School Division Liaisons and Division Administrators October 3, 2011 Mr. Michael Bolling, Mathematics Coordinator, VDOE Dr. Deborah Wickham, Mathematics Specialist, K-5 1

Topics Curriculum and Instruction Inventory Division, administrative, teacher needs SOL and assessment changes and their impact on local instruction and assessment Resources available from the VDOE Mathematics SOL Institutes 2

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Curriculum and Instruction Inventory Division curricula Pacing/Sequencing guides Instructional schedule and planning times Assessment –Formative –Use of data Professional development 4

Content Specific Inventory Questions Balance between developing conceptual understandings and the connected procedural understandings Mathematical communication (oral and written) supporting process goals for students Multiple representations 5

2009 Mathematics Standards of Learning Standards –Increased rigor –New content Curriculum Framework Assessments –Increased rigor –New content –Technology Enhanced Items 6

Vertical Articulation Documents 7 Click here for documents

Look for changes in: Number of reporting categories Number of items in reporting categories Indication of SOL assessed without a calculator (grades 4, 5, 6 and 7) 8 New SOL Blueprints

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Formula Sheets Formula sheets that correspond to the 2009 Standards for grades 6-8 and EOC are currently available on the VDOE Ancillary Test Materials webpage Formula sheets 10

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Testing changes - technical Use of color Emphasis words –No longer in italics Closest Equal Best –NOT and EXCEPT 12

13 Technology Enhanced Items (TEI) about 15% Format of Questions: Fill in the blank Drag and drop Hot-spots: Select one or more answer options, placing points on coordinate planes Creation of graphs Practice SOL Items

New tools in TestNav 7.5 Pencil Notepad (sticks w/ item) Dot tool New compass Straight edge tool –Line with no caps –Line segments (with caps) 14

Practice SOL Items It is essential that students have experiences with the Practice SOL Items prior to testing. Use of the Practice Item Guides is STRONGLY recommended. Practice Item Guides provide help with –Installation and navigation help –Practice with use of tools –Information specific to particular tests Practice SOL Items will be updated to include additional items 15

Assessments – Then and Now 16

Assessments – Then and Now 17 Grade 3 OLD NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 18 OLD Grade 3 NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 19 OLD Grade 4 NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 20 OLD Grade 5 NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 21 Grade 7 OLD NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 22 Grade 7

Assessments – Then and Now 23 Algebra 1

Assessments – Then and Now 24 OLD Algebra 1 NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 25 Geometry

Assessments – Then and Now 26 Geometry OLD NEW

Assessments – Then and Now 27 New Content - Geometry

Assessments – Then and Now 28 New Content - Algebra II

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VDOE Instructional Resources Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample Lesson Plans – Fall 2011 Technical Assistance Documents –Algebra I.9 (z-scores, standard deviation, mean absolute deviation) –Algebra II.11 (normal distributions) Mathematics Institutes Resources Instructional videos 30

SOL Institutes – FOCUS 2009 Specific SOL changes (content) 2010 Vertical articulation of the SOL and areas of greatest challenge (content and pedagogy) 2011 Process standards 31

Mathematics SOL Institutes – Focus Five process goals for students to –become mathematical problem solvers that –communicate mathematically; –reason mathematically; –make mathematical connections; and –use mathematical representations to model and interpret practical situations 32

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