Social studies

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TEKS Tool United States History
Overview and Rationale
WELCOME!!!

• Social studies

to United States History Developing a Sense of
Time and Place!!!
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TEKS Tool United States History
Overview and Rationale

• To demonstrate how Social Studies TEKS align
   with TAAS II objectives.
• To assist educators in making curriculum
   decisions  based on data released from Social
   Studies TAAS.
• To assist educators in planning, organizing,
   implementing and assessing instruction in U.S.
   History with Social Studies TEKS in mind.

Goals For the U.S. History TEKS Tool
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• To enable Social Studies educators to
• determine relevant data
• read data
• understand data
• apply data to setting goals for
   curriculum planning

Goals For Making Data-Driven Decisions
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Quality school systemsconstantly improve the
   appropriateness and responsiveness of their
   services. Key elements that make this
   improvement possible are information
   gathering and analysis
• American Association of School Administrators
• Creating Quality Schools

Reminder...
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Examine the 2000 Summary Report for Grade 8
   Social Studies TAAS.
• In what area were the Grade 8 students highest?
• In what area were the Grade 8 students  weakest?
• Rank the areas from strongest to weakest.
• What generalizations may be drawn from
   examining this data?

Using State Summary Reports
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Examine the 2000 Summary Report for U.S.
   History End-of-Course Exam.
• In what area were the students highest?
• In what area were the students weakest?
• Rank the areas from strongest to weakest.
• What generalizations may be drawn from
   examining this data?

Using State Summary Reports
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Compare the results of the Grade 8 TAAS and the
   U.S. History End-of-Course Exam.
• Are there comparable areas of strength?
• Are there comparable areas of weaknesses?
• What generalizations may be drawn from
   examining this data?

Using the State Summary Reports
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Acknowledging that the data examined was for the
  entire state and not individual districts, what
  implications might the data and generalizations
  have for your school/program?

Using State Summary Reports
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Schools must examine their own  practices, in
  the form of nonacademic  data, in order to help
  determine how  they might improve the Social
  Studies  performance of their students.
• Answer the questions on the  Examination of
  Data activity sheet.

Examination of Non-academic Data
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• By examining the data on the activity  sheet,
  what implications do you see for  your
   school/program?
• What other data do you have that might  help
  influence your decision-making?
• What are some considerations in  determining
  what to do with the data?

Examination of Non-academic Data
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TEKS Tool United States History
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Based on data examined, list three  or
  more questions that will guide  you in the
  classroom/campus/district  improvement process.

Examination of Non-academic Data
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• To become acquainted with current Social
   Studies Grade 8 TAAS objectives, U.S. History
   End-of- Course objectives, and Social Studies
   TAAS II objectives.
• To determine curriculum implications for the
   TEKS and TAAS connection.
• To determine the connection between Grade 8
   TAAS and TAAS II objectives, and between U.S
   History End-of-Course Exam objectives and TAAS
   II objectives.

Goals for This Section
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the Grade 8 TAAS  objectives and the
  U.S. History  End- of-Course Exam objectives.
• Which objectives are similar?
• Which objectives are different?

Current Objectives for Social Studies Statewide
Testing
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the future TAAS II objectives.
• Compare them to Grade 8 TAAS  objectives and
  U.S. History End-of- Course Exam objectives.
• Are there any similarities?
• Are there any differences?
• What are the implications for your school
   or program?

Future Objectives for Social Studies Statewide
Testing
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the Spring 2000 released U.S.  History
  End-of-Course Examination. Each  item on the
  exam has been matched to a  corresponding
  objective.
• Choose an objective and the  corresponding item
  numbers on the  exam.
• How closely do the objectives match with  the
  items?

Aligning U.S. History Objectives with
End-of-Course Exam
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Select five items at random from the  exam, and
  determine as you read each  item to which
  objective it corresponds.
• Does there appear to be any overlapping?

