Common Core What Juniors Should Know about the “Test”

To give you accurate & relevant information to help you be an informed student.

Why should I care? Because that’s what you are all asking....

You should care because... College & Career Ready Index Transcripts Colleges look at the scores of schools as a “value” of your diploma Your EAP score – a college readiness measure

So tell me about this test?

CAASPP TestCAASPP Standards CA Common Core ELA & Math

CAASPP California Assessment for Student Performance and Progress

CAASPP Spring ELA & Math Computer Adaptive (like iReady) Baseline Data/ EAP IMPORTANT to do you best

Creativity Evaluation Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

Creativity Evaluation Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

Creativity Evaluation Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge CSTs CAHSEE

Test Content Your ability to think and reason Express your reasoning and support with evidence Clear and accurate Breadth & Depth How you use that knowledge

Four (4) Types of Questions To analyze your thinking

A Note about “Stimuli” Reading Fiction/ literature Non-fiction/informational Video Audio Slide Show

Selected Response (SR)

Going to occur after passages of reading/stimuli Fiction (30%) Non-fiction/informational (70%) Selected Response (SR)

Many possible answers; choose the BEST Multiple correct answers Pull (copy-paste) samples from the text passages

ELA Math

Selected Response: Example Differentiation

SR can and may have MANY possibilities: All options will be plausible Can be one or many You are being tested on your ability to differentiate Selected Response (SR)- NOT multiple choice

Constructed Response (CR)

Response to stimuli “Short answer” question Explain your answer – your “reasoning”, i.e. it has to make sense Provide EVIDENCE!

Constructed Response: Example #1

Constructed Response: Example #2

Extended Response

Extended Response (ER) Open-ended question NOT “solve” the problem Multiple steps Requires lengthier justification or explanation Supply a solution

Extended Response (ER) –Example #1

Extended Response: Example #2

Performance Tasks (PT)

Performance Task (PT) Measures ability to integrate knowledge and skills Measures multiple standards Measures depth of understanding, research skills, complex analysis

Performance Task (PT): Example #1 - ELA Classroom Activity Discussion (20 min) Part 1 Students examine/take notes on Stimuli (50 min) Part 2 Full-length argumentative “report” (70 min)

Performance Task (PT): Example #2 - Math After a class discussion of data charts Model: Graph of a Line Give your Rationale

Compare = Critical Thinking Model: Graph of a Line Give your Rationale of the Differences

Technology Enhanced??? What is it??

Just means you do it with the computer...

Drag & Drop the Cars on the number line

Copy-paste sentences Word processing

Can you show it to me?

Your Tool Bars

ELA

English Language Arts (ELA) Reading Writing Listening Language Research & Inquiry

Math

Concepts & Procedures Problem solving/Modeling & Data Analysis Communicating Reasoning Adapts for demonstration of highest math ability

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How will I be scored?

NEW Scoring NOT scored on number of correct answers (%) BOTH the number of correct answers AND the difficulty of the questions completed. 11 th grade – college ready? Un-timed test!

NEW Scoring Overall ScoreELA (Overall Score)Math (Overall Score) Separate Scores Reading Concepts & Procedures Writing Problem Solving/Modeling & Data Analysis Listening Communicating Reasoning Research/Inquiry

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How are you being prepared by your Awesome GUSD teachers?

Preparation Participated in the field test last year Computer adaptive (iReady) Questions in your all your classes, especially ELA & Math CR/PT activities, tests, quizzes CRITICAL THINKING

Other Testing Pass CAHSEE to Graduate History STAR Test Class assessments: preparing you!!!! SAT/ACT AP

Questions & Answers. Thanks for Your Attention. Have a GREAT Year!