Resources for Rigorous Assessments: Utilizing a Variety of Assessment Types

1. Resources for Rigorous Assessments: Utilizing a Variety of Assessment Types District Collaboration Day September 18, 2013 Piney Grove Middle School

2. Future of GA State Assessment • GA state assessments in 2014-15 will have… • Increased rigor • Increased cut scores • Variety of Item Types • Selected Response • Open-ended Items • Short answer • Constructed response • Performance-based tasks • State assessments will be in sync with college and career readiness • ELA/Reading/Writing in one assessment

3. Race to the Top (RT3) Resources • CCGPS Formative Item Bank • 750 items for Grades 3-HS in ELA and Math currently housed in OAS • 750 more items (Gr 3-HS in ELA and Math) to be added in Fall 2013 • Assessment Literacy / Formative Instruction Online Learning Modules (FIP) • Interim Benchmarks • An ELA and Math assessment for each grade by Spring 2015 • Half will be available in Spring 2014 • ELA: Grades 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 10th Literature/World Lit • Math: Grades 1, 2, 3, and Coordinate Algebra • Social Studies: U.S. History

4. GA Formative Assessment InitiativesBringing a Balanced Assessment Focus to the Classroom Phase I items released into OAS fall 2012*; Phase II items to be released in fall 2013 Pilot in winter 2013; Statewide launch in summer 2013 FIP – “Formative Instructional Practices” Jan 2014 *FCS Expectation: Teachers should be utilizing Phase I Formative Item Bank in OAS to model and develop fluency with higher level questioning, including constructed response and performance-based tasks. Phase I item pilot in fall 2013; Phase II pilot in winter 2014 Phase I Pilot: Chatt, Cumming, Haw Creek, Johns Creek, Sharon, Shiloh Point

5. State Assessment Support Materials

6. Revised Assessment Resources • CRCT Revised Content Descriptions http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/CRCT-Content-Descriptions.aspx • CRCT Revised Content Weights http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/CRCT_Content_Weights_CCGPS%20-%20August%2010,%202012%20Final.pdf

7. Revised Assessment Resources • EOCT Content Descriptions http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/EOCT-Content.aspx • EOCT Content Weights http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/EOCT_Content_Weights_CCGPS_Updated%208-10-12%20Final.pdf • Writing Assessment Guides with CCGPS http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Writing-Assessments.aspx

8. Resources for Finding a Variety of Assessment Types

9. PARCC Resourceshttp://www.parcconline.org/ • Model Content Frameworks • Serve as bridge between Common Core and the PARCC assessments http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-model-content-frameworks • Sample Prototype Items • Illustrative only; not all encompassing http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes Be sure to read the supporting documentation for each item

10. PARCC Task Types • Mathematics • Type I (PBA and EOY): machine scorable, focus on major content and/or fluency • Type II (PBA): Hand scored, focus on expressing reasoning • Type III (PBA): Hand scored, focus on modeling/ application • ELA • PBA: Prose Constructed Response (PCR) • EOY: Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) • EOY: Technology Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR) PBA=Performance-Based Assessment; EOY=End-of-Year Assessment

11. Additional Resources • Online Assessment System (OAS) • Formative Item Bank – Grades 3- HS • Interim Benchmarks – Grades 1-HS (available 2014-15) www.georgiaoas.org • National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) • Grades 4, 8, 12 in Sample Questions/Question Tool • Released items in reading, writing, mathematics, and other content areas http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard

12. Additional Resources • Smarter Balanced Sample Items and Performance Tasks • The “other consortium” (similar to PARCC) http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/ • USA Test Prep • Middle / High – EOCT prep • Contact School Test Coordinator for access code http://www.usatestprep.com/Home

13. Additional Resources • Houghton Mifflin Online Textbook • Grades 6-8 ELA my.hrw.com • Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative (SVMI) • K-12 Mathematics http://www.svmimac.org/

14. Additional Resources • Safari Resources safari.forsyth.k12.ga.us/ • Common Assessments for K-5 ELA and Math • Unit Assessments • 6th-12th ELA • 6th-9th Math • Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) • Modules for Grades 6-12 • Literacy Strategies for Grades 6-12 • Performance Tasks for K-12

15. Additional Resources for Sci/SS • Science and Social Studies: • NYC Dept. of Education (searchable for tasks by subject and grade level) http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/TasksUnitsStudentWork/default.htm • Social Studies: • Teaching Literacy through History (several tasks for American History https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/literature-and-language-arts/resources/teaching-literacy-through-history-units-and-le • Civil War Trust http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/ • Stanford History Education Group http://sheg.stanford.edu/ • Science: • Edinformatics: clearing house site for released state assessment questions http://edinformatics.com/testing/

16. Forsyth Resource in Itslearning • FCS Performance-Based Assessment Course • Why the Shift to Performance-based Assessments? • What is a Performance-based Assessment? • How to Design/Instruct an Effective Performance-based Assessment • How to Score a Performance-Based Assessment • How to Guide Instruction Using PBA Results • Performance-Based Assessment Examples by Grade Level • Kathy Matthews PBA Training • Resources