Georgia Milestones Grades 3-5 Parent Presentation March 3, 2015 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Georgia Milestones Grades 3-5 Parent Presentation March 3, 2015 Shandra Harrison, Principal Ashley Bagwell, Assistant Principal

Georgia Milestones Georgia Milestones will replace the CRCT and the o 3 rd & 5 th Grade Writing Assessments Georgia Milestones will be a more rigorous o assessment. Writing will be incorporated into the Milestones o Written responses will be included for ELA and o Math CRCT-M will not continue o GAA will continue o 2

Georgia Milestones Georgia Milestones will include both criterion- o referenced and norm-referenced items. It is anticipated that the state/district scores o will drop during this testing cycle. Local scanning will not be continued o [constructed-response items require hand scoring] Scores may be delayed due to hand scoring o 3

Georgia Milestones  Will transition to Online  Year 1 – 30%  Year 3 – 80%  Year 5 – 100%  Paper/pencil versions will serve as back-up until transition is complete. 4

Georgia Milestones Types of Test Items Selected Response Multiple Choice o Constructed Response Generate a response as opposed to selecting a response o Extended Response More elaborate answers and explanations o 5

MULTIPLE CHOICE Which fraction is largest? A B C D 6

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE Ana George 12 inches 9 inches George Carlos 12 inches 12 inches 8

Passage For this item, the students are asked to read a poem entitled, “Healthy Cookies.” The poem is about a girl whose mom purchased a healthy cookie snack in an attempt to replace the daughter’s preferred sugary cookie. The daughter was initially reluctant to try the healthy cookie, but eventually tasted the new cookie and decided it wasn’t that bad.

ELA Task ELACC3RL1, ELACC3W2, ELACC3L1 and ELACC3L2 Explain why the speaker believes that the healthy cookies will taste bad. Write your explanation in a paragraph that includes many supporting details from the text. Answer with complete sentences, and use correct punctuation and grammar.

Rubric Score Designation Description 4 Thoroughly The student demonstrates a thorough understanding of the question and the Demonstrated text by completely explaining why the reader expects the healthy cookies to taste bad using details from the poem as support. The student ’ s response uses complete sentences and correct punctuation and grammar. 3 Clearly The student demonstrates a clear understanding of the question and the text Demonstrated by providing an explanation of why the reader expects the healthy cookies to taste bad and uses some details from the poem as support. The student ’ s response uses mostly complete sentences and mostly correct punctuation and grammar. 2 Basically The student demonstrates a basic understanding of the question and the text Demonstrated by providing a general explanation about why the speaker expects the healthy cookies to taste bad. However, the student offers little support from the poem. The student ’ s response uses some complete sentences and some correct punctuation and grammar. 1 Minimally The student demonstrates a weak understanding of the question and provides Demonstrated a minimal explanation of why the speaker expects the healthy cookies to taste bad OR the student provides no details from the poem for support. The student ’ s response uses mostly incomplete sentences and mostly incorrect punctuation and grammar. 0 Incorrect or The response is incorrect or irrelevant. Irrelevant

General Test Parameters ELA MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES SECTIONS 3 2 2 2 SELECTED 40 50 55 55 RESPONSE CONSTRUCTED 3 2 0 0 QUESTIONS EXTENDED 1 0 0 0 QUESTIONS Each section will be approximately 70 minutes. 8

ELA Writing at Every Grade – All students will encounter a constructed-response item within the first or second section of the test. o 3 selected-response items asking about the main features of each passage and comparing/contrasting between the two passages o 1 constructed-response item requiring linking the two passages o 1 writing prompt in which students must cite evidence to support their conclusions, claims, etc. Genres Writing prompts will be Warning: Students who simply rewrite excerpts informative or opinion from the passage(s) to illustrate their point(s) will depending on the grade not receive favorable scores. level. Students could encounter either genre. 13

Sample Questions Sample questions created by PARCC  http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/# Parent Guide  http://www.pta.org/advocacy/content.cfm?ItemNu mber=3816 A demo of CTB’s online platform can be accessed at this link –  http://learnoas.ctb.com/GA/ Click on any one of the tests to open the Sample Test Page • Click on “Start the test” at the top of the web page • 10 Click on “Login”, no credentials are required •