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What ’ s new with Mathematics?

Heather Dorsey Katelyn Hubert. What ’ s new with Mathematics?. Raise your hand if you are…. -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3 rd Credit -Earning a Diploma. teaching subjects other than math teaching middle school teaching high school an instructional coach an administrator

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What ’ s new with Mathematics?

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  1. Heather Dorsey Katelyn Hubert What’s new with Mathematics?

  2. Raise your hand if you are… -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • teaching subjects other than math • teaching middle school • teaching high school • an instructional coach • an administrator • aligning to the standards • constructing Formative assessments

  3. Objectives -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • Explore the Test and Item Specs through the lens of a completion item • Review the End of Course Examinations • Examine the options for the 3rd Credit • Review the pathways to earn a diploma

  4. Test Development Guidelines -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma

  5. Cognitive Complexity -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma

  6. Algebra -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • A1.2

  7. Algebra 1 -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • What is the exact performance expectation? • What is the cognitive demand? • How else can it be assessed? • Does it need a context? • What vocabulary do your students need to know for this item?

  8. Algebra 1 -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • PE = A1.2.C • Cognitive Demand = Level 1 • How assessed = MC and CP • Context = No • Vocabulary = Integer (6), exponent (7), square root (8), cube root (Algebra 1), simplify (4), evaluate (5), expression (3)

  9. EOCItem Specifications -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • Performance Expectations that are in BOLD will be assessed on the EOCs. PE’s that are italicized should be taught and assessed at the classroom level.

  10. Symbols and Formula Sheets -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Look at pages 21-24 in Algebra Talk with a neighbor about the symbols and formulas your students are expected to know and/or use

  11. Vocabulary -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma

  12. Geometry -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • G.3 • What is the exact performance expectation? • What is the cognitive demand? • How else can it be assessed? • Does it need a context? • What vocabulary do your students need to know for this item?

  13. Geometry -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • PE = G.3.B • Cognitive Demand = Level 3 • How assessed = MC and SA • Context = No • Vocabulary = proof (HS)

  14. Theorems -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Look at pages 24-26 in Geometry Talk with a partner about the theorems your students are expected to know and/or use

  15. Calculators and Manipulatives -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • Changes for 2011 document has guidelines for calculators and manipulatives • It also looks at the match up between previously released items and the new standards

  16. Test and Item Specs Assessment for you! -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Based on what you have looked at and discussed so far, answer the following questions.

  17. #1 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Students are expected to know all content, vocabulary, and processes in previous grade levels.

  18. #1 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Students are expected to know all content, vocabulary, and processes in previous grade levels. True

  19. #2 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma All of your students know all content, vocabulary, and processes in previous grade levels.

  20. #2 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma All of your students know all content, vocabulary, and processes in previous grade levels. Of course they do!

  21. #3 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma They symbols < and > are first used in the _____ assessment. • Grade 3 • Grade 5 • Grade 7 • Algebra 1

  22. #3 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma They symbols < and > are first used in the _____ assessment. • Grade 3 • Grade 5 • Grade 7 • Algebra 1

  23. #4 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The term acute angle is first used on the ______ assessment. • Grade 3 • Grade 5 • Grade 7 • Geometry

  24. #4 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The term acute angle is first used on the ______ assessment. • Grade 3 • Grade 5 • Grade 7 • Geometry

  25. #5 – Completion -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma On the state assessments, the decimal equivalent of 25% will be written as _______.

  26. #5 – Completion -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma On the state assessments, the decimal equivalent of 25% will be written as 0.25 (as opposed to .25).

  27. #6 – Completion -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The performance expectation not assessed in G.6 is _________.

  28. #6 – Completion -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The performance expectation not assessed in G.6 is G.6.B: Analyze distance and angle measures on a sphere and apply these measurements to the geometry of the earth.

  29. #7 – Fill in the blank -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The term _______ is not used on any of the assessments. • Apothem • Binomial • Contrapositive • Dividend

  30. #7 – Fill in the blank -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma The term _______ is not used on any of the assessments. • Apothem • Binomial • Contrapositive • Dividend

  31. BREAK! -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Write any questions that are still rolling around in your head on the sticky notes. These questions will be addressed after break.

