Oregon Department of Education December 20 to 22, 2010 Welcome Math & Science Teachers, Vision...

Oregon Department of EducationDecember 20 to 22, 2010

WelcomeWelcomeMath & Science Teachers,

Vision Teachers and Braillists

Making OAKS Online available to students with visual impairment

Objectives Introductions Housekeeping Workshop Norms and Evaluation Agenda Vocabulary Universal Design Principals Item Development Overview

Test Settings• Color Choice: Blue, Yellow• Print on Request• Print Size: Normal, Larger, Largest

Netbook with 3G Internet for homebound students

Audio Refreshable Braille Display Braille Embosser Accommodations

Individuals understand that this workshop is one step

Develop test items accessible to students using Braille with Audio and Refreshable Braille Display (No embossed images)• 75 new items per content teacher

Draft Transcriber Notes for existing “Category 2” Science items

Gather your written input • Comment forms (yellow forms – any time)• Evaluation (end of workshop)

Parking

Confidentiality Agreement: sign and submit

Security today and tomorrow: no cell phones, no email

Restrooms and Exits

Temporary Employees •ODE Temporary Application•Form I-9 (Identification Required)•Form W-4•Criminal History Verification of Applicants•Employee Questionnaire for Self-Identification of Race/Ethnicity (Optional)

•Conditions of Temporary Employment•Timesheet

Everyone Mileage that you drive: by date, include

departure/arrival time, from & to “towns” Parking or Bus: enter what you pay for

parking or bus daily (receipts not needed) Initial to verify that you will not get any

other travel awards Name, SSN, Signature, and Mailing

Address

Those traveling 70 miles or more

Record Meal Costs and Lodging by Date

Lodging: Maximum State Rate in Salem is $77 plus tax. Enter the tax as Misc.

You will need to attach a zero balance lodging receipt.

Those traveling 70 miles or more (cont.)

Meals • Breakfasts: If your hotel provides a breakfast,

you will not be reimbursed for restaurant breakfast.

Otherwise, attach receipt and reimbursement will be up to $11.50.

• Lunches: Lunch is provided at this meeting.

• Dinners: Attach receipt. Reimbursement will be for up to $23.00. (Remember: No alcohol)

Meeting RulesMeeting Rules No electronic device turned on during the

review sessions (This includes personal laptops, cameras, cellular phones, PDAs)

DO NOT replicate or send secure test items electronically

DO NOT make or keep copies of any test item materials

DO NOT disclose confidential testing materials for any actual or potential test items to anyone outside ODE

DO return any and all of the materials entrusted to you by ODE or its contractors in their entirety after your work has been completed

Meeting NormsMeeting Norms

Each person focuses on workshop tasks Room A: focused, collaborative work Room B: quiet, solo work Lobby: “networking”

Work quickly and consistently Item Writer Goal: 75 test items over 3 days

Use Comment/Question Forms to communicate concerns

Grade Level Content TeachersGoal: 75 items over three days.

Use “Filling Gaps” forms to target specific standard/difficulty/depth of knowledge (Yellow sheet on right of your packet).

Peer Review within your table, with the Vision Consultant, and with the Subject Area Facilitator.

Introduction By Subject: Name, Town, Grade Team

Vision ConsultantsConsult with Content Teachers on Item StrategiesSign off on the Content Teachers “Filling Gap Forms”Transcriber Notes “Format” Sample Transcriber Notes for “Category 2”Introduction By Subject: Name, Town

Team RolesTeam Roles

Subject Area FacilitatorReviews all of the test itemsConsult with Content Teachers on Item StrategiesSign off on the Content Teachers “Filling Gap Forms”Assist Specialist in facilitating the process and

improving togetherIntroduction By Subject: Name, Town, Grade

Team ODE SpecialistSubject Area Facilitators:Jim Leigh (Math)Leslie Phillips (Science and Social Sciences) Workshop FacilitatorsHolly Carter, Annette Jacobson,Carla Martinez, Sheila Somerville, Kathleen Vanderwall

Team RolesTeam Roles

• Recall and apply the skills and processes from last item writing event

Plain English – use concise, grade-appropriate vocabulary

But: No graphics Limited formulas

“Item Writing Filling Gaps” Form Yellow = Top Priority; Green = Secondary

Priority Content Standard provided Number of Items Needed

To extent possible, mix of Depth of Knowledge and Predicted Difficulty

Item WritingItem Writing

• Step 1: Develop the Tool

• Step 2: Develop Sample Transcriber Notes

Transcriber NotesTranscriber Notes

Mark:• I have a question• I have a concern

Concisely and professionally print your question or concern

Name optional

The daily schedule The facilities The quality and usefulness of the

materials and resources The quality and information in the

training session The quality and productiveness of the

item writing/”transcriber note” sessions

Today (9:00 – 4:00)• Overview, Training, Item Writing, Develop

Transcriber Notes Form and Samples, Recap• Breaks: 10:30 – 10:45 and 2:15 – 2:30• Working Lunch: Noon – 12:30

Tomorrow and Wednesday (9:00 – 4:00)• Overview, Item Writing, Notes Development,

Recap• Breaks: 10:30 – 10:45 and 2:15 – 2:30• Working Lunch: Noon – 12:30•

In your folder, you have a vocabulary sheet -- it is blank

Half of you will get a “complete” vocabulary with definitions• you will share definitions with those seeking

– and initial that person’s sheet for definitions given

Goal: 10 minutes – fill out as much of your sheet or give out as many definitions as possible

Graphics Spatial layout Tables with more than 40 characters

width

Plain English Vocabulary at grade-level Linear layout Short (Roughly up to 40 characters)

10:30 – 10:45Resume at small team tables