1. Essential Skills

2. Objectives Understand Essential Skill Requirements
Essential Skills
Objectives
Understand Essential Skill Requirements
Know Implementation Timeline
Understand 3 assessment options
Know Resources Available
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3. Essential Skill Requirements
Essential Skills
Essential Skill Requirements
9 cross-curricular skills
Embedded in State Content Standards
Students must demonstrate proficiency
3 required soon
6 to be scheduled later

4. Implementation Class of 2012 – Reading
Essential Skills
Implementation
Class of 2012 – Reading
Class of Reading and Writing
Class of Reading, Writing, & Apply Mathematics
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5. 3 Assessment Options OAKS Assessments State Board Approved Assessments
Essential Skills
3 Assessment Options
OAKS Assessments
State Board Approved Assessments
Work Samples
Test
Reading
Math
ACT or Plan 18 19
WorkKeys 5
Compass 81
66 (Int Alg)
Asset 42
41 (Int Alg)
SAT
440
450
PSAT 44 45
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6. (Assessment of Essential Skills Review Panel)
4th Option
Local Assessment Option
Criteria under development
Reviewed and recommended by AESRP
(Assessment of Essential Skills Review Panel)
Adopted by State Board

7. Essential Skills
Work Sample Rigor
Work samples must meet the level of rigor required on the OAKS assessment.
Work samples provide an optional means to demonstrate proficiency not an easier means.

8. Work Sample Requirements
Essential Skills
Work Sample Requirements
ESSENTIAL SKILL
WORK SAMPLES
REQUIRED SCORE
(OFFICIAL SCORING GUIDE)
Reading
2 Work Samples
two informational or
one informational and one literary
Total 12 (3 traits)
No score lower than 3
Writing
3 Work Samples
expository
persuasive
narrative
4 on each of the four required traits
Apply math
2 Work Samples
algebra
geometry
Statistics
(choose 2 strands)
4 on each of the four traits plus accuracy.
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9. Technical Assistance Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit
Regional Trainers
Building/District Trainer Opportunities
Web-based Resources

10. Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit

11. Regional Trainers -- Reading
Essential Skills
Regional Trainers -- Reading
-- Reading
ESD’s & Oregon DATA Project
Web-Ex Training for Instructional or Literacy Coaches

12. Regional Trainers -- Writing
Essential Skills
Regional Trainers -- Writing
Regional Network under development
Web-based Resources under development
Check for updates -- Writing

13. Regional Trainers -- Math
Essential Skills
Regional Trainers -- Math
Regional Network under development
Web-based Resources under development
Check for updates -- Math

14. Essential Skills
Promising Practices
Score classroom assignments for Essential Skill proficiency
Score multi-disciplinary projects for more than one Essential Skill
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15. Promising Practices (cont)
Essential Skills
Promising Practices (cont)
Apply Essential Skills in elective and CTE classes
Develop prompts that can be shared – District, ESD or Regional

16. Essential Skills
ODE Recommendations
Districts should develop a policy for retention of student performance data and work samples
Districts must develop a process allowing students to appeal a district decision to deny a diploma based on the Essential Skills graduation requirement.

17. In a Nutshell Methods of Assessment Required Essential Skills
Reading – Class of 2012
Reading & Writing – Class of 2013
Reading, Writing & Math – Class of 2014
Methods of Assessment
OAKS
Other Approved Tests
Work Samples
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18. Essential Skills
Acorns for Storage
Which courses are responsible for Essential Skills Assessment in our school?
Who has the key responsibilities in assessing the Essential Skills?
What is our procedure for keeping track of student progress toward demonstrating each required Essential Skill?
How can elementary and middle schools prepare students for the Essential Skills?
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