Essential Skills Essential Skills Objectives Understand Essential Skill

Essential Skills

Essential Skills Objectives • Understand Essential Skill Requirements • Know Implementation Timeline • Understand 3 assessment options • Know Resources Available

Essential Skills Essential Skill Requirements • 9 cross-curricular skills • Embedded in State Content Standards • Students must demonstrate proficiency • 3 required soon • 6 to be scheduled later

Essential Skills Implementation • Class of 2012 – Reading • Class of 2013 -- Reading and Writing • Class of 2014 -- Reading, Writing, & Apply Mathematics

Essential Skills 3 Assessment Options • OAKS Assessments • State Board Approved Assessments Test Reading Math ACT or Plan 18 19 Work. Keys 5 5 Compass 81 66 (Int Alg) Asset 42 41 (Int Alg) SAT 440 450 PSAT 44 45 • Work Samples

Essential Skills Options and Opportunities • Local Assessment Option • Criteria under development • Reviewed and recommended by AESRP (Assessment of Essential Skills Review Panel) • Adopted by State Board

Essential Skills Work Sample Rigor • Work samples must meet the level of rigor required on the OAKS assessment. • Work samples provide an optional means to demonstrate proficiency not an easier means.

Essential Skills Work Sample Requirements ESSENTIAL SKILL Reading Writing Apply math REQUIRED SCORE WORK SAMPLES 2 Work Samples • two informational or • one informational and one literary 3 Work Samples • expository • persuasive • narrative 2 Work Samples algebra geometry Statistics (choose 2 strands) (OFFICIAL SCORING GUIDE) • • Total 12 (3 traits) No score lower than 3 • 4 on each of the four required traits • 4 on each of the four traits plus accuracy.

Essential Skills Technical Assistance • Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit • Regional Trainers • Building/District Trainer Opportunities • Web-based Resources

Essential Skills Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit www. assessment. oregonk-12. net

Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Reading • http: //www. ode. state. or. us/go/wor ksamples --Reading • ESD’s & Oregon DATA Project • Web-Ex Training for Instructional or Literacy Coaches

Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Writing • Regional Network under development • Web-based Resources under development • Check for updates www. ode. state. or. us/go/worksamples -- Writing

Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Math • Regional Network under development • Web-based Resources under development • Check for updates www. ode. state. or. us/go/worksamples -- Math

Essential Skills Promising Practices • Score classroom assignments for Essential Skill proficiency • Score multi-disciplinary projects for more than one Essential Skill

Essential Skills Promising Practices (cont) • Apply Essential Skills in elective and CTE classes • Develop prompts that can be shared – District, ESD or Regional

Essential Skills ODE Recommendations • Districts should develop a policy for retention of student performance data and work samples • Districts must develop a process allowing students to appeal a district decision to deny a diploma based on the Essential Skills graduation requirement.

Essential Skills In a Nutshell Required Essential Skills Reading – Class of 2012 Reading & Writing – Class of 2013 Reading, Writing & Math – Class of 2014 Methods of Assessment OAKS Other Approved Tests Work Samples

Essential Skills Acorns for Storage 1. Which courses are responsible for Essential Skills Assessment in our school? 2. Who has the key responsibilities in assessing the Essential Skills? 3. What is our procedure for keeping track of student progress toward demonstrating each required Essential Skill? 4. How can elementary and middle schools prepare students for the Essential Skills?