Applying Formative

Assessment Strategies 1 & 5

to NGSSColleen HeathAnnette Orrico Carol Promisel

PLT Formative Assessment Team

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Agenda Think-Pair-Share

Introduction to NGSS

Review Formative Assessment Strategies 1 & 5

Apply Strategies 1 & 5 to NGSS

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I will be able to design a lesson to focus on one learning target or aspect of quality related to NGSS. (Strategy 5)

Objectives

I will create a clear and understandable NGSS learning target for my students. (Strategy 1)

Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning, Pearson Assessment Training Institute

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Think – Pair – Share

1. What do you know about NGSS?2. What have you tried in your

classroom to implement strategies 1 & 5?

3. How has the implementation of formative assessment enhanced student learning in your classroom?

Please write your responses on page one of the yellow

participant packet.

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Q4:What do we do when students are proficient?

Q3: What do we when students are not learning?

Q2: How do we know when a student has learned something?

Q1: What do we want students to

know and be able to do?

PLC QUESTIONS

Essential Outcomes

Instruction(Best

Practice)

Formative Assessment

Data Collection & Analysis

SMART Goals

Differentiated Inst. Intervention & Enrichment

Data Collection & Analysis

Summative Assessment

PLC PRINCIPLE: Incorporate

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What is NGSS? 1. K-12 Science Education should reflect the interconnected nature of science as it is practiced and experienced in the real world.

2. The Next Generation Science Standards are student performance expectations – NOT curriculum.

3. The science concepts build coherently from K-12.

4. The NGSS focus on deeper understanding of content as well as application of content.

5. Science and Engineering are integrated in the NGSS from K–12.

6. The NGSS are designed to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship.

7. The NGSS and Common Core State Standards (English Language Arts and Mathematics) are aligned.

www.nextgenscience.org

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Three Dimensions Intertwined

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Crosscutting Concepts

• Patterns

• Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation

• Scale, Proportion and Quantity

• Systems and System Models

• Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles and Conservation

• Structure and Function

• Stability and Change

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Science and Engineering Practices

• Asking Questions and Defining Problems

• Developing and Using Models

• Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

• Analyzing and Interpreting Data

• Using Mathematical and Computational Thinking

• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

• Engaging in Argument from Evidence

• Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information

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Illinois Implementation Timeline

2013-2014 School Year:• Development of transition plan • Assessment planning

2014-2015:• Begin implementation of NGSS-aligned curriculum

2015-2016:• Continue implementation with increased professional

development

2016-2017:• Full school / district alignment to NGSS-aligned curriculum

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Applying Strategy 1 to NGSS

I will create a clear and understandable NGSS learning target for my students. (Strategy 1)

Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning, Pearson Assessment Training Institute

Choose one of the 8 science & engineering practices that can be applied to your next unit.

Write a student friendly learning target that reflects this practice.

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Example

NGSS Practice: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

NGSS wording: Consider limitations of data analysis (e.g. measurement error, sample selection) when analyzing and interpreting data.

Student friendly target:

ChemistryI can determine the effect of a given error on my calculated ratio of chlorine to calcium.

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Apply Strategy 1

Choose one of the 8 science & engineering practices that can be applied to your next unit.

Write a student friendly learning target that reflects this practice.

Please write your target on the

“Apply Strategy 1” side of the blue

handout.

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Applying Strategy 5 to NGSS

I will be able to design a lesson to focus on one learning target or aspect of quality related to NGSS. (Strategy 5)

Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning, Pearson Assessment Training Institute

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Implementing Strategy 5• Identify typical misconceptions,

reasoning errors, and learning gaps for focused instruction

• Create short practice assignments to scaffold the learning and make it more manageable

• Give students opportunities to practice and act on feedback before the summative event

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Plan an Investigation Involving the Sun’s Changing Position in Our Sky

• Pose a question related to the Sun’s changing position in our sky.

• Plan how data might be collected.

• Carry out the investigation in such a way as the data might later be analyzed and interpreted.

• Explain why you organized your data the way you did. 

Astronomy Example:

The complete lesson is on pages 3-4 of the yellow

participant packet.

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Apply Strategy 5 in a small curricular group

Think about an upcoming unit.

Identify a typical misconception, reasoning error or learning gap that relates to one of the 8 NGSS practices.

Design a short practice assignment or lesson which addresses the identified typical misconception, reasoning error or learning gap. Please complete

the “Apply Strategy 2” side of the blue

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Example:Biology: NGSS Practice 2 Developing and Using Models

Learning target: I can determine the pattern of inheritance in a pedigree.

Predicted misconception: All shaded shapes show recessive characteristics.

Lesson: Practice problems requiring students to identify inheritance patterns. The pedigree examples will include the four main types of inheritance. (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, sex-linked dominant, sex-linked recessive)

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Apply Strategy 5 in a small curricular group

Think about an upcoming unit.

Identify a typical misconception, reasoning error or learning gap that relates to one of the 8 NGSS practices.

Design a short practice assignment or lesson which addresses the identified typical misconception, reasoning error or learning gap. Please complete

the “Apply Strategy 2” side of the blue

handout.

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Strategy 5 Group Sharing

• Please state your learning target. (Strategy 1)

• Identify your predicted misconceptions. (Strategy 5)

• Briefly explain the lesson you designed to scaffold understanding. (Strategy 5)