What tools do you have in your toolbox? Jennifer Weeks, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Meredith Park, Formative Assessment Coordinator
Overview of TE21 Case 21 Benchmark Assessments Case 21 Item Bank Academy of Reading Academy of Math
Common Core Implementation What do we want for our students? Prepared for the Workforce Prepared for College Prepared for the Military Lifelong Learners Critical Readers and Thinkers
CCSS Implementation Which tools will help us achieve these goals? Collective Experience Collaboration Professional Development Common Assessments Collaborative Leadership Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment Alignment Personalization
Collective Experience Minimize Duplication of Efforts Encourage Collaboration Equity Common Expectations Mobility
Collaboration Sustained On-going Team Meetings/Collegial Conversations Interdisciplinary Coordination
Professional Development Capacity Building Data-driven Instruction “Know and are able to do”
Common Assessments Formative Assessment Summative Assessment Frequent Technology-dependent
Collaborative Leadership Culture Creator Focus - Simplify Amplify Clarify
Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment “Know and are able to do” Rigorous Text-dependent questioning Application School-wide/District-wide
Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment Demonstrate independence Build content knowledge Respond to varying demands Comprehend and critique Text complexity
Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment Read like detectives Academic vocabulary Annotate Write critically - Why?
Personalization Tiered Instruction Changes in Text Complexity Lexile Level Shifts Grade Span Shifts in Mathematics
CASE21 Pilot Spring 2011 Lake Cormorant Elementary School Horn Lake Middle School Southaven High School
Testing Process Send previous MCT2 data to CASE21 Pacing Guides Draft Review Test and Answer Document Delivery Test Administration Scoring and Data Dissimination
Pacing Guides Importance of Pacing Guides Teacher and/or Curriculum Specialist Input Suggested Pacing Guides and-services/pacing- guides/mississippi-pacing-guides and-services/pacing- guides/mississippi-pacing-guides
Draft Review Curriculum Alignment Blueprint Alignment Cumulative/Comprehensive Test Item Stem/Foils Format
Test Delivery Printing Decisions Test Packaging and Dissemination Answer Documents
Test Administration Planning Calendar Administer in MCT2/SATP conditions
Scanning/Scoring Answer documents returned to a central location. Answer documents scanned in-house and uploaded to CASE21 for review. Answer documents are returned to the schools. CASE21 compiles data and uploads reports on sharefile site.
Data Reports District Report for Comparison of Schools School Report for Comparison of Teachers Teacher Report for Student Identification Item Analysis Report with Red/Green Visuals
District Report
School Report
Teacher Report
Questions? Jennifer Weeks, Assistant Superintendent Meredith Park, Formative Assessment Coordinator