Odyssey Charter School April 2, 2015 7:00 pm

Jennifer Priser, Title I Parent Involvement CoordinatorDiane Bickerstaff, Assessment and Testing Specialist

Lucretia Nolan, Technology Teacher, IT Administrator, Connection Lead Teacher

Andy Geeter, Principal Dr. Jennifer Ashton, Vice-Principal

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http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Assessment-System.aspx

ACRONYMS

AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress CCGPS - Common Core Georgia

Performance Standards CCRPI- College and Career Ready

Performance Index ELA- English Language Arts EOG- End of Grade GaDOE- Georgia Department of

Education GPS- Georgia Performance

Standards IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities

Education Act IEP- Individualized Education Plan

DEFINITIONS

accommodations: Accommodations are a change in a test administration that modify how a student takes or responds to the assessment.

assessment: A test that measures the extent to which a student has acquired certain information or has mastered certain skills.

formative assessment: A formative assessment is an evaluation tool used to guide and monitor the progress of each student learning during instruction.

narrative prose: A form of writing in which the work is written in prose, rather than in poetry, and tells a definite story through actions.

rubric: A guide listing specific criteria for grading or scoring academic papers, projects, or tests

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Content Area SelectedResponse

Constructed Response (2 points)

Extended Constructed

Response(4 points)

Extended Writing

Response (7 points)

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

• Selected-Response– Utilized in all content areas– evidence-based selected response in ELA– Selected-Response is also commonly known as multiple-choice style.

• Constructed-Response– Utilized in ELA and mathematics– Constructed response is a general term for assessment items that

require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response.

• Extended-Response– Utilized in ELA and mathematics– Extended-response items require more elaborate answers and

explanations of reasoning. They allow for multiple correct answers and/or varying methods of arriving at the correct answer.

• Extended-Writing Response– Utilized in ELA writing– Extended-Writing response prompts and performance tasks are

examples of extended-response items.

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• All students will encounter a constructed-response item allowing for narrative prose, in response to text, within first or second section of the test.

• Within the writing section of the test, students will read a pair of passages and complete a series of “warm-up” items:

3 selected-response items asking about the salient features of each passage and comparing/contrasting between the two passages

1 constructed-response item requiring linking the two passages

1 writing prompt in which students must cite evidence to support their conclusions, claims, etc.

Warning: Students who simply rewrite excerpts from the passage(s) to illustrate

their point(s) will not receive favorable scores.

What type of writing style will be on the test?

Writing prompts will be informative/explanatory or

opinion/argumentative depending on the grade level.

Students could encounter either genre.

MILESTONES RUBRIC

The extended-response analytic writing rubric will be scored on two features: Idea Development,

Organization, & Coherence

Language Usage & Conventions

EOG RUBRICS

End of grade assessment guides Grades 3-8 http://bit.ly/1w5OzI5

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http://experience-ga.ctb.com

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ELA

Selected Response

Item

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ELA

ExtendedConstructed Response

Item

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ELA

ExtendedWriting

Response Item

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Math

Selected Response

Item

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Math

Constructed Response

Item

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Math

Part A: Constructed Response

Item

Math

Part B: Extended Response

Item

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New York’s EngageNY.org provides a bank of common core sample questions which measure student readiness for GA Milestones.www.engageny.org/resources/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions

Kentucky’s K-Prep test is a blended model containing selected-response and constructed-response items, similar to GA Milestones.www.kassessments.org/using_ELA_tools

The Kansas Department of Education provides a variety of test items that can be used to give students structured or selected response practice. www.education.ky.gov/AA/items/Pages/K-PREPItems.aspx

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The Georgia Department of Education provides a student self-checklist which allows the student to self-assess their performance on constructed response items. www.gadoe.org/curriculum-instruction-and-assessment/assessment/documents/About%20and%20Student%20Self-Checklist%20-%20ELA.pdf

Kentucky’s K-Prep test is a blended model containing selected-response and constructed-response items, similar to GA Milestones.www.kassessments.org/using_ELA_tools

Smekens Education provides great insight into constructed responses and how students can tackle these types of questions.www.smekenseducation.com/teach-constructed-response-writing-explicitly.html

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Eduplace provides an explanation of how to answer an extended response answer.www.eduplace.com/sswfp/testprep/essay.html

Scholastic gives several writing structures to employ when addressing extended response. www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom_solutions/2011/03/state-assessments-extended-response

An extensive collection of prompts, student samples, rubrics, and teacher guidance is provided by the Chicago Public School’s Office of Literacy.http://kcknerr.quipblogs.net/files/2011/12ER_Handbook_OL_Revised_Km-21.pdf

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Georgia Department of Education’s Formative Item Bank http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/OAS-

Resources.aspx

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htmhttp://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARRC)http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/default.aspx

Delaware Department of Educationhttp://www.doe.k12.de.us/aab/English_Language_Arts/linking_documents.shtmlhttp://www.doe.k12.de.us/aab/Mathematics/assessment_tools.shtml

Kentucky Department of Educationhttp://education.ky.gov/AA/items/Pages/K-PREPItems.aspx

New York State Education Departmenthttp://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions

Louisiana Department of Educationhttp://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/practice-tests

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http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Assessment-System.aspx

Odyssey would like to thank the following resources. The referenced items were used, in whole or in part, from the following resources:

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Campbell, C.; Damianeas, P.; Chelsey, D.; Dollar, L.; Slater, A.; West, A.; Wright, J. (2015). Fairview Elementary School’s March Title I Georgia Milestones Parents Session [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1OBfPGH

Fincher, M. (2014). Georgia Milestones GAEL [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1HPvixA

Georgia Milestones represents a significant change and importantly – an opportunity – for our state.

This opportunity allows us to recalibrate, as a state, and refocus on teaching and learning as a primary emphasis

with assessment and accountability serving a supporting role.

Thank you for your support!