Aligning U.S. History Objectives with
End-of-Course Exam
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• What implications does this have for your
   school/program as it relates to social  studies
  instruction?

Aligning U.S. History Objectives with
End-of-Course Exam
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine Connecting the  Concepts of Domestic
  and  Foreign Policies in the Social  Studies TEKS
  to a U.S. History  End-of-Course Exam Objective
   on page 14 of this section.

Connecting Concepts in the TEKS to the E-O-C Exam
   
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Notice how examples in the Grade 8 Social
   Studies TEKS align with examples in the High
   School U.S. History TEKS for the concepts,
   Domestic policies have had an impact on the
   development of the United States and  Foreign
  policies have had an impact on the  development
  of the United States.

Connecting Concepts in the TEKS to the E-O-C Exam
   
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Select another U.S. History End-of-Course  Exam
  objective. (Example Geographic  influences on
  U.S. History)
• Develop two concepts for that objective and
   find at least two examples from both Grade 8
   and High School U.S. History TEKS which fit
   that example.

Connecting Concepts in the TEKS to the E-O-C Exam
   
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• With Grade 8 TEKS aligning with High  School
   U.S. History TEKS and both  TEKS aligning with
  U.S. History End- of-Course Exam objectives, what
  are  the implications for your school/  program?

Connecting Concepts in the TEKS to the E-O-C Exam
   
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the Course Descriptions for Grade 5,
   Grade 8, and U.S. History.
• What themes or ideas seem to be included in
   each of  the descriptions?
• What is the difference between the themes?
• What generalizations may be drawn from
   examining the descriptions?
• What implications does this examination have for
   your school/program?

Relationship Between Course Descriptions
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TEKS Tool United States History
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• Examine the Spring 2000 Released Test  for U.S.
  History End-of-Course Exam.
• In groups, examine the set of items in  one
  objective.
• Determine the corresponding TEKS  numbers for
  each objective.
• How closely are the items on the test  aligned
  with the TEKS?

Using the Released Test as Data
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• To examine how to use multiple data sources to
   analyze and make decisions about curriculum,
   instruction, and assessment to support
   continuous  improvement.
• To determine the connection between Grade 5,
   Grade 8, and U.S. History in terms of TEKS and
   TAAS, and TAAS II objectives.

Goals for This Section
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• There is a strong tie between the TEKS,
   Objectives, and descriptions for Grade 5, Grade
  8,  and U.S. History.
• To further illustrate the connection, complete a
   concept map for each course on a unit of study
  on  Civil Rights. Use the illustration showing a
  Grade  8 unit on the Constitution as an example.

Connections Among Grades 5, 8, and U.S. History
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Share your concept maps with your groups.
• What generalizations may be made?
• As a group, look at the course descriptions,
   objectives, and TEKS again for all three grades.
• What other topics could be traced through
   Grades 5, 8, and High School? (Example
   Representative Government)

Connections Among Grades 5, 8, and U.S. History
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Assessment is the final piece in instructional
  design.
• The assessment must be aligned with the
  learning.
• In Multiple Methods of Assessment of the Texas
   Social  Studies Framework the following
  assessment  practices are  described
• Traditional Assessment
• Informal Checks for Understanding
• Observation/dialog
• Quiz/test

Multiple Assessments
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Performance Assessment
• Academic Prompt
• Performance Task
• Authentic Task
• Project
• Portfolio
• Examine these assessment practices in your group
  with each member examining one practice.
• Share the practices within the group.

Multiple Assessments
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TEKS Tool United States History
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• With these assessment practices  in mind, design
  assessment for  your Civil Rights Concept Map.

Multiple Assessments
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A Social Studies Compass Setting Directions for
Success
Data Driven Decisions
Collaboration
Active Learning
Evaluation of Programs
TEKS Based Curriculum
Student Success
TAAS Objectives Across the Grades
Appropriate Staff Development
Well-aligned Assessments
Effective Learning Designs
Relevant Applications
Real World Experiences
Appropriate Strategies