Regional Coordinators Meeting May 9, 2006 Focusing on Assessment

AGENDA Updates Local Regional State Summer Planning Resources Coordinator Community Focusing on Assessment

Local Updates GIS Day – November 15, 2006? Texas High School Project College Readiness Indicators vs. TAKS Stanford Redesign Breaking Ranks II

Grade 11 TAKS All Tests Taken Met Standard State (1 SEM) First Administration

College Readiness is Low for All Groups (State) Percent of Students Meeting THECB Standard for Higher Education Readiness English/LAMath All students39%47% African-American28%26% Hispanic29%34% White48%61%

ELA Grade 11 TAKS Met Standard (1 SEM) and Higher Education Readiness Component TAKS Scale Score 2200 and 3 on Writing (State) TAKS Passing Standard is 59% of items correct.

Math Grade 11 TAKS Met Standard (1 SEM) And Higher Education Readiness Component TAKS Scale Score 2200 (State) TAKS Passing Standard is 55% of items correct.

Other College Readiness Indicators: Percent at or above the criterion, where the criterion is 1110 on the SAT or 24 on the ACT Percent of graduates completing the Recommended and/or the Distinguished Achievement Program

Regional Updates History Day Results available online at rs_2006.html rs_2006.html Making History workbooks Regional History Fair 2007 Triumph and Tragedy in History When: Saturday, March 3, 2007 Location: Education Service Center, Region 20 Regional Annual Social Studies Conference Bridging the Achievement Gap: Strengthening Curriculum Instruction, and Assessment When: Saturday, October 28, 2006 Location: Education Service Center, Region 20

State Updates TETN May 16 – Texas Register online TSSSA Conference Spring great information source – TCSS Annual Conference – October 13-15, 2006 – Ft. Worth TXASCD Annual Conference – October 15-17, 2006 – Austin Renaissance Hotel Texas History Conference - January 12-13, TSHA Annual Meeting – March 8-10, 2007 in San Antonio (What topics are you interested in learning more about?)

State Updates Call for Book Reviewers – Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas – contact Steven Schroeder by July 1 st at May 18 – International Museum Day Museums and Young People Freedom Documents Fund – Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution FOR YOU!

Summer Planning ESC 20 Staff Development Leadership Academy for Social Studies (LASS) - Deadline is June 9 LASS for Coordinators – suggestion from coordinators Leadership Academy for Social Studies July 2009 June 2006 to LASS

Summer Planning - June Geography Professional Development – 3 day workshops – infusing geo-technologies into MS and HS teaching & learning – for information, Andrew Milson at UNT at June 1-2 Economic Summit Beyond Our Backyard June 3-9 – TSHA Connecting Texas: Los Caminos Reales June 8-9 Texas Fine Arts Summit VII – one strand is music and social studies June 15 deadline – Aramco Educators to Saudi Arabia in November 14-28, May, July, August – World in Transition Workshops

Summer Planning - June June – World Affairs Council of Washington DC Summer Institute Looking Towards Asia June & June 25-July 2 – NEH James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship June – FTE Economics for Leaders in Austin Texas Alliance for Geographic Education June 5-7 – Leadership Academy (veteran teachers) June – Geography 101 (novice teachers)

Summer Planning - July June & July – TCEE – economics for 4 th – 8 th grade (Texas History & economics, Math & economics, Invest in Texas) July – We the People…Texas Institute July – National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellence July – NCSS Reading Strategies to Unlock the Social Studies July 25 - Globalization 101 – 3 hour forum July – Mariachi across the Curriculum – cross-curricular connection between music and academics – Contact: Natalie Arsenault at (512)

Summer Planning - August August 1- Personal Finance Workshop at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Antonio

Future Planning Coordinator Meetings August 29, 2006 from 8:30 – 12:00 October 31, 2006 from 8:30 – 12:00

Resources San Jacinto Museum of History museum.orgwww.sanjacinto- museum.org Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative free summer workshops Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum primary sources for teachers & Gilder Lehrman – site improvements for teachers –

Resources Bill of Rights Institute 1 st Amendment for middle school & high school Being an American Essay Contest for high school – for a packet Degree Confluence Project – visit latitudes & longitudes all over the world and take pictures Access to government websites

Resources Texas History primary sources sources.html#tx_doc sources.html#tx_doc Texas Beyond History Through the Eyes of the Explorer plains/kids/cabeza-south/cdv_mainpage.htmlwww.texasbeyondhistory.net/st- plains/kids/cabeza-south/cdv_mainpage.html Kids Around the World child profiles Issues and Controversies in American History from Facts on File News Services

Resources $$$$$$$$$$$ Save Our History Grant of up to $10,

Coordinator Community Forum: Focusing on Assessment Tools Time to Share

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Focusing on Assessment TOOLS WebCCAT – Emily Lorenz Sharon Rodriguez, Medina Valley – item analysis in Austin in June Get on Track for the TAKS! TOPCAT – Texas Online Preparation for College Admissions Tests – SAT & ACT prep Side by Side documents Improvement Plan (analysis)

Side by Sides - example

Improvement Plan Content Area: Grade: Objective # ____Team Members: Student Expectations Tested: (Identify TEKS # and Student Expectation) % / # Met Stnd. # Did Not Meet Stnd. What is our understanding of these expectations? What should students know and be able to do? Reflection: Instruction? Curriculum? Assessments? TEKS-based? Coherent? Focused? Equitable Opportunities? Differentiation? Rigor? Necessary Actions # _______/___ # _______/___ # _______/___ # _______/___ # _______/___ # _______/___

Focusing on Assessment Time to Share What strategies/activities/resources are you using to instruct educators to use data for the purpose of tailoring instruction? What successful strategies/activities/resources are you using to support SENIORS who fail Exit-level SS TAKS? What successful strategies/activities/resources are you using to support students in preparing for TAKS? What staff development opportunities will you offer for Social Studies teachers in ? What initiatives will be introduced or continued this year to support Social Studies education, TAKS preparation, etc? (ex. TAKS Saturday, Super Saturday…)

Contacts Tori Austin Ravae Shaeffer