General Test Vocabulary

• OAA - Gone

• OGT - Phasing Out

• PARCC – Gone

• Common Core – Ohio’s Learning Standards

• State tests - Ohio’s State Tests

2015-2016 ASSESSMENTS

Science, Social Studies, Math and English

Language Arts/Reading are being developed

by American Institute of Research (AIR)

WHERE ARE THE TESTS?

ELA Grades 3 - 10

Math Grades 3 - 10

Science – Grades 5, 8 & Biology

Social Studies – Grades 4, 6 & American History &

Government

THIRD GRADE READING/ELA

Third Grade Reading/ELA assessment is the only assessment offered to children two times:

Fall administration took place in December 2015

Results were sent to district in mid-January 2016

Third graders will take the assessment again during the spring testing window

Results will be in district by June 15, 2016

2015-2016 – new cut scores:

42 or higher on the reading portion of the test –meets the third grade guarantee

50 or higher on the reading portion shows proficiency on that portion

700 or higher on the entire test – earns a passing score on the assessment

3rd Grade reading Guarantee Goal: Ensuring that All Students Can Read

THIRD GRADE GUARANTEE

Signed into law as part of SB 316 in spring of 2012

•Taking Time Out For Testing

•Testing That Matches Learning

Paradigm Shift

HANDOUTS

I have given you two handouts:

Dates for 2015-2016

Amount of time for each test

Let’s talk about this!

ACCOMMODATIONShttp://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/Special-

Testing-Accomodations/Accommodations-on-State-Assessments

HELPFUL HINTS

As we move forward:

• Areas on which to focus

• Practices to enforce at home and at school……

VERBS …. VERBS …. VERBS

• Absolutely critical that the students know what a verb is …. That they read every prompt/question, etc and ‘find’ the verb … and then react as the verb directs …..

analysis

summarize

reflect upon

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS

• Students need to know the difference between primary and secondary documents

• ODE – (internal search box)Ohio Social Studies Signal Newsletter

Go here to link to Library of Congress = Greatresource for all grade levels

• 20% of the testing at secondary level will be on Founding Documents – we need this introduced at the elementary level

MULTIPLE CHOICE-MULTIPLE ANSWERS

• Transition students now ….

• Four choices – A, B, C and D ….. Probably 1 correct answer

• MORE than four choices – guide students to read carefully – could require 2 correct, 3 correct or all that apply

CAREFULLY READ THE QUESTIONS!

Student Technology Skills

Keyboarding Cutting and Pasting Highlighting Using on-screen calculator Dragging and Dropping items Manipulating a graph Running a simulation to generate data Changing font size and background color Clicking on multiple correct answers Utilizing spreadsheets, documents Use a secure browser

Classroom Routines to Support Technology Skills Highlight text

Number paragraphs

Underline text and cross out

Read two selections – compare/contrast

Watch short video clip as part of instruction

Offer ‘regular’ opportunity to: Select all that are appropriate

Pick two that you could use to solve the problem

INFOHIO’S TECH SKILLS FOR ONLINE TESTING

http://www.pearltrees.com/brandi_young/infohio-skills-online-testing/id12112629

Engage New York

http://nextgen.nwoca.org/

Practice Tests Sample Question Sites

• http://parcconline.org/parcc-assessment

• http://parcc.pearson.com

• 4th Grade PARCC Assessment resources https://grade4commoncoremath.wikispaces.hcpss.org/home

• 5th grade PARCC Assessment resources https://grade5commoncoremath.wikispaces.hcpss.org/home

• 6th grade PARCC Assessment resources https://grade5aglcommoncoremath.wikispaces.hcpss.org/home

PTA Site

The PTA site can be a very helpful resource with much of the information written in a very parent friendly manner.

Use of VIDEO

Suggestion:

Embed short video clips into your lesson

Ask students questions about the video

KNOW YOUR STANDARDS

The most important message of today:

KNOW YOUR STANDARDS

TEACH THE STANDARDS FOR YOUR GRADE LEVEL

EMBED TECHNOLOGY INTO EVERY DAY

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Lexile = one quantitative measure

Grade Band Old Lexile Band Lexile Band Aligned to CCSS*

K-1 N/A N/A

2-3 450L-730L 420L-820L

4-5 640L-850L 740L-1010L

6-8 860L-1010L 925L-1185L

9-10 960L-1120L 1050L-1335L

11-CCR 1070L-1220L 1185-L-1385L

*2012 Appendix A CCSS

HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS K – 5 MATH

Represent Understand EvaluateSolve Recognize ProduceInterpret Find CalculateExplain Compare SequencesDescribe Write OrganizeIdentify UnderstandingDivide DetermineGraph ApplySequence ReadAnswer CreateJustify AnalyzeDevelop ComputeRelationships DefineSource: How to Teach Thinking Skills within the Common Core

Thank You!

Thank you for letting me share with you today.

Lea Travis

Curriculum Consultant

Cuyahoga County – ESC

Lea.travis@esc-cc.org

3rd Grade Math Question

Grade 3 - Math

Grade 3 – ELA/Technology-Enhanced Selected Response Item

Achievethecore.orgAnother website you might find interesting

Key Areas of Focus in Mathematics

GradeFocus Areas in Support of Rich Instruction and

Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding

Required Fluencies in K-6Grade Standard Required Fluency

Thank you for letting me share with you today.

Lea Travis

Curriculum Consultant

Cuyahoga County – ESC

Lea.travis@esc-cc.org