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DYNAMIC LEARNING MAPS

Missouri Department of Elementaryand Secondary Education

2015 MO-CASE FALL CONFERENCE Presented by: Bonnie Aaron &

Tiffani Muessig

September 2014

PURPOSE2

To provide a basic overview of the New MAP-A developed by Dynamic Learning Maps consortium

LEARNING OUTCOMES:3

To provide a basic overview of: Learning Maps Claims and Conceptual Areas Essential Elements Linkage Levels and Nodes Instructionally Relevant Items

(Testlets) Item Types

LEARNING OUTCOMES:4

What do educators need to know and do right now?

Security Agreement Required Trainings KITE First Contact Survey Personal Needs and Preferences Released Practice Testlets Practice Testlets for Students Blueprint

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Basic Overview

Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)

What is Dynamic Learning Maps? The DLM project is guided by the core belief that all

students should have access to challenging grade-level content

The new DLM Alternate Assessment System will let students with significant cognitive disabilities show what they know in ways that traditional testing cannot

The Dynamic Learning Maps Are designed to map a student’s learning throughout the year Uses items and tasks that are embedded in day-to-day

instruction Integrates testing and instruction to inform teaching and

benefit students

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What makes DLM unique?

Assessments can be delivered on PC MAC Desktops Laptops iPads Interactive whiteboards

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AAC Devices Have Given Freedom

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The Big Picture9

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Learning maps are the many different pathways a student may take to learn a skill or concept.

What are Learning Maps?

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DLM’s Multiple Pathways12

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Claims are broad statements about what students are expected to learn and to be able to demonstrate within ELA and mathematics content areas.

What are Claims?

Claims . . .14

Identify major domains of interest in English language arts and math for students with significant cognitive disabilities

Are broad statements about expected student learning that serve to focus the scope of the assessment

Help organize the structures in the learning map for this population of students

English Language Arts Claims

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Conceptual areas further define specific knowledge and skills required to meet the broad claims identified by DLM.

What are Conceptual Areas?

Conceptual Areas . . .

Are areas within the learning map that have nodes directly related to the Essential Elements

Represent concepts and skills that support the learning of the Essential Elements

Are groups of connected concepts and skills Serve as models of how students may acquire

and organize their content knowledge

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Conceptual Area ELA.C1.118

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Essential Elements are specific statements of knowledge and skills linked to the Missouri Learning Standards.

What are Essential Elements?

Essential Elements20

EEsMLSMost SCD

Essential Elements Continued . . . . Alternate standards aligned to Missouri

Learning Standards Developed by content specialists

(educators)

Provide links between the standards and grade level expectations for students with significant cognitive disabilities

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Crosswalk from Missouri Learning Standards to Essential Elements

Missouri Learning Standards Essential Elements

ELA.RL.4.3 English Language Arts Reading Literature Grade 4 Standard 3:

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g. a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

ELA.EE.RL.4.3 Essential Element Reading Literature Grade 4 Standard 3:

Use details from the text to describe characters in the story.

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Linkage levels are small sections of the learning map that contain one or more nodes.

What are Linkage Levels?

Linkage Levels24

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What are Nodes?26

Learning Map

Essential Element

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Linkage

Nodes

Linkage

Nodes

Five Linkage Nodes

Five linkages to each Essential Element Link the Essential Elements to the learning

map Initial precursor nodeDistal precursor nodeProximal precursor nodeTarget nodeSuccessor node

Where a student enters the map based on the First Contact Survey

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Instructionally relevant testlets are sets of 3-8 items and an engagement activity.

What are Instructionally Relevant Testlets?

Engagement Activity30

Precedes a testlet and introduces the concept to be addressed

Describes a scenario and provides context for the items

Taps prior knowledge or experience

Testlets

Are used for instruction AND testing Increase the instructional relevance of the

assessment Provide a better estimate of the students’

knowledge, skills and abilities Provide more reliable and valid indicators of

student performance than current status collection of evidence

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Each testlet will feature a variety of different types of questions.

What item types will be used?

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ITEM TYPES USED IN TESTLETS

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Multiple choice Technology enhanced

Matching Sorting Labeling

Teacher administered Engagement Activity

Multiple Choice34

Matching35

Sorting36

Educator Administered Assessment37

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What do I need to know and do right now?

Now what?

Educator Portal Login39

Security Agreement40

Required Test Administration Training41

Missouri’s Guide to Required Test Administration Training 2014-2015

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FIRST CONTACT SURVEY43

A comprehensive questionnaire completed by the student’s teacher based on the teacher’s knowledge of the student’s performance, skills, and knowledge

Used in conjunction with the Personal Needs and Preferences Profile to determine where a student initially enters the KITE Student Portal assessment system

Completed by the student’s teacher in the KITE Educator Portal

Completed once a year and edited or adjusted as needed

First Contact Survey44

GO TO EDUCATOR PORTAL Complete the First Contact Survey for each

student

Personal Needs and Preferences

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Student-specific information that tells the DLM test delivery system what the needs are for individual users.

The PNP includes information the system needs to make the student’s user interface compatible with his or her accessibility needs. In DLM™, the PNP profile includes information about display enhancements, language and Braille, and audio and environment supports.

Educators who know the student provide the information in the profile.

PERSONAL NEEDS AND PREFERENCES46

Customization for each student.

Released Practice Testlets47

Practice Test48

Have the students practice taking the test

Planning49

Plan and provide instruction using the essential elements blueprints Do not forget the manipulatives!

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The Missouri Blueprints contain EEs that will be used for testing.

What are Blueprints?

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Now You’re Ready!52

Now the student is ready for the instructionally embedded operational assessment (Phase A,B,C)

ASSESSMENTS53

Beginning of Year Teacher chooses Essential Elements for each student

During the Year Teaching and instructionally embedded assessments

Spring Testing Window Re-assess Essential Elements

2014-2015 DLM Assessment Calendar54

NEW MAP –A Assessment Calendar

October 13-31 Field Testing

November 10 – December 19 Field TestingOperational Testing

January 5 - March 13 Field TestingOperational Testing

March 30-May 22 ELA and math

School Year 2014-2015 MAP-A for ELA & Mathematics

Instructionally relevant testlets begin August 2014 Used for instruction and operational data

One or two per week in ELA and mathematics Based on new Essential Elements (replace

current APIs) 2015 spring window new MAP-A in ELA and

mathematics Used for federal and state accountability

ELA and mathematics grades 3-8 and grade 11

2015 spring window

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What about Science?

The new MAP-A Science Assessment pilot testing will begin this spring

Until further notice: Continue to test Science with the current status

collection of evidence in: Grades 5, 8 and 11

January and February collection windows

Continue to use current Science APIs.

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Professional Development Resources Available consortium and DESE professional

development resources: Glossary of terms

Essential Elements

DESE weekly e-mail DLM updates

DLM website www.dynamiclearningmaps.org

DLM Frequently Asked Questions http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/pdf/State%20Inquiry%20FAQs%2020130821.pdf

Self directed learning modules http://dynamiclearningmaps.org/unc/modules.html

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The Next Generation of Alternate Assessments ALL students are being prepared for life,

work, and citizenship, including students with the most significant cognitive disability.

Preparation for graduation begins the day the student enters school.

Dynamic Learning Maps consortium is creating the next generation of alternate assessments as part of that preparation.

We have a bigger focus on what students CAN do rather than what students cannot do.

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THANK YOU

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