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© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Session 9 Getting to Know Your Students: Initial Assessments and Procedures EngageNY.org

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. We will be able to articulate the assessment procedures and the purpose of tools they will encounter in the first 60 days of instruction. 3 Objectives

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© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Kindergarten: Unit 2 Teacher Guide, pages 51–59 Unit 2 Student Workbook: worksheets 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 7.2, 10.1, 10.2, and PP2 First Grade: Unit 1 Teacher Guide, pages 50–77 Unit 1 Student Workbook. Worksheets: 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, Replacement Packets Some materials have been revised and have replacement pages for Teacher’s Guides and Student Workbooks in the following units:

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Managing Initial Assessments for Kindergarten Instructions Assessment Class Record Summary Sheets Analysis, scoring and interpretation Answer Key Copy of individual assessment Individual student record sheets Student WorkbookTeacher’s Guide 6

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Pretests are given to all students to establish a baseline against which to determine progress Unit 1/Lesson 4: Oral Blending Unit 1/ Lesson 6: Writing Strokes 7 Initial Kindergarten Pretests

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 8 Kindergarten (Group based on trend of data across first 5 Units) First Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Second Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Letter Name/Letter Sound Unit 2 Optional Pretest Unit 1 Placement Assessment For those children who fall below benchmarks on all other Unit 1 Assessments NA Writing Strokes Test End of Unit 2 Given to all students NA Word Recognition/Word Reading Unit 3, 4, 5 Given to all students; Expands to Word Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Recognition given to all students; no Word Reading Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Reading for students who fall below benchmarks on story reading assessments Story Comprehension NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those children who score AT OR ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment All Students Pseudo Word Reading OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8 For probing placement of incoming K students with very strong contextual reading skills Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only given for those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Assessment Only given to those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Code Diagnostic Test NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those falling below benchmark on Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading NA

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Optional Kindergarten Pretests Letter Sound and Letter Name 9 Sample Protocol and Score sheets Unit 2, Appendix B Unit 2, Appendix C

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Managing Initial Assessments First & Second Grade Flow charts are provided to help you visualize the order of placement assessments Assess to define strengths for grade preparation Problem solve to uncover earliest points of weakness in a students’ code knowledge 10 Sample from Assessment Flowchart

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Kindergarten (Group based on trend of data across first 5 Units) First Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Second Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Letter Name/Letter Sound Unit 2 Optional Pretest Unit 1 Placement Assessment For those children who fall below benchmarks on all other Unit 1 Assessments NA Writing Strokes Test End of Unit 2 Given to all students NA Word Recognition/Word Reading Unit 3, 4, 5 Given to all students; Expands to Word Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Recognition given to all students; no Word Reading Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Reading for students who fall below benchmarks on story reading assessments Story Comprehension NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those children who score AT OR ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment All Students Pseudo Word Reading OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8 For probing placement of incoming K students with very strong contextual reading skills Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only given for those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Assessment Only given to those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Code Diagnostic Test NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those falling below benchmark on Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading NA

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Word Recognition Assessment Administered whole group in k and Grade 1. In K, used as an end-of-unit test in most units to assess letter patterns taught within unit. In Grade 1, this is the first placement test administered. In Grade 2, is only administered as a placement test if students fall below benchmark on story comprehension tests. (administered individually) Grades 1 and 2 Word recognition assessments contain words with letter patterns taught in previous grade. 12 K, End-of Unit G1, G2, Placement Tests

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Word Recognition Assessment 13 Scoring/Interpretation Use individual score sheets to collect data Score sheets match the assessments line for line for diagnostic evaluation CKLA provides explicit guidelines for evaluating results Use results to plan targeted instruction and for grouping

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Kindergarten (Group based on trend of data across first 5 Units) First Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Second Grade (Group based on Formal Placement Assessment) Letter Name/Letter Sound Unit 2 Optional Pretest Unit 1 Placement Assessment For those children who fall below benchmarks on all other Unit 1 Assessments NA Writing Strokes Test End of Unit 2 Given to all students NA Word Recognition/Word Reading Unit 3, 4, 5 Given to all students; Expands to Word Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Recognition given to all students; no Word Reading Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Reading for students who fall below benchmarks on story reading assessments Story Comprehension NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those children who score AT OR ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment All Students Pseudo Word Reading OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8 For probing placement of incoming K students with very strong contextual reading skills Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only given for those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Assessment Only given to those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Code Diagnostic Test NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those falling below benchmark on Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading NA

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Story Comprehension Assessment In first grade, given to students who score AT OR ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition test In second grade, students begin with the story reading assessment. If student reaches benchmark, they move on to more complex story selections minutes Additional worksheets provided for students to complete individually after they finish assessment 15 First Grade Story with comprehension questions

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Story Comprehension Assessment 16 Second Grade Story Samples

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Pseudoword Assessment Administered individually For probing placement of incoming K students with very strong contextual reading skills In grades 1, and 2 only given for those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Purest test of student’s code knowledge in segmenting and blending words 17 First Grade Example

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Code Diagnostic Test Pinpoints specific letter- sound correspondences students have not yet mastered Administered one-on one Students are asked to identify 35 isolated sounds A detailed record sheet identifies specific errors

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Kindergarten (Study based on trend of data across first 5 Units) First Grade (Study based on Formal Placement Assessment) Second Grade (Study based on Formal Placement Assessment) Letter Name/Letter Sound Unit 2 Optional Pretest Unit 1 Placement Assessment For those children who fall below benchmarks on all other Unit 1 Assessments NA Writing Strokes Test End of Unit 2 Given to all students NA Word Recognition/Word Reading Unit 3, 4, 5 Given to all students; Expands to Word Reading if child doesn’t pass benchmark on Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Recognition given to all students; no Word Reading Unit 1 Placement Assessment Word Reading for students who fall below benchmarks on story reading assessments Story Comprehension NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those children who score AT OR ABOVE benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Placement Assessment All Students Pseudo Word Reading OPTIONAL assessment from Unit 8 For probing placement of incoming K students with very strong contextual reading skills Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only given for those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Unit 1 Assessment Only given to those who score BELOW benchmark on Word Recognition Code Diagnostic Test NA for initial test battery Unit 1 Placement Assessment Only for those falling below benchmark on Word Recognition and Pseudoword reading NA

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 1.Find a Partner. 2.Find a grade level case study packet (K,1, 2) H 20 Case Studies

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Kindergarten: EvanGrade 1: EllaGrade 2: Enrique End-of-Units 3,4, 5 a)guiding questions b)planning and grouping sheet c)instructions for word reading assessment d)scoring and analysis interpretation for assessments e)Evan’s actual word reading assessments f)Evan’s score sheets for Units 3 and 4 Unit 1, Lessons a) guiding questions b) placement planning c) assessment flowchart d) Ella’s word recognition test and scoring sheet e) Ella’s Story Comprehension test f) Psuedoword Reading test and scoring sheet g) guidelines for Interpreting Assessment scores Unit 1 Lessons 6-10 a) guiding questions b) placement planning c) assessment flowchart d) Enrique’s Story Comprehension tests and answer sheets f) Enrique’s word reading assessment with instructions and word reading evaluation guidelines g) placing and grouping guidelines 21 Case Studies

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Take 2 minutes to review the contents of the case study 22 Your Cases H

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 1.Review the questions on page 2. 2.Select 1 focus question. 3.Examine case study and record answer to your selected focus question 4.Share findings with a partner. 23 Your Cases

© 2014 Core Knowledge Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Reflection: Assessment Tools & Procedures How would you support your staff so they have the tools they need to promote data-driven instruction?  Materials/time  Assessment procedures  Purpose of tools What key takeaway do you most want to remember? What do you feel you need to gain more familiarity with before the start of school? TeachersAdministrators/Coaches 24