1. The Big Four and Common Assessments

3. Balanced Assessment
Did your goals and strategies make a difference?
Responsive Teaching
Common Benchmark Assessment
State Testing
Value-Added Analysis & Class Reports
Check & Change
Formative Instruction
What will you do to improve teaching and learning?
Look for Strengths & Weaknesses; Formulate Goals
District Assessment 1 – Grade-level “Pre-test” – All CFA growth is measured against the
DA until a second benchmark is given.
Standard growth should be 25% from DA to each CFA.
Difficult standards are reassessed and retaught if not meeting 25% growth target.

4. Standards-based Feedback
The Big Four
Well Articulated
Curriculum
Standards-based Feedback
Plan for Instruction
Varied Assessment
Where does balanced assessment belong?

5. What is effective teaching?
Balanced Assessment
“How Well?”
Clearly Defined Curriculum
“What?”
Daily Formative; Common Formative;
Summative Assessments: Local Benchmarks and State
Standards;
Curriculum; Scope & Sequence / Pacing
Framework is a modified version of “Effective Teaching” as presented by Battelle for Kids
Instruction
“How?”
Proven Practices; Differentiation; Collaboration; etc.

6. Common Formative Assessments
Common Assessment results are posted in each school. Teachers are given access to their Akindi page, in addition to raw scores from each school or teacher.

7. Individual, School, and District Level Analysis
The item analysis pages were modeled after supports provided by the East CORE office.

8. Student Achievement Boards
Teacher Tracking

9. School Level Data Wall
Teacher Tracking

10. Pay Attention to the reduction in Below Basic Students!
Implementation Data
Pay Attention to the reduction in Below Basic Students!

11. Year 1: Maynardville Elementary
Change BB
-25.92% B
11.79% P
7.89% A
6.25%
P/A
14.14%
Maynardville Elementary was a level 5 school
Year 1: Maynardville Elementary

12. Year 2: Maynardville Elementary
Change BB
-30.2% B
.54% P
18.91% A
10.49%
P/A
29.4%
This proves sustainability across multiple years.
Year 2: Maynardville Elementary