High Five DesignHigh Five Design Process #5: Process #5:

Data driven instructionData driven instruction

How will we know if 21st Century Students Have

Learned it?

What do 20What do 20thth Century Assessments Century Assessments Look Like?Look Like?

• Summative in nature – EOC, test, quiz at the Summative in nature – EOC, test, quiz at the end of a unit, and/or pre-post test orientationend of a unit, and/or pre-post test orientation

• Multiple choice and/or cumulative to all of the Multiple choice and/or cumulative to all of the items developed as important by teachersitems developed as important by teachers

• Not necessarily aligned to question 1 – what kids Not necessarily aligned to question 1 – what kids need to knowneed to know

• Lagging in nature and paper/pencil heavyLagging in nature and paper/pencil heavy• Not useful as predictors of student successNot useful as predictors of student success

What do 21What do 21stst Century Assessments Century Assessments Look Like?Look Like?

• Formative in nature – benchmarks, common to goals, Formative in nature – benchmarks, common to goals, predictive in nature, and mastery orientation is a focuspredictive in nature, and mastery orientation is a focus

• Multiple choice mixed with performance rubrics and/or Multiple choice mixed with performance rubrics and/or orientationorientation

• Aligned to question one and then adjusted as Aligned to question one and then adjusted as assessments reveal dataassessments reveal data

• Leading in nature and product driven Leading in nature and product driven • Useful as tight cycle predictors of student successUseful as tight cycle predictors of student success

So what does NCVPS require?So what does NCVPS require?

• Tight cycle – bi-weekly assessments for Fall 2008Tight cycle – bi-weekly assessments for Fall 2008• CFA – common formative assessment. What 2-3 things CFA – common formative assessment. What 2-3 things

are students expected to know and be able to do bi-are students expected to know and be able to do bi-weekly? What 25-40 things are the students expected to weekly? What 25-40 things are the students expected to know and be able to do at the end of the term?know and be able to do at the end of the term?

• How do CFA assess all and/or components?How do CFA assess all and/or components?• How do teachers answer the 5 questions per the How do teachers answer the 5 questions per the

results?results?

What are teachers or department chairs expected to What are teachers or department chairs expected to do to obtain results?do to obtain results?

• Develop PCA process- plan to assess, check the Develop PCA process- plan to assess, check the assessment, and act on the resultsassessment, and act on the results

• Involve students in asking them the strategies Involve students in asking them the strategies that helped them learn best (Plan)that helped them learn best (Plan)

• (Check) the results with multiple assessments: (Check) the results with multiple assessments: products, posts, live chats, rubrics, and Skype products, posts, live chats, rubrics, and Skype assessments.assessments.

• (Act) on the results by using different strategies (Act) on the results by using different strategies or processes on the 21or processes on the 21stst Century Guides. Century Guides.

How do you act on the results?How do you act on the results?

Answer the five data questions (bi-weekly, Friday Answer the five data questions (bi-weekly, Friday with kids, and/or in department meeting ePLCs):with kids, and/or in department meeting ePLCs):

3.3.What does the data say?What does the data say?

4.4.What does the data not say?What does the data not say?

5.5.What are the celebrations? What are the celebrations?

6.6.What are the opportunities for improvement (OFI)? What are the opportunities for improvement (OFI)?

7.7.What are the next steps? What are the next steps?

What are our tools for 21What are our tools for 21stst Assessment?Assessment?

• In the courseware of BlackboardIn the courseware of Blackboard• Project-based developed by usProject-based developed by us• Tools we currently have to reduce plagiarism etc.Tools we currently have to reduce plagiarism etc.• Tools we need to employ that are free on Web Tools we need to employ that are free on Web

2.0. 2.0. • Combo of face-to-face assessment with DLA Combo of face-to-face assessment with DLA

collaborative using Skype.collaborative using Skype.

NCVPS Deliverables From NCVPS Deliverables From Process #5Process #5

The High Five Team (Summer 2008) will:

• Set days and process to go over 5 data questions in courses– semester focus

• Develop assessment column in 21st Century Guide to include ways to combat academic integrity– semester focus

• Collaborate in ePLCs with teachers who have had “mass” success with certain assessment approaches – semester focus

• Make recommendations for Fall 08 process to team lead; and recommendations for scale for Spring 2009

• Complete 21st Century Guide column for Fall 2008 and post on the Web (via Blackboard).