine the level of cognitive complexity.

1st Grade: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.

2nd Grade: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

3rd Grade: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings), and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedHess Cognitive Rigor Matrix

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment BlueprintsStart With a PlanRecord the prioritized learning expectations that will be on the assessment.Identify the assessment methods to be used.Identify the level of complexity DOK of the learning expectations and the assessment items.Determine how much weight each learning priority will receive.Balance the rigor of the assessment. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment Blueprints

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment Blueprints Standards & DOK

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment Blueprints Selected Emphasis

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment Blueprints Type of item per standard

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedAssessment Blueprints Percentages: DOK & Standards

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2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedNext StepsHow can your assessment items be improved?Practice blueprint for overallPractice with an item for specific improvement

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedK12 Mathematics VPG

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How to Read a Vertical Progression for ELA 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedELA VPG, p. 19: Arrows fly in from Anchor Standard up. Consider having participants choral read aloud:Person 1 reads CCR Anchor standardPerson 2 reads KindergartenPersons 3,4,5 read grade cluster 1-3Person 3Ask and answer questionsPerson 4from the bracketssuch as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understandingPerson 3About key details in a textPerson 5from the blue referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.To read aloud the entire staircase, you will need2 participants for grades 4-53 participants for grades 6-7-82 participants for grades 9/10-11/1259ELA Staircase Learning Progressions

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedVPG Mathematics Key TermsKey Terms, page 7

K8 Domain Codes, page 9

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedKnow the Grade-level (Academic) Vocabulary K3, 35 and 6-8 Vocabulary References K3 35 6-8

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedBenefits of the Academic Vocabulary References, Grades K3, 35 and 6-8Includes all essential academic content vocabulary, verbs and verb phrases in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.Serves educators as a desk reference.Developed with teachers.Helps educators: Build vocabulary and help students develop comprehension.Develop sound assessments using verb phrases.Align curriculum.Improve Formative Instructional Practices.Inform professional learning and collaboration. 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedThree Tiers of Words Outlined by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan (2002, 2008)

Tier 1 WordsTier 2 WordsTier 3 WordsEveryday speech Usually learned in early gradesReferred to as general academic wordsMore likely to appear in written texts than in speech Appear in many types of texts:Informational texts (formulate, accumulate)Technical texts (calibrate, itemize)Literary texts (misfortune, dignified)Often includes verbs and verb phrasesReferred to as domain-specific wordsSpecific to a field of study (lava, carburetor, legislature, circumference, aorta)Closely connected to academic content knowledgeKey to understanding a new conceptFar more common in informational texts than in literature

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedCollage: Unit Organizers and Bundled Standards Cards

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedUnit For the organizers, a unit is considered to integrate content.ELA Reading, Writing, Language, Listening/Speaking, Literacy and cross-curricular connectionsMath Major, Supporting, and Additional Clusters plus Mathematical Practices and cross-curricular connectionsFlexible duration, usually 39 weeks allows to pace instruction. ELA may have 46 units; math may have 612 units. Be comparable to other structures and terminology, such as a module or block.Part of a long-term learning path (learning progression) that connects knowledge, concepts, and skills.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedBattelle for Kids Common Core Teacher Planning ToolsAcademic Vocabulary References

K3 Vocabulary Reference (includes ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies)35 Vocabulary Reference (includes ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies)6-8 Vocabulary Reference (includes ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies)Vocabulary Reference User ManualVertical Progression Guides5. K12 ELA 6. K12 Mathematics 7. K3 ELA & Mathematics with Pre-K Learning Standards (Ohio, Tennessee, Florida)8. Vertical Progression Guide (VPG) User ManualUnit Organizers and Bundled Standards Cards9. K11 ELA Unit Organizer K11 Mathematics Unit Organizer Grade-Level Cards (Grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) Unit Organizer User ManualUnit Organizer Poster (ELA or Mathematics)Training support:

BFK Store:

Amazon.com:

YouTube:User PowerPoint slide deck (for lead teachers, principals, curriculum directors)

All tools are in the BFK Store: http://store.battelleforkids.org

Most tools are available on Amazon.com

Districts YouTube video series using Common Core tools during planning & collaboration time: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX65IrrQuf0PfBlr-kq_YmOkObZx6UQP 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedDistrict Video Samples on the BFK YouTube ChannelBattelle for Kids K-12 Planning Tools - You Tube BFK Playlist14 Examples, May 2014See grade level teams implement Common Core during collaborative planning times in the 3-8 minute clip-its listed on the BFK YouTube Channel.http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaX65IrrQuf0PfBlr-kq_YmOkObZx6UQP Check back periodically for additional grade-level teams clip-its.

2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights ReservedResourcesTNCore.org sign up for updateshttp://www.parcconline.org/ - The latest on instruction & assessment for Tennessee about CCSS!www.battelleforkids.org/Tennessee Each school has an access code, but you can get to some resources without it. The FIP training modules (code required) go into depth on the all Formative Instructional Practices New Modules as of July 1, 2013.

http://ati.pearson.com/tools-resources/index.html (Pearson -- integral to TN assessment)

Open Education Resources http://www.oercommons.org 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved70Questions? 2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved