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FOCUS
Formative, Ongoing Classroom Understanding of Students &
Standards
Assessment System Goals… To provide quarterly assessments for grades 3-8
in math & literacy, EOC algebra, EOC geometry, & EOC literacy formatted after the Benchmark while learning is still underway
To provide diagnostic feedback to students, parents, and teachers regarding student performance in relation to standards so that next steps in planning for instruction and intervention can occur in real time
To provide feedback to students so that they can improve the quality of their work
What is meant by Assessment of and for Learning? Of Learning
Happen after learning is supposed to have occurred to determine if it did
Make statements of student learning status at a point in time to those outside of the classroom
Examples: state assessments, local standardized tests, college admissions tests, classroom assessments used to gather evidence to determine report card grades
How did I do?
For Learning Assessments that happen
while learning is still underway
Conducted throughout teaching & learning to diagnose student needs, plan next steps in instruction, & provide students with feedback they can use to improve quality of their work
Grading function is laid aside; not about accountability-those are assessments of learning-these are about getting betterHow can I get better?
“Classroom Assessment for
Learning”
Individual ReadGroup Discussion
Edusoft as a Tool… Assessment Delivery System
Storage for test item bank Delivery system for disaggregated reports
Performance band report Class list report Subgroup report Intervention grouping report Item response report
AFSC’s FOCUS Approach… General Pacing Guide Committee
Identify SLEs to be tested by quarter Develop general pacing guide as option for
districts without one in use Test Development Committee
Trains on use of Edusoft as a storage area for test bank
Creates m/c & o/r questions and rubrics aligned with quarterly testable SLEs & formatted after the Benchmark
AFSC’s FOCUS Approach… Test Review Committee
Reviews test items for clarity, validity, & alignment to standards
Reviews rubrics for alignment to standards & open-ended response/prompt
Professional Development Committee (TOTs) Trains on intent and use of formative assessments Trains on Edusoft for scanning of reports & downloading
of reports Trains on report interpretation & open-ended scoring Trains district staff in the above after initial training
Pacing Guide Committee… Goal: collaborate to create a calendar based
curriculum map for K-8 math & literacy, algebra I, geometry, & EOC literacy that is Aligned with state standards Focused on power standards
Endurance: Does the standard provide knowledge and skills that are useful among several disciplines?
Leverage: Will the standard provide knowledge and skills that are useful among several disciplines?
Readiness for the next level of learning: Will attaining the standard provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful at the next level of learning?
Clustered into testable objectives Non-program specific Flexible in nature
Identifying the Power Standards…
Actual Classroom Curriculum
Filter & FocusWhat endures? What skills are essential?What prepares students for the future?
What is most likely to be on the state test?
Potential Curriculum(every conceivable state test item)
Test Objectives & Curriculum Documents
State Standards
Pacing Guide Development Process… Lay all curricular pacing documents next to each
other by grade/course By quarter, identify common SLEs By quarter, identify unique SLEs Evaluate both charts according to key elements
of committee goal: Alignment with state standards Focused on power standards Clustered into testable SLEs Non-program specific
Collaborate for consensus Format into word document
Test Development Committee… Goal: to develop quality quarterly
assessments for grades 3-8 math and literacy, algebra I, geometry, and EOC literacy that Measure student performance against testable,
power standards as outlined in pacing guide Are formatted to the Benchmark Consist of multiple choice & open response
items that are valid and clear
Test Development Committee Process… Train on Edusoft to upload test items into bank Train in test question and rubric development Review pacing guide for testable, power
standards Review contributing district test items & released
items to identify usable questions Write multiple choice and open response items
formatted to the Benchmark and aligned to state standards
Upload into Edusoft
Test Review Committee… Goal: to review created test and scoring
items for clarity, validity, and alignment to state standards Review multiple choice items to meet above
criteria Review open response items to meet above
criteria Review rubrics to meet above criteria Make recommendations for improvement Review item response report for validity
Test Review Committee Process… Read each test item for validity & clarity Check for alignment to SLEs by comparing test
item to state standard Read scoring rubric for validity & clarity Check scoring rubric for alignment to question
and SLEs by comparing to state standard Make written recommendations for improvement Review item response report to check for
indicators of invalid questions according to student response
Professional Development Committee… Goal: train to become a trainer for the
district in communicating the purpose and use of FOCUS assessments, scanning of reports, report downloads and interpretation, and scoring of open response items
Professional Development Committee Process… Training on use of Edusoft for scanning,
downloading reports, and report interpretation
Training on communicating the purpose and use of formative assessments
Training on rubric scoring Training district during back-to-school
Calendar of Events… June
15 & 16: Math Pacing Guide Committee
26: Co-op Core Committee July
20: Lit. Pacing Guide Committee 21: Math Test Dev. Committee 27: Prof. Dev. Committee TOT
training 28: Literacy Test Dev. Committee
Sept. 14: Prof. Dev. Committee Edusoft
Training 15: Prof. Dev. Committee Edusoft
Training Oct.
9-11: FOCUS Assessment window Oct. 12: Test Dev. Committee 13: Test Rev. Committee
Dec. 4-6: FOCUS Assessment window
Jan. 23-24: Prof. Dev. Committee
Edusoft Next Steps training Jan.
25: Test Dev. Committee 26: Test Rev. Committee
Calendar of Events… Feb.
12-14: FOCUS Assessment window
15: Test Dev. Committee 16: Test Rev. Committee
April 30-May2: FOCUS
Assessment window May
3: Test Dev. Committee 4: Test Rev. Committee
Summer 2007 Dates to be scheduled
with committees
