1. Biology Update Evanston Township High School District 202 Dr. Pete Bavis 04/17/2012

2. Purpose of this Presentation Provide an overview of the process and timeline of Biology preparation work Describe the work of the assessment team and their progress Preview anticipated activities for summer and fall of 2012 Evanston Township High School | District 202 2

3. Big Ideas in Curriculum Renewal EXCELLENCE RIGOR Raise the achievement expectations for all students EQUITYRELEVANCE Make the content accessible to all students ACCOUNTABILITYRESPONSIBILITY Provide a clear assessment process that encourages students to learn what they need in order to earn Honors credit 3 Evanston Township High School | District 202

4. Teacher teams are developing… Semester exams aligned to College Readiness Standards First semester assessments for earned honors credit Second semester assessment for earned honors credit 4 Evanston Township High School | District 202

5. 5 Winter 2010: PD on curriculum mapping All Biology teachers attended Dr. Tomlinson’s Differentiated Instruction (DI) presentation Cadre of teachers attended a one-day DI Workshop What has been accomplished to date:

6. Spring 2011: Aligned Biology Curriculum Map to revised AP Biology standards and learning objectives Vetted map with all Biology teachers DI Follow up Workshop with Biology teachers 6 What has been accomplished to date:

7. Summer 2011: All Biology teachers attended a two-day DI Conference. Five Biology teachers and the department chair attended a three-day DI Train the Trainer Workshop. Biology Curriculum Map was revised, connected to text, and uploaded to Performance Pathways. DI model lessons were developed and edited by curriculum group. 7 What has been accomplished to date:

8. 8 Winter/Spring 2011/12: Continue work with DI lessons in classes Draft earned honors assessment Draft rubrics for earned honors assessments Determine common grade book structure What is being worked on:

9. 9 Spring/Summer 2012: Finalize assessments for earned honors credit Pilot Semester 2 examination Create formative assessments to support earned honors assessments What is being worked on:

10. Scientific Literacy: understand and recognize the different parts of the scientific process. Data Representation: construction and analysis of charts and graphs. Data Evaluation: Is the data helping to answer the original question? Does it agree with the conclusion? Scientific Investigations: Putting together all the pieces of the scientific process using data from the REEL Lab. First Semester AEHC Scientific Process 10 Evanston Township High School | District 202

11. Drawing conclusions from one data source: multiple data representations from one source Drawing conclusions from multiple data sources: different sources, different representations of data Evaluating conflicting viewpoints: using multiple data sets and evaluating conflicting viewpoints Authoring an opinion: evaluate multiple data sets and form opinion Second Semester AEHC Evaluation of Experiments, Models, Assertions, Interpretation of Data, & Scientific Investigation 11 Evanston Township High School | District 202

12. Thank you! Questions & Comments