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What do we already
know?
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Think about it
Share at your table
Let’s share out
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Select 1 member per
table
MEAP/MME Assessment
Timeline
2011-12 – MEAP & MME will remain the same, based
on GLCEs & HSCEs
2012 and 2013 – Items that are common to the
GLCEs & HSCEs AND the CCSS will be assessed.
Piloted items for CCSS will start
Fall 2014 – so far, no assessment to take place until
spring 2015 (TBA)
2014 -2015 – spring 2015 – CCSS assessments begin
Smarter Balanced Bingo
Where would you find
the Mathematics
“Critical Areas?”
When were the Common
Core State Standards
adopted in Michigan?
How are the
Mathematics standards
organized?
How many ELA Anchor
Standards are there?
Top of EACH grade level
standards doc
June 2010
Domains, Strands, Clusters,
Standards
32 – 10 Reading; 10 Writing;
6 Speaking & Listening; 6
Language
How many states are
participating in the
Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium?
How many ELA
Assessment Claims are
there?
When is the first Smarter
Balanced Assessment
scheduled?
25 + VIRGIN ISLANDS
4
Spring of 2015
What is the name of the
MDE Assessment Office?
Department of
Accountability
Services(DAS), formerly BAA
How many states do not
participate in the
Common Core?
How many Mathematical
Practices are there?
5
8 Practices
How many Mathematical
Assessment Claims are
there?
How are the ELA
standards organized?
4 Claims
4 Strands – Reading,
Writing, Speaking &
Listening, Language
What does CCSSO stand
for? What do they do?
FREE
SPACE
Chief Council of State School
Officers
What is the name of the
“other” assessment
consortium (not Smarter
Balanced)?
What Content Areas are
Responsible for Reading &
Writing according to
CCSS?
PAARC
ALL
Item Specifics – go to the page –
All items we just went through on the handouts are
included on this page of the Smarter Balanced Website:
www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balancedassessments
Practice and Pilot Tests – go to the page –
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/pilot-test/
Select the grade level you plan to practice.
Take about 10 minutes to review items. As you review items
ask yourself the following:
• How would my students do on this assessment?
• What tools do I need to make this happen for them?
• How do I prepare myself to guide my students to be
successful?
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Add your final
reflections
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As a result of today’s
session, answer the
following questions
on the Frayer Model
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In groups of 3-4
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Assign 1-2 recorders
Select 1 color per
group – blue, red,
green, black
Discuss the questions
as a group in any
order that guides your
conversation
REFLECTION