Assessment Coordinators Meeting

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Assessment Coordinators Meeting

• October 6, 2003

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A Profoundly Different Future

• For the first time in history, the old will
  outnumber the young
• The country will become a nation of minorities
• Social and intellectual capital will become the
  primary economic value in society
• The millennial generation will insist on
  solutions to accumulated problems and injustices

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A Profoundly Different Future

• Continuous improvement and collaboration will
  replace quick fixes and defense of the status quo
• Knowledge creation and breakthrough thinking will
  spur a new era of enlightenment
• Competition will increase as industries and
  professions intensify their efforts to attract
  and keep talented people
• Education will shift from averages to individuals

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A Profoundly Different Future

• More old people
• Nation of minorities
• Intellectual capital
• Solution focused
• Continuous improvement
• Collaboration
• Knowledge creation
• Talented people
• Education will shift from averages to individuals

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WYTIWYG
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W hatY ouT est I sW hatY ouG et
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What one year increases did we see in reading?

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
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• 5th 5.9 12.2 22.0 8.7 11.3 8.3
• 8th 3.8 7.6 11.1 7.5 5.8 5.6
• 11th 4.7 8.2 10.3 6.0 6.7 6.8
• (percent of students scoring at the proficient
  level and above)

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What one year increases did we see in mathematics?

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 6.0 10.3 8.3 8.4 8.7 8.8
• 7th 3.3 4.8 1.4 2.7 6.7 4.5
• 10th 1.3 4.1 -.8 1.7 -.6 1.0

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What increases did we see in science from 2001 to
2003?

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 4th 5.1 12.4 1.4 7.4 5.5 7.4
• 7th 2.3 10.3 8.5 7.1 4.4 4.0
• 10th 2.8 13.0 4.0 2.5 1.3 2.8

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What increases did we see in social studies from
2001 to 2003?

• All IEP ESL Ethnic Poor
• B H
• 6th 3.6 12.6 6.2 6.5 8.2 5.3
• 8th 3.5 12.7 9.5 7.7 5.0 5.4
• 11th 1.8 10.7 -5.4 1.6 -0.6 0.7

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Assessments

• Why do we assess?
• How are assessment results used?
• How do we assess?

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A Profoundly Different Future

• Read the passage on the following slide and
  answer the three questions that follow.

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A Profoundly Different Future

• The idea that the computer revolution will cause
  schools to disappear ignores the crucial fact
  that groups of people do things that individuals
  in isolation do not do. The presence of other
  people is invigoratingeven in a classroom.
  Teachers should take advantage of this fact.
  Students who are forced to be quiet all the time
  might as well be in individual carrels, learning
  by means of a computer.

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 1. It can be inferred from the passage that the
  author considers the idea that computers will
  cause schools to disappear to be
• New and revolutionary
• Diminishing in popularity
• Ethically and politically dangerous
• Open to question
• Susceptible to several interpretations

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 1. It can be inferred from the passage that the
  author considers the idea that computers will
  cause schools to disappear to be
• New and revolutionary
• Diminishing in popularity
• Ethically and politically dangerous
• Open to question
• Susceptible to several interpretations

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 2. The passage suggests that the author would be
  most likely to approve of which of the following
  actions by the teacher?
• The instigation of frequent parent-teacher
  conferences
• The supplementing of a lecture with slides and
  other visual materials
• The assignment of individual students to their
  own computers for most of a class period
• The encouragement of debate among the members of
  the class
• The use, whenever possible of verbal praise for
  student performance

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 2. The passage suggests that the author would be
  most likely to approve of which of the following
  actions by the teacher?
• The instigation of frequent parent-teacher
  conferences
• The supplementing of a lecture with slides and
  other visual materials
• The assignment of individual students to their
  own computers for most of a class period
• The encouragement of debate among the members of
  the class
• The use, whenever possible of verbal praise for
  student performance

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the
  author would consider the use of a computer by a
  student in his or her own carrel a experience
  that is
• Invigorating
• Soothing
• Limiting
• Daunting
• Misleading

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A Profoundly Different Future

• 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the
  author would consider the use of a computer by a
  student in his or her own carrel a experience
  that is
• Invigorating
• Soothing
• Limiting
• Daunting
• Misleading

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Assessments

• This passage and questions were taken from the
  Teacher Competency Test in California
• A disproportionate number of minority applicants
  failed the test
• A judge, however, ruled that the teacher
  competency test did not discriminate against
  people of color

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Assessments

• Why do we assess?
• Required by law
• Document individual or group achievement
• Inform others
• Promote increases in student achievement
• Inform students
• Build toward standards

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Assessments

• How are assessment results used?
• To certify competence
• Gatekeeper decisions
• Grading
• Gain insight in how to improve achievement
• See progress overtime
• Transform standards into classroom targets

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Assessments

• How do we assess?
• Selected response
• Essay
• Personal communication
• Performance
• Paper and pencil
• Computer-based

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The road to wisdomIts plain to
expressErrand errand err againbut lessand
lessand less.
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Thinking Outside the Box

• You are driving along in your car on a wild
  stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you
  see three people waiting for the bus

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Thinking Outside the Box

• You are driving along in your car on a wild
  stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you
  see three people waiting for the bus
• An old lady who looks as if she is about to die
• An old friend who once saved your life
• The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming
  about

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Thinking Outside the Box

• Which one would you choose to offer a ride to,
  knowing that there could only be one passenger in
  your car? Think carefully.

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Thinking Outside the Box

• Your choices
• You could pick up the old lady because she is
  going to die and thus you should save her first
• You could take the old friend because he once
  saved you and in this way you could pay him back
• However, neither one of these would lead you to
  finding your perfect mate again

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Thinking Outside the Box

• This was once used as part of a job application
• A candidate was hired based on his solution
• What did he say?

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Thinking Outside the Box

• He answered simply
• I would give the car keys to my old friend, and
  let him take the old lady to the hospital. I
  would stay behind and wait for the bus with the
  woman of my dreams.
• Sometimes we gain more if we are able to give up
  our thought limitations.

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ABCs of Assessment

• Attitude is 90 of being successful
• Begin with the end in mind
• Choices are available
• Decisions require wisdom
• Encourage and be positive
• Fun is a must
• Goals are needed
• Habits are difficult to break
• Involve yourself in the decisions

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ABCs of Assessment

• Jobs are serious
• Knowledge has no boundaries
• Learn all you can
• Make it your business to ask questions
• New assessments are an
• Opportunity
• Praise yourself for your hard work
• Quiet times are needed for thought
• Respect all parts of the system

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ABCs of Assessment

• Study the issues
• Teach others
• Understand all sides
• Volunteer your help
• Watch for changes
• Xs not allowed
• You are the most important part of the
  assessments success
• Zooming deadlines must be met

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Your Final Test
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• The Baby Ruth candy bar was named for what
  person?
• Whos buried in Grants tomb?

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• The Baby Ruth candy bar was named for what
  person?
• After Grover Clevelands daughter Ruth
• Whos buried in Grants tomb?

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• The Baby Ruth candy bar was named for what
  person?
• After Grover Clevelands daughter Ruth
• Whos buried in Grants tomb?
• No one hes entombed not buried