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May 28, 2013 ASC Board Room
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AWIM is a K-8 science and engineering based program funded by KIA with a three year implementation phase.
All 8th grade classrooms will use the JetToy Challenge during their Force & Motion Unit
Training for the JetToy Challenge will occur in September of 2013 prior to teaching the unit
The Motorized Toy Car is being evaluated for use in an exploratory class
The Glider Challenge is being evaluated for use in an ELT class
We are fortunate to have two content planning days for each subject area scheduled for the 2013-2014 school year
The content planning days will be two consecutive school days
The dates will be shared with you once they have been finalized on the professional learning calendar
The remaining slides will touch on some of the issues we will be discussing during these content planning days
In early May, science teachers came together to revise common unit assessments
Previous test questions and sample questions from other tests were used to develop preliminary common unit assessments
We will begin this process in social studies as well
Constructed Response
Items will be added to each Common Unit Assessment
Additional items will be developed for each unit as supplemental resources
The requirements and grading of the constructed response items will be discussed in more detail during our upcoming content planning days
Formative Assessment
Items will be developed for each unit that should be used as Formative Assessments.
These items may be constructed response items as previously discussed or they may be in another format
Formative Assessment will be discussed in more detail during our upcoming content planning days
OAS (Online Assessment System)
Due to a lack of computer lab time, OAS has not been a practical option in previous years
Additionally, OAS questions have not been the best examples of aligned content (many questions are still from QCC objectives)
However, OAS has been revised
In our efforts to develop constructed response and formative assessment items, we will re-evaluate OAS items.
This past year, we started the process of curriculum alignment. The process is massive and it still on-going.
Content Unit pages will be revised or developed based on this curriculum alignment
Some content maps, concepts, or essential questions may be revised during the alignment process
http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/curriculum1/science/8_science/waves/waves.html
Pretest window August 12th – 16th
The pretest does not have to be given all on one day
The first unit overlaps with the pretest window
Remediate and/or Accelerate Days
For most units, there are two days at the end of the unit designated for remediation or acceleration
Principals agreed to return to our previous benchmark schedule; therefore, some groups may have Benchmark II after Spring Break
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