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Designing Common Assessments. A Presentation at the ASCD Annual Conference March 19, 2007. Richard Delmoro – Director of Secondary Education, Middletown (NY) City School District – rdelmoro@ecsdny.org Douglas Harris – Director, The Center for Curriculum Renewal – dharrisnga@aol.com.
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Designing Common Assessments A Presentation at the ASCD Annual Conference March 19, 2007
Richard Delmoro – Director of Secondary Education, Middletown (NY) City School District – rdelmoro@ecsdny.org • Douglas Harris – Director, The Center for Curriculum Renewal – dharrisnga@aol.com
Middletown City School District Focus on Standards and Student Performance
Systems Planning – Role of CCR • Development of Model for Learning – Focus on Instructional Practice • Alignment of Scope and Sequence • Developing a Comprehensive Assessment Plan • Leadership Coaching and Development • Building Data Systems and Analysis Protocols • Support fo District Leadership and Board
Key Strategies • Program Audits • Alignment of Curriculum with Standards • Research-based Instructional Strategies as Focus for Supervision and Evaluation • Student Level Accountability • Aligned Classroom Assessment • Common Assessments • State Assessments
Purposes of Quarterly Assessments • Align instruction with standards • Define curriculum priorities and pacing • Utilize common language related to standards-based learning • Provide data for collaborative decision-making
Key Early Decisions • Quarterly Assessment = 20% of grade • Definition of assessing special needs populations • Connectins to style, level of difficulty, scoring of state assessments
Development of Common Assessments • Define Purpose • Identify “Fair Game” • Complete Balance of Representation • Develop Assessment Blueprint • Select or Develop Items • Develop the Assessment • Administer and Score • Set Cut Scores
Review of Quarterly Assessments • Review the Assessments You Have Been Given – Science 8 and Chemistry • What Do You Observe in Terms of the Items? • What Do You Observe in Terms of the Assessments’ Overall Design? • Having Reviewed the Assessments, What Questions Do You Have?
Item Analysis • Sampling • Frequency • p-Values
Review the Item Analysis for the Chemistry Quarterly • What Do You Notice About the Results? • What Questions Do the Data Raise? • Given These Results, What Next Steps Would You Consider?
Impact on District to Date • Accountability • Focus • Alignment • Pacing • Data-Driven Decision-Making
For a Copy of this Power Point Go To: • www.curriculumrenewal.org