Parent Leadership
Academy Workshop
How to prepare your child for
the Smarter Balanced
Assessment
Office of
Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Presented by:
Dr. Beth Bray, Supervisor
Danielle Saldavia, Program Specialist
Elementary
Division
Goals for this Presentation
• Provide detailed information on
the Smarter Balanced
Assessment
• Provide strategies for you to
help your child succeed on the
Smarter Balanced Assessment
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Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Three Types of
Assessments
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Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium
● Untimed
● Four sections to the test
○ English/language arts- Computer Adaptive
(Approximately 44 questions)
○ English/language arts- Performance Task
(Approximately 2 Short Text and 1 Full Write
per task)
○ Math- Computer Adaptive (Approximately 31
questions)
○ Math Performance Task (Approximately 6
responses per task)
■ Computer adaptive- responds to students’
answers and adapts subsequent questions
Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014
Office of
Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium
Online test with multiple questions types
Multiple Choice- Single response
Multiple Choice- Multiple response
Hot Text
Evidence-based Selected Response
Table Fill In
Matching Tables
Short Text
Full text response
Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014
Office of
Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/
Office of
Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/
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Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Based on the latest information from Smarter Balanced released April 2014
Parent Resources
ELA CCSS
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/fina
lelaccssstandards.pdf
Math CCSS
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccs
smathstandardaug2013.pdf
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Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division
Parent Resources
Scroll Practice
This website is a great way to practice mouse skills.
http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/Classes/Intforkids/cns1.html
Mouse Practice
This website helps students learn clicking and dragging/ dropping
with the mouse.
http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html
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Drag and Drop Math
On the SBAC, students may need to drag numbers from one place to
another to show their answer. This game helps students to practice
with that skill.
http://mrnussbaum.com/draggablemain/index2/
Elementary
Division
Shape Sorter
On the SBAC, students will be asked to sort shapes into groups. This
game asks students to pick two rules, then correctly sort their shapes.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3581
Parent Resources
Interactive Patterns Blocks
On the SBAC, students will be asked to manipulate shapes digitally.
This website give students the chance to practice that skill.
http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html
Interactive Geoboard
On the SBAC, students may be asked to build a shape on a grid.
This game helps students with this skill.
http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/geoboard/
Typing/Keyboarding Skills
On the test, students will need to type their responses to a variety of
questions.
These programs will help students learn to keyboard accurately and
quickly.
http://www.e-learningforkids.org/computer-skills/lesson/keyboardingskills/
http://www.freetypinggame.net/
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Curriculum
and
Professional
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Division
Questions
Please feel free to contact us if you have
any other questions.
Beth Bray- beth.bray@abcusd.us
(562) 926-5566 ext. 21075
Danielle Saldaviadanielle.saldavia@abcusd.us
(562) 926-5566 ext. 21187
Diana Munoz- diana.munoz@abcusd.us
(562) 926-5566 ext. 21078
Office of
Curriculum
and
Professional
Learning
Elementary
Division