Improve Student Performance Using TOPSpro Reports

Welcome and Introductions

Materials:• PowerPoint Presentation Handout• PowerPoint Presentation Handout

CASAS C t i• CASAS Competencies

R di C S d d• Reading Content Standards

• CASAS Life and Work Reading Series Competency Content

1Introduction

Goals and Objectives

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Identify CASAS Content Standards• Describe how content standards• Describe how content standards

support the CASAS Competencies• Use lesson plans that integrate p g

content standards and competencies• Use various reports helpful for

informing learners on their progressinforming learners on their progress and teachers on needed instruction

2Introduction

Competency-Based Education

What is a competency?• A competency is a

measurable learning objective.

CASAS CompetenciesTh t i id tif• The competencies identify essential skills for life and work. CASAS t t it• CASAS test items are aligned to competencies.

3Competencies

Competency Content Areas

0. Basic Communication1. Consumer Economics2. Community Resources3. Health4. Employment

G5. Government and Law6. Math7 Learning and Thinking Skills7. Learning and Thinking Skills 8. Independent Living

4Competencies

The Competency Coding System

Content Area1. Consumer Economics

Competency AreaCompetency Area1.4 Understand methods and

procedures to obtain housing d l t d iand related services

Competency Statementsp y1.4.7 Communicate maintenance

needs and housing problems to a landlord or property manager.

5Competencies

a landlord or property manager.

Why are Content Standards important to use along with CASAS Competencies?

Content Standards identify the underlying basic skills associated with CASAS Competencies, so the instructor can plan instruction to help students

t ifi t d tt imaster a specific competency and attain their goals.

6Content Standards

Coding System For Content Standards

R = ReadingR Reading There are 9 Highlighted Reading Categories Under each are the specific basic skills e gUnder each are the specific basic skills, e.g.,

R1.1, R1.2, R2.1, R2.2 (read horizontally)They are grouped by ESL, ABE and ASE andThey are grouped by ESL, ABE and ASE and

linked to the CASAS and NRS levelsThe dots (read vertically) show the e dots ( ead e t ca y) s o t e

instructional level

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Putting Competencies and Basic Skills (CS) Together

The wagon is the CompetencyThe wagon is the Competency. The wheels are the Content Standards.

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Content Standards Support CASAS Competencies

CS R2 8CS R3.3

R d dCS R2.8

Interpret meaning from word formation

Read and understand simple

texts on familiar topicsCompetencyCo pete cy

1.4.7

Communicate maintenance needs and housing problems to a

CS R3.2

Read and

and housing problems to a landlord or property manager

understand simple sentences

containing familiar vocabulary

Inst. program: ESLIntermediate LowCASAS l l B

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CASAS level BNRS level 4

How to Develop a Competency-Based Lesson Plan

What is the Competency Objective(s):Identify the focus of the activity: Communicate y y

maintenance needs and housing problems to a landlord or property manager.

CASAS Competency 1.4.7 Program: ESL Level: Intermediate LowLevel: Intermediate Low NRS Level 4

Content Standards:Content Standards:What basic skills are involved in the lesson?X Reading __Listening __Speaking __Writing __Math

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Content Standards: R2.8, R3.2, R3.3CS to be covered later: R2.9, R3.4, R4.6

WIPPEA Lesson Plan

1 Warm up/Introduction: Review learned materials1. Warm up/Introduction: Review learned materials. Prepare for new lesson.

2. Presentation: Introduce new information and skills.3. Practice: Provide an opportunity to practice new

information and skills using controlled context.4 Evaluation/Assessment: Assess and provide4. Evaluation/Assessment: Assess and provide

feedback.5. Application: Apply new skills and knowledge in a pp pp y g

functional context.

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Sample Competency-Based Lesson Plan

Suggestions for Presentation:gg1. Using pictures introduce a problem in an apartment

complex where the electricity will be shut off.2 Write the questions on the board and go over them2. Write the questions on the board and go over them

with students.3. Show the notice (on an overhead) that has been

t d th t t d R d h tiposted on the apartment doors. Read each question and explain that students must find the answer quickly.

4. As students give answers, point to the answers in the text. Underline and mark answers with #1, 2, 3 etc. on the notice.

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Sample Competency Based Lesson Plan

Suggestions for Practice:Pass out a worksheet with 3-4 notices/signs/lettersPass out a worksheet with 3 4 notices/signs/letters about different repair work with questions under each. Tell students to read questions silently as the teacher reads them alo d Tell st dents to find theteacher reads them aloud. Tell students to find the answer quickly.Teacher reads question aloud and students qunderline and put the question number next to the answer in the text.St d t k i i t h k thStudents may work in pairs to check one another, and then they can mark answers on the overhead in front of the class for feedback.

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Test Series Competency Content

Use the matrix along with your current textbook(s)textbook(s).

Example: CASAS Test Level B, Form 83Competency # 1 4 7Competency # 1.4.7

Textbook: Step Forward #2Textbook: Step Forward #2Chapter 3, Lesson 1Oth t i d i h t 3 t bOther competencies covered in chapter 3 to be

taught are 1.4.2, 1.4.3 all to do with housing.Make a file folder for each competency

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Make a file folder for each competency.

Test Series CompetencyCompetency Content

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Test Series Competency p yContent

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Practice Activity

Choose one ESL level to target _____________Choose one competency #Choose one competency #_________________Find several Reading Content Standards from the list that fit the chosen ESL level

__ R _________________________________ R _______________________________

R __ _______________________________

Presentation________________________________________________________________________

Practice_________________________________

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Teaching Tools

Use Quick Search Online to locateUse Quick Search Online to locate classroom materialsUse Test Series Competency Content Matrixp yMake a file folder by test level for each competencyp yCollect and add materials to file folders, e.g., new texts or teacher-madeMake lesson plans

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Using TOPSpro Reports

Once students have taken a CASAS test, aOnce students have taken a CASAS test, a TOPSpro report can be generated telling which reading content standards (included in the test) students have successfully mastered and which they need to work on.

Focusing instruction on these reading skills ill i f CASASwill improve performance on CASAS tests.

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TOPSpro Reports for Teachers Inform Instruction

• Class Performance by Competency

• Student Performance by C tCompetency

• Class Profile by Competency

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Test Items: Task Areas

1. Forms2 Ch t billi2. Charts, maps, consumer billings,

matrices, graphs, or tables3 St i ti l h t3. Stories, articles, paragraphs, sentences,

directions, or pictures4 Signs price tags ads or product labels4. Signs, price tags, ads, or product labels5. Measurement scales and diagrams6 S l ti f t i t6. Selection of correct picture or response

from oral cue

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TOPSproClass Performance by Competency

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TOPSpro Student Performance by Competency

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TOPSpro Class Profile by Competency

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Using Results

Use test result reports to identify the competencies and basic skills to targetcompetencies and basic skills to target before next testReview lesson plans and make necessaryReview lesson plans and make necessary changesAdd new materials to file foldersdd e ate a s to e o de s

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Contact CASAS

Mail:CASAS

E-mail: • For general questions about theC S S

5151 Murphy Canyon Rd., Suite 220San Diego, CA 92123-4339

• For general questions about the CASAS system casas@casas.org

• For questions and issues concerning the CASAS Web site

Web Site:www.casas.org

concerning the CASAS Web site webmaster@casas.org

• For questions regarding TOPSpro software topspro@casas org

Telephone:858-292-2900 or 1-800-255-1036

software topspro@casas.org• For questions concerning CASAS

trainings training@casas.orgF i i C lif i

Fax: 858-292-2910

• For issues concerning California accountability capm@casas.org

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