Teacher and Principal Effectiveness Systems

&

the PA Core Standards

GVSD Education Committee MeetingSeptember 10, 2013

http://tinyurl.com/sept10gvedmtg

Objectives

Participants will be able to…

• understand the components of the PA Teacher and Principal Effectiveness Systems

• identify the major ‘shifts’ for the PA Core Standards in ELA & Mathematics

• understand these ‘shifts’ as they relate to the content and/or skills presented in the standards, as well as how they impact student learning

Professional Learning Standards

Data - Professional Learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.

Outcomes - Professional Learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students aligns its outcomes with educator performance and student curriculum standards.

Teacher Effectiveness System

Principal Effectiveness System

Questions

The PA Core Standards for ELA & Mathematics

The Core Standards are:

● fewer and more rigorous than the previous state standards.

● aligned PreK-12.

● have increased clarity.

● aligned with college and career expectations.

● internationally benchmarked.

● designed to include rigorous content and application of higher-order skills.

● researched based.

Some Key Terms

¨Clarity and Specificity● Skills and concepts are clearly defined.● An ability to apply concepts and skills to new situations

is expected.

Coherence● Instruction, assessment and curriculum are aligned.● Conceptual understanding and procedural skills are

equally stressed.● Progressions of topics and performances are

developmentally sound.

Some Key Terms (con’t)

Focus● Key ideas, understandings, and skills are

identified.● Deep learning of concepts is emphasized.

○ Adequate time is devoted to a topic to counter the “mile wide, inch deep” criticism leveled at most current U.S. standards.

PA Core Literacy Standards‘SHIFTS’

Shift 1: Balancing Informational & Literary Texts

Shift 2: Knowledge in the Disciplines �

Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity

Shift 4: Text-based Answers

Shift 5: Writing from Sources �Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary

PA Core Literacy StandardsSubject Taxonomy

1=English Language Arts PreK-12

3.5=Reading for Science and Technical Subjects 6-12

3.6=Writing for Science and Technical Subjects 6-12

8.5=Reading for History and Social Studies 6-12

8.6=Writing for History and Social

Studies 6-12

ELA PSSA & Keystones-M.C.

OLD PSSA Question (8th Grade) NEW Keystone Question (& revised PSSA)

Read the lines from the poem.

“The arched stone bridge/is an eye, with underlid/in the water.”

This metaphor means that theA. poet is looking under the water.B. stone bridge’s arch is broken.C. poet sees ripples under the bridge.D. stone bridge’s reflection makes a circle.

Read the sentence from the passage:“Sydney Harbor is shaped somewhat like an oak leaf—a roomy sheet of lovely blue water, with narrow off-shoots of water running up into the country on both sides between long fingers of land . . . ”How does the author’s use of imagery in the sentence help to communicate an idea?

A.It gives a vivid description that suggests vastness of landscape.B.It gives details that portray a rich city life.C.It gives a bland description that suggests a dull population.D.It gives information that indicates great wealth.

ELA PSSA & KeystoneOpen Ended/Constructed Response

Open Ended Response to Reading Constructed Response to Reading

Explain how the author attempts to convince the reader that native species should be protected. Use at least two examples from the passage to support your explanation.

Read the sentence from the passage:

“New York’s compact geography and increasingly robust bicycle infrastructure make it ideally situated to reap significant transportation benefits from a bike-share program.”

Explain how the author’s use of the words “compact geography” influences the reader. Use information from the passage to support your answer.

PA Academic vs. PA CoreStandard for ELA

OLD Academic StandardLiterary Devices

NEW PA Core StandardCraft & Structure: Vocabulary

1.3.3.D (3rd & 4th Grade)Identify literary devices in selected readings (e.g., personification, simile, alliteration).

CC.1.3.1.F (1st Grade)Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

1.3.5.D (5th Grade)Describe how the author uses literary devices to convey meaning (e.g., personification, simile, alliteration, symbolism, metaphor)

CC.1.3.2.F (2nd Grade)Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

1.3.8.D (8th Grade)Analyze the effect of various literary devices (e.g., personification, simile, alliteration, symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, imagery).

