Afternoon Session
Getting Into the Grade Level
Content Standards
Grade 6
Grade Level Emphasis
Getting Into the Grade Level
Content Standards
Grade 7
Descriptive Analysis
Next Generation Unit Plans and
Performance Assessments
Teach 21
- Go to the WV Department of Education
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Click on Teach 21
Curriculum
Content Standards and Objectives
Next Generation CSOs
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
An Assessment System to Support Teaching and Learning
Item and Task Specifications and Sample
Items
Sample assessment items and tasks are
included in item/task specifications:
www.smarterbalanced.org/itemspecs
Live sample items and tasks:
www.sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org
Go to the Smarter Website
1. http://www.smarterbalanced.org
2. Click on Smarter Balanced Assessment (top
of page)
3. In drop down, scroll to Sample Items and
Performance Tasks
4. In task bar, click on View More Sample
Items
5. In drop down, click on Choose 6-8 or High
School
How are the test items different?
How are the test items similar?
THEN
NOW
ADE is inside ABCD. Point E is halfway between points
B and C on the rectangle.
Side AB is 8 cm and side AD is 7 cm.
Part A: What is the area of ADE?
Part B: What is the ratio of the area of ABE to the area
of ADE?
Part C: What is the ratio of the area of DCE to the area of
ABCD?
Which equation is
represented by the graph?
A.2y + x = 10
B. y - 2x = -5
C. -2y = 10x – 4
D.2y = - 4x - 10
The three different linear functions below are represented
in three different ways, as shown.
X
f(x)
-3
3
6
-9
3
9
(I)
2y + 3 = 3x
(II)
(III)
Which function has the greatest rate of change? Does any pair of
functions have the same rate of change?
Justify your answer.
The diagram on the right
shows a pillow Chris wants
to cover with fabric.
•What is the total surface area of the pillow? Round your answer to the
nearest hundredth.
Show your work:
Answer _________ square inches
•If Chris shortens the length of the pillow from 15 in to 12 in, how much less
fabric will she need? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
Show your work:
Answer _______square inches
Calculator Use on the Smarter
Balanced Math Assessments
How will Smarter Balanced decide when
and how to allow calculators?
Grades 6-HS
• Calculators are available for a small proportion
of grade 6 items and gradually increase in
availability as students progress toward high
school.
• Calculators will be available for most or all of
the high school math items.
Resources
• Common Core State Standards Initiative
http://www.corestandards.org/Math
• Achieve the Core
http://www.achievethecore.org/
• Illustrative Mathematics
http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/
• The Hunt Institute Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute?feature=watch
• WVDE Office of Instruction
http://wvde.state.wv.us/instruction/math.html
Resources
• National Science Digital Library – Serving STEM Education
http://nsdl.org/search/standards/D10003FB
• University of Arizona – Progressions Documents for the CCSS – M
http://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions/
• Hawaii State Department of Education – Standards
Database http://wetserver.net/hcpsv3_staging/cc/common-core.jsp
• Council of Chief State School Officers
http://spaces.ccsso.org/CCSSO/Home
• iTunes Preview – CCSS Apps
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-standards/id439424555