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Developing Performance Tasks to be Used as Common Formative Assessments. Rhonda Kaye District PLC for 6 th Grade ELA. Today’s Agenda. Parking Lot (5 minutes)
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Developing Performance Tasks to be Used as Common Formative Assessments Rhonda Kaye District PLC for 6th Grade ELA
Today’s Agenda • Parking Lot (5 minutes) • Teachers write questions/comments/concerns on a sticky-note and place it in the parking lot. These items will have priority during Q & A time. • Announcements from DPS & DPI (5-10 minutes) • Mini-PD (30-35 minutes) • Developing Performance Tasks • Questions, Comments & Concerns (15 minutes) • Parking lot items will be answered first.
Upcoming Dates for 6th Grade Teachers • Oct 8th - CIA2 CA 2 Review - 3:00pm – LGMS • Oct 26th - CtB Training on Text Dependent Questions • Nov 1st – Next PLC Meeting – 3:30pm • Rubrics: Designing and Using them to Analyze Student Performance
Guiding Question • How can my PLC partner(s) and I use Common Formative Assessments to guide instruction? • How do I develop a performance task that can be used as a Small Goal CFA?
With My PLC Partner(s), I Can… • Determine how best to assess learning targets. • Create an assessment that will evaluate student mastery of learning targets. • Develop a rubric that gives students descriptive feedback and helps me to collect data about student mastery.
Key Vocabulary • Learning target • Performance task • Common formative assessment (CFA) • Small goal assessment (SGA) • Student mastery • Rubric • Descriptive feedback • Next navigator • GRASPS
Rather than thinking about assessment as a snapshot… Think of it as a scrapbook page
Think about this… • What methods do you use to assess your kids? • What works for you? • What works for them? • How do you develop those assessments?
Cumulative Assessments Small Goal Assessments Performance Tasks – Project or Product Developed by PLC Graded with a rubric Addresses the learning targets that can’t be assessed by a multiple choice test. • Multiple choice – from a test bank • Developed by CIA Staff • GradedScantron • Addresses the objective knowledge and skills of unit.
Characteristics of a Performance Task • The task presents students with a problem (preferably real-world). • Students provide a tangible product for a defined audience. • Evaluation criteria are appropriate to the task and known to students in advance.
Goal Role Audience Situation Performance Standards
Helpful Tools • GRASPS Handout • Assessment Task Blueprint • Possible Student Roles & Audiences • Possible Products & Performances
Make it your own • Adjust the task to • Assess the learning targets you identified. • Suit your students’ needs. • Utilize resources you have available. • Flesh out the rubric to offer the most useful descriptive feedback.
Rubrics • Categories for content • Categories for qualities of the product
PLC Time • Address Parking Lot questions • Share what’s working • What support do you need?
5 = strongly agree – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1= strongly disagree • The information in this session was clearly presented. • This session addressed a topic relevant to me. • I had an opportunity to share ideas and concerns with my PLC members. • The presenter addressed my concerns appropriately. • This session was a good use of my time. • Additional comments: