Common Formative

Assessment

Essential Learnings

Standards/Benchmarks/Objectives

Guaranteed Viable

Curriculum

Data Analysis

Strategies

Individual & Collaboration

THE SEQUEL

A process that teams can use to filter the vast number of standards to determine which are

most essential

Identify the Essential Learnings, Target Outcomes or Power Standards

From state standards, common core, district objectives

The reason is to obtain a collective focus on what students must learn, which will lead to what will be monitored with common formative assessments

Based on 3 criteria

Endurance

Standard that students will need to know for a longer period of time.

Leverage

Standard is taught and used in more than one subject

Readiness

For the next level of learning

Teachers individually review the list of standards/objectives for a subject area.

Check the standards you believe to be power standards based on the criteria

Meet together, but work independently

Shouldn’t take to long

Gut reaction

Teacher teams need to come to agreement and build a consensus about which standards are essential learnings

Compare common checks Encourage discussion vs voting

This step might take some time

Note: Important that everyone has a voice

Alignment-

Check with other teams- grade level or cross-curricular

Look over what will likely be on state tests-

examine released items

Montana Analysis and Reporting System

Can find:

CRT release items

Item Analysis

Montana Common core field test items

grade 10-11-12

Smarter Balance sample test questions

I will email the link with the user name & password for these sites:

Next Step:

Unwrap and Analyze Standards

( Interpretation and intent )

It is important to decide when to teach each standard and how long it will take (units)

Common Formative Assessment