Transcript Moving Beyond the Stand and Deliver Syndrome

Assessment –
Practices and Strategies
Where is what I need?
• Find your Standards.
• Find your prompt
descriptors.(Assessment at a
glance)
• Find your scoring guides for the
prompts.
The Test – Are You Ready
• What can you
expect?
• What is the test
like?
• What to do to get
ready?
Assessment Center Exercises
• Respond to 6 computer-delivered
prompts, each allowing up to 30
minutes for the candidates typed
response.
• Demonstrate breadth and depth of
content knowledge associated with
the certificate field.
Breaking Down Exercises
Stage 1
• Take out one of the charts you
picked up this afternoon and locate
Assessment Center Exercise 1 info.
• Take 15 minutes to individually
complete the first 3 columns of the
chart.
Share it out
• In your certificate area, share your
responses for 10 minutes
Assessor’s Process
• Did this candidate answer every
part of the question, or are some
elements missing?
• Is the candidate’s answer accurate
and on target?
• Did the candidate provide
convincing evidence to support the
answer?
• Does the rationale for each strategy
make sense? Is it explained
clearly?
Level 4 Key words
clear
consistent
convincing
insightful
in-depth
thorough
accurate
tightly connected
targeted
focused
informed
substantive
closely linked
significant
Level 3 Key Words
accurate
clear
thorough
significant
connected
appropriate
in-depth
targeted
informed
effective
complete
detailed
Level 2 Key Words
limited
simplistic
confusing
minimal
some inaccuracy
loosely connected
over-broad
unclear
vague
Level 1 Key Words
little
no
inaccurate
missing
ambiguous
minimal
misinformed
inappropriate
disconnected
weak
confused
simplistic
Standards Connection
Stage 2
In content groups, get out your
standards and look for connections
between the exercise question and
standards language.
Complete column 4
Brainstorming Resources
Stage 3
• In groups, complete column 5 in
which you will think of books,
websites, discussion groups, or
anything else you could use to
study for these exercises
Brainstorm Potential
Prompts – Stage 4
• In groups, complete column 6 by
thinking of potential questions or
themes that might be asked
Practice Ideas
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Use the web site and get familiar.
Complete online tutorial
Reread your content standard.
Make a mnemonic for your standards
Make a wordle of everything that could
be covered on each prompt
• Write practice prompts and use a timer
to type answers
• Score and then share answers with
others to get more information
A Practice Run
• Take out your laptop or a clean
sheet of paper.
• You will have 10 minutes to
respond to the question.
• Are you ready?
Practice Prompt
• Choose a practice prompt from your
Assessment at a Glance
OR
• List all of your Standards. Pick two
and explain the meaning of them.
• Discuss how you exhibited both of
these in your classroom this past
week.
• Include how each has had a positive
impact on student learning in your
classroom.
Prompt
Response
• What is one
significant feature of
the student’s oral
discourse?
• What is one
significant feature of
the student’s written
discourse?
• What do these
features tell you
about the student’s
second-language
development?
• A significant feature
of the student’s oral
language is . . .
• A significant feature
of the student’s
writing is . . .
• These features tell
me that the student
is struggling with
verb tenses and
homophones, but is
otherwise
approaching
mastery. . .
Prompt
Response
• Describe two specific
modifications/adaptat
ions you would make
to this activity for the
given student.
Explain what the
student will be doing
and how the
modifications/
adaptations will
promote the given
student’s learning of
the science and
mathematics
concepts in the topic
area.
• One modification I
would make to this
activity would be . . .
• This adaptation
would require the
student to. . .
• This strategy will
promote the
student’s
comprehension of
the science concept
by. . .
• A second
modification needed
for this student is. . .
Scoring the Prompt
– Everyone begins reading with a “3” in mind.
– After intense training, the assessor looks for evidence
and then at the quality of the evidence
– The score is based on the PREPONDERANCE of
evidence.
– The assessor MUST justify the score by responding
to the evidence supplied by the candidate.
– The assessor ONLY responds to evidence.
What can you expect?
• Relief – when it’s over…
• Anxiety – before you begin…
– Complete the web tutorial. It will save you
time and headache
– Sign-in/picture taken/lockers
– Pens/IDs/Materials
– Timekeeper or not?
• Pressure – during the test…
– Dress Comfortably
– No eating, drinking, or smoking
– Raise your hand to go to the restroom –
TIME DOES NOT STOP
Collaboration
• This is time set
aside to work in
your certificate
area group to
break down each
remaining exercise
using the charts
provided.
Mission Accomplished?
CELEBRATE – You Finished!