CC.1.3.8.F – CC1.3.9-10.F (8th Grade, 9th-10th Grades)Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings and how they shape meaning and tone.

PA Core Literacy Standard- ELA“Staircase of Complexity”

Questions

Shifts in Mathematics

¨The Core Standards have changed the focus of math from “mile wide, inch deep” philosophy to a more focused, in depth set of skills and concepts at each grade level.

¨There is:➢ a shift in skills- greatest impact at grades 4, 5, and 6.➢ an expectation of mastery of skills (depth vs.

breadth).➢ a drive for students to “explore and express” math

thoughts.

Examples of Shifts in Mathematical Teaching

for All Grades

¨More emphasis at each grade on reasoning, problem solving, modeling, decision making, and engagement.

¨More emphasis on connecting practice standards with content standards at each grade.

Key Advances: The 8 Standards for Mathematical Practice: K to 12

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with math.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning.

Shifts in Mathematics

❖ Focus➢ Narrow the scope of content and deepen how time

and energy is spent➢ Focus only on what is emphasized in the standards

❖ Coherence➢ Think across grades➢ Link to major topics within grades

❖ Fluency➢ Develop speed and accuracy with simple

calculations

Shifts in Mathematics

❖ Deep Understanding➢ Support students’ ability to access concepts from a

number of perspectives➢ Apply understandings to new situations➢ Write and speak about understandings

❖ Application➢ Provide opportunities for students to apply math to

real-world situations➢ Use math in other content areas

❖ Dual Intensity➢ Both practice and understanding occur with intensity

Examples of Shifts in Content- Primary Grades

More emphasis on:➢ numeration and place value (understanding

numbers)➢ mastering addition and subtraction facts and

concepts➢ composing and decomposing shapes

(visualization)

Examples of Shifts in Content-Intermediate Grades

More emphasis on:➢ applying strategies and using properties and

relationships between and among shapes➢ developing an understanding of geometric figures

based on their properties➢ identifying patterns➢ measuring with precision and purpose➢ analyzing and solving problems based on data.

Examples of Shifts in Content-Secondary Level

More emphasis on:➢ analyzing relationships involving numbers,

proportions, and geometric figures➢ understanding functions ➢ using informal arguments to establish facts

A Mathematical Progression

Expressions and Equations

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

*Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.*Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.* Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

* Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.* Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.

* Work with radicals and integer exponents.* Use the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.*Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

Mathematics PSSA and Keystone Questions

Old PSSA Question- Grade 8 (A.1.1.2)

What is the square root of 64?

A. 2

B. 8

C. 32

D. 4,096

New Keystone/ PSSA Question (A.1.1.1.1.2)

An expression is shown below.

√87x

For which value of x should the expression be further simplified?

A. x = 10 B. x = 13

C. x = 21 D. x = 38

Math Open Ended and Constructed

Open-ended vs Constructed Response Items

PSSA Question (Grade 8)

Consider the following set of numbers:

96 80 72 77 82 78 94 95

How will the mean change if the number 96 is replaced by the number 80 in the set?

The solutions

Keystone Question:

The weight, in pounds, of each wrestler on a high school team at the beginning of the year is listed here: 178 142 112 206 130.

Two more wrestlers join the team during the season. The addition of these wrestlers has no effect on the mean weight of the wrestlers, but the median weight increases 3 pounds.

Determine the weight of the two new wrestlers.

Questions

An Keystone Update

A summer opportunity

2013 Keystone Results- Grade 11 for Accountability purposes

Keystones Gr 11

Upcoming Changes in State Assessments

★Field Tests○ Math and Reading PSSAs, grades 3 to 5, will continue to

have embedded Field Test items included○ Math and Reading PSSAs, grades 6 to 8, will include the

embedded items for the first time this year

★New Tests○ All PSSAs will be testing the PA CC Standards in 2014-

15. ○ Writing will be included at all grade levels as part of the

ELA assessments.

Objectives

Participants will be able to…

• understand the components of the PA Teacher and Principal Effectiveness Systems

• identify the major ‘shifts’ for the PA Core Standards in ELA & Mathematics

• understand these ‘shifts’ as they relate to the content and/or skills presented in the standards, as well as how they impact student learning

Questions