Working Smarter
As my colleague Jason Zimba
likes to say, you don’t teach
standards you teach
mathematics.
Bill McCallum
Mathematical Practices
Hunt Institute Video-Mathematical Practices
http://youtu.be/9pKcO9E4Flw
Mathematical Practices
1. Making sense of problems and persevering in solving
them
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Looking for and expressing regularity in repeated
reasoning
Asking Questions
Economics Teacher
http://youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA
Asking Questions
Success at the Core Video-Facilitating Peer
Learning
http://successatthecore.com/teacherdevelopment/featured-video.aspx?v=30
…a good teacher has changed from
“one who explains things so well
that students understand” to “one
who gets students to explain things
so well that they can be
understood.”
Steven C. Reinhart
Asking Questions
Success at the Core Video-Facilitating Peer
Learning
http://successatthecore.com/teacherdevelopment/featured-video.aspx?v=30
Assessment System
Annually
State Summative
Assessments
2-4 Times per year
People, Practices & Perceptions
End of Unit
Benchmark Common Assessments
1-4 Times a Month
Formative Common Assessments
Daily
Formative Classroom Assessments
OAKS Transition
Smarter Balanced Claims
Claim 1 – Concepts and Procedures
Apply, Explain and Interpret with
Precision and Fluency
Claim 2 – Problem Solving
Solve Complex Problems
Claim 3 – Communicating Reasoning
Construct Viable Arguments and Critique
the Reasoning of Others
Claim 4 – Modeling and Data Analysis
Analyze Real World Scenarios and
Construct Mathematical Models to
Interpret and Solve Problems
Smarter Balanced Estimated Times
Calculator Policy
Grades 3-5
No Calculator
Grades 6-8
Calculator Available and Not Available
Four Function Calculator Grade 6
Scientific Calculator Grade 7 and 8
High School
Calculator Available and Not Available
Graphing Calculator with Scientific and Regression
Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks
Scoring Question 1
Full credit response (1 point) includes
192 in3
No credit response (0 points) includes none of
the features of a full credit response
Scoring Question 2
Full credit response (1 point) includes
No credit response (0 points) incudes none of the
features of a full credit response
Scoring Question 3
Full credit response (2 points) includes
272
Partial credit response (1 point) includes all of
the following common mistakes
136, 176, 248, 256, 80, 224, 240
or square inches consistent with an error
question 3
No credit response (0 points) includes none of
the features of full or partial response
Scoring Question 4
Full credit response (2 points) includes
Comparing the proposed volume to the
requirements -orComparing the proposed surface area to the
requirements -orJudging the proposed dimensions to be
inappropriate
Partial credit response (1 point) includes
Valid comparisons but no judgment call
No credit response includes none of the features of
the full or partial response
Scoring Question 5
Full credit response (3 points) includes
Giving the dimensions for the cereal box
design -andExplaining how the design meets the volume
requirement -andExplaining how the design meets the surface area
requirement
Partial credit response (2 points) includes two of the full
credit features
Partial credit response (1 point) includes one of the full
credit features
No credit response (0 points) includes none of the full
credit features
Smarter Balanced Assessment System
English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3–8 and High School
BEGINNING
OF YEAR
END
OF YEAR
Formative Assessments
INTERIM ASSESSMENT
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
INTERIM ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE
TASKS
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
END OF YEAR
ADAPTIVE
ASSESSMENT
Calibrate Smarter Balanced to OAKS
Option 1
Set achievement level on
Smarter Balanced that
represents equivalent
rigor on OAKS
Option 2
Accept the “meets” level
set by Smarter Balanced.
Students must receive
adequate notice.
Accountability
Essential Skills
Smarter Balanced Targeting Up
Smarter Balanced Testing Opportunities
Common Core State Standards
What has been your CCSS implementation
strategy to date and what remains to be done?
Resources
Videos
Successatthecore.com
Hunt Institute
Article
http://courses.edtechleaders.org/
documents/patterns/neversay.pdf
Performance Task
smarterbalanced.org
bryan.toller@state.or.us
503-947-5832