Keystone Exams & Project Based Assessment Joseph A. Page Professional Development Facilitator Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21

What Have You Heard?  At your tables, share what you  Have heard about the Keystone Project Based Assessments?  Think you know about the Keystone Project Based Assessments?  Want to know about the Keystone Project Based Assessments? Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Chapter 4 – Keystone Exams  Graduation Requirement  Class of : current tenth graders  Proficient or higher (Currently: ELA, Algebra 1, Biology)  Unlimited retakes  Supplemental instruction after each unsuccessful attempt  Exam or PBA  Accountability  Federal – ‘NCLB’ waiver  State – part of School Performance Profile Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Chapter 4 – Keystone PBA  Alternative for Graduation Requirement ONLY  After two (or more) unsuccessful attempts of Exam  IEP Student (IEP Trumps All)  Team determines when student moves to project  Could move to PBA after one unsuccessful attempt  May work on project and retake exam  One PBA per Module Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Keystone exams  Depth of Knowledge  Majority at levels 2 and 3  Composition is coming (subject to funding)  Required beginning school year  State graduation requirement Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Keystone PBA  Test – not a creative project  One ‘project’ per module  Complete a project for each non-proficient module  Assesses same Eligible Content at the same DOK levels  Computer administered in a secure setting  Log on required; good for 1 hour  Monitored Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Roles in PBA  Student  may retake the Keystone exam at anytime while working on PBA (Online)  Must complete the project according to the timeline provided  Schedule and timeline for completion set by Building Administrator and guided by PDE procedures.  Must submit the completed project to his/her tutor for submission to regional review panel. Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Roles in PBA  Monitor/Test Administrator  Ensures the student is scheduled for the correct PBA.  Logs in student to online site and ensures security measure.  Ensures the student has completed all activities with the timeframe and schedule.  Notifies tutor if any content difficulties are recognized. (Monitor does not make any judgments on correctness of work) Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Roles in PBA  Tutor  Must be certified in the content area he/she is tutoring  Responsible for checking student work at various checkpoints in the PBA for accuracy.  Provides supplemental instruction on Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content on areas of student need identified by the student, monitor, and/or tutor.  Tutor may not provide instruction on specific problems of the PBA activities.  Tutor permits the continuation of the PBA activities after a check point has been completed.  After the PBA is completed and reviewed and is deemed to have met the criteria for submission, tutor forwards the PBA to the site administrator for submission. Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Roles in PBA  School Site Administrator  Responsible for scheduling and implementation of the PBA’s.  District Level Administrator  Role does not require administrative certification. A teacher or guidance counselor may fill the role of the PBA District Level Administrator  Responsible for assigning site administrators and final submission of PBA. Tracking students’ progress and completion of all elected PBA. Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

The Project is a Test  Students can only work on the project at school. This includes any student in cyber school or a student who is homeschooled.  Students must have a monitor (Test Administrator) to sign them into the website and remain present while they work on the project.  The monitor can be an aide (Employed by the LEA, but does not need to be certified)  Tutors are assigned to each student and should be certified in the content area. Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

The Project is a Test (Continued)  Tutors cannot actually help students with the content of the project.  Tutors can point students toward practice problems in the eligible content and provide some remediation based on student need in a particular area.  The tutor must review the project at set checkpoints and “sign off” on the project before it is sent to the state for scoring. Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Keystone PBA - resources  SAS Portal – Assessment  CLIU Content Networking Wiki  Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Now what do You know?  What new knowledge do you have?  What questions have been answered? Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Keystone exams & PBA – Next steps  Goals for the group  Create and share PBA style tasks  Create and share Keystone Exam style MC questions and Constructed Response  Create and share ‘supplemental instruction’ ideas, resources, and materials Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Keystone exams & PBA – Next steps  Sharing with colleagues at your site  Continue to meet and network next school year Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

Webb’s Depth of knowledge  Webb's Depth of Knowledge  DOK Science DOK Science  Science Examples Science Examples  Science Examples Answers Science Examples Answers  Cognitive Rigor Matrix Cognitive Rigor Matrix  DOK Flip Chart DOK Flip Chart  DOK Questions DOK Questions Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)

PDE SAS Website PBA Resources & Materials Joseph A. Page Staff Development Facilitator (610)