  32. End-of-Course Exams -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • Who will take the EOC exam? • When will the exams be given in MY district? • What about middle school students taking high school courses?

  33. State Testing 2011 -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • Writing HSPE March 15-16 • Reading HSPE March 17 • Science HSPE April 12 • MSP Testing Window May 2-19 • Grades 3-8 paper/pencil • MSP Testing Window May 2-June 3 • Grades 4-8 online only • HS EOC Math Exams Last 3 weeks

  34. EOC Makeup Exams -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma OSPI is developing two EOC Makeup exams: • EOC Makeup (Year 1), aligned to first-year PEs that are common to Algebra 1 and Integrated 1 • EOC Makeup (Year 2), aligned to second-year PEs that are common to Geometry and Integrated 2 The EOC Makeup exams: • Will be shorter than the EOC exams • Will be taken one day only • Can be taken in 2011, or later, by students who have passed an EOC course before the EOC exams were available

  35. Who will take the EOC exams? -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • A student currently in Alg 1/Int 1, regardless of grade level, will take the Alg 1/Int 1 EOC in May/June 2011. • A student currently in Geom/Int 2, regardless of grade level, will take the Geom/Int 2 EOC in May/June and must take the EOC Makeup Exam (Part 1) before the end of his/her senior year • A sophomore or freshman currently in Alg 2/Int 3, regardless of grade level, must take both EOC Makeup Exams before the end of his/her senior year

  36. How Are the EOCs Scheduled? -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma • School district assessment coordinator will determine the testing schedule • Testing schedule needs to be the same at each of the schools in the district • Intended to be taken in the student’s math class with his/her math teacher proctoring • Intended to take three class periods • Schools on block schedules will need to make modifications as needed • No time limit

  37. How Are the EOCs Scheduled?(Continued) -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma A “Sample” Schedule for EOCs and Makeups

  38. FAQs for the End of Course -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Look at the FAQs for the EOCs Talk with your neighbor about anything that stands out and/or new questions that you have.

  39. EOC ExamsAssessment for you! -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Based on what you have looked at and discussed so far, answer the following questions.

  40. #1 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma In 2011, the results of the EOC and EOC Makeup exams will be released by the end of the school year.

  41. #1 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma In 2011, the results of the EOC and EOC Makeup exams will be released by the end of the school year. False Scores will not be released until August.

  42. #2 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma A student in the class of 2011 or 2012 who did not meet standard on the WASL or HSPE can meet the assessment graduation requirement by passing one of the EOC Makeup exams.

  43. #2 – True or False -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma A student in the class of 2011 or 2012 who did not meet standard on the WASL or HSPE can meet the assessment graduation requirement by passing one of the EOC Makeup exams. TRUE Note: On the FAQ handout, the EOC Makeup exams are referred to as the Comprehensive Tests. “Comprehensive Tests” is no longer a term that will be used.

  44. #3 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Those who will be taking the regular, non-makeup EOC exams this year are • Only 10th-graders (as it was with the WASL and HSPE) • Only students in Geometry • Only high school students • All students in an End-of-Course course, regardless of grade level

  45. #3 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Those who will be taking the regular, non-makeup EOC exams this year are • Only 10th-graders (as it was with the WASL and HSPE) • Only students in Geometry • Only high school students • All students in an End-of-Course course, regardless of grade level

  46. #4 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Students in a block or trimester schedule this year will • Be able to take the EOC exam at the end of their block or trimester this year • Have to wait until the end of the 2010-2011 school year to take the EOC exam • Be exempt from taking the EOC exam since they are not taking a full-year course • Have to repeat their math class in 2011-2012 to make sure they are really ready for the EOC exam

  47. #4 – Multiple-Choice -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Students in a block or trimester schedule this year will • Be able to take the EOC exam at the end of their block or trimester this year • Have to wait until the end of the 2010-2011 school year to take the EOC exam • Be exempt from taking the EOC exam since they are not taking a full-year course • Have to repeat their math class in 2011-2012 to make sure they are really ready for the EOC exam

  48. EOC questions? -Welcome -Test and Item Specs -EOCs -3rd Credit -Earning a Diploma Is there anything about the EOC and/or Makeup EOC exams that you still have questions about before we move on?

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