The High School CRES

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The High School CRES

• How to Use and Assess the Portfolios

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Definitions

• Working Portfolio The working portfolio is a
  folder for students to house all of their
  formative writing. Practice BCRs and drafts of
  ECRs, plus other writing for the course, will
  appear here.
• CRES Showcase Portfolio The CRES Showcase
  Portfolio pulls together the students summative
  writing. County assigned BCRs, final ECRs, and
  timed writings will appear here.

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What counts as a BCR for the working portfolio?

• Responses that address reading indicators can be
  scored using the BCR rubric
• Examples include oral responses, speeches,
  group presentations, student discussions,
  drawings, completed graphic organizers, projects,
  written responses
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What counts as a BCR for the CRES Showcase
Portfolio?

• Written response to the secure BCR questions
  provided by FCPS

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What counts as an ECR for the Working Portfolio?

• Any written text produced by students may be
  evaluated for written expression or language
  usage.
• Examples include poems, short stories, essays,
  journal entries, letters, speeches, proposals,
  written BCRs, research papers

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What counts as an ECR for the CRES Showcase
Portfolio?

• Any formative ECR from the Working Portfolio may
  be removed and submitted to the CRES Showcase
  Portfolio as evidence of mastery of the writing
  and language usage indicators

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What Does Not Change?

• The CRES still counts for 20 of the course
  grade.
• There will still be a category called CRES in
  Pinnacle.
• Grades are reported on Pinnacle at mid-term and
  end-term.
• BCRs, ECRs, Timed Writings, and Language Usage
  are scored using familiar rubrics and anchors.

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What Else Does Not Change?

• Students revise their ECRs and choose the best
  ones to include in their CRES Showcase Portfolio.
• Timed Writing procedures do not change at all.
• Students are assigned Writing and Language Usage
  scores based on their final ECRs and Timed
  Writings.

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What Does Change?

• Portfolio Use Teachers will maintain both a
  working portfolio and a CRES Showcase Portfolio
  for each student.
• BCR Requirements Students no longer choose their
  four best BCRs per term to average together for
  a Reading score.
• Now, Frederick County requires that students
  write two specific BCRs per term. These BCRs
  are based on indicators taught in that course,
  and chosen in advance by the county.

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What Else Changes?

• Teacher Selection of BCR Texts For each BCR
  assigned, teachers will select an appropriate
  text to accompany the question. Texts selected
  should represent the enrolled grade level and
  enrolled course level.
• Rubric Percentage Equivalents These have been
  adjusted to align with HSA rigor and standards
  (4100 387 274 161 NS48).

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More changes

• BCR LU Rubric Percentage Equivalents These
  have been adjusted to align with MSA rigor and
  standards
• 4100
• 387
• 274
• 161
• NSR48

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Advantages of the Changes for Teachers

• The number of BCRs per term required for the
  portfolio drops from four to two. Averaging is
  no longer required.
• The use of two portfolios places emphasis on the
  working portfolio as an instructional tool to
  help student reading, writing, and language usage
  achievement.

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CRES Showcase Portfolio Contents

• Midterm
• BCR 1
• BCR2
• Writing Score 1
• LU Score 1
• These scores are derived from two ECRs and one
  Timed Writing placed in the CRES Showcase
  Portfolio

• Endterm
• BCR 3
• BCR4
• Writing Score 2
• LU Score 2

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Best Practices Advice

• Consider how you will establish and maintain your
  working and CRES Showcase Portfolios.
• Plan to use your working portfolio as an
  instructional tool to maximize student growth.
• Assign frequent practice BCRs to prepare for the
  formal BCR assessments.
• Assign more than two ECRs (four or more!) to
  allow students to have a real choice as to which
  ECRs move to their Showcase Portfolios.
• Set up your Pinnacle CRES category and enter your
  BCR grades in a timely manner to avoid the
  end-of-term crunch.

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