All materials © The rSmart Group Goal Aware Tools in Rhode Island Schools Janice A. Smith The rSmart Group

Goal Awareness in RI Schools 25,000 users in 30 high schools across 25 districts All graduates to submit portfolios by 2008 Integration of state standards and district expectations Goal Awareness tool links standards to portfolio assignments Students link rated assignments to Graduation Portfolio for district District reports assessment data to accrediting agencies and for state report cards A Collaborative Effort by The rSmart Group and the Rhode Island Network for Technology

Goal Aware Tools in RI Schools Sites –Course –Project –Portfolio Resources Goal Management –Global –Local Assignments –Goal Aware –Enhanced Portfolio Templates Portfolios –Assignments across all sites Reports –Students –Teachers –Administration

RI K-12 Assessment Process Goal Management Tool provides standards Assignments tool links to standards and collects evidence Grad Portfolio Template selects evidence and reflection Reports aggregate evidence of learning for high school accreditation and state report cards

Rhode Island Electronic Portfolio System (RIEPS) Solution Earlier version of Goal Management tool from Syracuse University integrated with Assignments tool Portfolio tools provisional in Sakai 2.1 release – July 2006 Decision to implement portfolio using assignments instead of matrices Graduation Portfolio uses improved portfolio tool in the form of matrix – Fall 2006 Reports use available functionality but require additional java coding and database work OSP 2.4 will integrate majority of RIEPS enhancements into code

RIEPS Data Structures Course sites for every participating high school course Student information system populates system Goal Management tool for links assignments to global/local goals Assignments allow rating of goals and display of ratings to teachers and students Assignment data exposed to allow user selection from any site for use in Graduation Portfolio Graduation Portfolio customized for districts Reports for students, teachers, and administrators to aggregate Assignment and Graduation Portfolio data across all sites

RIEPS Sites Course sites to link assignments with goals Project sites to share assignments across courses Portfolio sites by district to create Graduation Portfolios and reports

RIEPS Student Information System Integration SchoolMax districts have direct feed Non SchoolMax districts assemble data for SIS feed SIS integration creates users and sites and populates sites with users Administrative tools sort users and sites SIS data provides additional parameters for reporting

RIEPS Assignments Teachers –Import portfolio assignments from project site libraries –Create their own assignments –Link assignments to global and local goals Students –Complete assignments and submit for rating of standards

RIEPS Goal Management State standards and district expectations available via Global Goal Management tool Teachers link each assignment to any number of goals Teachers rate student work on assignments according to linked standards and expectations Students view ratings and revised as permitted

RIEPS Graduation Portfolio One general portfolio template resembling matrix Each district customizes template according to their requirements Assignment data available across all sites Students repurpose rated assignments according to district requirements, add reflective statements, and submit portfolio for graduation

RIEPS Reports Report templates for aggregating rated assignments and graduation portfolios –Student report to identify available assignments for Grad Portfolio –Teacher report to assess student learning across courses –District report to assess student learning in one school or the district Assignment and portfolio data combined with student information parameters Data to be displayed, archived, shared, printed, and exported