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Consortia Conference Call

Consortia Conference Call. January 18, 2005. Writing Standards: Resolving Conflicts. Consortia Conference Call January 18, 2005 Regie Stites, SRI International. Conflict is Unavoidable. Conflicts among quality criteria Conflicts among standards writers Conflicts with stakeholders

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Consortia Conference Call

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  1. Consortia Conference Call January 18, 2005

  2. Writing Standards:Resolving Conflicts Consortia Conference Call January 18, 2005 Regie Stites, SRI International

  3. Conflict is Unavoidable • Conflicts among quality criteria • Conflicts among standards writers • Conflicts with stakeholders TIP: Create or adapt a set of “guiding principles” or a statement of purpose for content standards to clearly communicate who will use the standards and for what purposes

  4. Conflicts among Quality Criteria Quality criteria for standards may work against each other – keeping the purpose for standards in the foreground will help resolve conflicts between competing criteria

  5. Quality Criteria Conflict 1 Comprehensive/Coherent vs. Clear and intelligible • Content standards should be informed by research and be easily understood by all TIPS • Create or adapt a glossary of key terms from research (e.g., alphabetics, register) • Use exemplars (samples of student work or texts) to illustrate terms and make them concrete

  6. Quality Criteria Conflict 2 Comprehensive/Coherent vs. Manageable • Content standards should present a clear progression of skills without gaps and be teachable within constraints of the system TIPS • Give priority to the teachable –that is the core purpose of content standards • Look ahead to professional development and identify effective strategies for teaching to the standards

  7. Quality Criteria Conflict 3 Rigorous vs. Measurable • Content standards should contain high-level skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts and specify results that can be measured TIPS • Look ahead to assessment, but don’t let testing limitations rule out important standards (higher order thinking is hard to measure but still important) • Keep in mind the variety of assessment and evaluation options, not just standardized tests

  8. Conflicts among Writers Participants in writing standards may find themselves at odds on matters of content, format, and method – having an agreed upon process for dealing with conflicts within the team can make such conflicts productive

  9. Conflict Resolution Process Adopt or adapt a conflict resolution process Example: EFF Standard – Resolve Conflict and Negotiate • Acknowledge that there is a conflict • Identify areas of agreement and disagreement • Generate options for resolving conflict that have a “win/win” potential • Engage parties in trying to reach agreement on a course of action that can satisfy the needs and interests of all • Evaluate results of efforts and revise approach as necessary

  10. Conflicts with Stakeholders Conflicts with stakeholders can arise from misunderstanding or from rejection of standards – consensus-building and alignment with other standards and benchmarks can be the source of validation evidence to refute arguments against standards

  11. Alignment Means Agreement Alignment can help with “buy in” and validation • Alignment of standards content with instructional content • Alignment of standards levels with instructional levels • Alignment of standards with assessment • Alignment with external benchmarks

  12. Some Resources Alignment approaches • Sri Ananda. (2003). Rethinking Issues of Alignment under No Child Left Behind. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/693 • Robert Rothman, et al. (2002). Benchmarking and alignment of standards and testing. http://www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/Reports/TR566.pdf External benchmarks • Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit. (2001). Adult ESOL Core Curriculum.London: The Basic Skills Agency. http://www.basic-skills.co.uk • American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (1986). ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines – Listening. http://actfl.org • Breiner-Sanders, K. E., Lowe, P., Miles, J., & Swender, E. ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines – Speaking (Revised 1999).http://actfl.org/files/public/Guidelines.pdf • Breiner-Sanders, K. E., Swender, E. & Terry, R.M. ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines- Writing (Revised 2001).http://actfl.org/files/public/writingguidelines.pdf • Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks. (2000). English as a Second Language for Adults. Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000. Ottowa, Ontario. http://www.language.ca

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