APS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM An Introduction for Teachers August 2013

1. APS ASSESSMENT SYSTEMAn Introduction for Teachers August 2013

2. Context for Common Core State Standards and PARCC • Growing concern over college enrollment and remedial courses in the United States • Dramatic improvement in education in countries such as Finland and Singapore • United States achieving lower than other English speaking countries on international assessments

5. APS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM • Common Core Interim Assessment (CCIA) • Performance Based Tasks (PBT)

6. CCIA • Completely based on the Common Core standards identified in CCSS Units of Study developed by APS teachers • Multiple choice format • Two assessments per year

7. Albuquerque Public Schools • Notes: • CCIA Form 1: Oct. 1 – Oct. 31 • Alternative Schools: Sept. 10 – Oct. 9 • CCIA Form 2: Feb. 3 – Feb. 28 • Alternative Schools: Jan. 13 – Feb. 10 • Performance Tasks: • Math – 1 per unit • ELA – 4 for the year • SBA Bridge Assessment: • March 10 - April 4 • APS Assessment Website: • apsassessment.wordpress.com 2013-2014 CCIA Calendar j

8. Development of CCIA • Teacher grade level teams identified focus, supporting, and reoccurring standards for each Unit of Study in ELA • Teacher grade level teams identified major, supporting and additional standards for each Unit of Study in math • Multiple choice items were developed based on the focus standards identified in the APS‘ELA Units of Study • Multiple choice items were developed based on the major, supporting and additional standards identified in the APS’ Math Units of Study • Form 1and Form 2 blueprints will be located on apsassessment.wordpress.com by August 1st

9. APS modeled its performance based tasks for Common Core ELA Units of Study from the PARCC prototypes • Narrative Task • Literary Analysis • Research Simulation • APS students in grades K-12 will complete four performance tasks during the 2013-2014 school year

10. Development of ELA Performance Tasks • Teacher grade level teams identified focus, supporting, and reoccurring standards for each Unit of Study in ELA • Assessment used the focus standards for each ELA unit and the unit overview written by teacher teams to create a performance task aligned to a PARCC prototype • Each school site will administer 4 Performance Tasks per grade level per year • Teacher teams provide ongoing feedback to assessment about Performance Tasks

11. Development of Math Performance Tasks • Teacher grade level teams identified major, supporting and additional standards for each Unit of Study in math • Teacher grade level teams selected multiple Performance Tasks in Math from a task bank for each Unit of Study • Each school site will identify a common Performance Task aligned to the Unit of Study to administer for each grade level • Teacher teams provide ongoing feedback to assessment about Performance Tasks

12. APS selected its performance based tasks for Common Core Math Units of Study from websites that modeled PARCC prototypes • Many tasks include Mathematical Practice Standards • Students are asked to justify or explain their thinking • Problems are contextualized and require problem solving • APS students will complete one task for each unit of study in grades K - Algebra II for the 2013-2014 school year

29. Collaborative Scoring

30. Collaborative Scoring

31. Grades K-2 Performance Task Modifications • Tasks completed by whole class/small group • Emphasis on process rather than the product • Focus on speaking and listening rather than reading and writing • Build a foundation in using the text, writing, and content specific vocabulary

32. These new Assessments will affect teaching and learning • Opportunities for teachers to study student work in collaboration and to learn about performance level indicators and learning trajectories • Affect lesson planning, including what questions do I ask and what texts or problems do I use? • Promote equity by providing all students with opportunities to engage in work that requires higher order thinking and problem solving • Increase student performance through feedback and targeted instruction

33. Outcomes 2013-2014 • All students will have the opportunity to complete rigorous tasks aligned to the Common Core State Standards in ELA and math • Teachers will review student work using a common performance level indicator to identify strengths and weaknesses

34. As you watch these next clips of classroom teachers, consider the following questions: • In what ways are these teachers preparing their students for PARCC? • What do you notice about teacher and student roles in the classroom? • What different kinds of professional development do you think has been provided to these teachers?

35. Partner Discussion • In what ways are these teachers preparing their students for PARCC? 2. What do you notice about teacher and student roles in the classroom? • What different kinds of professional development do you think has been provided to these teachers?