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January 16, 2015

Kristine Gullen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Spring Arbor University Emily McEvoy, Assessment Consultant, Oakland Schools Marty Chaffee, Leadership Consultant, Oakland Schools

Objectives  Introduce Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-Step)  Examine student perspectives regarding online items  Uncover embedded features and functions  Explore sample items  Plan for next steps....

For our time together...

 Take responsibility for your own learning  Support the learning of your colleagues  If you need to take a call or have a side conversation, please step out in the hall  If you have a question, ask.

Connector

M- Step 

Think

– individually about what you Know, Think You Know & Want to Know about Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress 

Share

– with your table group 

Create

– a Know, Think You Know & Want to Know chart

Know Think We Know Want to Know

Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). “Know/Think I Know/Want to Know”

Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning,

MiraVia, pg. 14.

Focused Read pages 1-3

Read – the handout Focus Read - Annotate Annotate - as you read using the following markings: √ = Got it. I know or understand this !

= This is really important information ?

= I’d like clarification or elaboration of this material

Micro Lab Protocol  Reflect – individually on the article  Regroup – in trios  Identify – Persons A, B & C

Micro Lab Protocol  Round 1  Person A – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions  SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

Micro Lab Protocol  Round 2  Person B – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions  SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

Micro Lab Protocol  Round 3  Person C – Share your thoughts (1 minute) No interruptions  SILENCE (30 seconds) timer

Micro Lab Protocol  Round 4  Share – as a triad your thoughts (5 minutes)    Reference the comments made during each Round Ask clarifying questions What connections did you make?

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Micro Lab Protocol  Round 5  Table Group Dialogue

Key Take Aways → The M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress) test replaces the 44-year old MEAP test.

→ The Spring 2015 assessment will include Michigan-developed content as well as content from the multi-state Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

→ Michigan continues to offer paper/pencil waivers for schools through a deadline of November 21, 2014.

Student Dialogue “What would your friends and students in other classes need to know in order to be successful with this online test.”

Student Dialogue “The bubble in the straw is VERY important” - Ethan, grade 3

Student Dialogue If the blinky line isn’t in the box where you want your words to go, you can press the letters all you want..... words won’t appear.

- Brittney, grade 3

“I thought it was confusing that the computer let you to click on more than one answer. You had to be careful to unclick when you changed your mind or you could put in two or three answers to one question.” - Ben, 11 th grader

Student Dialogue

“Whatever happened to ‘when in doubt pick C?’”

Partner Conversation

What types of academic digital literacy skills are needed to complete these online items?

Academic digital literacy • scroll bars, • cursers, • highlighting, • reordering text, • drawing lines / undoing lines, • placing points • adding arrows • enacting a radio button • clicking and unclicking responses, • sticky notes • flagging items, • creating graphs ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Pictographs Line graphs Bar graphs Box and whisker • using zoom • arrows to maximize a screen • delete / insert • keyboarding

Functions & Features

Using your CHROME browser https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi/ott1

Username & Password

Explore items

Pair Share – What are you discovering?

Classroom Activities & Performance Tasks

Released yesterday

Grade 3 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 11

Pair Share – What are you discovering?

Additional Resources

M- Step 

Think

– individually about what you Know, Think You Know & Want to Know about Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress 

Share

– with your table group 

Create

– a Know, Think You Know & Want to Know chart

Know Think We Know Want to Know

Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). “Know/Think I Know/Want to Know”

Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning,

MiraVia, pg. 14.

Strategy Harvest  Welcome   Objectives / Norms Connector – Know, Think I know, Want to Know  Introduction to M-Step    Focused Read w/ Annotation Microlab Key Points  Student Perspectives  Lecture Burst   Partner Conversation Debrief  Functions and Features     Demonstration Practice Resources Get One; Share One  Summary of Learning  Revisit Connector   Strategy Harvest Next Steps  Wrap Up   Revisiting Objectives Thank you

Next Steps.... Planning Time

Objectives  Introduce Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-Step)  Examine student perspectives of completing online items  Uncover embedded features and functions  Explore sample items  Plan for next steps....

Thank you!

January 16, 2015

Kristine Gullen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Spring Arbor University Emily McEvoy, Assessment Consultant, Oakland Schools Marty Chaffee, Leadership Consultant, Oakland Schools