1. Do Now
Based on what you currently know about TNReady, please jot down two or three instructional practices that you will change or incorporate in preparation for the new assessment.
Allow 2 minutes
As participants enter the session, direct their attention to the “Do Now” and ask them to respond to the prompt.

2. What You Need to Know About TNReady Tennessee’s New Assessment in Mathematics
Materials Needed:
Flip Chart
Markers
Post-it Note Pads
TNReady Blueprint Handout
TNReady important dates handout
District Learning Day
Location goes here
Session time goes here
August 5-6, 2015

3. Objectives
Know:
the new TNReady assessments are designed to assess true student understanding and not just basic memorization and test-taking skills
TNReady will measure student understanding of our current state standards in mathematics
Understand:
How the research and strategies can be incorporated in units of instruction that prepare students for college and career
the three fundamental shifts in mathematics: focus, coherence and rigor in mathematics
that TNReady is a new way to assess students’ conceptual understanding
Do:
analyze the blueprints for the TNReady assessment and develop strategies to build conceptual understanding and fluency in math
Utilize the free practice tools to assist students in becoming familiar with the testing platform
Allow 2 minutes
Please select volunteers to read the objectives for today’s session.

4. Norms Be present and engaged Monitor air time and share your voice
Challenge with respect
Stay solutions oriented
Risk productive struggle
Balance urgency and patience
Allow 1 minute
SAY: Before we begin on this content, we will set norms for how we will engage over the next few days.
Let’s start with the first – who can read that for me?
Have someone read each norm.
Does anyone have anything they’d like to add to make the most of our time together?
(1 min)

5. We are Preparing Students for a Changing World
Few working professionals have simple multiple-choice options when solving a problem in the real world.
In order for Tennessee students to be competitive in a world that is constantly changing, our students must strengthen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
TNReady asks students to both master basic skills and explain how they use these skills to solve more complex problems.
Allow 2 minutes
Say:
The future belongs to those students who learn to think. Students that can apply their knowledge in an ever-changing and wide-ranging variety of contexts.
An authentic assessment is task oriented, rather than just recitation of facts, TNReady will focus on the practical application of skills.
Students will still need to know foundational skills, but TNReady will go beyond this basic knowledge to ask students to show that they truly understand how these skills can be used to solve problems.

6. It's now our responsibility to set students up for success…
TNReady
Changing World
Given our progress, the changing world, and the opportunity of Tennessee Promise, we must reorganize around a new vision:
Grades
K-12
Grades
13-14
Tennessee Promise
Progress
Allow 2 minutes
Say:
But, in order for students to take advantage of this opportunity, we must ensure they are prepared.
TNReady will help us to make sure that our students are set-up for success to fulfill the TNPromise.
Our students can achieve success after graduation…
TN Promise
SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION

7. TNReady will measure if students are on the right track.
TNReady will provide students, teachers, and parents with more accurate, and authentic information about student progress and achievement.
TNReady offers parents, students, and teachers with a new and improved academic check-up each year to make sure all students are moving forward and are track to graduate from high school and be successful in college or the workplace.
Allow 2 minutes
Say:
TNReady will help ensure students can solve real-world problems.
TNReady will provide better information about post-secondary and career readiness.
We know that success on TNReady will mean that students won’t have to spend time and money on remedial courses in college, and they will be ready to do work at the level they need to not only attend, but GRADUATE from post-secondary institutions.
Along the way, TNReady will help us to be sure that students are on track and will be able to do the work expected of them at the next grade level.

8. And… It will be more rigorous than previous TCAP assessments.
Achievement results will likely decline in year one as we set a new baseline.
It will be a new format and platform.
Allow 1 minute
Continued from previous slide
Read the slide.

9. 2015-2016 School Year New Format
K-2
SAT 10 Option
3-11
TNReady (Math and ELA)
ACH & EOC (Science & SS)
Alternate
NCSC
ACCESS
Allow 2 minutes
Say: This chart shows the new test that will be administered under TNReady. Math and ELA will assess un TNReady and science and ss will test under EOC and ACH.

