How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey

1. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey No Child Left Untested

2. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey How Does the HSTW Assessment Differ? • Provides Quantitative & Qualitative Data • Compares Student Achievement w/ Perceptions of School & Classroom Experiences • Is an “End of School Career” Measure • Directly Informs School Improvement Efforts • Is the Basis for the Site Review Process (SRP) • Directly Aligns to the Key Practices • Is Derived from Years of Research by SREB

3. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Why is Preparation Key? Validity & Reliability Align, Assess, Achieve Oct. 8, 2013 “Validity and reliability are two concepts that ensure that assessments are of high quality”

4. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Validity The extent to which an assessment measures what it intends to measure… Are our data interpretations and the inferences we draw accurate?

5. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Reliability The extent to which an assessment produces consistent results… Are our data interpretations and the inferences we draw consistent/repeatable? If so, then our assessment is both reliable & valid.

6. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey The Preparation of Students • Emphasize the Purpose & Importance • Create a Comfortable Environment • Provide Food/Drink if Possible • Assess/Survey in Smaller Groups • Change up Testing Times so that Students do not Miss the Same Academic Class or CT Lab • Address the Subject of Make Up Work

7. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey The Preparation of Staff • Emphasize the Purpose & Importance • Create a Comfortable Environment • Provide Food/Drink if Possible • Survey in Smaller Groups, possibly by Content Area

8. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Table Activity: Develop a 30-60 Second “Elevator Speech” to Demonstrate the Purpose & Importance of the HSTW Assessment

9. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Understanding Vocabulary “Common understanding of vocabulary will lead to greater assessment validity & reliability.” True or False?

10. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Understanding Vocabulary: Examples from the Student Survey When you entered high school, how prepared were you with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in college-preparatory courses in the following areas? Math Reading Science Writing

11. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey If you will complete a career/technical concentration of four or more courses by the time you graduate, fill in the circle on your answer document that best describes the career/technical area in which you have concentrated your studies. If your area of concentration is not listed, please fill in circle R, labeled “Other Career/Technical Concentration.” If you are not completing four or more courses in a concentration, fill in circle A, labeled “When I graduate, I will not have completed four or more courses in any career/technical area.”

12. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Understanding Vocabulary: Examples from the Student Survey Which of the following do you have to do in your career/technical classes? • Make inferences from information provided to develop a solution for a problem or project

13. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Understanding Vocabulary: Teacher Example • How often do you meet as a member of a team of academic and career/technical teachers to plan joint instructional activities and to take collective responsibility for student learning?

14. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey After Preparation, then What? MOTIVATION!

15. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey The Motivation of Students • Meeting with Students Selected • Pep Rallies, Assemblies or Other Recognition Before and After Assessment • Food! (Change it up!) • Early Dismissal or Late Arrival Privileges • Off Site Testing if Possible • Gift Cards or Other Prizes

16. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey The Motivation of Staff • Meeting with Staff Prior to Survey • Food! (The Way to a Teacher’s Heart) • Consistently Involve Staff w/ Assessment Results & Subsequent School Improvement Activities

17. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey The Motivation of Staff Table Activity: Using the Handout Given, Develop New & Innovative Methods of Preparing & Motivating Students & Staff for the HSTW Assessment

18. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Table Activity: Instructions • Brainstorm new ideas for each quadrant of the handout • Once time is called, select one student and one staff idea to represent your table’s work • Write your two ideas in the appropriate quadrant of the flip chart • Be prepared to report out for your table

19. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Wrapping It Up…. Elevator speeches (video/3gpp) will be emailed to workshop participants upon request. Email Karen Johnson at address on final slide. Flip chart ideas will be synthesized and posted on the website www.hstwohioregions.org

20. How to Motivate & Prepare Students & Staff for the Assessment/Survey Other Sharing? Questions? Contacts: Diane Jamieson ddjamieson@neo.rr.com Karen Johnson johnsonkaren787@gmail.com