Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Welcome to State Leadership Team Training 4
May 2014
Introductions
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As a state team, discuss your success
story since Training 3
Designate someone to share the success
story
Each team member share your name and
title
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April Software Updates
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Newly Released Features – Demo
Resubmission Process
Select Features Coming May – Preview
Collaboration Functionality
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Newly Released Features
Features that will benefit SLT members:
•Ability to access SNE members’ resources via the
Individual Contributor and Reviewer Report
Features that will benefit Resource Contributors:
•Ability to recall and edit a submitted resource before
Gatekeeping begins
•Ability to view and respond to reviewer feedback during
resubmission of a resource
•Ability to upload Copyright Clearance Forms to a space not
visible to Digital Library end users
Features that will benefit Resource Reviewers:
•Ability to review resubmitted resources previously reviewed by
the original reviewer (including access to your previous feedback
and new comments from the contributors)
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Select Features Coming May
• Expanded collaboration functionality
• Updated resource cards
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Impact of Low Hanging Fruit Effort
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Resource Queue Breakdown
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Review Capacity
Solutions Under Consideration
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SLT Super Reviewers: Quickly work through the
~800 resources currently at the start of the
queue
SNE Supplemental Review Agreements: SLT
members will recommend SNE members for
completing reviews beyond original contract
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SLT Super Reviewers
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Previously trained SLT members with experience in
the Formative Assessment Process
Focus on reviewing resources that have not been
reviewed by any SNE members
Complete Gatekeeping and 1st Quality Criteria
review or 2nd Quality Criteria review (3rd Quality
Criteria Reviews are not required). Also complete
reviews of resubmissions.
Each individual must have significant availability to
review resources. Expectation to review 105
resources before September 2014
Super Reviewers will be paid by resource, not by
review or hour, at $75/resource
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Super Reviewers Process
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SLT members interested in being a Super
Reviewer, email Chrys Mursky @
Chrys.Mursky@smarterbalanced.org.
The process for Super Reviewer selection will
be communicated at a later date
Chrys will send a final list of Super Reviewers to
Amplify for onboarding
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Supplemental Reviewers
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Review-only agreement for existing SNE
members who are on track for completing all 12
reviews in their original agreement and are
recommended by SLT members because of
their quality reviews.
Each agreement is to complete 21 additional
reviews beyond the baseline agreement of 12
for a stipend of $900 (3 payments of $300 each
that coincide with remaining payment cycles)
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Supplemental Reviewers Process
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Smarter Balanced will change states’
allotments of original SNE agreements and
create a general pool of Supplemental Review
Agreements.
SLT Leads will receive a sample email with a
copy of the Agreement to send to SNE
members who are on track for completing all 12
reviews in their original agreement
SLT Leads will send names and signed
contracts to PCG for confirmation
SLT members will complete payment
spreadsheets to report each member's progress
vs. their agreements
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Break
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Review Commissioned Modules
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Module introduction and purpose
– ~15-minute interactive, online professional
learning experience
– Transform educational practice unlike any
other existing CCSS resources
– Coach educators to use the formative
assessment process and embody the process
in module design
– Reflect UDL principles and support for diverse
groups of learners
– Engage educators long enough to
communicate essential ideas, but short
enough that educators will use them
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Proposed List of Commissioned Modules
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30 Assessment Literacy Modules
31 ELA Modules
31 Math Modules
10 Score Reports
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Module Demonstration
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Uber Modules
Module components
– Introduction of Learning Goals & Success Criteria
– Overviews about the Formative Assessment Process,
Smarter Balanced Assessment System, Modules
– Vignettes (animated or live-action videos) or Rich
Media Examples (images/text, interactive images,
images with voice overs)
– Learning Events (interactive component to practice
the learning)
– Reflection Questions
– Apply Ideas Interaction
– Toolkit
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Explore Commissioned Modules
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Download the Graphic Organizer from
SLT Webpage:
amplify.com/smarter-balanced-slt
As you review the module, complete your
organizer:
– What are the key shifts?
– How is the Formative Assessment Process
exemplified in this module?
– What strategies are focused on in the
module?
– What questions do you anticipate teachers to
have?
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Commissioned Modules
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State Discussion
State Table Share-out
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Lunch
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State Planning: Commissioned Modules
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Download the graphic organizer from the SLT
webpage: amplify.com/smarter-balanced-slt
Review the graphic organizer and example
Develop a plan to train SNE members to use
the commissioned modules:
– Identify ways your SNE members can build off of the
modules to create their own materials to submit to the
Digital Library
– Identify ways your SNE members can use modules to
develop professional learning
State Share Out
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Break
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State-Level Data Sheets T-Chart
What did our data uncover?
Actions we will take as an SLT/
Ideas for Training 4
Our Quality Criteria reviews
are serious and feedback is
robust.
Thank the SNE members for
completing rigorous reviews;
Send each member’s Principal a
note of commendation about the
member’s contributions to all
educators in the consortium.
Reviewers tend to diverge
from the GK or QC when
completing reviews
During training, have members
complete practice GK and QC
reviews using the new guides and
review their feedback to ensure
that they are focusing on the
criteria and not diverging.
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SNE Gatekeeping and Quality Criteria
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SNE Gatekeeping
data spreadsheet
SNE data within
Individual Reports in
the Digital Library
Insights from
Arbitration
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Discuss findings,
identify barriers, and
brainstorm ways to
address the barriers
Complete T-Chart for
SLT Training 4
Gatekeeping Data Guiding Questions
• What reinforcements and reassurances can we provide our whole
SNE? specific members?
• What misunderstandings should we should clarify to our whole
SNE? to specific members?
• Which of our SNE members reviewed these resources? (See raw
data to answer).
• Are our SNE members kicking out resources for the right reasons?
• Did the resources they rated merit "No" answers to all of the
criteria? What clarifying guidance do SNEs need?
Quality Criteria Data Guiding Questions
• To what extent are our SNE members' posting recommendations
aligned with other SNEs?
• When our members' posting recommendations are somewhat or not
very aligned, does the raw data suggest any learning opportunities
for our SNEs?
• Does the data indicate a need for improvement goals?
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SLT Arbitration
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Closing
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Wrap-up
Ticket out the Door
Post-Day 1 Training Meeting for SLT
Leads
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Smarter Balanced Digital Library
Welcome to State Leadership Team Training 4
May 2014
Agenda
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Lingering Questions
Digital Library Preview
SLT Arbitration
SNE Planning for Training 4
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Digital Library Preview Period
June 3 – September 30, 2014
Test the initial
software
application
Provide users
access to an initial
set of resources
that will grow
Timeline and Process
Event
Date
User Provisioning Manual Sent to
States
5/19
K-12 Leads Digital Library Webinar
5/20
States Send Webinar Recording Link
and User Provisioning to Districts
5/20-6/3
Districts Prepare Templates for
Upload
5/19-6/3
Districts Upload Template
5/30-6/3
Digital Library Preview Starts
6/3
Resources for the Digital Library Preview
Period
Tutorial for the Digital Library (SLT webpage, Sent from WestEd on
5/21)
FAQ (Targeted for June 2)
Digital Library Informational Brochure (on the SLT webpage)
May 20, 2014 Webinar (SLT webpage, Sent from WestEd on 5/21)