1. Math 6 – 12 Content networking
November 2014

2. welcome Please sit at your grade level table. Network: CLIU Public
Wiki:

3. Agenda PDE Update Assessment Documents Exploration Sharing What Works
Professional Reading
Check These Out!
Collaboration
Next Steps

4. Quick Overview 2015 PSSA Changes Keystone Exams: no change
PSSA Science: no change
PSSA Reading: now combined with Writing as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window
PSSA Writing: now combined with Reading as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window
PSSA Math: now PSSA Math with separate booklet and testing window

5. 2015 PSSA Changes
PSSA Math Assessment 2015

6. Reporting Categories 2015 PSSA Changes
A = Numbers and Operations
— A‐T = Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (Grades 3–5)
— A‐F = Numbers and Operations – Fractions (Grades 3–5)
— A‐N = The Number System (Grades 6–8)
— A‐R = Ratios and Proportional Relationships (Grades 6, 7)
B = Algebraic Concepts
— B‐O = Operations and Algebraic Thinking (Grades 3–5)
— B‐E = Expressions and Equations (Grades 6–8)
— B‐F = Functions (Grade 8)
C = Geometry
— C‐G = Geometry (Grades 3–8)
D = Data Analysis and Probability
— D‐M = Measurement and Data (Grades 3–5)
— D‐S = Statistics and Probability (Grades 6–8)

7. 2015 PSSA Changes
Item Types and Points
All grades:

8. 2015 PSSA Changes

9. 2015 PSSA Changes
Math 2015

10. 2015 PSSA Changes
Math 2015

11. PSSA Documents Test Design Item and Scoring Samplers
Scoring Guidelines & Formula Sheets

12. Keystone Exams Documents
Item and Scoring Samplers: 2014

13. Webb’s Depth of knowledge
More DOK Levels 2 & 3 overall
Open-ended DOK Levels 2 & 3
Wiki: Math – Higher Order Thinking

14. Other assessments SAT Revisions AP Revisions Spring 2016
College Board Site
AP Revisions

15. Table talk Grades 6-8: PSSAs Grades 9-12: Keystones, SATs or AP
What changes have you made this year to prepare students for the new PSSAs? OR to be proactive for high school assessments (Keystones, SATs, etc.)?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your current assessments?
What changes will you still need to make based on this information?
What knowledge & skills do you need/want enhanced to make these changes?

16. table talk report-out Summarize discussion Share top two needs
What has already been done
What changes need to make
Share top two needs

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18. Check these out! Inside Mathematics: Problems of the Month
Achieve the Core: Annotated Tasks
NCTM: Illuminations
Now aligned to CCSS – look for tab and search by grade
Mathematics Assessment Project: Tasks

19. Professional reading Individually: Choose one article & read it
Table Groups: Discuss highlights and insights
Share out

20. Sharing ideas What is working? Strategies Activities Resources
Other ideas

21. Collaboration
Common Need
Common Grade
Common School/District

22. Next steps SHARE back in your school & district.
Determine your needs & let me know what they are.
USE the Wiki.

23. Thank you for coming! Please follow the evaluation link on the wiki.
See you next time: March 2, 2015