10. 2015-2016 School Year K-2 3-11 3-11 continued Alternate Assessments:
K-2 Pearson (SAT10)
3-11
Math (TNReady, MI)
3-8
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
Core Math I, II, III
ELA (TNReady, MI)
English I, II and III
Writing incorporated in TNReady
3-11 continued
Science (Achievement/EOC, Vendor TBD)
3-8
Biology, Chemistry
Social Studies (New Achievement/EOC, Vendor TBD)
US History
Alternate Assessments:
NCSC (1%)
ACCESS
Allow 2 minutes
Say: This slide shows the tests that will be administered for the various courses/grades. Note that geometry will now be assessed.

11. A Clarification on Standards:
Tennessee teachers and schools should continue to use the state's current academic standards in English language arts and math, not the previous SPI's.
TNReady, the state's new and improved TCAP test in English language arts and math, will assess the state's current academic standards in English language arts and math, not SPI's.
Allow 2 minutes
SAY: I also want to make sure everyone in the room feels clear about where the state is with academic standards.
Tennessee teachers and schools should continue to use the state's current academic standards in English language arts and math, not the previous SPI's.
TNReady, the state's new and improved TCAP test in English language arts and math, will assess the state's current academic standards in English language arts and math, not SPI's.
(1 min)

12. TNReady: Goals
Provide real information about student readiness for postsecondary work.
Anchor expectations about what students need to know and be able to do at every grade level to be ready.
Provide actionable information for parents and educators to support student growth.
Prove information about our competitiveness as a state.
Allow 2 minutes
Say: Provide real information about student readiness for postsecondary work.
Anchor expectations about what students need to know and be able to do at every grade level to be ready.
Provide actionable information for parents and educators to support student growth.
Prove information about our competitiveness as a state.

13. TNReady will be more engaging.
In math – students will solve multi-step problems, many without using a calculator, to show what they know.
Much like teachers already do in their classrooms, TNReady will give students a variety of new ways to show what they really know and can do.
TNReady will be given in two parts.
Allow 1 minute
Say: This new assessment will include two parts, such that writing will be incorporated in the ELA portion of the test and performance tasks will be included in the math portions.

14. Test Design Overview
Designed to assess Tennessee’s current state standards (not the prior SPIs)
Unique blueprint for Tennessee
Builds on the work we have done for the previous three years
Anchored to what students need to know in order to be ready
Allow 1 minute
Read the information from the slide.

15. Let’s Look at the Blueprints
Introductory slide for Blueprint activity
Say: Now we will examine the blueprints in groups

16. Blueprint Activity
Small Group • Review the blueprint for your grade level or course. • Look for the following ideas: • Which standards are only assessed in either Part I or Part II? • Which standards are assessed on both Part I and Part II? • Which sections are assessed most heavily? Least? Whole Group Discussion • How will this inform or modify instructional decisions for ? • What activities should we work to engage in to best prepare our students for success?
Allow 30 minutes
Distribute copies of blueprint and arrange participants by grade or course.
Say: In small groups you will:
Review the blueprint for your grade level or course.
• Look for the following ideas:
• Which standards are only assessed in either Part I or Part II?
• Which standards are assessed on both Part I and Part II?
• Which sections are assessed most heavily? Least?
Say: After collaborating please put your responses on chart paper and be prepared to report to the whole group. Afterwards ask for volunteers to discuss the following:
How will this inform or modify instructional decisions for ?
• What activities should we work to engage in to best prepare our students for success?

17. TNReady - Part I
Part I for Math will include performance tasks in grades 3 – 8.
These performance tasks will include open-ended responses and be multi-step problems that allow students to demonstrate several skills towards a practical application.
Part I of TNReady will be administered during a window that opens in early February and closes in early March.
This is the same timeframe as the current writing assessment.
Allow 5 minutes
Say:
These elements will be hand-scored and taken during the same window in February as the writing assessment has been historically administered.
Part I will be offered online only, much like the writing assessment was required to be completed online during the school year.

