1. Are you ready to take the next... Step? January 16, 2015 Kristine Gullen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Spring Arbor University Emily McEvoy, Assessment Consultant, Oakland Schools Marty Chaffee, Leadership Consultant, Oakland Schools

2. Objectives Introduce Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-Step) Examine student perspectives regarding online items Uncover embedded features and functions Explore sample items Plan for next steps....

3. For our time together... Take responsibility for your own learning Support the learning of your colleagues If you need to take a call or have a side conversation, please step out in the hall If you have a question, ask.

4. Connector

5. M- Step Think – individually about what you Know, Think You Know & Want to Know about Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress Share – with your table group Create – a Know, Think You Know & Want to Know chart KnowThink We KnowWant to Know Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). “Know/Think I Know/Want to Know” Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning, MiraVia, pg. 14.

6. Focused Read pages 1-3

7. Focus Read - Annotate Read – the handout Annotate - as you read using the following markings: √ = Got it. I know or understand this ! = This is really important information ? = I’d like clarification or elaboration of this material

8. Micro Lab Protocol Reflect – individually on the article Regroup – in trios Identify – Persons A, B & C

9. Micro Lab Protocol Round 1 Person A – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

10. Micro Lab Protocol Round 2 Person B – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

11. Micro Lab Protocol Round 3 Person C – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

12. Micro Lab Protocol Round 4 Share – as a triad your thoughts (5 minutes) Reference the comments made during each Round Ask clarifying questions What connections did you make? timer

13. Micro Lab Protocol Round 5 Table Group Dialogue

14. Key Take Aways → The M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) test replaces the 44-year old MEAP test. → The Spring 2015 assessment will include Michigan-developed content as well as content from the multi-state Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. → Michigan continues to offer paper/pencil waivers for schools through a deadline of November 21, 2014.

36. “What would your friends and students in other classes need to know in order to be successful with this online test.” Student Dialogue

37. “The bubble in the straw is VERY important” - Ethan, grade 3 Student Dialogue

39. If the blinky line isn’t in the box where you want your words to go, you can press the letters all you want..... words won’t appear. - Brittney, grade 3 Student Dialogue

40. “I thought it was confusing that the computer let you to click on more than one answer. You had to be careful to unclick when you changed your mind or you could put in two or three answers to one question.” - Ben, 11 th grader

41. “Whatever happened to ‘when in doubt pick C?’” Student Dialogue

42. What types of academic digital literacy skills are needed to complete these online items? Partner Conversation

43. Academic digital literacy scroll bars, cursers, highlighting, reordering text, drawing lines / undoing lines, placing points adding arrows enacting a radio button clicking and unclicking responses, sticky notes flagging items, creating graphs ▫ Pictographs ▫ Line graphs ▫ Bar graphs ▫ Box and whisker using zoom arrows to maximize a screen delete / insert keyboarding

44. Functions & Features

52. Using your CHROME browser https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1

55. Username & Password

59. Explore items

60. Pair Share – What are you discovering?

61. Classroom Activities & Performance Tasks Released yesterday

62. Grade 3Grade 4 Grade 5Grade 6 Grade 7Grade 8 Grade 11

70. Pair Share – What are you discovering?

71. Additional Resources

74. M- Step Think – individually about what you Know, Think You Know & Want to Know about Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress Share – with your table group Create – a Know, Think You Know & Want to Know chart KnowThink We KnowWant to Know Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). “Know/Think I Know/Want to Know” Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning, MiraVia, pg. 14.

75. Strategy Harvest Welcome Objectives / Norms Connector – Know, Think I know, Want to Know Introduction to M-Step Focused Read w/ Annotation Microlab Key Points Student Perspectives Lecture Burst Partner Conversation Debrief Functions and Features Demonstration Practice Resources Get One; Share One Summary of Learning Revisit Connector Strategy Harvest Next Steps Wrap Up Revisiting Objectives Thank you

76. Next Steps.... Planning Time

77. Objectives Introduce Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-Step) Examine student perspectives of completing online items Uncover embedded features and functions Explore sample items Plan for next steps....

78. Thank you! January 16, 2015 Kristine Gullen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Spring Arbor University Emily McEvoy, Assessment Consultant, Oakland Schools Marty Chaffee, Leadership Consultant, Oakland Schools