Defining Depth of Knowledge in a 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment

1. Defining Depth of Knowledge in a 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Robin Parker, Coordinator of Workforce Education

2. Alignment Process Valid and Reliable Assessment truly measures Student Mastery of Content Standards.

3. Why Alignment? • Perkins IV • Third-Party Valid and Reliable Technical Skills Assessment • Teachers are allowed to focus on the Instructional Process. • No worries about what is on the test

4. Defining Depth of Knowledge

5. Overview of DOK • Used for analyzing alignment between standards and standardized assessment • Should reflect the following: • Work of students • Complexity of cognitive process • Verbs are not sufficient.

6. Level 1: Recall and Reproduction • Basic task • Facts, terms, or properties of objects • Simple procedures or formulas • Little transfer of knowledge required • No need to “figure out”

7. Sample

8. DOK 1 Sample

9. DOK 1 Sample

10. Level 2: Skills and Concepts • Beyond recall and reproduction • Compare and contrast • Transfer knowledge • “Must put pieces together”

11. DOK 2 Sample

12. Level 3: Short-Term Strategic Thinking • Analysis and Evaluation • Real-world problems with predictable outcomes

13. DOK 3 Sample

14. DOK 3 Sample

15. DOK 3 Sample • Scenario: This is an individual project. You are an administrative assistant. Your boss storms in the room and gives you five points that need to be in a memo. • Product: Write a memo using proper formatand grammar and that meets the needs of your supervisor’s five points.

16. DOK 3 Sample • Scenario: This is a group project. You are officers of a FBLA Jr. student organization. You are responsible for the organization’s yearly fundraiser. Determine what your organization’s financial goal will be and what you will use the funds for, and determine what all of the members will sell. Decide how many items each member should sell in order to meet the fundraising goal. Work within your group to find formulas and functions for all totals and profits. • Product: Summarize your fundraiser in the MS Excel document. Format the document appropriately. Additionally, develop and format a spreadsheet that can be used to determine how many items each member should sell. You and your group will determine how many members are in the group. You should have one MS Excel 2007 document uploaded to the assignment link below.

17. Level 4: Extended Strategic Thinking • Synthesis, reflection, assessmen,t and adjustment over time • Student conduct investigations • Real-world, unpredictable problems

18. DOK 4 Sample

19. DOK 4 Sample Unit 5 – Learning Environment The goal is to use knowledge of and experiences in the effective learning environment. The role is the Teacher Academy student. The audience is the Teacher Academy class and field experience teachers and students. The situation is that the Teacher Academy student will identify effective learning environments and effective teachers. The products are to design, describe, and understand management strategies in an effective learning environment through research, observation, drawing, essay, role-play, poster, and portfolio entry.

20. Development of Curriculum

21. Curriculum and Instruction Process

22. Alignment Study

23. Curriculum and Assessment Alignment Study • Teachers: • Assigned DOK level to Assessment Item • Assigned DOK level to Curriculum Competency • Selected the Competency that the Assessment Item was linked to • Teachers assigned DOK level to Curriculum • Teachers aligned assessment items to competencies

24. Applying it to Curriculum Development • Determine the National Standard or Certification. • Identify the DOK level of the standard. • Write curriculum to that standard and that level. • Align assessment to that standard and that level.

25. Comments and Discussion Robin Parker robin.parker@rcu.msstate.edu