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SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION DECEMBER 10, 2012 ENGLISH SOL UPDATE.

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1 SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATION DECEMBER 10, 2012 ENGLISH SOL UPDATE

2 SPRING 2012 ENGLISH SOL SUCCESSES ReadingWriting Grade 3 – 90.3% Grade 4 – 90% Grade 5 – 93.1%Grade 5 – 88.8% Grade 6 – 90.1% Grade 7 – 87.9% Grade 8 – 86.7%Grade 8 – 86% EOC – 90.4%EOC – 95.3%

3 WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR? Full implementation of 2010 English Standards New SOL strands and reporting categories New DOE and county resources New scoring rubric for the writing test Increased rigor Technology Enhanced Items (TEI)

4 ENGLISH STRANDS/ REPORTING CATEGORIES Strands Communication: Speaking, Listening, Media Literacy Reading – Fiction and Nonfiction Writing Research Reporting Categories Word Analysis and Word Reference Comprehension of Fiction Comprehension of Nonfiction

5 INCREASED RIGOR – SOL VERBS Reading Writing -use -apply -confirm -organize -revise -utilize -draw conclusions -use -differentiate -construct -preview -vary -summarize -evaluate -compare and contrast -develop -formulate -determine

6 2012-13 ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS Integrate all English SOL strands Vocabulary study – teach roots and affixes Teach nonfiction Pair fiction passages with nonfiction passages Type 4 and 5 writing using new scoring rubric Teach composing online Write to Learn – across the content areas Incorporate higher level questions/thinking Prepare students for Technology Enhanced Items (TEI)

7 2009-2010 READING QUESTION

8 2012-2013 READING TEI QUESTION

9 2009-2010 WRITING SOL QUESTION

10 2012 WRITING TEI QUESTION

11 ENGLISH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS Virginia Department of Education – Curriculum Framework, Test Blueprints, Enhanced Scope and Sequence, SOL Direct, DOE Updates, Online Practice, Demonstration Videos County Resources – Benchmarks, Pacing Guides, New English Webpage; working on Benchmark Tests Professional Development Opportunities – Conferences, Inservices, After-School Informational Meetings, CO Visits to Faculty and Committee Meetings Purchase of new materials to support instruction


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