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Smarter Balanced Consortium . Educator Involvement Activities. State Leadership Team (SLT). Representatives from SDE (Office of Assessment and Office of Instructional Practices and Evaluation) and Higher Education
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Smarter Balanced Consortium Educator Involvement Activities
State Leadership Team(SLT) • Representatives from SDE (Office of Assessment and Office of Instructional Practices and Evaluation) and Higher Education • Responsible for recruiting and training educators to serve on the State Network of Educators (SNE)
State Network of Educators(SNE) • Educators from schools and districts around the state. • Over 400 applications for 90 available slots • Selection criteria maximized diversity – geographically, content area, experience with special populations • Responsible for developing, selecting, and/or reviewing formative assessment and instructional materials for the digital warehouse.
Item Development Teams • Groups of educators in ELA and Mathematics • Train the Trainer model • Smarter Balanced trains Office of Assessment personnel who train item developers • Training thoroughly addresses CCSS claims, assessment targets and item specifications
Item Quality Review Teams • Educators serving as quality reviewers for stimulus materials and assessment items. • Stimulus materials and items are submitted to Smarter Balanced on completion by the state development teams. • Smarter Balanced randomly assigns materials to Quality Review Teams across the consortium for review.
Instructional Leaders Common Core Support (ICCS) • Inter-agency collaboration involving personnel from all SDE divisions. • Responsible for providing professional development to assist district personnel with implementation of the CCSS. • Address innovation and instructional leadership, successful implementation for students with disabilities, successful implementation for English Language Learners, instructional shifts in ELA and math, and value-added methodology.