North Carolina READY EOG

1. North Carolina READY EOG Information Night Olde Providence Elementary April 2, 2014

2. Welcome We are glad that you are here to receive valuable information about the READY EOG.

3. Agenda • Test Information • Ms. Runyon, Assistant Principal and School Testing Coordinator • Academic Strategies and Helpful Hints • Mrs. Daniels, Academic Facilitator • Grade Level Break Out Sessions • 3rd: MPR • 4th: Ms. Harmon/Ms. Carswell • 5th: Ms. Moritz

4. 2012-2013 Total School Composite: 74.8%

5. Important test dates • May 23rd • Science (5th grade) • May 26th • Memorial Day Holiday (no school) • May 28th • Reading • May 29th • Math • May 30th-June 10th • Make-up Testing/3rd Grade Re-test

6. Attendance • Please ensure that your student is here on time each day • Testing will begin promptly at 8:45 AM • Dress comfortably • Make sure your child had plenty of sleep the night before and a healthy breakfast the day of testing

7. Notable changes • Re-testing for 3rd Grade students only • Score Reporting • Immediate • New Achievement Levels

9. Achievement Level 3 • Students performing at this level have a sufficient command of grade-level knowledge and skills contained in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessed, but they may need academic support to engage successfully in this content area in the next grade level. They are prepared for the next grade level but are not yet on track for college- and-career readiness without additional academic support.

10. Reading/Language Arts All questions are multiple choice. Maximum testing time is 4 hours. Released test items: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms

11. Reading Achievement Level ranges

12. Math Released test items: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms

13. Math achievement level ranges

14. Math Maximum testing time is 4 hours. Questions for grades 3 and 4 are all multiple choice. Students will complete the calculator inactive section before the calculator active section. As a student completes the calculator inactive section, he or she will request a calculator from the test administrator and continue with the calculator active section.

15. 5th Grade Math • Will include some constructed response (grid-in) questions in the calculator inactive section • All of the constructed response questions have a single numeric answer • Questions on the calculator active section are all multiple choice

16. Practice for grid-ins may be found at: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/ Scroll down to “Guidelines, Practice and Examples for Math Gridded Response Items” Released test items: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms

17. 5th Grade Science Maximum testing time is 4 hours. All science assessments will be paper/pencil. Released test items: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms

18. Science achievement level ranges

19. Common Exams/MSLs • 4th Grade Science and Social Studies • 5th Grade Social Studies • At this time, we do not plan to administer the Common Exams.

20. Preparing Your Student for the Reading EOG! Preparing Your Student for the Reading EOG! • For the next SIX weeks make it a family goal to LIMIT TV and screen time. • Read with your child! • Nothing can replace an adult reading with a child that can stop and explain a word or event in a story. • Provide a calm, structured reading time where your child can gain knowledge and confidence.

21. How can I help my child with reading comprehension in the next six weeks? • You can help your child with vocabulary and inferencing skills. • These are two areas where students struggle the most. • Each grade level will provide question stems to help facilitate discussion about a text.

22. VOCABULARY • Vocabulary includes unknown words, multiple-meaning words, antonyms, idioms, metaphors, and similes • Context Clues • Anchor Chart

23. INFERENCING • Making an EDUCATED guess using what you know & what you read in the story! Being a good detective & using clues from the reading! • Great Texts to use to help teach inferencing skills • Graphic Novels • Cartoons • Sunday paper

24. What can I read with my child?Free Resources • Various states have released tests for passages: NC,TN, FL, CA, VA • Google: released tests and the state • These samples will show you a good example of text on your child’s grade level. • Read a novel together • Folktales, fables, myths and poetry • Articles with visual text (charts, diagrams, pictures) • More resources are available on Amanda Daniels’s Wiki: http://amandadaniels.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/

25. Read aloud to your child!Moms and Dads!!! The Read Aloud Handbook

26. Questions • Please write your question on the note card provided. • We will post a Frequently Asked Questions document on the OP website FAQs for Reading, Math and Science http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/

27. Break Out Sessions • 3rd Grade • MPR • 4th Grade • Ms. Harmon/Ms. Carswell • 5th Grade • Ms. Moritz

29. Good Cause Exemptions and Alternate Proficiency Measures • Limited English Proficient students • Students with IEPs that include alternate assessments and reading interventions (EXTEND 1 and EXTEND 2) • Proficiency on an alternate assessment after EOG or summer reading camp • Previously retained more than once • Proficiency through a reading portfolio • MAP score of 197 • TRC Level P • BOG score of 442 *

30. Plan for Successful Reading Development of Retained Students • If your child does not demonstrate reading proficiency they will be able to attend CMS Summer Reading Camp. • At the end of CMS Summer Reading Camp, if your child does not demonstrate reading proficiency, your child will be promoted to 4th grade with a retention label and receive additional intensive reading support during the following school year. • If your child does not demonstrate reading proficiency, and does not attend CMS Summer Reading Camp, they will be retained in 3rd grade. *

31. Students who attend CMS Summer Camp

32. Questions