18. TNReady - Part II
The second portion of TNReady will replace the current TCAP tests for math and English language arts administered in April/May.
This portion will ask students to select responses for multiple types of questions.
Performance on Part I and Part II will be combined into a single composite score for each student.
Allow 5 minutes
Say:
The second part of TNReady will include multiple question types.
This part of the test will be administered online in all districts where the vast majority of schools have adequate instructional technology and high speed internet access to do so. Paper back-up will be offered in those districts with schools who don’t have the necessary technology.
Students will have a single score generated based on combined performance on Part I and Part II of TNReady assessment.

19. Math Item Types Overview
There are 6 types of items in Mathematics:
Equation
Graphic
Multiple Choice
Multiple Select
Performance Tasks
Technology Enhanced Items
Allow 3 minutes
Say:
There are 6 types of items in Mathematics:
Equation
Graphic
Multiple Choice
Multiple Select
Performance Tasks
Technology Enhanced Items
Not all types will be for all grade levels and high school courses will not have performance tasks on this year’s assessment.

20. Technology Enhanced These types of questions ask students to:
Move or manipulate items
Move around graphics
Complete exercises that reflect real work activities like editing a paper or graphing an equation
Allow 3 minutes
Say: This and the next two slides are examples of the item types that students may experience on the assessment.
Say:Technology Enhanced
These types of questions ask students to:
Move or manipulate items
Move around graphics
Complete exercises that reflect real work activities like editing a paper or graphing an equation

21. Open-Ended Questions These types of questions:
Ask students to type an answer where no choices are given and provide an open-ended response
Say: Open-Ended Questions
These types of questions:
Ask students to type an answer where no choices are given and provide an open-ended response

22. Multiple Choice and Multiple Select Questions
These type of questions:
Ask students to select the right answer either by -
Selecting one correct answer from many options
Selecting multiple correct answers from many options
Say: Multiple Choice and Multiple Select Questions
These type of questions:
Ask students to select the right answer either by -
Selecting one correct answer from many options
Selecting multiple correct answers from many options

23. TNReady Practice Tools
Each standard will have an example question that reflects the design of TNReady test questions
Item Sampler
Mini practice tests will be available for both Part One and Part Two of TNReady
Same platform as the actual test
Practice Test
Allow 5 minutes
Say:
The best preparation for TNReady will come from high quality teaching and engaged student learning that is taking place in classrooms throughout the school year.
But we also do believe it is important for educators to have access to early and free tools. We will provide tools that help students and teachers incorporate the kind of thinking that TNReady will require into their everyday classes.
These practice tools will include an Item Sampler that is web-based, so that teachers can create classroom assessments that use questions like those students can expect to see on TNReady throughout the course of the school year.
Because the Item Sampler platform is web-based, both teachers and students can access it outside of school, after hours, and on weekends.
In addition, students will have access to a Practice Test that uses the exact same application as the TNReady. Students will be able to use this application at school, only during periods before the assessment window opens for Part I and Part II. This practice test is mini-version of the full TNReady assessment, so that students can be familiar and comfortable with the new assessment platform.
Students don’t need “test prep” to demonstrate what they know are able to do. TNReady is designed to reflect everyday teaching and learning.
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24. Online Assessment TNReady will be administered online.
This gives Tennessee students an opportunity to develop critical technology skills they need for success, while also ensuring that they do not fall behind their peers in other states where online tests are given.
We have phased in required online testing over the last four years. Many states have been testing online for 15+ years.
Allow 2 minutes
Say:
Part I will be offered online only, much like the writing assessment was required to be completed online during the school year.
Part II of the test will be administered online in all districts where the vast majority of schools have adequate instructional technology and high speed internet access to do so. Paper back-up will be offered in those districts with schools who don’t have the necessary technology.
We believe that providing access to instructional technology for all students is a matter of equity. Our students are growing-up in a digital world. We cannot limit their success by providing an analog-only education.

