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September 11, 2012 Iowa Core Implementation Network. Welcome. A few introductions. Purpose. Improve/calibrate our skills Keep Updated Obtain tools/protocols of quality to use back in your districts Make CONNECTIONS. SO, WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Wiki.
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September 11, 2012Iowa Core Implementation Network . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome • A few introductions . . . .
Purpose • Improve/calibrate our skills • Keep Updated • Obtain tools/protocols of quality to use back in your districts • Make CONNECTIONS • SO, WHO SHOULD ATTEND? • Wiki
Rigor of Math Standards in Cedar Falls and the Iowa Core Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Rigor of Cedar Falls Language Arts Standards Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Math Assessment Rigor Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Language Arts Assessment Rigor Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
So, how can we determine current reality in our lesson plans and instruction?. . . . a tool.
Is There Alignment? Instruction Assessment Instruction Standard Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Instruction and formative assessment Strong Alignment? Instruction and formative assessment Instruction and formative assessment Instruction and formative and summative assessment Standard Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Let’s Practice: Is This Good Unit Alignment? Assessing Academic Rigor - Based on SREB Learning-Centered Leadership Program and the Wallace Foundation
Iowa Testing, 6-8 Grade Level, this year • Students had a passage to read, then 5 questions with multiple choice answers: • In the marked line, what does “disorient” mean? • Which picture shows a light that helps reduce light pollution? • Which sentence states the main idea? • How is the third paragraph organized? • Which website is most likely to have accurate information about where night skies are darkest?
Grade 8 - Literacy • In “Meditation XVII,” which phrase best supports the idea that all people are connected? • Below is information from the passage, “The Meditations.” Organize the information by moving each phrase from the passage into the proper section of the table.
The author of “Meditation XVII” and the author of “The Meditations” suggest that each individual is an import part of society. Show how this idea is developed in those passages and also illustrated in the article “To the Rescue of Birds in Oil Spill: A Fifth Grader.” Use evidence from the passages to support your response.
So where are we now . . . . . • Iowa Core Implementation Network • (combination of Curriculum Network and Iowa Core Network) • Administrator Academy • LETRS • Superintendents’ Network • Investigations • Data Teams • Our work with buildings, individual students, staff.
Smarter Balanced Consortium • Website • http://www.smarterbalanced.org/ • Powerpoint • Source is Colleen Anderson, DE
Where Does One Start?????? • With the standards!!! • Instructional Services and “Investigations”
What Does Rigor Look Like? • START • IC Briefs, IC Maps • Video, “Jody Stone on Rigor” • Opportunity #10 on Moodle under R/R • https://aea111.eduvision.tv/Default.aspx?q=CT1wecDsedDdWOWUvo2xhQ%253d%253d
Standard Scores • Iowa Assessments • as well as • Smarter Balanced Assessments • Evan
Plans for the Year . . . . . • Draft Agenda • Interested in what you want . . .
Updates/Did you Know? • PDF File of AEA Director • Access to other educational organizations • Video Clips • Barb Byrd, DE • Document, “Did You Make AYP? • START and Outcome posters • Other?????