LEAD Conference October 9, 2012

1. The Constructed Response Assessment:Building Teacher Understanding of the Common Core State Standards LEAD Conference October 9, 2012

2. Agenda

3. Session Objectives • Analyze a 5th grade task in relation to the Common Core State Standards • Review resources and elements of CRA scoring • Practice a scoring protocol • Discuss the opportunity to improve instruction through the CRA • Expected Concerns • Time requirements with scoring • Disagreement between scores • Process elements

4. Our Approach • The expansion of the Constructed Response Assessment is designed to promote: • Learning about the Standards, both for Content and Mathematical Practice • Insight into the expected format of the PARCC Assessment • A lens into student understanding against the expectations of the Standards

5. Focusing on the Standards

6. Focusing on the Standards The Standards for Mathematical Practice: • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. • Reason abstractly and quantitatively. • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. • Model with mathematics. • Use appropriate tools strategically. • Attend to precision. • Look for and make use of structure. • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

7. Analyzing a Task

8. Analyzing a Task

9. Analyzing a Task

10. Scoring Resources • Scoring Guides • Protocols document • Video for every task

11. Scoring Guide Protocols Document

12. Scoring Guide • Structure of Scoring Guides • Task from test booklet • Guide sheet (rubric) • List of content and practice standardsassociated with the task • Student responses and annotations

13. Scoring Guide • See Scoring Guide:Task 1:48 Gumdrops

14. Guide paper 1

15. Guide paper 4

16. Guide paper 10

17. Scoring Practice • Try scoring the first three papers in the training set on your own. Please do not score the last paper at this time. • As you are scoring, refer back to the guide sheet and papers 1, 4, and 10 from the scoring guide that we reviewed. • Keep in mind: what evidence does the student provide to demonstrate his/her knowledge and abilities in relation to the standards and practices? • In a few minutes you will be asked to share your scores with a neighbor. Check for agreement on the content and practices. If you don’t agree, discuss the student work, referring back to the guide sheet and papers in the guide, and try to reach consensus.

18. Our Approach • The expansion of the Constructed Response Assessment is designed to promote: • Learning about the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, both Content and Practice • Insight into the expected format of the PARCC Assessment • A lens into student understanding against the expectations of the Standards

19. CRA Scoring Support

20. CRA Scoring Support • At least 2 meetings in each CORE w/ Regional Math Coordinator for district staff (before Oct. 26) • Video for every task • Core coaches are available for grade-level questions (contacts released Oct. 15) • Scoring guides themselves • TNCore username: tncore-math password: firsttothetop% • tncore.questions@tn.gov • Each other – conversations are critical!

21. CRA Scoring Support

22. CRA Scoring Support

23. Session Objectives - Review • Analyze a 5th grade task in relation to the Common Core State Standards • Review resources and elements of CRA scoring • Practice a scoring protocol • Discuss the opportunity to improve instruction through the CRA • Expected Concerns • Time Requirements with scoring • Disagreement between scores • Process elements

24. Closing • This is about learning. • Learning about the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, both Content and Practice • Insight into the expected format of the PARCC Assessment • A lens into student understanding against the expectations of the Standards