25. Calculator Policy
Two central beliefs:
Calculators are important tools for college and career readiness
Students must be able to demonstrate many skills without reliance on calculators
At all grade levels and in all courses, TNReady will include both calculator permitted and calculator prohibited sections
Examples of permitted and non-permitted calculators, consistent with ACT and other benchmark assessments.
Handhelds are permitted with online testing.
Allow 1 minute
Say:
Calculators are important tools for college and career readiness
Students must be able to demonstrate many skills without reliance on calculators
In addition , at all grade levels and in all courses, TNReady will include both calculator permitted and calculator prohibited sections. Handhelds are permitted with online testing.

26. Administration Guidelines
2015 – 2016 TCAP Calendar
Allow 1 minute
Say: Here are the important dates to remember. Part 1 testing window is February 8- March 4 and Part 2 will be administered April 18-May 13.

27. Administration Guidelines
TNReady Draft Proposed Testing Windows
TNReady will be designed to allow schools to continue instruction even while testing.
School and instruction will need to continue as normal during the testing window to allow students to cycle through the test parts of TNReady at different points in time throughout the window.
All test will be timed and each subtest is expected to take minutes.
Allow 1 minute
Say:
TNReady will be designed to allow schools to continue instruction even while testing. Schools should not shut down just for testing. Put p. 139 info on a slide

28. Instructional Resources
TNReady
Curriculum & Instruction - Mathematics Instructional Maps
Curriculum & Instruction Math Tasks
TN Academic Standards
TNCore Instructional Resources
TNCore Assessment Resources
Allow 1 minute
Say: Here are some instructional resources that will help you plan effective lessons. This information is also provided in your instructional maps.

29. Objectives
Know:
the new TNReady assessments are designed to assess true student understanding and not just basic memorization and test-taking skills
TNReady will measure student understanding of our current state standards in mathematics
Understand:
How the research and strategies can be incorporated in units of instruction that prepare students for college and career
the three fundamental shifts in mathematics: focus, coherence and rigor in mathematics
that TNReady is a new way to assess students’ conceptual understanding
Do:
analyze the blueprints for the TNReady assessment and develop strategies to build conceptual understanding and fluency in math
Utilize the free practice tools to assist students in becoming familiar with the testing platform
Allow 2 minutes
Please select volunteers to read the objectives for today’s session.

30. Reflection: One minute paper on post-it
Jot down your “Take-Aways”
Consider what you need to know and be able to do to successfully implement what you have learned in this session.
What is still unclear?
What professional development or additional resources do you need?
Allow 5 minutes
Ask participants to respond to these questions on the provided post-it notes and leave them on the “Reflections” chart paper in the room.
Presenters please collect post-it notes at the end of each session.
Prepare an analysis of the responses and be prepared to share out in DLD debrief.

31. Next steps and activities for follow up
Collaborate with teachers in your grade-level or subject and examine resources embedded in your instructional maps.
Plan and implement lessons that are appropriately paced and include the use of tasks to facilitate student conceptual understanding .
Throughout the school year plan to attend mathematics PD offerings that will continue to expand on the work that we’ve done today.
Allow 2 minutes
Say:
Collaborate with teachers in your grade-level or subject and examine resources embedded in your instructional maps.
Plan and implement lessons that are appropriately paced and include the use of tasks to facilitate student conceptual understanding .
Throughout the school year plan to attend mathematics PD offerings that will continue to expand on the work that we’ve done today.

32. Your Math Instructional Advisors
Camilla S. Horton, Ed.D Emily B. Barbee, Ed.D.
Middle School Math High School Math
Allow 2 minutes
This is the contact information for Emily Barbee, the instructional advisor for high school math, and Camilla Horton, the instructional advisor for middle school math.