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2. EdPlan System Advanced Training
Using Formative Assessments
to Increase Student Achievement

3. Session Norms Be Present: Physically, Emotionally & Intellectually
BCCS-Boys Pre Service
August 16, 2010
Session Norms
Be Present: Physically, Emotionally & Intellectually
Be Honest: Name Concerns & Potential Pitfalls
Be Respectful: Honor Everyone’s Contributions
Lids Down During Modeling
Universal Silent Signal: Let’s Practice!

4. Best Practices: Why?
Instructional Effectiveness
Modifying Instruction
Reteaching
Individual Student Progress
What the student did or did not learn
What the student can or cannot do
Formative assessments generate timely student achievement information

5. Five Elements of Assessment Design
Alignment
Rigor
Precision
Bias
Scoring
1.5 min

6. what Makes a Quality Assessment Item
FIVE ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT DESIGN
QUESTIONS
ALIGNMENT
Is each assessment item aligned with the standard you intend to teach and measure?
RIGOR
Does the level of rigor of each assessment item match the level of rigor of the skill you intend to measure?
Does the assessment measure a range of student thinking and understanding so that it measures what all students know and can do?
PRECISION
Are all items well formatted?
Are the instructions for the assessment and each assessment item precise so that students understand where and how to address the item?
Are all assessment items free of typos and factual errors?
Does the assessment and each assessment item have all of the information that students will need to demonstrate their knowledge and skills?
Does the assessment and each assessment item indicate how many points each assessment item is worth (if relevant) and how much time students have to complete their work?
For multiple-choice items, is the prompt framed in the positive? Are the choices consistent in form, content and length? Are they ordered in a logical sequence? Are they all plausible?
For performance tasks and portfolio assessments, have you considered the “what, who, how and when” factors (if applicable)?
BIAS
Did you ensure that each assessment item does not provide an advantage or disadvantage to any group of students because of their personal characteristics, such as race, gender, socioeconomic status or religion?
SCORING
Have you developed a well-designed answer key(s), scoring guide(s) and/or rubric(s), as appropriate?
Do your answer keys and scoring guides include rationales for why choices are correct or incorrect? Do they include exemplar answers (if applicable)?
Are the dimensions in your rubric aligned to the standard(s) you will assess? Are they distinct from one another?
Does each descriptor in your rubric include a precise description of student performance for a particular dimension and performance level? Is each descriptor discrete from the descriptor in the performance level before and after it?
Are all teachers who are scoring your assessment using the same criteria?

7. TEA Assessed STAAR Curriculum

8. Question #1

9. Question #2

10. Question #3

11. Learning Goals for this session
The user will be able to:
Understand and articulate what makes a quality assessment item.
Use user context, create a Question Based Assessment with the Certica items & edit Certica items
Release the test, randomize, create printable versions of the test and publish the QBA
Using Student Tracking (i.e. edit tests, activation of students) & basic online test delivery

13. What does “Temporary” mean? How do I define a new role?
User Context
What does “Temporary” mean?
How do I define a new role?
How do I go back to my universal role?

14. Refine Your Role by using User context
Define your user context by selecting a grade, subject, etc.
See what is relevant to you

16. Quick Test Entry vs. Question Based Assessment
What is the difference between QBA and QTE?
Which one do I use for snapshots and Pre-approved assessments?   
            

18. Create a Test Workflow

19. Question Based Assessment Creation
What are the steps that I must complete to successfully create a QBA?
What screen determines how my QBA will be created?
Once a test is created, how do I edit the test?  
Why are my naming conventions important in test creation?
            

20. Create a test Work Flow

21. Select Questions

22. Order & Point Allocation

23. Question manager Workflow

24. Question Manager
How can I edit or update a question that is already in EdPlan?
What must I do if I want to share the questions that you created with other teachers?
How can I preview your question in Question Manager?
Why are naming conventions important for my created questions?

25. Question Manager

26. Formative Assessment Best Practices

27. Best Practices: Question Manager
Naming Conventions for Question Items
Question Authoring:
Alignment and Rigor
Sufficient number of items per TEKS
Questions written to all aspects of SE
C.12.A decide whether relations represented verbally, tabular, graphically, and symbolically define a function;
HISD Naming Convention:
Assessment_Subject_Grade_TEKS_Q#
(Snap1_MAT_G6_PAP_7.3a_Q01)
Campus
Question Writing
Alcott ES
2015_AlcottES_SMath5_2A_Q1
Bellaire HS
2015_BellaireHS_AlgI_5A_Q9

29. Release test: Student Tracking
Why do I release tests?
Where do I go when I made a mistake releasing a test?

30. Edit Release Test: Student Tracking

31. Formative Assessment Support

32. Data Driven Instruction
What is Data Driven Instruction?
Where can I find additional EdPlan support?
Where can I find protocols to help drive DDI on my campus?

33. Formative Assessment Resources

35. For Reflection
What are my campus’ best practices?
What are some areas on which my campus can improve in its FA process?
Exit Ticket
Give us some feedback on how EdPlan can get better

36. 2017-18 School City Implementation
We need your help finding an HISD name

37. Changes

38. Phase-in Plan Summer 2017: Launch Spring: Early Adopters & Training
Spring 2016: RFP Selection
Summer: Contract
Fall: Focus Groups & Development
Spring: Early Adopters & Training
Summer 2017: Launch
Fall Spring 2017
Summer 2017

39. Formative Assessment Support Team
Student Assessment Contact Information
Formative Assessment Support Team
Chris Wehde-Roddiger, Formative Assessment Manager
Betty Garcia-Hill, Online Formative Assessment Administrator
Nicolas Alvarado, Online Formative Assessment Administrator

40. Upcoming FA Professional Development
Administration
Training Date(s)
Training Time(s)
Training Location
EdPlan System Basics
(Course 24001)
Aug. 30 (T)
Sept. 14 (W)
8-11 AM
Student Assessment Training Room
EdPlan System Advanced
(Course 24003)
12:00- 3 PM
EdPlan Teacher Reports
(Course 24004)
Aug. 31 (W)
Sept. 15 (TH)
EdPlan Leadership Reports
(Course 24005)
12- 3 PM
Formative Assessment Update
(Course 24007)
Sept. 1 (T)
Sept. 2 (F)
1-3 PM
Sept. 7 (W)
9-11 AM
Sept. 22 (TH)
EdPlan Online Assessment Delivery and Creation
(Course 24010)
Oct. 6 (TH)
12:30-3 PM

41. Thank you