PTO Presentation on New Assessments
Fall 2014
Department of Academic Affairs
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Maintaining Excellence
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Common Core State Standards
New SS/Science Standards
Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
Next Generation Assessments
New Graduation Requirements
Third Grade Reading Guarantee
College Credit Plus
Technology Shifts
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What’s Coming This Year in Assessment?
• Testing Calendar
– Increase in the number of days/hours
– Technology-based
• The Next Generation Assessments in Ohio:
– PARCC in English/LA and Math in grades 4-8
– Social Studies test in grades 4, 6, and 8, American History
and Government at SHS.
– Science test in grades 5 and 8
– Seven End-of-Course (EOC) exams at the high school for
Class of 2018 (freshmen) and OGT for upperclassmen
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What’s “new” about these assessments?
• Elevated levels of RIGOR on all measures
– Students must demonstrate deeper
understanding and knowledge of the content.
– Students must identify: claims, evidence and
reasoning at all levels.
– Students must use technology with confidence
and efficiency to show what they know.
– Students must have stamina for the length of
each test.
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Comparison of OAA/OGT and PARCC
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Comparison of OAA/OGT and PARCC
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Comparison of OAA/OGT and PARCC
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Comparison of OAA/OGT and PARCC
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Content Resources
• MAP (fall, winter, spring)
• AIMS Web
• Compass Learning
• Collections
• Digits and envision
• Math Trail Blazers
• Innovations
• IXL
• Chrome Books
• Google Apps for Education
Many more….
Professional Development
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Google Apps for Education
Vetted online resources
Assessment Literacy
PARCC Tools
OCBA Tools
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What is Assessment Literacy?
Choosing and creating assessments that truly measure
what they are intended to measure; content AND skills.
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
In Ohio’s 2002 Standards, Bloom’s Taxonomy was
helpful to identify the level of rigor.
Teachers were encouraged to pay attention to verbs
to identify the level of cognitive complexity.
4th Grade: Identify examples of cause and effect.
6th Grade: Analyze examples of cause and effect.
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Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
Many of Ohio’s new learning standards require
teachers to look beyond the verb to determine the
level of cognitive complexity.
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Time for ACTIVE Learning!!
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What Mental Processing Must Occur?
DOK = Complexity:
Describe the physical features of a
plant.
Describe how the two political parties
are alike and different.
Describe the most significant effect of
WWII on the nations of Europe.
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Assessment Methods
Selected
Response
Constructed
Response
Performance
 Multiple
Choice
 Matching
 True/False
 Short
Answer
 Extended
Response
 Essay
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Product
Visual
Verbal
Physical
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Webb’s DOK and Assessment Method
Level I and Level II
 Usually one right answer
 Usually assessed by selected response or constructed response
Level III and Level IV
 More than one correct answer or approach is possible and may
involve real-world applications in new situations
 Usually assessed by constructed response or product/performance
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Target Method Match
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Target
I.
Recall
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Skill/
Concept
IV.
Extended
Thinking
III.
Thinking
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Method
(SR)
Selected
Response
(CR)
Constructed
Response
(Product)
Product
Performance
(Performance)
Physical
Verbal/Visual
Performance
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Which Assessment Method?
Identify the eight major planets in the solar system.
- What is the DOK level of this learning
expectation?
- What methods would be good choices for
assessment?
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Which Assessment Method?
Make a line plot to display a data set of
measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8).
- What is the DOK level of this learning
expectation?
- What methods would be good choices for
assessment?
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Which Assessment Method?
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons
and relevant evidence.
- What is the DOK level of this learning
expectation?
- What methods would be good choices for
assessment?
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Which Assessment Method?
Create a series of bar graphs that show kinetic energy,
potential energy, and thermal energy for eight
different positions on a roller coaster.
- What is the DOK level of this learning
expectation?
- What methods would be good choices for
assessment?
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Which Assessment Method?
Compare and contrast visual forms of expression
found throughout local regions and in different
cultures of the world.
- What is the DOK level of this learning
expectation?
- What methods would be good choices for
assessment?
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PARCC and OCBA Tools
• http://www.parcconline.org/
• http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/
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How are we preparing students?
• Daily instruction that is CCSS aligned
• Resources that are CCSS aligned
• Classroom tests that are more
rigorous/require more stamina
• Teaching of literacy across content
• Guided "struggle”
• Use of PARCC/OCBA tutorials/practice tests
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How are we preparing students?
Develop ownership of their learning
–Where am I now?
–Where am I going?
–Am I on the right path to close the gap?
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Student Ownership
Students know and
understand learning
targets and success
criteria
Students and
teachers collect
ACCURATE
evidence
Students
receive
feedback
to propel
learning
forward
Students self assess, track
learning, set goals and
communicate learning
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How are we partnering with parents?
• Parent Communications throughout the year
to inform of these changes and identify ways
parents can help at home
– PTO presentations first semester
– Parent information meeting second semester
– School newsletters
– Facebook blasts
– Website
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Let’s hit it out of the PARCC!
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