1. Essential Skills

2. Objectives Review Requirements and Implementation Timeline
Essential Skills
Objectives
Review Requirements and Implementation Timeline
Understand Assessment Options
Describe Resources Available
Assessment of Essential Skills page:

3. Essential Skill Overview
Essential Skills
Essential Skill Overview
9 cross-curricular skills
Embedded in State Content Standards
Students must demonstrate proficiency
3 currently scheduled for implementation: Reading, Writing, Math

4. Essential Skills
Implementation
Essential Skills graduation requirements are based on when a student is first enrolled in grade 9 (cohort year)
Cohort year : Reading
Cohort year : Reading and Writing
Cohort year : Reading, Writing, & Apply Mathematics

5. Assessment Options Essential Skills Test Reading Math Writing OAKS 23640
ACT or Plan 18 19
N/A
WorkKeys 5
Compass 81
66 (Int Alg)
Asset 42
41 (Int Alg)
SAT
440
450
PSAT 44 45
AP/IB
Various
SAT Writing
460
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6. Work Sample Requirements
Essential Skills
Work Sample Requirements
ESSENTIAL SKILL
WORK SAMPLES
REQUIRED SCORE
(OFFICIAL SCORING GUIDE)
Reading
2 Work Samples
two informational or
one informational and one literary
Total 12 (3 traits)
No score lower than 3
Writing
3 Work Samples
expository
persuasive
narrative
4 on each of the four required traits
Apply math
2 Work Samples
algebra
geometry
statistics
(choose 2 strands)
4 on each of the four traits plus accuracy.

7. Essential Skills
Work Sample Rigor
Work samples must meet the level of rigor required on the OAKS assessment.
Work samples provide an optional means to demonstrate proficiency not an easier means.

8. Assessment of Essential Skills Toolkit

9. Professional Development
Essential Skills
Professional Development
Official State Scoring Guide Training
“Train-the-Trainer” model, delivered via WebEx throughout school year

10. Essential Skills
Promising Practices
Score classroom assignments for Essential Skill proficiency
Score multi-disciplinary projects for more than one Essential Skill
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11. Promising Practices (cont)
Essential Skills
Promising Practices (cont)
Apply Essential Skills in elective and CTE classes
Develop prompts that can be shared – District, ESD or Regional

12. Policy Considerations
Essential Skills
Policy Considerations
Districts shall develop a policy for retention of student performance data and work samples
Districts must develop a process allowing students to appeal a district decision to deny a diploma based on the Essential Skills graduation requirement.
Districts are required to maintain documentation of all student scores used for graduation purposes (per the TAM):

13. Essential Skills
Reporting
Essential Skills graduation requirements are submitted through the Cum ADM collection
Essential Skills graduation requirements are applied to regular and modified diplomas (for those students with a cohort year associated with requirement(s)
See the Cum ADM manual for specific reporting codes

14. In a Nutshell Approved Methods of Assessment Required Essential Skills
Reading: cohort (Class of 2012)
Reading & Writing: cohort (Class of 2013)
Reading, Writing & Math: cohort (Class of 2014)
Approved Methods of Assessment
OAKS
Other Approved Standardized Tests
Work Samples

15. Essential Skills
Acorns for Storage
Which courses are responsible for Essential Skills Assessment in our school?
Who has the key responsibilities in assessing the Essential Skills?
What is our procedure for keeping track of student progress toward demonstrating each required Essential Skill?
How can elementary and middle schools prepare students for the Essential Skills?

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