GEORGIA MILESTONES PARENT WORKSHOP A N A S S E S S M E N T F I T F O R T H E C O M M O N C O R E G P S
QUESTIONS? • Post-It notes are available on your table. • Jot down any questions on a Post-it, place the Post- It on the end of your table. • Q & A will take place during the last 10 minutes of our meeting.
COMMON CORE GPS: THE SHIFTS • Focus from high school completion to college and career readiness for all students. •Mind sets from all students can learn to all students will learn and demonstrate learning at high levels . •Focus from daily reading and writing in ELA to literacy across all content areas.
STANDARDS IN READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
STANDARDS IN MATH
THINKING DEEPLY • The Common Core emphasizes critical thinking . It requires students to: analyze more, discuss more, evaluate more, justify more, and explain their thinking & understanding deeply, especially in writing. Take-Away : Really thinking deeply is hard. Let it BE hard, help them talk it out.
INTEGRATING LEARNING • The Common Core emphasizes learning across disciplines (reading with math, science & social studies standards combined into one task). • Students spend more time working together with different settings, structures & tools. Take-Away: Problems & solutions happen everyday in the real world.
SHOWING HOW THEY KNOW • The Common Core emphasizes proof & evidence. Take-away: Students will be asked not only what the answer is to a question, but WHY- - how they know or what evidence supports their answer .
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GA MILESTONES An assessment fit for the Common Core GPS
PURPOSE • inform efforts to improve student achievement by assessing student performance on the standards specific to each grade level. • provide the children and their parents with information on their child’s preparedness for the next grade level.
GA MILESTONES • Grades 3 – 8 • End of Grade (EOG) in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies • High School • End of Course (EOC)
PROMOTION AND RETENTION • Georgia State Board waived the promotion and retention requirements for grades 3, 5, and 8, for 2014-2015 school year. • Georgia Milestones results will not be used for decisions relative to promotion or retention for grades 3, 5, and 8 for the 2014-2015 school year. • No retests for 2014-15.
UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE: • constructed-response items in ELA and mathematics • writing component (in response to text) at every grade level within the ELA assessment • norm-referenced items in every grade and content area to complement the criterion-referenced information and to provide a national comparison • transition to online administration over time
TRANSITION TO ONLINE • Year 1: minimum of 30% online • Year 3: minimum of 80% online • Year 5: minimum of 100% online A demo of CTB’s online platform can be accessed at this link – http://learnoas.ctb.com/GA/ Click on any one of the demonstration tests • Click on “Login”, no credentials are required • Click on “Start the test” • Note – the demonstration tests contain generic items from multiple grade levels and are not designed to be reflective of Georgia Milestones content.
GENERAL TEST PARAMETERS ELA -- 3 sections, 1 of which will focus on writing • Mathematics -- 2 sections • Science -- 2 sections • Social Studies -- 2 sections •
ADMINISTRATION TIMES Minimum Maximum Content Test Time Per Time Per Area/Course Section(s) Section(s) Section(s) ELA 1 and 2 60 70 ELA 3 70 90 Mathematics 1 and 2 60 80 Science 1 and 2 50 70 Social Studies 1 and 2 50 70 Note: These time limits do not apply to those students who have the accommodation of extended time.
