Do Now

1. Do Now • What is one success your school had with the constructed response initiative and one challenge? I can’t wait to slam dunk some more CRQs! Share with your neighbor

2. Analyzing your CRQ DataFormative Assessments John Gibney Jeffrey Williams Jameka McGraw-Byrd

3. Agenda 8:00-8:05 Welcome 8:05-8:15 Recap 8:15-9:10 CRQ Data Analysis and Interventions 9:10-10:00 Formative Assessments If you need help with backmaps, CRQs, Formative Assessments - ISO’s will be available after the meeting for one on one assistance.

4. Objectives • Teacher Leaders will analyze their teachers’ constructed response data and formulate student groupings • Teacher Leaders will collaborate on ways to increase CRQ proficiency in each student grouping. Teacher leaders will specifically collaborate on CRQ framework(s). • Teacher Leaders will devise a system for collecting formative assessment data on areas of need for their school.

5. November 14, 15, or 16th • Data Binders – AD-1 Data Analysis Sheets • Teachers reviewed Predictive #1 • November 30 • Excel Sheet of 11th Grade Students • Denoted which intervention students should receive • Denoted which subgroups students belong to • Denoted 8th Grade PSSA score • Denoted Predictive 1 score • December 12 • Calculated students needed for AYP • Eligible Content • Walkthrough Descriptors (Check-list) • January 3, 2012 • Backmaps • How to teach eligible content and a PST objective (English Example) • Reaching out to History / Science / other classes to help teach Eligible content • CRQ Initiative • 9 week initiative – CRQ Tally Sheets • January 17, 2012 • CRQ Data Analysis • Formative Assessments

6. Reminder! Use those backmaps! • Use Math Benchmark review week (1/23-1/30) to review Eligible Content • Algebra 2, Algebra 1, Geometry • Encourage teachers to focus their Midterms / Finals on eligible content

7. Reminder! Remediating Eligible Content • Analyze your Midterm/Finals data and the upcoming Predictive data • Decide how you can remediate non mastered eligible content • Remember the ideas from the previous PD’s • Do Now • Math Enrichment • Small Groups • Stations during Independent Practice • Homework • Study Island • Student Portfolios during Independent Practice (Teacher must create for each student and must model prior)

8. Reminder! Covering All Eligible Content for 11th Graders • Review the backmap • What eligible content is not covered in 11th grade prior to the PSSA? • Best practice – plan out how to cover all eligible content before PSSA in your backmap • Ways to teach non-covered eligible content • Other classes (Science, Social Studies, CTE, SAT prep or PSSA prep courses) • Give specific eligible content to these teachers (no more than 4-5) • Discuss how they will teach the item (this can be done through email if time is an issue) • Do Now’s • Using eligible content to support the PST objective (lesson plan activity we did last time)

9. English Eligible Content for History and Electives • R11.A.1.3.1Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text. • R11.A.1.3.2Cite evidence from text to support generalizations. • R11.A.1.4.1Identify and/or explains stated or implied main ideas and relevant supporting details from text. • R11.A.1.6.1Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of text. • R11.A.1.6.2 Describe and/or analyze examples of text that support its intended purpose. • R11.B.3.1.1Explain, interpret, describe, and/or analyze the use of facts and opinions to make a point or construct an argument in nonfictional text.

10. CRQ Data Analysis • Key Pt: There is no point to collecting this data and doing this work if we don’t use the data to devise ways to help students Let always be our molten core

11. Constructed Response Initiative • For Week 1 – Review the CRQ’s you brought with you. How many students scored a 4, 3, 2, 1, 0? • Use a schoolwide lens to complete the next activity: • Activity: For the students that scored a 1 or a 0 do you think it was a deficiency in how to complete a constructed response, the tested skill, or both. • Think-pair-share with a neighbor.

12. Designing Interventions • Let’s brainstorm some interventions English teachers can do

13. Designing Interventions • Let’s brainstorm some interventions Math teachers can do

14. CRQ Framework • Let’s look at 3 CRQ Frameworks for students • Many of these are acronyms and/or step by step processes for students to answer the questions Activity • Working in pairs or groups of three – please develop your own CRQ framework • Please email or submit to your ISO and we will disseminate all of them to you so we can share best practices

15. Email John – jgibney@philasd.org • I will email out all frameworks – you can pick and choose what will help you the most at your school • I will also get the items from the other 2 rooms of teacher leaders

16. Formative Assessments • New Deliverable • Constructed Response Initiative tackles Open Ended Items • Formative Assessment Initiative will help with the Multiple choice items • The next 3 slides are taken directly from the Pennsylvania Department of Education • Notice the importance of multiple choice in the PSSA Math test breakdown

17. Pennsylvania State Assessments 2012 Tom Corbett, Governor ▪ Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education www.education.state.pa.us Math 2012 Scores come from the COMMON ONLY.

18. Pennsylvania State Assessments 2012 Tom Corbett, Governor ▪ Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education www.education.state.pa.us Math Test Blueprint

19. Pennsylvania State Assessments 2012 Tom Corbett, Governor ▪ Ronald J. Tomalis, Secretary of Education www.education.state.pa.us Item Specifics • MC items based on Eligible Content • OE items based on Anchor (Verbs come from Anchor, Anchor Descriptor or Eligible Content; Contentcomes from Eligible Content.) • Reminder: Have students read the OE items carefully and answer exactly what is being asked.

20. Multiple Choice strategies to share with your students and teachers • Read the question before you look at the answer. • Come up with the answer in your head before looking at the possible answers, this way choices given on test won't trick you / throw you off. • Eliminate answers you know aren't right. • Read all the choices before choosing your answer. • If there is no guessing penalty, always take an educated guess and select an answer. (There is no guessing penalty on the PSSA.) • Don't keep changing your answer; usually your first choice is the right one, unless you misread the question.

21. Multiple Choice Strategies continued • In "All of the above" and "None of the above" choices, if you are certain one of the statements is true don't choose "None of the above" or one of the statements are false don't choose "All of the above". • In a question with an "All of the above" choice, if you see that at least two correct statements, then "All of the above" is probably the answer. • A positive choice is more likely to be true than a negative one. • Usually the correct answer is the choice with the most information.

22. Formative Assessment Initiative • Using your data sources (Predictive, common assessments, PSSA results) pick the 7 eligible content your school is weakest in • With Algebra 2 teachers, collaboratively design 5 formative assessment items on the weakest of the 7 eligible content you choose • Distribute assessment to students • Use this as a teaching tool. Remediate the eligible content before giving the formative assessment. Not in a 45 minute lesson but in for example the Do Now. • Teachers should grade assessments and keep a copy. They should analyze this new set of data and remediate in small groups for students still struggling We will draft questions together today for January 17– 20 week – in order to help with the shortened week

23. Best practice • Make a set time where teachers can come collaborate with you on the formative assessment. I would suggest Monday before or after school. • If teachers are unable to come have them email you suggestions. • Draft the assessment and copy for teachers on Tuesdays. • Require teachers to submit results to you on Thursdays. • Send AD-1 your tally sheets on Fridays.

24. Sources for Math PSSA multiple choice questions: • PSSA coach books • Study Island • PSSA released items • BP Math council items (we will email to you) • Rally test books

25. Please review the sample Formative Assessment Initiative Documents • What is unclear? • Share ideas on how to use this initiative to raise student achievement.

26. Activity • Review your data if necessary. • Choose your weakest eligible content to focus on • Choose partners • Draft common assessment questions • I will be around to assist • Timer

27. Closing • How can you use the CRQ frameworks to raise student achievement at your school? • How can you use the Math Formative Assessment initiative to raise student achievement at your school?