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HS SOCIAL STUDIESCONTENT NETWORKINGNOVEMBER 2014
WELCOME
•Please sit at your grade level table.
•Network: CLIU Public
•Wiki: http://cliu21cng.wikispaces.com
AGENDA•PDE Update on PSSAs
•Examining Open-ended Questions
•Table Discussion
•Professional Reading
•Check These Out!
•Collaboration
•Next Steps
Keystone Exams: no change
PSSA Science: no change
PSSA Reading: now combined with Writing as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window
PSSA Writing: now combined with Reading as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window
PSSA Math: now PSSA Math with separate booklet and testing window
2015 PSSA CHANGES
Quick Overview
2015 PSSA CHANGES
Grades 4-8 Format
Section Content Emphasis Number of MC/EBSR
Number of WP/TDA
Estimated Number of Passages
Estimated Section
Testing Time (in minutes)
1 Writing and Language 20 MC 1 0 60
2 Reading 15–18 MC4–5 EBSR 0 3 58–69
3Reading and
Text Dependent Analysis
14 MC2 EBSR 1 2 73
4Reading and
Text Dependent Analysis
5–8 MC1–2 EBSR 1 1 48–57
WRITING
•ALL grades
•Mode specific prompts & scoring rubrics
•Narrative
• Informational
•Opinion
WRITING
Example: Grade 7 – 4 points
EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE
•ALL grades
•Two-parts
•Answer to second part based on answer to first part
•Like old Open-ended (same type of thinking)
EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE
Example: Grade 72 points
TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS
•Grades 4 – 8
•Specific type of Constructed Response
•Own Scoring Rubric
TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS
Example: Grade 6 – 4 points
TABLE DISCUSSION
•What are areas of strength in your classroom/school/district?
•What are areas of need in your classroom/school/district?