HS SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT NETWORKING NOVEMBER 2014

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AGENDA PDE Update on PSSAs PDE Update on PSSAs Examining Open-ended Questions Examining Open-ended Questions Table Discussion Table Discussion Professional Reading Professional Reading Check These Out! Check These Out! Collaboration Collaboration Next Steps Next Steps

 Keystone Exams: no change  PSSA Science: no change  PSSA Reading: now combined with Writing as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window  PSSA Writing: now combined with Reading as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window  PSSA Math: now PSSA Math with separate booklet and testing window 2015 PSSA CHANGES Quick Overview

2015 PSSA CHANGES Grades 4-8 Format SectionContent Emphasis Number of MC/EBSR Number of WP/TDA Estimated Number of Passages Estimated Section Testing Time (in minutes) 1 Writing and Language 20 MC1060 2Reading 15–18 MC 4–5 EBSR 0358–69 3 Reading and Text Dependent Analysis 14 MC 2 EBSR Reading and Text Dependent Analysis 5–8 MC 1–2 EBSR 1148–57

WRITING ALL grades ALL grades Mode specific prompts & scoring rubrics Mode specific prompts & scoring rubrics Narrative Narrative Informational Informational Opinion Opinion

WRITING Example: Grade 7 – 4 points

EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE ALL grades ALL grades Two-parts Two-parts Answer to second part based on answer to first part Answer to second part based on answer to first part Like old Open-ended (same type of thinking) Like old Open-ended (same type of thinking)

EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE Example: Grade 7 2 points

TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS Grades 4 – 8 Grades 4 – 8 Specific type of Constructed Response Specific type of Constructed Response Own Scoring Rubric Own Scoring Rubric

TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS Example: Grade 6 – 4 points

TABLE DISCUSSION What are areas of strength in your classroom/school/district? What are areas of strength in your classroom/school/district? What are areas of need in your classroom/school/district? What are areas of need in your classroom/school/district?