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Chris Castillo Comer
Director of Science
TEA Science Update
Statewide SESnet MeetingUniversity of Texas
April 19, 2005
Welcome!
Goals for the DayIntroductionsThe History of SESnet
• Agenda Items…• Important Logistical information…
STATEWIDE SESnet Meeting
Assessment Update
• Elementary TAKS• Middle School Information Booklets!• Online Tutorials for Online TAKS• Scale score • Personalized Study Guides
Spring 2005 Update!Spring 2005 Update!
Judging Student Performance
• Have schools look at the range of students’ performances based on their scale scores.• Do more students have a scale score
closer to 2100 (threshold for passing) than to 2400 (commended performance)?Remember that for all tests (except
for 2005 Exit Level), the scale scores are set at 2100 for passing and 2400 for Commended. In 2006 all tests will have these scale scores.
Middle School TAKS
• Field Test: Monday, April 18, 2005 • First assessed: Thursday, 4/20/06• Bridges learning from 5th grade to 10th grade
science TAKS assessments• Includes Student Expectations from
Grades 6, 7, & 8
Middle School TAKS Field Test• All students will participate• Purpose: to gather data about items. • Districts will not receive feedback• A small sub-set of the state will be administered
the On-Line Pilot which will include innovative items.
NEW! TAKS Information BookletsMiddle School
• “Hard Copy” will be printed • Scheduled for August ’05 Delivery to Schools• Web version scheduled for July 15th • Highlights:
• 5-6 items per objective• Guidance on Equipment TEKS 4 (A)
‘05 Personalized Study Guides
• Latest shipment was sent to
schools on January 7, 2005• The personalized version is online now.
• Students can log on and type in their CSR to see their personalized study guides
• The assessment items are based on released tests and student are ‘walked through’ the thinking process for reading the stem and considering the distracters.
http://www.yourstudyguide.com/Texas/
FAQ FAQ How can I get a copy of the downloadable study guide? What is Adobe® Reader®? the downloadable study guide? How can I get a copy of the TAKS Study Guide that was developed in 2003? How can I get further help?
Trends:
Research: What it tells us…
Guided Inquiry
Teacher Enhancement
What Works
Four years of Science?
Earth Science?
All Teacher Enhancement should:• BE TEKS RELATED:
To the depth and complexity of the TEKS• PROVIDE TAKS SUPPORT
Improves student achievement as evidenced on the TAKS
• TARGET the TOUGH TEKS
Most powerful when fitted to individual teacher and school needs…
Hang in there, you’re almost through
that science lab, only 20 minutes till lunchtime!
The Education Service Centers Implement pit crews for science teachers.
Your Job IsVital!
You do make a difference!
Your efforts:• Keep Teachers
informed• Nurture Leaders• Mentor teachers• Improve
practice• Prevent teacher
burn-out!
Linking Science and Literacy:SCIENCE LITERACY
PREDICT Forecast what will happen; i.e.: weather
Anticipate what others will do
EVIDENCE Experimental data, replication
Citations from the text
STORY Big Ideas, scaffolding of concepts
Narrative
HABITS OF MIND Cognitive connections Behavior; self
THEORY Well articulated best fit of evidence; observable and identifiable
Thoughts, hunch, one’s own feelings about something
A Model of Student Cognitive Processes (Glynn and Muth)
Perception of Science Phenomena
Working Memory
Learning Science
Science Knowledge
Science Process skills
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Long Term Memory
Metacognition
Speaking/ Listening
Construction Construction
New Resources on TEA Website www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment
• 2005 District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• 2005 TELPAS District and Campus Coordinator Manual
• 2003-2004 Technical Digest• 2004-2005 SSI Grade Placement Committee
Manual• SSI Parent Brochures
Master Science Teacher News
• TEC 21.413 says the Master Science Teacher (MST) stipends will be paid for the first time at the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
• We should anticipate about 263 MST’s in the first year • Commissioner’s Rules are under review.• SBEC has approved one program, with several more applying
soon.
Lonna SandersonElementary PAEMST
Awardee
Science Meetings of note:• Texas Regional NAEP Framework Meeting
Austin Omni Hotel; April 25, 2005• TUSC Meeting
Austin Omni Hotel; May 10, 2005• TSELA Summer Meeting
Austin Airport Hilton; June 7, 2005• CAST: Houston, TX
October 25-30, 2005• NSTA: Anaheim, CA
April, 2006
More people in the United States earn
their living by doing astrology than by doing astronomy.
Vital Connections, p. 38
Today’s Reality
Who To Contact:• TEA Science Staff:
• Chris Castillo-ComerDirector of [email protected]
• Irene Pickhardt Assistant [email protected]
512-463-9581
