Common Core assessment Selection Work Group
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Welcome to the assessment workgroup meeting focusing on state-wide reading, writing, and Mathematics assessments. Evaluate assessment options, costs, and features to make informed decisions for Oregon. Engage in discussions, voting, and evaluation exercises.
Common Core assessment Selection Work Group
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Common Core assessment Selection Work Group May 3, 2013Oregon Department of Education
Welcome • Significance of this work • Importance of impartial evaluation
Expectations: Discussion • Assumptions • That you’ve read the fact sheets • That you’re ready to engage in the discussion with an open mind • Rules of Engagement • Each member of the workgroup will have an opportunity to contribute to the comparison of assessments. • Appropriate :Open mind to all options and discussion • Not Appropriate: Predetermination about which assessment is right for Oregon
Objective I Understand current assessment context and needs
Context:Work Group Task What: Reading, Writing, Mathematics state-wide assessment.
Context: Assessment Costs New assessment will cost more because the following factors, at least: • New level of assessment authenticity – higher quality assessment • Opportunity for comparability across states • Opportunity for assessment system that includes more than just summative data
Context: Assessment Costs • But we will have access to other cost-saving measures, including: • Ability to share resources with other states using same assessment system • Ability to leverage broader base for expertise • Economy of scale for alignment costs, including: • Alignments of state to state comparability • Alignment of assessment to college readiness and college placement
Context: Requirements See hand out: Requirement Table Which assessments should we evaluate?
Context:Reactions and Introductions • Please introduce yourself and say: • Name • Role and district or organization • One challenge you anticipate in this transition • One opportunity this transition presents
Objective II Determine how to weight the features in the Assessment evaluation
Weighting:Process (25 min) • Introduce features and criteria, including rationale (5 min) • Individually review features and criteria (10 min) • Discuss different weights for the features (5 min) • Each person anonymously votes on weight for each feature (5 min) • ODE calculates mean weight for each feature (during break) • Feature weighting finalized (after break)
Weighting:Introduce Features See hand out: Feature Description As a group discuss structure of feature and criteria information. 5 minutes
Weighting:Individual review See hand out: Feature Description Individually review each feature and criteria. 10 minutes
Weighting:Discussion See hand out: Feature Description Discuss how much should each feature be weighted? 5 minutes
Weighting:Voting See hand out: Feature Weight Vote Place your vote for how much should each feature be weighted? 5 minutes
Objective III Begin evaluating the Common Core assessments against the criteria
Evaluating:Process (20 min each) • Each participants individually reviews fact sheet and write notes about which assessment best meets the criteria and why (10 min) • Participants discuss their selections (5 min) • Participants will take additional notes(5min) • Schedule: • Three criteria • Break • Three criteria • Wrap up
Evaluating:Schedule • Evaluate assessments against 2 criteria (including a longer one) • Break • Evaluate assessments against4 criteria • Wrap up
Evaluating:1.1 (First one, 30 min) • Individually review Criteria 1.1 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 1. Assessment Quality(10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (15 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet(5 min)
Evaluating:1.2 (now, 20 min) • Individually review Criteria 1.2 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 1. Assessment Quality(10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (5 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet (5 min)
Evaluating:1.3 • Individually review Criteria 1.4 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 1. Assessment Quality(10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (5 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet(5 min)
Break Please be back by 3:55.
Evaluating:1.4 • Individually review Criteria 1.4 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 1. Assessment Quality(10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (5 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet(5 min)
Evaluating:2.1 • Individually review Criteria 2.1 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 2. Accommodations Available (10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (5 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet(5 min)
Evaluating:2.2 • Individually review Criteria 2.2 Fact Sheet • Take notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet:Feature 2. Accommodations Available (10 min) • Discuss selections and rationales (5 min) • Take additional notes on Assessment Evaluation Sheet(5 min)
Wrap Up • Process • Please put all of your material in the envelope on your desk. • Seal the envelope and sign your name across the seal. • Leave the envelope on your desk. • Thank you for your hard work today – see you on May 10th.
