ASSESSMENT UPDATES

1. Worth County Schools Mission: To ensure a quality education for all students leading to graduation and productive citizenship. January 10, 2012 ASSESSMENT UPDATES

2. Grade 11 Writing Assessment (All grade 11 1st time test takers)

3. RESA Comparisons—Grade 11 Writing Assessment 2012—State Average 95%2011—State Average 93% 100% Baker 97% Lee 97% Mitchell 95% Grady 96% Grady 93% Mitchell 96% Lee 91% Thomas 95% Thomas 90% Calhoun 95% Worth 90% Decatur 95% Early 90% Miller 94% Thomasville 89% Early 93% Calhoun 88% Worth 93% Decatur 87% Baker 91% Miller 87% Thomasville 91% Seminole 84% Dougherty 90% Terrell 83% Pelham 89% Dougherty 83% Terrell 89% Pelham 77% Seminole

4. UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS • Grade 8 Writing Assessment, January 23 • Grade 5 Writing Assessment, March 6 • GHSGT, March 25-29 • CRCT, April 15-19 • EOCT, May 6-10

5. Assessment transitions and Common Core GPS • CCGPS in ELA and Mathematics Implementation 2012-2013 • CRCT, EOCT in spring 2013 will be aligned to the new curriculum • Continue to administer CRCT and EOCT in ELA and Mathematics for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 • In 2014-2015, we will administer the PARCC assessment. This will take the place of our current CRCT and EOCT in ELA and Mathematics.

6. Common Core Assessment--PARCC • Georgia is a governing state within the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a consortium of 23 states focused on building a common assessment based on the Common Core. • –Implementation is planned for the 2014-2015 SY

7. PARCC States

8. What to expect NOW. . . • CCGPS aligned assessment in ELA and math • More rigorous assessment • Longer reading passages, but same amount of questions and time • Students must use evidence from text to arrive at answers • Students must be able to articulate HOW they know what they know

9. Within 2 years. . . • A shift away from strictly multiple choice test items to constructed response and performance based items • Scaffolded, 2 and 3 part questions • Requirement for students to SHOW their math work (partial credit for answers)—how do students know what they know? • Electronic based assessments • www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCPrototype_main.html

10. All Eyes on Kentucky • First state to adopt Common Core State Standards and first to administer a CC aligned assessment • “Results from new state tests in Kentucky—the first in the nation explicitly tied to the Common Core State Standards—show that the share of students scoring “proficient” or better in reading and math dropped by roughly a third or more in both elementary and middle school the first year the tests were given.” Education Week, December 2012

11. Translation for Georgia • PREPARE teachers and students now for a much more rigorous assessment beginning in 2013. • EXPECT a decline in Common Core aligned assessment scores beginning in 2013. • COMMUNICATE with stakeholders about what to expect.

12. How are we preparing? • Monthly SI meetings—Directors, Principals, and SI Coordinators stay informed of C&I, Title programs, and SPED issues. This is where we communicate what is new with CCGPS/Assessment and what we expect to happen in our system. • SI Coordinators meet with teachers regularly—we must first get this information to the ones that make it happen (our TEACHERS) • Teachers participate in CCGPS webinars and have release days to prepare instruction and assessment aligned to Common Core • More rigorous unit and benchmark assessments • Using state developed Online Assessment System to pull sample assessment questions like the ones students will see this spring on the CRCT and EOCT • Move to more performance based classroom tasks—Students must SHOW what they KNOW! • Writing in ALL classes (including connections and CTAE)—not just ELA • Informing School Councils, PTOs, WCBE, parents, and community about changes • Realizing the need and planning for more technology in our schools