Georgia Milestones Assessment: Implications for Instruction Kelley Webb, Humanities Program Specialist Easter White, Title I ELA Lead Specialist

Georgia Milestones Pre Assessment Kahoot It!

Georgia Milestones Consolidation of English Language Arts English Language Arts and reading will be combined and a writing component added for every grade level and course within the ELA assessment One overall ELA score and proficiency designation Reporting categories below the overall content area will be reported similar to the domains on the CRCT Cannot make proficiency claims at the lower level reporting categories

Georgia Milestones Criterion Referenced and Norm Referenced Items: students will receive 2 scores: *criterion referenced score (55 total points) *norm referenced score (20 total points) some norm-referenced items (10) will count as criterion- referenced items as well

Georgia Milestones ELA Criterion-Referenced Total Number of Items: 44 / Total Number of Points: 55 Breakdown by Item Type: – 40 Selected Response (worth 1 point each; 10 of which are aligned NRT ) – 2 Constructed Response (2 points each) – 1 Constructed or Extended Response (worth 4 points ): literary prose – 1 Extended Response (worth 7 points): informative/explanatory or argument/opinion Norm-Referenced – Total Number of Items: 20 (10 of which contribute to CR score) Embedded Field Test – Total field test items: 6 Total number of items taken by each student: 60

Write Score Example Blueprint very similar to ELA Georgia Milestones Assessment: selected response (multiple choice) constructed response extended response

Sample Assessment Grade 3 Informational Task

Sample Assessment Grade 7 Informational Task

Data Reporting Click on a response detail for lesson plans & resources Access student reports

Data Reporting Assessments scored analytically using data points (aligned with assessment rubrics) Reporting Categories o Comprehension o Written Expression o Language & Conventions Reporting categories include Response Details Identify specific weaknesses within a particular measure Response Details Examples: o Adequate Precise Word Choice o Minimal Development o Capitalization/Punctuation Errors o Minimal Text-based Analysis o Lacks Logical Progression o Usage Errors

Lesson Plans & Resources Lesson Plan o topics range from Evidence & Elaboration, to using text-based evidence, to language and conventions o built on the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model and include lesson overviews, materials needed, & Common Core Standards alignment o Think-aloud suggestions & step-by-step instructions are included Student Handouts Resources o PowerPoints o Articles o Handouts with answers o Exemplary essays

What will students struggle with on the upcoming Georgia Milestones? Why? What? complex texts text-dependent questions written response citing evidence analyzing and synthesizing information from two or more texts Why? lack of student exposure to complex texts using close reading strategies lower level comprehension questions (Who? What? Where?) lack of teacher experience and training with literary analysis lack of teacher knowledge of Common Core standards lack of student experience with written response to text-dependent questions

How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? provide teachers with sample assessment items model lessons that integrate reading and writing and cover multiple standards provide examples of complex texts (variety of literary, informational, and digital texts) and assist teachers with selection of these texts model close reading strategies, text analysis strategies, and text- dependent questioning assist teachers with planning units and lessons that integrate reading and writing

Assessment Resources Performance Based Assessments found in Fulton Connect Grades: 2, 5, 8, 9-10 Genre: Argument/Opinion Types of assessment: constructed and extended response Location: Fulton Connect Purposes: both instructional and assessment Formative Item Bank found in Fulton Connect Grades: all Types of assessment: selected and constructed response Location: Fulton Connect Purpose: assessment coming soon!!!

Assessment Resources Performance Based Assessments Training Sessions: Audience: CSTs, Assistant Principals, Principals Date/Location Options: *October 14: 1-3 pm PLC South Room 101 *October 15: 1-3 pm PLC South Room 211 *October 15: 9-11 am Lake Windward ES Media Center

Assessment Resources Write Score Sample Items (3rd Grade) OAS Items (becoming GOFAR in SLDS) Journeys Performance Assessments (Reading Complex Text) Engage NY: Just Released Test Items Georgia Milestones Blueprints How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? provide teachers with sample assessment items

Model Lessons Reading and Writing Project Videos Introduce a Text-Based Debate: Stray Shark Attack Sample lessons from Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study, Craft Lessons, Mentor Texts Sample lessons from Write Score How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? model lessons that integrate reading and writing and cover multiple standards

Complex Texts ELA Appendix B Primary Source Documents Library of Congress National Archives Songs, Speeches, and Videos *great examples in book: Teaching Interpretation Using Text-Based Evidence to Construct Meaning *historical speeches aligned to SS standards *current popular music More resources on Humanities Porta Portal Humanities Porta Portal How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? provide examples of complex texts (variety of literary, informational, and digital texts) and assist teachers with selection of these texts

Close Reading Strategies and Text Dependent Questions Reading and Writing Project Videos Modeled Reading Lesson with Mary Ehrenworth: Pilgrims Professional Texts: *Falling in Love with Close Reading by Chris Lehman Text-Based Questions *Pathways to Common Core by Lucy Calkins and Mary Ehrenworth *Effective Question Document last year How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? model close reading strategies, text analysis strategies, and text- dependent questioning

Planning Units and Lessons Unpacking Standards *Pathways to Common Core by Lucy Calkins and Mary Ehrenworth *Model Lessons from Reading and Writing Project that integrate multiple standards *Shark Attack PBA Aligning reading and writing standards Integration of Reading and Writing and other Content Areas through themes How do we prepare our teachers and students for these assessments? assist teachers with planning units and lessons that integrate reading and writing

Professional Resources The Writing Thief by Ruth Calham Craft Lessons and Nonfiction Craft Lessons by Ralph Fletcher Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature and Nonfiction Mentor Texts by Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Capelli Writing Workshop by Ralph Fletcher

Professional Resources Pathways to Common Core by Lucy Calkins Falling in Love with Close Reading by Christopher Lehman Texts and Lessons for Teaching Literature by Harvey Daniels Reading and Writing Across Content Areas by Roberta Sejnost and Sharon Thiese Close Reading and Writing From Sources by Douglas Fisher

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