1. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Office of Early Learning May 30, 2014 NC PTA: Parent Education & Leadership Conference

2. Welcome & Introductions

3. Before we begin… M ake yourself comfortable Please silence cell phones Take break as needed

4. Today’s Purpose “Learn, Lead, Collaborate and Celebrate”

5. Learn: What is Formative Assessment? What is the vision for the K-3 Formative Assessment Process? Lead: Potential for Change Collaborate: Parents’ Thoughts, Beliefs and Attitudes

6. Audience Pulse – What does “Formative Assessment” mean?

7. When we hear “assessment”…

8. Formative Assessment is “Process” A process of gathering evidences of student learning through observations, intentionally planned instruction, family input Techniques used by teachers and students to get feedback about student learning Feedback allows teachers and students to make changes to instruction and activities to meet the learning needs of the student.

9. K-3 Formative Assessment Process

10. Formative Assessment Analogy

11. Questions to this point?

12. Background on Assessment Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant

13. K-3 Formative Assessment Vision

14. Approaches to Learning Cognitive Development Language Development & Communication Health & Physical Development Emotional & Social Development 5 Domains of Learning and Development

15. Supporting Teachers Discovery Education's Clip Art Gallery created by Mark A. Hicks, illustrator

16. K-3 Formative Assessment Proposed Timeline TaskTimeline KEA Design & DevelopmentSpring 2013 – Summer 2014 KEA in 50% of LEAsFall 2014 KEA in 100% of LEAsFall 2015 K-3 Assessment Design & DevelopmentSummer 2014 – Winter 2014 K-3 Assessment Implementation BeginsFall 2015

17. Questions..

18. Time to Collaborate Again!

19. Break time

20. Collaborating

22. NCDPI K-3 Assessment Wiki http://rtt-elc-k3assessment.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

23. Office of Early Learning Listserv join-office_of_early_learning_pre-k-grade3@lists.dpi.state.nc.us

24. Celebrate and Thank You!