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Standards Aligned System (SAS)
SAS – Do you have an account??www.pdesas.org
1. Standards Circle: PA Core Standards• On July 1, 2010, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education adopted the
Common Core State Standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, with a transition plan that targeted July 1, 2013, as the full implementation date. • Keystone Exams are aligned to the PA Core Standards
•Pennsylvania’s approved standards are the foundation of the Standards Aligned System
•Pennsylvania Standards describe what students should know and be able to do; they increase in complexity and sophistication as students progress through school.
What are the ELA Shifts with the PA Core Standards?
• http://literacyresources.iu1.wikispaces.net/file/view/ELA%20Shifts.pdf/480408012/ELA%20Shifts.pdf
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2. Curriculum Framework Circle• Identify standards, anchors, EC• Big Ideas• Concepts• Competencies• Essential Questions• Vocabulary
Big Idea• Declarative statement that describes
concepts that transcend grade levels. • Big Ideas are essential to provide
focus on specific content for all students. • Example: Comprehension requires
and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text.
Essential Question• Questions connected to the SAS
framework that are specifically linked to the Big Ideas. • Essential questions frame student
inquiry, promote critical thinking, and assist in learning transfer • Example: How does the interaction
with text promote thinking and response?
Concept• Describe what students should know
and understand (key knowledge) as a result of this instruction specific to grade level • Example: Essential content, literary
elements and devices inform meaning
Competency• Describe what students should be
able to do (key skills) as a result of this instruction • Example: Identify and evaluate
essential content between and among various texts types
VocabularyComing soon to SAS
• Brick and Mortar words: Tiers 2 & 3
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3. Assessment Circle• Fair assessment is a process used by teachers and students before,
during, and after instruction to provide feedback and adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve student achievement. • In Pennsylvania the four types of assessment are summative,
formative, benchmark, and diagnostic
Summative:
Assessment in Pennsylvania
Benchmark/ Interim:
Formative:
Diagnostic:
Summative Assessment• Often used for grading, accountability and or
research/evaluation
• Seeks to make an overall judgment of progress made at the end of a defined period of instruction such as:• PSSA• Keystone• PASA• ACCESS for ELLs• TerraNova• Final Exam• Unit Test• Project Rubric Evaluation
Benchmark Assessment• Benchmark• Provide feedback to
both the teacher and the student.
• Findings are reported by referencing the standards, not other students’ performance
• Measure performance regularly
Examples:• 4Sight• AIMSweb• Study Island
Benchmarking Tools• District Designed
Benchmark
Diagnostic Assessment• Diagnostic
• Students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills before and during instruction
• Allows for remediation or intervention
• PA will use a Computer-Adaptive testing approach with CDTs
Examples:
• Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)
• Running Records
• DRA
• G-Made
Formative Assessment• In Pennsylvania we are
defining formative assessment as classroom based assessment that allows teachers to monitor and adjust their instructional practice in order to meet the individual needs of their students.
Formative Assessment Activity• Think about how you use formative assessment with your students.• Make a list of three formative assessments that you have used with
your students.
Examples of Formative Assessment• Think-Pair-Share• Thumbs up – Thumbs down• Ticket out the door• Random Reporter
Keystone Exams and Project Based Assessments(PBAs)
• The Keystone Exams are end-of-course assessments designed to assess proficiency in various subjects• Keystone Literature Exam and the Keystone Writing Exam• The Keystone Exams are one component of Pennsylvania’s proposed
system of high school graduation requirements• Students who are unable to meet Chapter 4 requirements relating to
high school graduation requirements through the Keystone Exam may qualify to complete a project based assessment.• Item Scoring Samples and other resources on SAS
Assessment Builder• Assessment Builder• Allows teachers to create
customized assessments• Can be formative, summative,
diagnostic, or benchmark
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4. Instruction Circle• Differentiated• Standard aligned• At instructional level (not frustration level), but be rigorous• Scaffold support – I do, We do, You do…• Engagement• Interventions
Rigor with Webbs Depth of Knowledge
• What kinds of questions do you ask during a lesson?• How many of each level of
question do you ask during a lesson or unit?• What kinds of questions do you
ask on your assessments?
Engagement vs. Time on Task• Can students be involved in the
lesson but not engaged in the learning process??
• Engagement vs. Time on Task…is there a difference??
• When students decide, "I won't learn from you," they go into "not-learning" mode. "Not-learning" describes any number of behaviors that a learner uses to keep new information from getting into the brain.
Herbert Kohl I Won’t Learn from You – and other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment 1994
Levels of Engagement1. Students report what they have learned only (lowest level of engagement)
2.Students report what they have learned only with possible collaboration
3.Students solve a teacher-directed problem
4.Students given options to solve a teacher-directed problem with possible collaboration
5.Students help define the task, the process, and/ or the solution
6.Students help define the task, the process, and/ or the solution; collaboration extends beyond the classroom (highest level of engagement)
Engaged Learning ExampleConsider the following: • If the students were collaborating with the students at other schools
to write better poetry then the engagement level is a 6.
• Before I could decide I would need to ask how much collaboration beyond the classroom was involved.
How do I get students engaged??• Ask yourself….Where do
students have the opportunity to make choices? • Content – determined by the state
standards – no choice• Process • Product
• Tic-Tac-Toe Menu
NOT examples of Engagement• We observed that, on the average
about 75% of class time was spent on instruction and that nearly 70% of this was “talk” – usually teacher to students.
John Goodlad A Study of Schooling
2004
• Barely 5% of this instructional time was designed to create students’ anticipation of needing to respond. Not even 1% required some type of open response involving reasoning or perhaps an opinion from students.
John Goodlad A Study of Schooling
2004
Questions to ponder….• What materials are you using to
engage students?• How much of the class period is
the teacher talking?• How much of the class period
are the students collaborating or talking?• How are the students involved in
the choices of process and product for your lessons?
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5. Materials & Resources Circle• Lessons and Unit Plans• Voluntary Model Curriculum• Learning progressions
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6. Safe and Supportive Schools Circle• The Safe and Supportive Schools element is now active, and the
Student Interpersonal Skills may be accessed from this element. • While still a work in progress, materials and resources are available
but are not yet aligned to these new standards• Resources on engagement (parents), respect for diversity, school
participation, and comprehensive resources
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Beyond the Circles: Teacher Tools• My Profile• My e-portfolio• My website• Publish your best• My communities • Curriculum Mapping• PD Center
My Profile• The information provided in this section
will be used to manage your SAS account:• Manage personal information• Identify professional interests• Change a password
My ePortfolio• A web-based, portable filing
cabinet• Create organizational folders• Add resources• Add to My ePortfolio• Upload File• Add Bookmark
My Website • Develop a classroom website to enhance communication between students, parents, and colleagues
• Modify the site to reflect:• Specific classes you teach• Events relevant to your class
or school• Resources you want available
for yourself, colleagues, students, and/or parents
My Communities• Join Professional Learning
Communities to participate in discussions and share ideas with colleagues throughout the state!
PD Center• Under class registration, you can
access many classes and workshops online for free.
PDE Free Professional Development on the Danielson Framework• Pennsylvania has adopted
Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching as the overarching vision for effective instruction in the Commonwealth. The model focuses the complex activity of teaching by defining four domains of teaching responsibility.
• Domain 1 – Planning and Preparation• Domain 2 – Classroom
Environment• Domain 3 – Instruction• Domain 4 – Professional
Responsibilities
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Questions???