Public Forum October 4 and 9

 Assignments are classified as practice, formative assessment and summative assessment  Only summative assessments are used to calculate final grade  Summative assessment may be redone for a better grade after the student has a better understanding of the material

 Montabella will receive NOTHING additional for this change  It is not mandated by the state  We are judged against other schools and districts on how well our students know the standards

 Adoption of the Common Core State Standards  Focus on what the student needs to know  Consistency from class to class through our schools

 Test Scores ◦ ACT OverallEnglishMathReadingScience State average difference State average difference

 Test Scores ◦ 8 th grade MEAP MathReadingScience %53%9% State %61 %16% difference-12%-8%-7% %56.7%8.2% State %56%14.9% difference-10.9%+0.7%-6.7%

 Breckenridge (Senior class only)  Tri-County (70% summative assessment, 30% enrichment)  Dansville (90% summative assessment—using the system school wide since )

 Dansville Data Average test score on Algebra II Chapter 6  2 years prior: 76% and 77%  3 years after: 84%, 82% and 88% ACT scores overallEnglishmathreadingscience After average Before average Difference

 Research, primarily from the work of Ken O’Connor. ◦ How to Grade for Learning, K-12 How to Grade for Learning, K-12 ◦ A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades  Discussions with teachers took place throughout the school year with the assistance of The Center for Excellence in Education.

 Monitoring of teacher assessments  Conversations with students and teachers  Development of a parent input group that will meet regularly to discuss continuing concerns or new issues as they arise

 Re-Assessments are allowed for all summative assessments  Summative assessment is not all about tests  Teachers can assess the knowledge in a variety of different ways. ReportsTests ProjectsPresentations QuizzesPapers

 Revolving reassessment window was put in place on October 1.  First assessments of a C or lower are exempt until after the 2 week reassessment window has passed. Also put in place on Oct 1.

 We recognize that there are some difficulties with eligibility and the new system.  We are testing a “new” eligibility system and gathering data prior to implementation  We ARE meeting the requirements through MHSAA for eligibility checks  Letters are going home to parents of athletes this week.