1. Common Core State Standards Board Study Session October 30, 2013 LVUSD

2. Overview of Assessments LVUSD  Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium – SBAC  Part of California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMAPP)  Summative assessments in ELA and Math  Grades 3—8 and 11  Computer Adaptive Testing  Performance Tasks  Variety of question types: multiple choice, constructed response, technology enhanced, extended response

3. Overview of SBAC LVUSD

4. Smarter Balanced ELA Blueprint LVUSD Source: SBAC Preliminary Test Blueprint, Grades 6-8

5. Sample ELA Test Item Grade 4 LVUSD

6. Sample ELA Test Item Grade 4 LVUSD

7. Sample ELA Test Item Grade 4 LVUSD

8. Sample ELA Item Grade 6 LVUSD

9. Sample ELA Item Grade 6 LVUSD

10. Sample ELA Item Grade 6 LVUSD

11. Criteria for SBAC Extended Essay LVUSD

12. District-wide Writing Rubrics LVUSD

13. Changes to the ELA Classroom LVUSD Here’s an example of how the ELA classroom will look different in order to meet the demands of the Common Core State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessments  Teacher’s College Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop video on Close Reading of Informational Textvideo on Close Reading of Informational Text

14. Blueprint Math Assessment (3-5) LVUSD

15. Performance Assessments LVUSD What is a Performance Assessment? Let’s log on and find out. Are you smarter than a Fifth Grader? (Smarter Balanced Pilot Test Student Portal https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/)

16. Changes to the Math Classroom LVUSD Video on Problem- solving in the 3 rd -grade classroom from the Teachingchannel.org