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KDE Resources. Kentucky Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Johns Creek School Resource Links. This presentation contains links for several helpful curriculum, instruction, and assessment resources.
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KDE Resources Kentucky Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Johns Creek School Resource Links • This presentation contains links for several helpful curriculum, instruction, and assessment resources. • Most of the resources have been on KDE for some time; however, the newly released assessment items page and Kentucky Writing Handbook have just recently been updated. • Some of these documents are lengthy.
Resource Links Provided • Kentucky Learner Goals and Academic Expectations • Program of Studies • Core Content for Assessment Version 4.1 • Combined Curriculum Document • How to Develop Standards Based Units of Instruction • DOK Resources • Newly Released Assessment Items • Student Performance Level Descriptors • Teaching Tools • Kentucky Writing Handbook
Kentucky Academic Expectations • Kentucky’s Academic Expectations are what students should know and be able to do as a result of their school experience. • The link below will take you to the Kentucky’s Learner Goals and Academic Expectations. Scroll all the way down for the entire document. • Learner Goals and Academic Expectations
Program of Studies • The Program of Studies outlines the minimum content required for all students before graduating from Kentucky high schools. • The link below will take you to the Program of Studies for your content area. • Program of Studies
Core Content 4.1 • The Core Content is a subset of the content standards in Kentucky’s Program of Studies. • The Core Content represents the content standards that will be assessed. • The complete CCA 4.1 for your content area can be locatedat the following link: • Core Content for Assessment Version 4.1
Combined Curriculum Document • The Combined Curriculum Document is a resource that shows the connection between the Academic Expectations, Program of Studies, and the Core Content 4.1. • The Combined Curriculum Document provides a resource that includes curriculum and assessment documents on the same page. • The following link will take you to the CCD for your content area. • Combined Curriculum Document
Standards Based Units of Instruction • Standards based units of study are outlines or plans that help students and teachers organize instruction in meaningful ways. • The link below will take you to the “How to Design a SBU.” • How to Develop a Standards-Based Unit of Study
DOK • DOK ensures that an assessment item is as cognitively demanding as the expectation of the content standard. • The link below will take you to DOK Content Specific Support Materials. • These materials include examples of released assessment items annotated to DOK levels. • DOK Support Materials • Additional Released Items Annotated to the DOK
2007 KCCT Released Items • The link below will take you to the new KCCT Released Items. • Newly Released Items
Performance Level Descriptors • Performance Level Descriptors define what we mean when we say a student has performed at the "novice," "apprentice," "proficient" or "distinguished" level. • Performance Level Descriptors clarify for teachers, students and parents how we evaluate student work, and they explain for students what we expect of them. • The link below will take you to the Performance Level Descriptors for your content area. • Student Performance Standards
Teaching Tools • This is a toolkit page that is updated often to provide teachers and schools with standards-based resources designed to help us move our students to proficiency and beyond. • I included some of these resources in other places, but I thought this was another resource worth sharing. • Teaching Tools
Kentucky Writing Handbook • This link provides a the most updated resources available in writing. • Kentucky Writing Handbook
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