ELA CONTENT WEIGHTS APPROXIMATE % OF THE TEST Domain 3 rd 4 th 5th Reading and Vocabulary 53% 53% 53% Writing & Language 47% 47% 47%
MATH CONTENT WEIGHTS APPROXIMATE % OF THE TEST Domain 3 rd 4 th 5th Operations & Algebraic Thinking 25% 20% 10% Number & Operations – Base 10 20% 25% 35% Number & Operations – Fractions 30% 30% Measurement & Data 30% 20% 20% Geometry 10% 10% 15%
SCIENCE CONTENT WEIGHTS APPROXIMATE % OF THE TEST Domain 3 rd 4 th 5th Earth 34% 40% 30% Life 33% 30% 40% Physical 33% 30% 30%
SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT WEIGHTS APPROXIMATE % OF THE TEST Domain 3 rd 4 th 5 th History 30% 50% 50% Geography 20% 15% 15% Government/Civics 30% 20% 20% Economics 20% 15% 15%
TESTING SCHEDULE Date (AM & PM) Subject Administration Thursday, April 16 ELA Sections 1 & 2 P/P & Online Friday, April 17 ELA Sections 1 & 2 Online Monday, April 20 ELA Section 3 - Writing P/P & Online Tuesday, April 21 ELA Section 3 - Writing Online Wednesday, April 22 Math Sections 1 & 2 P/P & Online Thursday, April 23 Math Sections 1 & 2 Online Friday, April 24 Make-Up Day P/P & Online Monday, April 27 Science Sections 1 & 2 P/P & Online Tuesday, April 28 Science Sections 1 & 2 Online Wednesday, April 29 Social Studies Section 1 & 2 P/P & Online Thursday, April 30 Social Studies Section 1 & 2 Online Friday, May 1 Make-Up Day P/P & Online
QUESTION TYPES GA Milestones What does it ELA Math Science SS mean? Selected -Response Multiple choice Short answer Constructed -Response Extended Constructed - More detailed, Response longer answer Extended Writing-Response Essay Note : Partial credit is awarded for constructed & extended constructed-responses
WRITING AT EVERY GRADE – ELA Section 1&2: extended constructed-response item for narrative (in response to text) – ELA Section 3: read a pair of passages and complete a series of items: o 3 selected-response items asking about important 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 informative/explanatory or opinion/argumentative depending on the grade level. Students could encounter either genre.
LANGUAGE ARTS ASSESSMENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE: • Whether students can read and comprehend texts of varying complexities. • How well students can use information from multiple sources to effectively summarize key points or make a persuasive argument. • The degree to which students can use context to determine the meaning of academic vocabulary.
GRADE 3 CONSTRUCTED WRITING RESPONSE SAMPLE 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. Exemplar Response: One thing the speaker thinks will make the healthy cookies taste bad is the ingredients list on the box. These include “Vitamins and fiber, with no sugar to be found…” The speaker likes sweet snacks such as “Choco -Wonder-Treats and goo-filled Tasty Rings." Since she likes sweet snacks she does not expect cookies that do not have sugar to taste good. Also she thinks that cookies that are low fat and have no preservatives will "taste like wood!”.
GRADE 3 CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE SAMPLE Exemplar Response ( Score – 4 ) One thing the speaker thinks will make the healthy cookies taste bad is the ingredients list on the box. These include “Vitamins and fiber, with no sugar to be found…” The speaker likes sweet snacks such as “Choco -Wonder-Treats and goo-filled Tasty Rings." Since she likes sweet snacks she does not expect cookies that do not have sugar to taste good. Also she thinks that cookies that are low fat and have no preservatives will "taste like wood!”. Score – 2 Score – 1 She thinks the healthy cookies will Because she eat taste bad because they don't sweets.So she thought have a lot of sugar and it has a lot it was going to taste of vitamins in the cookies. The girl is bad. used to unhealthy cookies not healthy cookies. If she would try them she might would like them.
GRADE 4 EXTENDED WRITING RESPONSE SAMPLE In this section, you will read two different arguments about giving regular allowances. You will write an opinion essay about which argument is better supported by facts. Before you begin planning and writing, read the two texts: 1 . “A Regular Allowance for Doing Chores” 2. “Allowance as a Reward” As you read the texts, think about what details from each you might use in your opinion essay.
MATH ASSESSMENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE: • Whether students understand and can use important math ideas, including number sense, algebraic thinking, geometry and data analysis. • The extent to which student can use math facts and reasoning skills to solve real-world problems. • How well students can make mathematical arguments.
GRADE 3 MATH SAMPLE
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