Elementary and Middle Schools Reading and Math Benchmark Data

June 14, 2017

Elementary ELA Local Assessments • Who?• What?• When?• Why?

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Elementary ELA Local Assessments

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Elementary ELA Local/PARCC Comparison

CCPS Elementary Mathematics Benchmark Assessments

• Administered in grades PK-5 in late January and May• Assesses students’ knowledge of the concepts and

skills included in the CCPS Curriculum• Provides individual student, individual teacher, grade

level team, school and system wide data that is used to support students, school based professional development and systemic continuous improvement efforts

• Data is shared with all stakeholders within one week of the data entry deadline

Elementary Mathematics Assessment DataJanuary 2014-2017 Mean Score- County Totals

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Elementary Mathematics Assessment Data January 2014-17 % of Student Meeting County Standard Score- County Totals

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Elementary Mathematics Assessment DataMay 2014-2017 Mean Score- County Totals

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Elementary Mathematics Assessment DataMay 2014-2017 Percent of Students Meeting

County Standard Score- County Totals

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Using the Data

• Supervisors present incoming county data to principals at principals’ meetings.– School system data and individual school results are provided.– Principals discuss county trends and county strengths/weaknesses.– Principals in schools that score strongly in specific tested areas share

strategies.– Supervisors conduct item analysis to determine if areas of weakness

reflect invalid/unreliable questions versus ineffective instruction.• Either questions or curriculum are revised.

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How do we use the data? • Teachers score the

assessments and then enter their students’ achievement data through the CCPS Web Portal

• Class matrices are then utilized to provide teachers with specific areas of instructional need

System Level: Item Analysis Work

• The Elementary Mathematics Resource Team breaks the assessments down by content and by question

• This analysis provides information for possible curriculum adjustments, professional development, resource purchasing, and possible item adjustment

Using the Data at Schools• Principals bring data back to their schools.

– Used as lead data for PARCC.– Used to monitor and evaluate SIT goals and SLOs.– Used in root cause analysis and “5 Why’s” discussion.– SIT works with teachers to change instruction.

• Intervene as necessary• Strengthen first pass instruction

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Using the Data at SchoolsFreedom Elementary SchoolMs. Allison Smith, Principal

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The New Middle School Benchmark Assessments

Tom HillDirector of Middle Schools

ELA Benchmark 6-8 Text Dependent Constructed Response (TDCR)

• What is the reason for the Benchmark Assessments?-Of the 5 areas that PARCC measures – Literary Reading, Informational Reading, Vocabulary, Writing Expression, and Writing Conventions – there are only two areas that grades 6-8 fall near the state average and below the PARCC states’ average: Writing Expression and Writing Conventions.

• How does the Benchmark measure these areas?-Students read 2-3 text passages that are related by theme or topic (poems, articles, short stories, literature selections, etc.) and respond to a prompt that requires them to analyze and evaluate text content to write an extended synthesis “essay” or Text Dependent Constructed Response.

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ELA Benchmark 6-8 TDCR (cont.)

• What does the ELA Benchmark TDCR measure?-After fully understanding the readings, students must write a claim

that answers the question, then weave quality text evidence (details) into an argument that is easy to follow and causes the reader to believe that the writer’s position is credible.

• How are students’ TDCR responses evaluated?- In November and March, students are evaluated using the TDCR

Feedback Tool (Rubric) adapted from the PARCC assessment rubric for grades 6-12.

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ELA Benchmark 6-8 TDCRText Dependent, Constructed Response Feedback Tool

Proficient Not Proficient Comments 4

Exceptional 3

Experienced 2

Emerging 1

Beginning 0

Insufficient Response Composing the Claim

The claim completely answers the question and demonstrates relevant reasoning.

The claim completely answers the question and attempts to demonstrate relevant reasoning.

The claim answers the question.

The claim does not answer the question or is irrelevant to the text.

A claim is not stated.

Supporting the Claim with Evidence

Multiple pieces of relevant, accurate, and detailed (R.A.D.) text evidence explicitly support the claim.

Some relevant, accurate, and detailed (R.A.D.) text evidence from the text supports the claim.

Limited relevant, accurate, and detailed (R.A.D.) text evidence is included.

Evidence is identified that is not relevant, accurate, or detailed (R.A.D.).

There is no specific text evidence included in the response.

Connecting the Claim and the Evidence

Clear and convincing reasoning is logically and sensibly woven into a comprehensive analysis of the text and question.

Reasoning is partially convincing and supports the connection between evidence and claim.

Reasoning is weak and incompletely supports the connection between evidence and claim.

Limited evidence of reasoning is present.

There is no connection between the evidence and claim.

Wrapping it Up

Effectively ties together how the evidence supports the claim and responds to the question.

The closing statement attempts to tie together evidence while restating the claim.

The closing statement simply restates the claim.

A closing statement is attempted.

A closing statement is not included.

Writing it Well

Demonstrates full command of norms and conventions

Minor errors in mechanics, grammar and usage but the meaning is clear.

Errors in mechanics, grammar and usage affect meaning.

Errors in mechanics, grammar and usage impair meaning.

Grammar and mechanics are insufficient to generate overall meaning.

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ELA Benchmark TDCR Results

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Middle School Mathematics2016-2017 Mid-Year Benchmark

Benchmark Administration

• Conducted mid-year and end of course assessments• Students take assessment on the tablets or laptops• Simulates the PARCC experience• Aligned to MD College & Career Readiness Standards• Analyze data by teacher, school, standard• Curriculum writers analyze the data to make changes to

curriculum, resources, assessments, and professional development

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Questions and Discussion