Considering your experience and expertise, what do you bring to this work?

Developing a Core Curriculum

Common Core Standards in ELA and Literacy

Dual Language and Bilingual Programs

Writing Assessment

August 2011

Preliminary Approach to Common Core Readiness

Juwen Lam – Research, Assessment and DataSarah Breed – Leadership, Curriculum and InstructionPhil Tucher – Leadership Curriculum and Instruction

August 2011

Ice Breaker: How much time did you spend this summer thinking about STAR Data?

Using the clicker, press:

1. NOT AT ALL – I was on vacation!

2. It crossed my mind but I really wanted to relax

3. I called/e-mailed once or twice just to check

4. It’s all I thought about

6

44 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards

* Maine and Washington have adopted the CCSS provisionally** Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA only

I can describe at least one strategy at my school site which prepares students for the Common Core Standards.

1. YES2. NO3. NOT SURE

Using the clicker, press:

Assessments: Past – Present – Future

Each state has its own assessment system which makes comparison

between states virtually impossible

Relies on multiple choice items

Measures proficiency against state standards, not college and career

Comparability between states

Use multiple measures

More rigorous tests measuring student progress towards college and career

SMARTER OR PARCC

Future

STAR

Past and Present

Which consortium does California belong to as of August 2011?

Using the clicker, press:

1. Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC)

2. Smarter Balanced (SMARTER)

Examples of future literacy assessment items

Reading Comprehension

Based on the article, explain how Hynemann’s background and experience have helped him become a successful special effects technician and television star. Support your answer with relevant and specific information from the article.

Article on Jamie Hynemann: Animatronics, Robots and MythBusters

Writing Composition

Often in works of literature, something positive can emerge from a difficult situation. Select a work of literature you have read in or out of school in which something positive emerges from a difficult situation. Identify the work, describe the situation and explain how something positive emerges from it.

Examples of future math assessment itemsShort Answer/Constructed Response Items

Performance Based Items

Jordan has a machine part that is thirty-two thousandths of an inch thick. What is thirty-two thousandths written as a decimal? _________

Four children each a bag of grapes. The table below shows the number of grapes in each child’s bag.

Child Number of Grapes

Greta 30Karen 27Nate 24Dave 33

A. Use the information in the table to make a bar graph. Label your graph and include a title. Your scale must be greater than 1.

B. Use the data from your graph to write a question that compares the numbers of grapes in the children’s bags.

C. Answer the question you wrote in part (b).

Think/Pair Share

Choose a partner (or a trio)

Is there an assessment at your school site that already contains performance based items?

How will you build on this?

When you hear the music, please thank you partner.

Timeline to the New Generation of Assessments

Implementation of SMARTER Balanced Assessment in California

Literacy Math Integration of Other Subjects

Professional Development

Assessment

Continue with STAR for

accountability

Continued implementation of 4th – 9th grade Process Writing Assessments (K – 3rd highly recommended)

Implementation of computer based Scholastic Reading Inventory for 6-12, K-5 pencil and paper

Professional development on PWA calibration

~10%-15% of all math benchmark items will be short answer

1 performance-based item per benchmark (K-5 optional)

All K-5 pilot performance-based item after STAR testing Professional development on scoring short answer and performance based items

Preliminary development of writing based Science assessments in 7th grade Life Science and High School Biology

2011 – 2012

Build awareness of the rationale for Common Core Standards

Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy Calibrate scoring in preparation for assessments using multiple measures

Implementation

Literacy Math Integration of Other

SubjectsProfessional

Development

Assessment

Continue with STAR

K – 9th grade implementation of Process Writing Assessment

Benchmarks contain a combination of items:1.multiple choice2.short answer 3.performance-based

Pilot writing based Science assessments in 7th grade Life Science and High School Biology

Field testing

SMARTER Balanced Assessment Items

2011 – 2012 2012 – 2013Implementation

Assess awareness of the rationale for Common Core Standards and continue development

Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy Continue calibrating scoring in preparation for assessments using multiple measures

Literacy Math Integration of Other

SubjectsProfessional

Development

Assessment

Continue with STAR

Field testing of SMARTER Balanced Interim (Benchmark) Assessment Items

Assess knowledge of Common Core Standards and continue development

Strengthen the application of the principles of Academic Language and Literacy

Implementation of Technology

2013 – 2014Implementation

On a scale of 1 - 4, what is your comfort level in articulating the plan to implement the Common Core Standards to your staff?

1. Not comfortable 2. Somewhat comfortable 3. Comfortable4. Very comfortable

APPENDIX

PARCC SMARTER Governing States Full commitment to implementing the new assessment system by 2014-2015 Each state controls one vote on the governing board

ArizonaArkansasDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaLouisianaMarylandMassachusetts New YorkRhode IslandTennessee

CaliforniaConnecticutHawaiiIdahoKansasMaineMichiganMissouriMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNorth CarolinaOregonUtahVermontWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsin

Participating or Advisory States Engages at some level in the consortium activities but have NOT committed to implementing one particular assessment system

AlabamaColoradoDelawareKentucky

New JerseyNorth Dakota

OhioOklahoma

PennsylvaniaSouth Carolina

Mississippi

IowaNew HampshireSouth DakotaWyoming

States not belonging to either consortium:Alaska, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia

The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)

Last 12 weeks of the year

INTERIM ASSESSMENTSScope, sequence, number and timing of interim assessments locally determined

Beginning of the year

PERFORMANCEASSESSMENT

(TASKS/EVENTS)Reading, Writing,

Math

END OF YEARASSESSMENT

EOY

OPTIONAL

DIGITAL LIBRARY of formative assessments, released items and tasks, model instructional units, educator training, and professional development tools and resources, scoring training modules, and teacher collaboration tools.

Formative assessments will mirror summative comprehensive assessments.

All of the above assessments will provide students with information regarding their achievement, growth, and progress towards college and career readiness.

FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

PartnersSMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium

WestEd

Linda Darling-Hammond Policy Advisor

Referenced list of researchers, educators, and state leaders

For more information, please visit

http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/default.aspx