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Chris Ludwig Student-Managed Portfolios: Performance- Based Alternatives to Standardized Tests for the NGSS La Junta High School La Junta, Colorado

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Chris LudwigChris Ludwig

Student-Managed Portfolios: Performance-Based Alternatives to Standardized Tests

for the NGSS

Student-Managed Portfolios: Performance-Based Alternatives to Standardized Tests

for the NGSS

La Junta High SchoolLa Junta, Colorado

La Junta High SchoolLa Junta, Colorado

Twitter: @chrisludwig

Science Education on the Edge

see.ludwig.lajuntaschools.org

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…a portfolio of student work may be used…

The eight practices of science and engineering that the Framework identifies as essential for all students to learn and describes in detail are listed below:

Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)

Developing and using modelsPlanning and carrying out investigationsAnalyzing and interpreting dataUsing mathematics and computational thinkingConstructing explanations (for science) and

designing solutions (for engineering)Engaging in argument from evidenceObtaining, evaluating, and communicating

information

APPENDIX F – Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS

The eight practices of science and engineering that the Framework identifies as essential for all students to learn and describes in detail are listed below:

Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)

Developing and using modelsPlanning and carrying out investigationsAnalyzing and interpreting dataUsing mathematics and computational thinkingConstructing explanations (for science) and

designing solutions (for engineering)Engaging in argument from evidenceObtaining, evaluating, and communicating

information

APPENDIX F – Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSS

It will not be feasible to assess all of the performance expectations for a given grade level during a single assessment occasion.

Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

National Research Council, National Academies Press 2014

2014-2015 Colorado (Pearson) CMAS Grade 12 Science ePAT

We cannot continue “testing” as it has been done to students before.

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/standardized-tests-suck-fix-data-not-less

Standardized tests suck, but the fix is more data,

not less-Jason Tanz

WIRED MagazineMarch 5th, 2015

1. Classroom Assessments

2. Monitoring Assessments

3. Indicators of the Opportunity to Learn

Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

National Research Council, National Academies Press 2014

NGSS Assessment SystemNGSS Assessment System

• Focus on assessment FOR learning

• Assess student growth, not “ability”

• Create multiple chances to prove mastery of core practices and content knowledge

• Apply multiple practices of science and engineering to complex problems

Classroom AssessmentsClassroom Assessments

• Assess large numbers of students across a district or state

• Audit student learning over time

• Are feasible and cost-effective

• Are classroom-embedded, not purely external assessments

Monitoring AssessmentsMonitoring Assessments

• Reveal the quality and content of instruction

• Document curriculum assignments and student work

• Examine implementation of the NGSS and the availability of resources and training

• Allow for equitable distribution of funding and resources across diverse student populations

Indicators of the Opportunity to Learn

Indicators of the Opportunity to Learn

Lessons learned from previous assessments:

some Pitfalls to avoid

Teachers and schools tend to mimic the content and format of state assessment in their ongoing curriculum and teaching…

Pitfall #1:Don’t replace real-life labs with simulated science and engineering assessment tasks

-Joan HermanNSTA/NGSS Podcast January 2014

Pitfall #2:Don’t interpret the NRC guidelines as a call for more time to be spent on state-mandated testing during a school year

Students will need multiple—and varied—assessment opportunities to demonstrate their competence on the performance expectations

Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

National Research Council, National Academies Press 2014

Pitfall #3:Don’t ignore student motivation as a factor when creating and interpreting assessments

Practices of Science and Engineering

Multiple Measure

s

Monitor Student Growth

Multiple Opportunitie

s

Cost Effectiv

e

Classroom Embedded

Indicators of the

Opportunity to Learn

Assessment for

Learning

Intrinsic Motivatio

n

Scalable for Large

Numbers of Students

Classroom-Embedded Assessment:A Workflow for the Science Classroom

Classroom-Embedded Assessment:A Workflow for the Science Classroom

Learning Activities and Labs

Notebooks/Blogs

Portfolios

Learning Activities and Labs: Performances of Science and Engineering

Learning Activities and Labs: Performances of Science and Engineering

Student Blogs: Chronological Records of Coursework

Student Blogs: Chronological Records of Coursework

Portfolios Are a Showcase for Evidence That Demonstrates Each Performance

Standard

Portfolios Are a Showcase for Evidence That Demonstrates Each Performance

Standard

Portfolios Are a Showcase for Evidence That Demonstrates Each Content-Area

Standard

Portfolios Are a Showcase for Evidence That Demonstrates Each Content-Area

Standard

Portfolios: Students Select Their Work That Best Demonstrates Each StandardPortfolios: Students Select Their Work

That Best Demonstrates Each Standard

Student-Managed Portfolios Allow Students to Reflect on Their Learning

Student-Managed Portfolios Allow Students to Reflect on Their Learning

Portfolios Allow Students to Build Up a Body of Evidence Over Time

Portfolios Allow Students to Build Up a Body of Evidence Over Time

Portfolios Can Be Shared with Internal and External EvaluatorsPortfolios Can Be Shared with

Internal and External Evaluators

Portfolio-Based Evaluation of Evidence of Learning

Portfolio-Based Evaluation of Evidence of Learning

Quality of the evidence of learning

Opportunity to learn through performances

of science and engineering

Equal opportunity for all students to learn

Portfolio-Based Evaluation of Evidence of Learning

Portfolio-Based Evaluation of Evidence of Learning

Portfolio-Based Reporting of Student Performances

Portfolio-Based Reporting of Student Performances

• Course and/or grade level portfolios or long-term collections?

• Required artifacts (exams, labs, activities)?

• Student-managed or teacher-collected?

• Review all student portfolios or only representative samples?

Portfolios as Monitoring Assessments:Some Design Considerations

Portfolios as Monitoring Assessments:Some Design Considerations

-Robert HollandLexington Institute

Portfolio assessment: can it be used to hold schools accountable?

http://educationnext.org/portfolio-assessment (2004)

Scorers may have no way to tell if the work samples came from a student or a smart uncle or from an Internet download

-Chester E. Finn Jr.President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Portfolio assessment: can it be used to hold schools accountable?

http://educationnext.org/portfolio-assessment (2004)

(Authentic assessment) is costly indeed, and slow and cumbersome, but I think its biggest flaw as an external assessment is its subjectivity and unreliability.

Practices of Science and Engineering

Multiple Measure

s

Monitor Student Growth

Multiple Opportunitie

s

Cost Effectiv

e

Classroom Embedded

Indicators of the

Opportunity to Learn

Assessment for

Learning

Intrinsic Motivatio

n

Scalable for Large

Numbers of Students

 -Martin Luther King Jr.“The Purpose of Education”  

Maroon Tiger-Morehouse College, February 1947

The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.

ResourcesResourcesScience Education on the Edgehttp://see.ludwig.lajuntaschools.org

“Physics portfolios: a picture of student understanding” Brooke A. Whitworth and Randy Bell, NSTA’s The Science Teacher Nov. 2013

Guide to Implementing the NGSS http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18802/guide-to-implementing-the-next-generation-science-standards (2015)

Developing Assessments for the NGSS http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18409/developing-assessments-for-the-next-generation-science-standards (2014)

NPR: What schools could use instead of Standardized Tests http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2015/01/06/371659141/what-schools-could-use-instead-of-standardized-tests

Next Steps… Next Steps…