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Essential Skills

Essential Skills. Essential Skills. Objectives Understand Essential Skill Requirements Know Implementation Timeline Understand 3 assessment options Know Resources Available. Essential Skills. Essential Skill Requirements. 9 cross-curricular skills Embedded in State Content Standards

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Essential Skills

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  1. Essential Skills

  2. Essential Skills Objectives • Understand Essential Skill Requirements • Know Implementation Timeline • Understand 3 assessment options • Know Resources Available

  3. Essential Skills Essential Skill Requirements • 9 cross-curricular skills • Embedded in State Content Standards • Students must demonstrate proficiency • 3 required soon • 6 to be scheduled later

  4. Essential Skills Implementation • Class of 2012 – Reading • Class of 2013 -- Reading and Writing • Class of 2014 -- Reading, Writing, & Apply Mathematics

  5. Essential Skills 3 Assessment Options • OAKS Assessments • State Board Approved Assessments • Work Samples

  6. Essential Skills Options and Opportunities • Local Assessment Option • Criteria under development • Reviewed and recommended • by AESRP • (Assessment of Essential Skills Review Panel) • Adopted by State Board

  7. Essential Skills Work Sample Rigor • Work samples must meet the level of rigor required on the OAKS assessment. • Work samples provide an optional means to demonstrate proficiency not an easier means.

  8. Essential Skills Work Sample Requirements

  9. Essential Skills Technical Assistance • Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit • Regional Trainers • Building/District Trainer Opportunities • Web-based Resources

  10. Essential Skills Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit www.assessment.oregonk-12.net

  11. Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Reading • http://www.ode.state.or.us/go/worksamples --Reading • ESD’s & Oregon DATA Project • Web-Ex Training for Instructional or Literacy Coaches

  12. Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Writing • Regional Network under development • Web-based Resources under development • Check for updates www.ode.state.or.us/go/worksamples -- Writing

  13. Essential Skills Regional Trainers -- Math • Regional Network under development • Web-based Resources under development • Check for updates www.ode.state.or.us/go/worksamples -- Math

  14. Essential Skills Promising Practices • Score classroom assignments for Essential Skill proficiency • Score multi-disciplinary projects for more than one Essential Skill

  15. Essential Skills Promising Practices (cont) • Apply Essential Skills in elective and CTE classes • Develop prompts that can be shared – District, ESD or Regional

  16. Essential Skills ODE Recommendations • Districts should develop a policy for retention of student performance data and work samples • Districts must develop a process allowing students to appeal a district decision to deny a diploma based on the Essential Skills graduation requirement.

  17. Essential Skills In a Nutshell Required Essential Skills • Reading – Class of 2012 • Reading & Writing – Class of 2013 • Reading, Writing & Math – Class of 2014 Methods of Assessment • OAKS • Other Approved Tests • Work Samples

  18. Essential Skills Acorns for Storage • Which courses are responsible for Essential Skills Assessment in our school? • Who has the key responsibilities in assessing the Essential Skills? • What is our procedure for keeping track of student progress toward demonstrating each required Essential Skill? • How can elementary and middle schools prepare students for the Essential Skills?

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