1.  Information about me…  Call me Baker (Ex. 1207)  Split my time between the HS and MS  Literacy Calendar/Focus  ACT words of the day  PLC trainings  Please give me feedback!  Why am I talking to you about this?

3.  Any assessment given by two or more instructors with the intention of collaboratively examining the results for:  Shared learning  Instructional planning for individual students, and/or  Curriculum, instruction, and/or assessment modifications What is a common assessment?

4.  CONTENT  Every student will learn the same CONTENT regardless of his/her teacher  The content does NOT have to be delivered the same way.  However, it should be delivered during the same time frame What this means…

5.  Reviews of accountability data from hundreds of schools reveal the schools with the greatest gains in achievement consistently employ common assessments, nonfiction writing, and collaborative scoring by faculty (Reeves, 2004). Why should I use common assessments?

6.   where students’ learning lagged  areas of shortcomings  areas of strengths  what to reteach  which students require additional support/enrichment/intervention What will I learn from Common Assessments?

7.  1. Similarly to standards based grading or grading for learning, you must begin by identifying the standards you want to teach. 2. Identify the ways in which you want to assess students (project, written tests, multiple choice, essays, etc.) 3. How will you know a student has mastered the content? Set your cut scores. How do I start?

8.   Meet with the other teachers and begin by dividing up the work.  Example: English test  Vocabulary  Writing  Grammar  Reading Where do I begin?

9.   Create a minimum of 10 questions.  Bring the questions back and review them.  Check for clarity in directions  Ensure the assessment aligns ONLY to the standards you are assessing  Ensure you have differentiated levels of questions (easy, medium, difficult)  Be sure the questions mimic the formative assessments you have given in class Question Bank

10.   Use the additional questions not included on the original test for retests.  Be sure students have attended a re-teaching of the concept/skill OR completed extra assignments that allow them to master the content Retests

11.   Hand back the test and have students reflect on their own progress  Have them create progress charts  Have them RESPOND to the test  Why did I miss this question? Did I understand the question? After the test… with students.

14.   Analyze the data by question and skill/standard  Identify bad questions  Class specific issues with wording or readings or specific questions  Identify best practices among the teachers  Strengths and weakness in the classroom After the test… with teachers

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