The Technology Connection

Two Great Areas of Technology Need Preparing students (and teachers!) for the Common Core State Standards The computer adaptive assessments themselves

Curricular Components You have seen the Performance Tasks...

Curricular Components You have seen the Performance Tasks...

Curricular Components Students will: Find and evaluate written information from the internet Publish written information to the internet Find and evaluate multi-media information from the internet Publish multimedia information to the internet.

The Computer Adaptive Assessments

Assessment Components There is an option for paper/pencil administration until 2017, but...

Assessment Components “This does not mean the whole district can do paper/pencil. More likely one middle school in the district can do one subject online and the other using paper/pencil.” - Joe Willhoft “We are finding that students using paper/pencil are scoring one standard deviation lower than students using intuitive technology.” - Sue Gendron

Assessment Components The minimum: 20-station computer lab per 600 students for 6 weeks with an option for some students doing paper/pencil (at least until 2017) - Joe Willhoft High-speed internet access for each computer station

Assessment Readiness Options: – Ed Tech K-12 Voucher Program funds – Program Improvement funds – Title I funds – Title III funds

Assessment Readiness March 20 – April 9 – Pilot Districts (LAUSD, Torrance, Long Beach,…) test data collection – Pilot Districts provide feedback and suggestions for improved experience April 9 – April 16 – CDE enhances FAQs for Readiness Tool Survey – CDE hosts and archives a Readiness Tool webinar April 16 – June 14 – CDE begins statewide data collection and review

LACOE Technology Services Assistance: – Facilitation of the planning process – Electronic dissemination of information – Regional face-to-face meetings of district technology leaders – Professional development

LACOE Technology Services Support contact: – Dennis Large – –