Literacy Instruction and the SBAC Claims Teaching with the End in Mind Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

Objectives Distinguish between the two assessment components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) Define the four SBAC literacy claims and their role in instructional planning Understand how the ELA Curriculum Maps can be used to plan rigorous standards-based instruction that will prepare students for SBAC Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC: Summative Assessment The Smarter Balanced Assessment: Assesses the full range of Common Core in ELA and Math for students in Grades 3-8 and 11. Measures current student achievement and growth across time, showing progress toward college and career readiness. Is administered within the last 12 weeks of the instructional year. Includes two parts: Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) Performance Task (PT) Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC: Components Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)Performance Task (PT) Educational Service Center North - LAUSD Administered electronically Program adjusts difficulty of question Correct Answer = More challenging items Incorrect Answer = Less challenging items Administered electronically NOT computer adaptive Questions/activities coherently connected to single theme/ scenario Apply knowledge/skills to real world problems Measures Depth of understanding Writing and research skills Complex analysis

SBAC: Estimated Testing Times for ELA Test Questions 4 Test Questions Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC: Organization Educational Service Center North - LAUSD HANDOUT 1

SBAC Claims: What are they? Broad statements that outline the outcomes achieved with mastery of the standards within that claim Reflect the broader goals of college and career readiness Derived from the Common Core State Standards Basis for the development of SBAC items and tasks Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claims: What are they? Overall Claim for Grades 3-8 Students can demonstrate progress toward college and career readiness in English language arts and literacy. Overall Claim for Grade 11 Students can demonstrate college and career readiness in English language arts and literacy. Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claims: What are they? Claim 1: Reading Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts. Claim 2: Writing Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences. Claim 3: Speaking and Listening Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences. Claim 4: Research and Inquiry Students can engage in research and inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information. Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claims: What are they? Claims Outline the outcomes achieved with mastery of the standards. Targets Detail the evidence required to support each claim. Each claim has a number of targets. Standards Targets focus on skills and knowledge that cross a cluster of standards. Several standards are associated with each target. Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claims: What are they? SBAC Claim 1: Reading Claim 2: Writing Claim 3: Speaking/Listening Claim 4: Research Target 1: Plan/Research Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources Target 4: Use Evidence RI-1, RH-1, RST-1 RH-7, RST-7 RH-8, RST-8 RH-9, RST-9 W-1b W-8, WHST-8 W-9, WHST-9 Target 5: Language/Vocabulary Use Target 6: Edit Target 7: Technology Educational Service Center North - LAUSD HANDOUT 2

SBAC Claim 1: Reading (Middle School) Literary Text 45% of text-related evidence will come from: Stories Poems Plays/drama Myths Mysteries Science fiction Informational Text 55% of text-related evidence will come from: Biographies Science Social studies Technical texts/topics Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claim 2: Writing (Middle School) Assessment evidence will come from composing, revising, and/or editing narrative writing. 30% Assessment evidence will come from composing, revising, and/or editing explanatory/informational writing based on evidence from given sources. 35% Assessment evidence will come fro composing, revising, and/or editing argumentative writing based on evidence from given sources. 35% Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claim 3: Speaking & Listening Listening Speaking Target 1 Language & Vocabulary Use Target 2 Clarify Message Target 3 Plan/Speak/Present Target 4 Listen/Interpret: Analyze, interpret, and use information delivered orally. Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

SBAC Claim 4: Research Analyze information within and among sources of information (print and non-print texts, data sets, conducting procedures, etc.). Analyze/ Integrate Information Use reasoning, evaluation, and evidence to assess the credibility and accuracy of each source in order to gather and select information to support analysis, reflection and research. Evaluate Information/ Sources Cite evidence to support analyses, arguments, or critiques. Use Evidence Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

If traditional test prep won’t prepare our students for the SBAC, then what will? Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

ELA Curriculum Maps 5 Instructional Windows Standards bundles to be taught within each Instructional Window An essential question and a culminating task for each Instructional Window Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

ELA Curriculum Maps: Focus Standards Educational Service Center North - LAUSD HANDOUT 3

ELA Curriculum Maps: Focus Standards Focus Standards include ALL of the standards assessed on the SBAC summative assessment. CCSS Language Standard 6: Academic Vocabulary Ongoing Standards incorporated into all Instructional Windows Found in all claims Focus Standards are bundled Connects skills across domains Identifies a dominant literacy skill per Instructional Window Encourages thematic teaching Educational Service Center North - LAUSD What are the implications for non- ELA classrooms?

