How to Ensure Congruency between Standards, Targets, Assessments and Lessons with KCAS for ELA

Carole Mullins, ELA Content Specialistcarole.mullins@education.ky.gov 1

What Determines Congruence? Congruent: in agreement; corresponding to or

consistent with each other or with something else. Teachers and instructional leaders sometimes

struggle to define “congruence” Congruence: Crucial match between the lesson

learning target(s), the activities, and the assessment. Match the activities with the level and type of

learning stated in the learning target(s).

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Learning Activities

Learning Targets

Assessment

This triangle represents the relationship between learning targets, assessments and learning

activities. If these three components are congruent,

…they achieve an exact match with the Standard,then teaching and learning is enhanced.

“Magic Triangle”

Standard

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How Do We Determine Congruence?

With an elbow partner, discuss criteria for determining congruence.

What are the criteria your team should consider when analyzing artifacts for standards or target congruency?

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Evidence for Congruence KCAS Standards Deconstructed Standards Specific Targets Assessment Examples and Exemplars

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DOK?Verbs/Bloom’s

Artifact(s)

Observation

Standard(s)? Target(s)?Standard consistent vocabulary? Artifact(s)

Students engage in content at appropriate level

Artifact(s):assessment, lesson plan, activity, etc.

Artifact(s)6

Today we live in the 24-hour news cycle where we have practically unlimited access to celebrities. Do you believe the media helps or hurts celebrities? Give reasons to support your view.

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Student Assignment:

ELA StandardsW.6.1 Write arguments to support claimswith clear reasons and relevant evidence.

a. Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasonsand evidence clearly.

b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons andrelevant evidence, using credible sources anddemonstrating an understanding of the topic ortext.

Today we live in the 24-hour news cycle where we havepractically unlimited access to celebrities. Do you believe themedia helps or hurts celebrities? Give reasons to support yourview.

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Does media exposure help or hurt high profile people? After reading an article from GoodTherapy.org, People Magazine, Twitter excerpts, watching Inside Edition, and episodes of Dateline, write an informational essay that addresses the question and supports your position with evidence from the text.

Today we live in the 24-hour news cycle where we havepractically unlimited access to celebrities. Do you

believethe media helps or hurts celebrities? Give reasons tosupport your view.

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Reframed Student Assignment:

DOK?Verbs/Bloom’s

Artifact(s)

Observation

Standard(s)? Target(s)?Standard consistent vocabulary? Artifact(s)

Students engage in content at appropriate level

Artifact(s):assessment, lesson plan, activity, etc.

Artifact(s)10

ELA Reading Literature Standard #2: CCR – Determine central ideas or

themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

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Activity Instructions Read through the assessment items associated

with the closest grade level you teach that relates to this standard.

Which items are congruent? What evidence do you see that supports this?

Which items do you feel are not congruent and why not?

With an elbow partner, discuss the examples and reach a consensus on the congruence of each item.

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Reliability of Assessments Depend on: Is the assessment congruent with the

standard? Is it measuring the depth of knowledge

that the standard demands?

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Are They Really The Same?14