using atlas to analyze standards and inform student learning nesa spring educator’s conference

Using Atlas to Analyze Standards and Inform Student

Learning

NESA Spring Educator’s Conference

Your Facilitator Today

John Mooreand

Meng Zhou

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Workshop Basics

• Share Your Experiences and Ideas

• Ask questions• Here to help!

Objectives…

• Examine the different ways standards can be customized in Atlas to model best practices.

• Analyze the various assessment methods used in your classroom and discover those employed across your school.

• Apply the Atlas Reporting Tools to verify a quality, standards-based, taught curriculum.

• Use the Atlas Reporting Tools to ensure a learning-oriented assessed curriculum.

The Relative Curriculum

Taught• Diary vs.

Projected• Captures

what happens in the class

• Shows connection to how the curriculum is being covered

Intended• Standards

Based:– AERO

Standards– ACTFL– IB

Programmes

– TESOL– School-

developed– Amalgamat

ion of the above

Learned• Assessments• Student

learning activities

(Re)Define

Design

Implement

Analyze-Evaluate

Standards Management Phases with Atlas

Standards Management: The

“(Re)Define” PhaseCareful, deliberate, informed standards change/ decisions

1.Needs Analysis:•Assessment of what should be in existence based on external criteria •Assessment of what should be in existence based on internal criteria

2.Provide direction: • Goals • Objectives

Use of descriptors

What is the intended and curriculum at your school?

How does the taught curriculum align to it?

• Is it mandated or developed by the school?

• Does everybody understand it?• Do you communicate to all

constituencies?• Is it in alignment with your school

mission?• How do you incorporate character?• What about early childhood?

• Selecting Standards• Adapting Standards• DIY Standards• Horizontal and Vertical

Coherence

Standards Management: The “Design” Phase

What process/strategies do you follow to (re) define and

design your academic standards?

• What was the trigger event to adopt your current standards?

• Who do you involve? Who was involved initially?

• What is the shelf life of your standards?

• What is the timing for introducing revisions?

• How do you go about introducing them in Atlas?

Standards Management: The

“Implement” Phase

• How standards (as the planned curriculum) can be integrated into the:

• Taught curriculum• Assessed curriculum• (implications to the “learned

curriculum”)

Available Reports in Atlas:• Standards Overview• Standards Profiling

­ My Standards­ Quick Reports­ My Reports

Standards Management: The

“Analyze/ Evaluate” Phase

What is a 3rd graders

assessment experience at the

school?

As a school, how many times are

students mastering benchmarks through

assessment?

How can you get a quick view for

what standards and benchmarks

have been assessed in

science?

What are some questions you have about your

standards and benchmarks?

• Take 5 minutes to compile a list of key questions.

• See if you translate these questions into queries in Analyze.­ Standards Profiling­ Standards Overview

• Don’t forget to visit the tutorials under Info.

Create some Samples (My Reports) that will be

helpful in future conversations.

Be prepared to share your samples.

(Re)Define

Design

Implement

Analyze-Evaluate

Standards Management Phases with Atlas

Using Atlas to Analyze Standards and Inform Student

Learning

NESA Spring Educator’s Conference