Success for Each Child and
Eliminate the Opportunity Gap
District Literacy Leaders – October 6
Wireless: PSESD Guest
Resources:
https://literacy.psesd.org/district-literacy-leadersresources/
Entry Task
TALK
Introduce yourself to your table mates – your role and
location
WRITE
Respond to the following prompt:
“Some questions I have about the Smarter Balanced
Assessment are…”
Agenda
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Welcome & Introductions
Case Study
Break
WA State Learning Standards & TPEP
SBAC Digital Library
Wrap-up, Opportunities &
Announcements
Inter-VENN-tion
Walk around the room with your questions and find a
partner:
conduct a standing one-on-one conversation, as follows:
• Meet eyes, make a brief one-sentence introduction.
• Share your questions and each complete a Venn Diagram
together
Go back to your table and compare Venn Diagrams –
be ready to share out the similarities
Introductions
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Share your name, role, and district
One person at each table should share 1-2 unique
similarities of your combined Venn Diagrams.
Survey Results
Top 5 District Priorities
13%
SBAC
34%
13%
CCSS & Shifts
Assesment
Content Area Literacy
17%
Opportunity Gap for Special
Populations
23%
N = 16
“HOW CAN WE SUPPORT
TEACHERS BY MAKING
CLEARER CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN ELA CURRICULUM,
CCSS, TPEP AND SBAC?”
Formative Assessment Process
Formative Assessment is a
deliberate process used by
teachers and students during
instruction that provides actionable
feedback that is used to adjust
ongoing teaching and learning
strategies to improve students’
attainment of curricular learning
targets/goals.
~ Compiled by the Digital Library
National Advisory Panel
Clarify
Intended
Learning
Elicit
Evidence
Act on
Evidence
Interpret
Evidence
Think – Pair – Share
How do the definition and the attributes of the
formative assessment process fit with your
district’s or your own definition and practice?
 What is one new idea you have about the
formative assessment process?
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Case Studies
Kristin BaileyFogarty ,
Middle School
Humanities
Teacher
Tom White,
4th Grade
Teacher
Beth McGibbon,
High School
AP History
Teacher
Mark Gardner,
High School
English Teacher
Save the Last Word for Me – Part 1
Roles:
Timekeeper/facilitator, who keeps the process moving.
The process is designed to build on each other’s thinking,
not to enter into a dialogue. Timing is important; each
round should last approximately 7 minutes.
1. Create a group of 4 participants. Choose a timekeeper
who has a watch.
2. Each participant silently reviews their selected case study
and identifies what s/he considers to be the most significant
idea addressed in the article. – 8 min.
Save the Last Word for Me – Part 2
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When the group is ready, a volunteer identifies the point in the
article that s/he found to be most significant and reads it out
loud to the group – saying nothing about why s/he chose that
particular point. – 1 min.
The other 3 participants each have 1 minute to respond to that
idea.
The first participant then has 3 minutes to state why s/he chose
that point and to respond to his/her colleagues based on what
s/he heard.
Repeat pattern until all members have had “the last word.”
Debrief
Was this a useful way
to explore the ideas
in the text and to
explore your own
thinking? If so, why? If
not, why not?
Break
10 minutes
 Informal networking
 Snacks
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CREATING COHERENCE
TPEP & CCSS
Michelle Lewis, PSESD
SBAC Balanced Assessment System
Resources in the Digital Library
Assessment
Literacy Modules
Exemplar
Instructional Modules
• Commissioned professional development modules
• Resources for students and families
• Frame formative assessment within a balanced assessment system
• Articulate the formative assessment process
• Highlight formative assessment practices and tools
• Commissioned professional development modules
• Instructional materials for educators
• Instructional materials for students
• Demonstrate/support effective implementation of the formative process
• Focus on key content and practice from the Common Core State
Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts
• High-quality vetted instructional resources and tools for educators
• High-quality vetted resources and tools for students and families
Education Resources
• Reflect and support the formative process
• Reflect and support the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
and English Language Arts
• Create Professional Learning Communities
* Resources include the following file types: Video, HTML5, Audio, PPT, Excel, Word, and PDF.
Resources in the Digital Library
Assessment
Literacy Modules
Exemplar
Instructional Modules
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Not an assessment bank
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Not an item bank
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Not a learning management
system where educators can
register for training or receive
credit by completing specific
online courses
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Not a library for general public
(will require registration and
login)
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Not a site where any resource
can automatically be posted; all
resources must be vetted
through the Quality Criteria
Education Resources
* Resources include the following file types: Video, HTML5, Audio, PPT, Excel, Word, and PDF.
Quality Criteria Peer Review
Step 1:
Resource
Submitted
Step 2:
Gatekeeping
Criteria
Applied
Step 3:
Quality
Criteria
Applied
Step 4:
Decision
Posted
Cover
Profile
SNE
1
SNE
1
Sent to SLT
SNE
2
Returned to Submitter
SNE
3
Smarterbalancedlibrary.org
Your Turn
How will you share the Digital
Library with colleagues?
How do you see using this
resource back in your districts?
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Second Sunday every month – 7-8PM PST
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Fourth Sunday every Month – 7-8PM PST
Smarter Balanced Overview
Audience: Administrators, Instructional Coaches, 3rd – 11th Grade
Teachers – with intent that materials and content of this session could
be replicated in districts and school sites.
Offered on 3 Optional Dates and Locations:
• Monday, October 27th 4:30 – 6:30 PM, Mt. Tahoma High School - FULL
• Monday, November 3rd 4:30 – 6:30 PM, Shoreline Conference Center
• Tuesday, December 2nd 4:30 – 6:30 PM, Puget Sound ESD
REGISTRATION :
Register at https://register.psesd.org/
Clock Hours 3 Hours (including 1 hour prep professional study)
Cost per person $70.00
For more information: Sherrie Weaver
English Language Proficiency Trainings
Add dates:
November 13 –
Fife SD 8:30-3:30
December 3
PSESD – 8:30-3:30
Cost $150
www.psesd.org
LDC Core Tools Webinar
November 4, 4-5 PM
Check literacy.psesd.org for more information
Regional Conference Opportunities
Constructing 21st Century Literacies
October 10-11, 2014
University of Washington, Tacoma Campus
October 18th – Gonzaga University
Discover U - October 13-18
More info
http://roadmaptocollege.org/discoveru/
Next Meeting
December 18th 9-12