Session 4:
Critiquing Assessment Tasks
NTI
March, 2015
Norms for Collaboration
• Review Norms for Collaboration p.1-4
• Self-Assess
• Set a Goal
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Agenda
Day 1
•4 T’s of Curriculum Design
•Components of Common Core curriculum
•Critiquing Text Selection
Day 2
•Critiquing Assessments
•Quality PD for Curriculum Design
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Learning Target
1. I can effectively critique a curriculum
designer’s assessment tasks.
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Assessment Design
• Please SKIM The 3-8 ELA Curriculum Modules:
A Look at Assessment Design pg. 77
• Read each numbered step.
• There are 8 total.
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6th Grade Sample Items
• RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and
how it is conveyed through particular details;
provide a summary of the text distinct from
personal opinions or judgments.
• RI.6.5: Analyze how a particular sentence,
paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the
overall structure of a text and contributes to
the development of the ideas. pg. 71
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• Which skills are called out in the standard?
• Which words stand out as being words that
highlight what is required of students? Why?
• Are there any “and” “or” words?
• What are the standards requiring of students?
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Assessment Item Example
• Locate The Sea Turtle’s Built In Compass,
p. 87
• Please record:
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Notice
Wonder
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Reading Standards
• Examine standards for RL and RI.
• Which could stand alone?
• Which could should be bundled with other
standards?
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Example 1:
•Pair RL.K.3 about identifying characters with
RL.K.9: “With prompting and support, compare
and contrast the adventures and experiences of
characters in familiar stories.”
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Example 2:
•Pair RI.K.1 “With prompting and support, ask
and answer questions about key details in a text”
with SL.K.2: “Confirm understanding of a text
read aloud or information presented orally or
through other media by asking and answering
questions about key details and requesting
clarification if something is not understood.”
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Cooking With Standards
• Please locate Cooking with Standards protocol
- pg. 94
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Assessment Alignment
• Please review the Assessment alignment
protocol pg. 96
• Grade 7 Module 4 Unit 3 Overview & Rubric
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pg. 99
• Equip EL Feedback pg. 113
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Carousel Brainstorm
• Locate Carousel Brainstorm, pg. 120
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