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Using Assessments to Transform Instruction

Using Assessments to Transform Instruction. Wake County February/March 2012. Benchmark Assessments: What They Are. Assessments that are given by teachers during the six-or nine-week period help gauge student learning such that teachers can reteach or accelerate learning for students.

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Using Assessments to Transform Instruction

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  1. Using Assessments to Transform Instruction Wake County February/March 2012

  2. Benchmark Assessments: What They Are Assessments that are given by teachers during the six-or nine-week period help gauge student learning such that teachers can reteach or accelerate learning for students.

  3. Quality Benchmark Assessments • Aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study • Aligned to district pacing • Formatted to look and feel like EOG/EOC tests • Provide detailed data on individual students for remediation/acceleration • Provide valid and reliable results • Incorporate thinking skills • Support the written, taught and tested curriculum

  4. Areas of Focus • Graphs, timelines, tables, charts, maps, and political cartoons • Reading competencies (cognition, connection, critical stance, and interpretation) • Genres (fiction, nonfiction/informational, poetry, science, social studies, consumer) • Math and science goals/objectives • Lower order and higher order thinking skills

  5. Test Questions • Number of questions per assessment: 2nd grade reading ≅40math ≅45 3rd – 8th grade reading ≅50 math ≅60 5th and 8th grade science ≅52 Algebra, English 1, Biology ≅60 • % of questions in each academic level: 15% easy, 35% easy/medium, 35% medium/hard, 15% hard • Lower order thinking skills 40% • Higher order thinking skills 60%

  6. Benchmarks Provide • Opportunity for data-driven instruction • Precise progress monitoring, (i.e. high flyers- making progress) • Tool to drive data driven PLT time • Data to identify trends • Alignment of instruction to Standard Course of Study • Quality, individualized data that helps identify strengths and weaknesses in student learning • Information to support targeted remediation and acceleration to meet needs of all students

  7. Comprehensive Reports • Class, School, District • Percent correct • Projected scale score • Projected achievement level • Suggested grade for students • Projected growth • Item analysis Let’s Review the Reports!

  8. Contacts Gwen Johnson GwenJohnson@te21.com 919-226-0364 Nancy Hester NancyHester@te21.com 919-226-0362

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