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ACS Curriculum Guides

Thursday, June 18, 2009Day 4

• Why? – ACS is committed to student learning. The work we do in the area of

curriculum, instruction, and assessment is ongoing and based on our constant pursuit of 4 guiding questions:

1) What do we want students to know, understand, and be able to do?2) How will we deliver high quality instruction to help students learn what we want

them to know, understand, and be able to do?3) How will we assess to determine if students have learned what we want them to

know, understand, and be able to do?4) What will we do if students have not learned what we want them to know,

understand, and be able to do?

• What? – ACS is committed to the development of curriculum guides that will be

used for planning instruction and assessments that result in student mastery of essential standards and objectives of the NCSCOS and are reflective of the 21st century skills students need to be future-ready graduates.

Proposed SystemAssessment

Built on what is most important for students to learn in the 21st century

Summative (Statewide)

Benchmark (Classroom, School,

District)

Formative Assessment(Classroom)

Essential Standards

To Inform Instruction…

o Centralized Benchmarking Tool

o Systematic Formative Assessment PD Modules

To Evaluate Knowledge…

o Transparent

o Appropriately Used

LT 3LT 5

LT 2LT 4

7

Pre-Assessment provides:

Diagnostic information – a measurement of prior knowledgeInforms instructionFlexible groupingOpportunities to adjust/tier assignments

****Pre-assessments MUST occur prior to units of study allowing time for regular education teachers to “intentionally” plan with support staff to scaffold/modify/frontload/accelerate instruction.

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Assessment

Summative Assessment

Essential Standards

Benchmark (Classroom, School,

District)

Formative Assessment(Classroom)

Summative (Statewide)

Measures of achievement to provide evidence of student competence or program effectiveness.

LT 3

LT 5

LT 2

LT 4

11

Accountability

Essential Standards to define what students must know, understand and be able to do to compete in the 21st century

Formative and Benchmark to inform instruction

Essential Standards

Formative

Benchmark

+ + + LT 6

LT 7

Summative

15

+ GraduationRate

+ Future-Ready Core

+ Readiness

Growth Achievement (EOCs and EOGs)K-12

9-12 only

Work Session: Assessment Prototypes

Work with your subject partner to develop common classroom assessments based on your work with the ACS Curriculum Guide.

Quality Check : Assessment Prototypes

Quality check the common formative assessments you have developed as grade level partners using the formative assessment quality check. (11:30-12:30)

LUNCH!Enjoy!

ACS Collaboration “Tools”:

• ACS Collaboration Visual

• IMPACT Collaborative Toolkit

• PD Rubric

The Plan! 2009-2010

• Breakout Sessions – NAMS/SAMS• As a school team, collaborate with your

administrators to discuss a plan for implementation of the ACS Curriculum Guides developed this week and future curriculum work at your schools.

Final PD Evaluations

3:00 -3:30