ELA Curriculum Maps: Year-at-a-Glance Educational Service Center North - LAUSD Which texts will I teach? What academic vocabulary will I teach? What tasks will students do to engage with the content? How will students demonstrate mastery? HANDOUT 4

ELA Curriculum Maps: Text Sets Anchor text Largest focus Be explicit Additional texts Reflect anchor text Varied complexity 1/3 Complex 1/3 Moderately Complex 1/3 Readily Accessible Entry point for students Educational Service Center North - LAUSD HANDOUT 4

ELA Curriculum Maps: Text Sets If… SBAC questions and activities are coherently connected to text sets around a single theme or scenario, Then… Overarching themes can help unify each Instructional Window in the ELA Curriculum Maps. Educational Service Center North - LAUSD HANDOUT 4

ELA Curriculum Maps: Text Sets Educational Service Center North - LAUSD Poetry Excerpts from Scottsboro Limited, Four Poems and a Play in Verse -Langston Hughes Nonfiction The Strange Story of the Man Behind “Strange Fruit” -By Elizabeth Blair (NPR) Online Exhibit Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education -Smithsonian Historical Fiction The Power of One -Bryce Courtenay

ELA Curriculum Maps: A Closer Look 1 Lang., POV, Text Structure: Central Idea Development 2 Text Structure: Theme/ Character Development 3 Text Structure: Author’s Purpose/POV 4 Narrator’s/ Speaker’s Point of View 5 Resiliency Research Project Instructional Windows Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

ELA Curriculum Maps: A Closer Look 1 Lang., POV, Text Structure: Central Idea Development Anchor Text: Nonfiction 2 Text Structure: Theme/ Character Development Anchor Text: Fiction 3 Text Structure: Author’s Purpose/POV Anchor Text: Nonfiction 4 Narrator’s/ Speaker’s Point of View Anchor Text: Fiction 5 Resiliency Research Project N/A Instructional Windows Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

ELA Curriculum Maps: A Closer Look 1 Lang., POV, Text Structure: Central Idea Development Anchor Text: Nonfiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Narrative 2 Text Structure: Theme/ Character Development Anchor Text: Fiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Narrative 3 Text Structure: Author’s Purpose/POV Anchor Text: Nonfiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Argument 4 Narrator’s/ Speaker’s Point of View Anchor Text: Fiction Writing Focus: Personal Nar. Argument 5 Resiliency Research Project N/A Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Instructional Windows Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

ELA Curriculum Maps: A Closer Look 1 Lang., POV, Text Structure: Central Idea Development Anchor Text: Nonfiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Narrative Culminating Task: Inform/Expl. 2 Text Structure: Theme/ Character Development Anchor Text: Fiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Narrative Culminating Task: Inform/Expl. 3 Text Structure: Author’s Purpose/POV Anchor Text: Nonfiction Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Argument Culminating Task: Argument 4 Narrator’s/ Speaker’s Point of View Anchor Text: Fiction Writing Focus: Personal Nar. Argument Culminating Task: Personal Narrative 5 Resiliency Research Project N/A Writing Focus: Inform/Expl. Culminating Task: Project & Presentation Instructional Windows Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

What shifts in planning and instruction must occur in order to ensure that our students are able to demonstrate mastery of the SBAC Claims, Targets, and Standards? Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

Bringing it all Together As you look at available textbooks and resources: What are your anchor text selections? What are your supplemental text selections? Keep in mind: Texts should provide multiple opportunities to teach specified literacy skills for each Instructional Window Choices should include a variety of text types Texts should be at varying degrees of complexity Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

Resources ESC North Secondary ELA/Literacy Website achieve.lausd.net/north Instruction—ELA—Secondary ELA Curriculum Maps ELA Curriculum Map One-Pagers Educational Service Center North - LAUSD

Resources Current Anthologies LAUSD Consumables New York Times: The Learning Network How to Use This Blog Teaching Topics What’s Going on in this Picture? NewsELA Informational Text Selections— Informational Text Sets— Smithsonian Tween Tribune Educational Service Center North - LAUSD