Middle School Math East Coweta Middle School September

Middle School Math East Coweta Middle School September 17, 2013 Coweta Committed to Student Success C O W E T A C O U N T Y S C H O O L S Y S T E M

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Agenda �Grade-level sharing �OAS formative assessment items �Wrap-up Coweta Committed to Student Success

Grade-Level Sharing �Where are we? �What has been effective? �What needs to be improved? Coweta Committed to Student Success

New Resources Unit-by-unit learning targets Coweta Committed to Student Success

New Resources Unit-by-unit learning targets Coweta Committed to Student Success

Georgia Formative Assessment Item Bank �Will contain 1600+ classroom assessment items �Aligned with ELA and mathematics content standards for grades 3 – 11 �Housed in OAS �Most items at depth of knowledge (DOK) 3 or 4 �DOK 2: 19% �DOK 3: 41% �DOK 4: 39% �Item, rubric, and scored student sample papers provided Coweta Committed to Student Success

Mathematics Common Core Standards �Require students to understand why they are doing the things they are doing �Expect that students Be able to explain why they're doing what they're doing Justify why they are doing it, not just explain what they are doing Coweta Committed to Student Success

Purposes for Using Formative Assessment Items �Prepare students for more rigorous expectations of the state-mandated standards �Provide students practice with open- and constructed-response items �Provide teachers insight into the types of problems students will be expected to do �Provide teachers with opportunities to evaluate open-ended response items Coweta Committed to Student Success

Using Formative Assessment Items �Part of instruction in a lesson or unit �Used to identify student strengths and weaknesses �Helps teacher determine next steps Review Differentiation Continuation �Provides teacher and students detailed feedback �Intended for low stakes purposes Coweta Committed to Student Success

Features of Mathematics Formative Items �Aligned to multiple standards One primary standard One or more secondary standards �Include intentional focus on standards for mathematical practice �Use real-world context �Require students to provide written explanations �Illuminate student misconceptions Coweta Committed to Student Success

Formative Assessment/ Diagnostic Summative Assessment Redesign / Teach Formative Assessment Redesign / Teach State. Mandated Content Standards Formative Assessment Design / Teach Formative Assessment Redesign / Teach Redesign might involve changing activities, instructional techniques, assessment methods or content, and/or differentiation based on student needs. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Formative Item Formats for Mathematics �Multiple choice �Constructed response Extended response Scaffolded tasks Coweta Committed to Student Success

Multiple Choice Items �Have four answer options �Include believable distractors which represent common conceptual and/or application errors �Distractor rationales assist teachers in identifying specific student misconceptions to inform instruction Coweta Committed to Student Success

Example of Multiple Choice Formative Assessment Item Coweta Committed to Student Success

Extended Response Items �May address multiple standards, multiple domains, and/or multiple areas of the curriculum �May allow for multiple correct responses and/or varying methods of arriving at a correct answer �Scored through use of a rubric and associated student exemplars/anchor papers Coweta Committed to Student Success

Example of Constructed Response Item Coweta Committed to Student Success

Scaffolded Items �Include a sequence of items or tasks �Designed to demonstrate deeper understanding �May be multi-standard and multi-domain �May guide a student to mapping out a response to a more extended task �Scored through use of a rubric and associated student exemplars/anchor papers Coweta Committed to Student Success

Example of Scaffolded Task Coweta Committed to Student Success

How Students Respond �Multiple Choice Students can respond to multiple choice items regardless of the content area within the OAS. �Constructed-Response o ELA: Students can respond with OAS. o Math: Students can view constructed-response in OAS but must provide written responses on paper. § § There is no math editor in OAS. Some items require students to show work or draw a graph, number line, or figure. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Rubrics �Holistic � 5 -point scale (0 – 4) 4: 3: 2: 1: 0: Thoroughly demonstrated Clearly demonstrated Basically demonstrated Minimally demonstrated Incorrect or irrelevant Coweta Committed to Student Success

Exemplar and Anchor Papers �Exemplar Prototype answer The “ideal” response �Anchor papers Set of responses from actual Georgia students during item pilots Scored by trained raters using rubric Allow teachers to review and compare their own students’ work to the sample responses for different scores Helps standardize expectations of the standards Coweta Committed to Student Success

Where Are the Items? http: //www. georgiaoas. org/ Coweta Committed to Student Success

Accessing OAS Teacher Login Username: Person. ID+lastname (example: 12345 presley) Password: teacher Student Login Username: 10 -digit state number (example: 1234567890) Password: 10 -digit state number (example: 1234567890) Coweta Committed to Student Success

Steps for Selecting OAS Formative Items 1. Create Test � Test Name � Test Identifier � Submit 2. Item Level Select Level 2 (All teachers have this access) 3. Subject 4. Grade Level 5. Domain Select Formative 6. Domain Select appropriate domain 7. Standard Select a standard or select ALL 8. Show Items Coweta Committed to Student Success

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Give the test a name and a unique identifier. Choose any other desired options. Then click Submit. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Select Item Level 2. Choose subject and grade level. Select Formative for the test type. Choose domain and standard. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Make any needed changes – even add more items, if necessary. When finished, click Create Test. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Assign the test to a class. Click on the Classes tab and then select Assign test(s) to a class. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Click on the initial of the first name of your class, then select your class from the list that appears. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Click on New. In the next dialog box, select your test, then click on Submit. When the next box appears, click Back, then log out. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Finding Rubrics and Sample Student Papers Once you create a test in the previous steps … 1. Assign the test to a class. 2. Assign the test to a student in the class and log out. 3. Log in as a student and take the test as if you were a student. 4. Click on “Score the Test. ” 5. Log out as the student and log back in as the teacher. 6. Select Score open ended items in the Tests tab; select test. 7. Select student to view rubric and sample papers. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Log in as your fake student. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Click on View Teacher. Assigned Tests. Select your test and click on Take Test. Click through the test, then indicate that it is to be graded. Return home and log out. Coweta Committed to Student Success

View results. Log back in as yourself. On the Tests tab, select View student test results. Choose the test, then click on Select. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Select your fake student and click on Next. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Question Number with Dropdown Feature Student Recorded Response Rubric Show Question and View Exemplar and Sample Papers Coweta Committed to Student Success

Student Self-Checklist for Mathematics Coweta Committed to Student Success

For more information … Click on the Training tab to find out more about working with OAS. Coweta Committed to Student Success

Additional information about formative assessment resources http: //www. gadoe. org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Pages/OASResources. aspx Coweta Committed to Student Success

Summary and Wrap-up �Suggestions, needs, concerns? �Contact information Lynn Skinner lynn. skinner@cowetaschools. org 770 -254 -2800 Coweta Committed to Student Success