step initial assessment winter 2011. energizing ontario education high levels of student achievement...
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STEP Initial Assessment
Winter 2011
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Energizing Ontario Education
• High levels of student achievement
• Reducing the gaps in Student Achievement
• Increased Public confidence in our publicly funded schools
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Session Learning Goals
Participants will:• develop an awareness of the content of
both resources (STEP & Initial Mathematics Assessment);
• discuss effective ways to use the resources and guide teachers assessment and instruction; and
• create implementation strategies to support educators in different roles with different responsibilities for meeting the needs of ELLs.
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Recap of Yesterday’s Learning
• On a post it note record three things you learned yesterday
• One learning per note
• Share your learnings with your table group
• Sort them into categories
• Be prepared to share with the whole group
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Table Talk Time
Reflection & PlanningConsidering your board’s strengths and needs what does your board need to put in place to implement the STEP resource to support ELLs.Use the planning page provided.
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STEP Initial Assessment
• Intended for all teachers and administrators who welcome and assess English language learners
• Supports the goal of the English Language Learners ESL and ELD Programs and Services: Policies and procedures for Ontario Elementary and Secondary Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12, 2007
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Mandated Policy Requirements
• 2.2 Reception and orientation of English language learners and their families
• 2.3 Initial Assessment of English language learners
• 2.4 Placement of English language learners
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Purpose of initial assessment?
• First step in getting to know the student and his/her family
• Opportunity to provide student and family with information about our Ontario education system
• Provide family with information about community supports
• Begin to develop a student profile that includes: – Education– Culture– Personal
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What does it identify?
• Students who would benefit from ESL support– Student progress should be tracked using the
STEP continua for ESL
• Students who would benefit from ELD support– Student progress should be tracked using the
STEP continua for ELD
• Students who do not need ESL/ELD support
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Welcoming New Families
Initial Assessment
Early Literacy Tasks Reading and Writing Assessment Tasks
Recommendations for Support/Placement
Communicating and Planning
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Welcoming New Families
Family interview integral part of the reception and orientation processOpportunity for dialogue between family,
student and school• Effective way to gather key information about
the student• Where possible the interview should be
conducted in the family’s home language supported by an interpreter
• Settlement worker provides support for family settlement issues if available
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Things to consider during family interview
At your table brainstorm and be prepared to share 5 considerations
e.g. The school calendar year may be different from that of Ontario schools
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Initial Assessment
PurposeTo determine the student’s
– Language proficiency • Oral• Reading • Writing
– Literacy development– Mathematical skills– Appropriate programming supports
(ESL/ELD)– Appropriate course placement (secondary)
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Assessment Procedures
The assessment will include– A structured interview to assess oral
communication skills – An assessment of reading
comprehension– An assessment of student writing– An assessment of mathematical
knowledge and skills
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First Language Writing Assessment
• Review the first language writing sample
• What literacy skills can you see?
• Share your thoughts at your table
• Be prepared to share with the whole group
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Oral Interview
Purpose
– to determine the student’s oral proficiency in English
- to gain important information about the student’s academic background and interests
Done one on one with the student
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Initial Assessment Oral Grades 1 - 12
• Review the questions on pages 8 and 9
• What additional questions might you add to this list?
• Review the continuum
• Discuss your initial impressions with your table mates
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Picture Response
• Should reflect a global or multicultural perspective
• Be age appropriate
• Be relevant to student’s background experience
• Choice of pictures to prompt conversation
• Ask student to draw a picture
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Initial Placement on Oral Continuum
• Using the oral continuum develop a question or a task for each STEP using the picture– Example STEP 1 Show me the
bananas
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Welcoming New Families
Initial Assessment
Early Literacy Tasks Reading and Writing Assessment Tasks
Recommendations for Support/Placement
Communicating and Planning
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Initial determination of subsequent assessment
tasks
• Early Literacy Tasks
• Reading and Writing Assessment Tasks
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Early Literacy Tasks
• Print concepts
• Alphabet
• Vocabulary
• Reading the English Alphabet
• Writing the English Alphabet
• Basic Vocabulary
Pages 10 - 12
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Reading and Writing Assessment Tasks
• Advisable to begin with a reading task and connect it to a writing task
• Package includes tasks based on a variety of literary and information texts for STEPS 1-4 (pages 24 – 46)
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Sample Assessment Materials
• Intended to guide assessors in planning and developing their own assessment materials
• Sample assessment materials for STEPS 5 and 6 are not provided as they can be selected from grade appropriate texts
Pages 17 - 22
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Designing an Initial Assessment Task - Reading
• Connect with prior knowledge
• Prompts and questions– Meaning– Form and style– Fluency
• Text Selection
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Text Selection
A range of texts at each level should be available to allow for differentiated assessment
Select texts that:– Reflect the background knowledge and
experiences of the student– Are sensitive to the student’s culture and
family situation– Are based on content that is age appropriate– Are written at a level of linguistic complexity
that corresponds to the possible STEP level determined in the oral interview
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Text selection continued
• Are flexible – can be used in an adjacent STEP or grade
• Based on student’s language proficiency –not necessarily their grade level
• Provide a broad range of text forms
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Aligning Texts with STEP
• In groups of two or three, using the texts provided at your table, determine an appropriate text for a specific student based on the text selection guidelines
• Determine the appropriate alignment of the text with STEP using the profile and the information provided
• Complete the graphic organizer
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Initial Placement on Reading Continuum
• Using your text, develop questions or a task that would provide evidence of student understanding related to meaning, form and style and fluency
• Record on chart paper to share
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Initial Placement on Reading Continuum
• Using your text, develop questions or a task that would provide evidence of student understanding related to meaning, form and style and fluency
• Record on chart paper to share
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Designing Writing Tasks
• Can be connected to oral interview, or reading
• Task should focus on enabling the student to demonstrate – Developing and organizing content– Language conventions
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Initial Assessment Writing Continuum
• Using the text you selected create a writing task for a student
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Welcoming New Families
Initial Assessment
Early Literacy Tasks Reading and Writing Assessment Tasks
Recommendations for Support/Placement
Communicating and Planning
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Tracking Tool
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Secondary Alignment
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Table Talk Time
Reflection and PlanningConsider your board’s current practise for
initial assessmentHow might the STEP initial language
assessment resource be used?What do various board roles need to
successfully support initial assessment of ELLs?
Use the planning page provided.