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May 2, 2012 ISFIS Special Topic Webinar: Assessment

May 2, 2012 ISFIS Special Topic Webinar: Assessment. (Larry – Please start the Recording). Welcome. Margaret Buckton, Partner, ISFIS Margaret.buckton@isfis.net Susie Olesen, Program Director, Skills Iowa Susie@skillsiowa.org John Carver, Superintendent, Van Meter John.carver@vmbulldogs.com.

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May 2, 2012 ISFIS Special Topic Webinar: Assessment

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  1. May 2, 2012ISFIS Special TopicWebinar:Assessment (Larry – Please start the Recording)

  2. Welcome • Margaret Buckton, Partner, ISFIS • Margaret.buckton@isfis.net • Susie Olesen, Program Director, Skills Iowa • Susie@skillsiowa.org • John Carver, Superintendent, Van Meter • John.carver@vmbulldogs.com

  3. Today’s Agenda • Why do we even worry about assessment? • What ought to be in a district-wide assessment plan? • Where are we legislatively in assessment? • How is one district using assessment tools to meet multiple assessment needs and be cost effective? • What do we do next?

  4. Why even worry about assessment? Rick Stiggins says there are …. Different Questions at Different Levels

  5. Classroom Level Use of AssessmentHow goes the journey for thestudent up the scaffolding to competence? • Decision to be made: • What comes next in the learning? • Made by: • Students, teachers, and sometimes parents • Information needed: • Continuous evidence of each student’s current location on the scaffolding leading to each standard

  6. Program Level Use of AssessmentHow might our programs be improved topromote greater student success? • Decision to be made: • Which standards are our students mastering or not mastering? • Made by: • Teacher teams, teacher leaders, principals, and curriculum personnel • Information needed: • Periodic, but frequent, evidence aggregated across classrooms revealing standards not mastered

  7. Institutional Use of AssessmentAre our schools as effective as they need to be? • Decision to be made: • Are enough students meeting required standards? • Made by: • Superintendents, school boards, Department of Education, legislators • Information needed: • Annual summaries of standards mastered on accountability tests

  8. No single assessment is capable of answering all of these questions. A productive, multi-level assessmentsystem is needed to be sure that all instructional decisions are informed and made well. Rick Stiggins, ETS, 2008

  9. What pieces of assessment ought to be part of a district-wide assessment plan? • Summative – How well did students learn the clearly identified targets? • State-Wide Assessments • District Level Assessments • Formative - Where are students in their learning and what do we need to do next? • Common formative assessments across grade levels • Classroom formative assessments • An assessment isn’t formative until it’s used to make decisions.

  10. Assessment Analytics

  11. Margaret Buckton, Partner, ISFIS, Lobbyist, Urban Education Network Where are we legislatively in assessment? The Legislature and the Governor haven’t yet Reached Agreement.

  12. Education Reform SF 2284 • Conference Committee has been appointed to work out differences between the House and Senate • Met a few times, but process was laborious • Chairs (Rep. Chambers and Sen. Quirmbach) are meeting and creating two piles: Keepers and Parking Lot. • What will the Governor think? Is it enough? Does this package position Iowa to get the NCLB Waiver? • It’s likely a multi-year effort

  13. Education Reform Assessment Differences

  14. Senate Assessment Provisions SF 2284 as amended 256.7(21) paragraph b • (current law) b.  A set of core academic indicators in mathematics and reading in grades 4, 8, and 11, a set of core academic indicators in science in grades 8 and 11, and another set of core indicators that includes, but is not limited to, graduation rate, postsecondary education, and successful employment in Iowa. • (new language) Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall specify that the approved district-wide assessment of student progress administered for purposes of this paragraph shall be the assessment utilized by school districts statewide in the school year beginning July 1, 2011. Annually, the department shall report state data for each indicator in the condition of education report.

  15. Legislative Process Takeaways “Be patient with democracy . . .” Tip O’Neill Accountability may not align with best practice Local leaders are ultimately responsible for improving student learning Improving instruction is where the magic happens

  16. Superintendent, Van Meter John.carver@vmbulldogs.com 515-996-2221 How is one district using assessment tools to meet multiple assessment needs and be cost effective? John Carver

  17. Embedding Technology into Instruction Administrators need to look at different kinds of data: • What’s going on in classrooms related to instruction and planning for instruction? • Walk-throughs using common template • PLC participation • Student learning Data

  18. Telemetry • Data in real time • Skills Iowa gives students and teachers instant feedback • Allows students to know their successes and challenges • Provides info to teachers for adjusting instruction • Use multiple measures

  19. Cost Effectiveness of Skills Iowa • Formative assessment can be used throughout the year, both benchmarks and teacher made assessments • Second assessment – summative usage • Tutorials to address needs discovered in assessments (as well as adjusting instruction)

  20. Advice from John for Increasing Student Learning • Kids must take ownership of their learning. Provide feedback. Academic success is a bigger motivator than any external motivation system we could establish. • Teachers’ role is to facilitate learning and help students direct and manage their learning.

  21. What do we do Next?

  22. Take an inventory of where you are! • Do you have processes in place at all levels for using data to drive your school improvement work? (time and tools, knowing strengths and challenges, planning lessons, studying student work, etc.) • Do educators in the district understand the power of formative assessment • Do educators in the district USE assessment to drive instruction? How do you know?

  23. More Questions to Ask… • Do district leaders know what’s going on in classrooms so decisions are informed by what’s really going on in classrooms? • How do they know? • Do you have common formative assessments across grade levels in multiple areas including writing? (Skills Iowa can help with this in reading comprehension, math, and the conventions of language.) • Do you use data to drive your professional development related to improving instruction?

  24. And even more… • Do the Iowa Assessments give you the information you need related to accountability? • Do the Iowa Assessments give you the information you need related to school improvement? • Are your students learning what they need to know? • How do you know? • We know this is just a start and you will develop other questions.…

  25. Skills Iowa Demo • At your school site • On line • At the Skills Iowa Website: www.skillsiowa.org • Call us..

  26. Call us if we can help! • Susie Olesen • susie@skillsiowa.org • 641-745-5284 • Margaret Buckton • Margaret.buckton@isfis.net • 515-251-5970 • Sean Gibson • Sean.gibson@isfis.net • 515-251-5970

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