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MSLs

MSLs. Measures of Student Learning. Prepared by Craven County Schools Office of Testing and Accountability With excerpts from NCDPI SBE Presentation January 2012 EOM Principal Meeting February 27, 2012. What are MSLs?.

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MSLs

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  1. MSLs Measures of Student Learning Prepared by Craven County Schools Office of Testing and Accountability With excerpts from NCDPI SBE Presentation January 2012 EOM Principal Meeting February 27, 2012

  2. What are MSLs? • aka “Common Exams” or a shared way to gauge student growth in all currently non-tested grades and subjects in the Common Core State Standards for Math and ELA and in the NC Essential Standards • MSLs are summative assessments, not benchmark or formative assessments • Similar to the common summative assessments (or final exams) that many districts already have in place

  3. What are MSLs? • Measures of what students know and are able to do aftercompleting a course or grade • Administered at the end of a course or grade (whether that’s the end of a semester, nine-weeks period, or school year). • Tightly linked to the instruction that a teacher delivers • One part of how North Carolina will evaluate the effectiveness of its teachers

  4. What are MSLs? • Online option and also available paper/pencil • Districts will have flexibility to decide how to use the MSLs as part of students’ grades – [to be reflected in local policy revisions next year]

  5. What MSLs Are Not… • Multiple-choice standardized exams for all areas of the Standard Course of Study • The same as EOGs and EOCs • Assessments that need to be delivered with the same level of security as EOCs and EOGs • Designed without teacher input • The only source of data used to make decisions about a teacher’s effectiveness • Part of the school accountability model

  6. Development of MSLs • Approximately 800 NC teachers from more than 100 LEAs and 10 charter schools are involved in the design process for the Measures of Student Learning. • Their feedback on the development is ongoing and will continue for the remainder of the 2011-2012 school year.

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  8. Next Steps • Phase 2: March 2012 – Teachers evaluate open source items and items generated by external vendors • Phase 3: April-May 2012 – Teachers create rubrics and guidance for administering and scoring MSLs • Fall 2012: MSL field tests (anticipated) • Spring 2013: Operational roll-out of MSLs

  9. MSLs One component of the Next Generation of Assessments

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