1. What tools do you have in your toolbox? Jennifer Weeks, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Meredith Park, Formative Assessment Coordinator

2. Overview of TE21 Case 21 Benchmark Assessments Case 21 Item Bank Academy of Reading Academy of Math

3. Common Core Implementation What do we want for our students? Prepared for the Workforce Prepared for College Prepared for the Military Lifelong Learners Critical Readers and Thinkers

4. CCSS Implementation Which tools will help us achieve these goals? Collective Experience Collaboration Professional Development Common Assessments Collaborative Leadership Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment Alignment Personalization

5. Collective Experience Minimize Duplication of Efforts Encourage Collaboration Equity  Common Expectations  Mobility

6. Collaboration Sustained On-going Team Meetings/Collegial Conversations Interdisciplinary Coordination

7. Professional Development Capacity Building Data-driven Instruction “Know and are able to do”

8. Common Assessments Formative Assessment Summative Assessment Frequent Technology-dependent

9. Collaborative Leadership Culture Creator Focus - Simplify Amplify Clarify

10. Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment “Know and are able to do” Rigorous Text-dependent questioning Application School-wide/District-wide

11. Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment Demonstrate independence Build content knowledge Respond to varying demands Comprehend and critique Text complexity

12. Curriculum-Instruction- Assessment Read like detectives Academic vocabulary Annotate Write critically - Why?

13. Personalization Tiered Instruction Changes in Text Complexity Lexile Level Shifts Grade Span Shifts in Mathematics

14. CASE21 Pilot Spring 2011 Lake Cormorant Elementary School Horn Lake Middle School Southaven High School

15. Testing Process Send previous MCT2 data to CASE21 Pacing Guides Draft Review Test and Answer Document Delivery Test Administration Scoring and Data Dissimination

16. Pacing Guides Importance of Pacing Guides Teacher and/or Curriculum Specialist Input Suggested Pacing Guides http://www.case21inc.com/products- and-services/pacing- guides/mississippi-pacing-guides http://www.case21inc.com/products- and-services/pacing- guides/mississippi-pacing-guides

17. Draft Review Curriculum Alignment Blueprint Alignment Cumulative/Comprehensive Test Item Stem/Foils Format

18. Test Delivery Printing Decisions Test Packaging and Dissemination Answer Documents

19. Test Administration Planning Calendar Administer in MCT2/SATP conditions

20. Scanning/Scoring Answer documents returned to a central location. Answer documents scanned in-house and uploaded to CASE21 for review. Answer documents are returned to the schools. CASE21 compiles data and uploads reports on sharefile site.

21. Data Reports District Report for Comparison of Schools School Report for Comparison of Teachers Teacher Report for Student Identification Item Analysis Report with Red/Green Visuals

22. District Report

23. School Report

24. Teacher Report

25. Questions? Jennifer Weeks, Assistant Superintendent Email: jennifer.weeks@desotocountyschools.orgjennifer.weeks@desotocountyschools.org Meredith Park, Formative Assessment Coordinator Email: meredith.park@desotocountyschools.orgmeredith.park@desotocountyschools.org