1. Get the Scoop! What Every Parent Needs to Know About Their Middle School Child and Testing

2. Coffee County School Board • Esther Sims • Gary Nester • Freda Jones • Brett Henley • Reggie Johnson • Marilyn Morris • Shannon Duncan

3. Testing, Testing, Testing! • Where does Coffee County School System Stand? • What’s Coming with Testing? • How will this Impact Your Child?

4. Where Does Coffee County Middle School Stand? • Letter from the Tennessee Department of Education for CCMS • “Cusp of being a reward school”

5. South Central Region • Bedford • Coffee • Manchester City • Tullahoma City • Franklin • Giles • Hickman • Perry • Lawrence • Lewis • Lincoln • Fayetteville City • Marshall • Maury • Moore • Wayne

6. CCMS is being out performed by many counties across our state and nation.

7. What’s Coming with Testing?

8. TESTING! TESTING! TESTING! BENCHMARK TCAP CRA NAEP PARCC

9. BENCHMARK TESTING • LOCAL TESTING • GIVEN IN QUARTERS 1, 2, & 3 • USED TO MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS • MIRRORS ACADEMIC TIMELINES • 5% OF 9 WEEKS GRADE

10. CRA - CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ASSESSMENT • GIVEN THIS YEAR IN MATH • GIVEN THREE TIMES PER YEAR, TOMORROW • FIRST AND SECOND TESTING PERIODS SCORED BY LOCAL TEACHERS • THIRD TEST SCORED BY STATE • THIS YEAR IS A PREPARATION YEAR • MORE SUBJECTS COMING • TIED TO THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS • DIFFERENT FORMAT FOR STUDENTS

11. TCAP - TENNESSEE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM • STATE ASSESSMENT • GIVEN AS A SUMMATIVE TEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR, APRIL 22-26, 2013 • 15% OF YOUR CHILD’S SEMESTER 2 GRADE • SUBJECTS INCLUDED: LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES • TCAP WRITING–8TH GRADE ONLY, GIVEN FEB. 5 • SCORES USED FOR STATE AND REGIONAL RANKINGS

12. NAEP - NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS • PRESENTLY GIVEN TO RANDOMLY SELECTED 5TH, 8TH, AND 12TH GRADERS • TEST DATE – FEB. 14 • REQUIRES PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND TACIT PERMISSION • USED TO DETERMINE TN’S EDUCATIONAL STATUS COMPARED TO OTHER STATES & NATIONS • CURRENTLY, TN’S RANKING IS LOW

13. PARCC- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career • COMING IN 2014-2015 • REPLACES TCAP LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH (TCAP WILL STILL BE USED TO TEST FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE) • CRA IS THE PREPARATION FOR PARCC • ON-LINE TESTING • TIED TO COMMON CORE STANDARDS • FORMAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE AND MULTIPLE CHOICE

14. COMMON CORE STANDARDS • FOCUS • RIGOR • RELEVANCE • IMPLEMENTING MATH COMMON CORE FOCUS STANDARDS THIS YEAR • LANGUAGE ARTS COMMON CORE NEXT YEAR

15. SO, WHY ALL THE CHANGES? • ON NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, LIKE NAEP, TENNESSEE PERFORMS BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. • OUR EDUCATIONAL STATUS HAS AN IMPACT ON BUSINESSES COMING TO TENNESSEE. • THE WORLD OF WORK HAS CHANGED. TENNESSEE HAS COMMITTED TO HAVING OUR STUDENTS COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

16. How does this impact your child? • Expectations are higher • Curriculums are changing • Instruction may look different • Use of more technology resources • Classwork that is relevant to the real world • Skills that are needed for college and career • Different classroom assessments

17. What can parents do? • Student attendance is critical. • Check your child’s agenda often. Know what your child is learning in school. Just ask. • Emphasize the importance of your child doing the work. • Connect school success to college & career success. • Promote a no excuses mentality. • Proper sleep, eating, and exercise habits are tied to increased learning and achievement. • Establish daily routines for completing school work.

18. It is an exciting and challenging time in education.