Assessments and Learning Teams Overview

Board Study Session Formative Assessment & Learning Teams December 8, 2010

Formative Assessments Assessment That Leads to Instruction

Connection to KSD Goal Goal 4: Ensure a Culture of Accountability Kent School District will establish a comprehensive culture of accountability that ensures the successful implementation of the district's vision.

Purpose: Student Data for Guiding Instruction Benchmark/Formative Assessment designed to: Assess student learning in relation to grade level standards Provide data on individual and group performance on discrete learning targets.

Formative Assessment Leads to Instruction Spring 2010: KSD teachers developed end-of-year math assessments in grades 3-8 Every elementary and middle school participated with approximately 6,000 students assessed Summer 2010: KSD teachers created math trimester assessments that align to the state standards for first grade- geometry September 2010: KSD teachers created reading trimester assessments that align to reading standards for grades 3-10. 80+ teachers field testing these assessments December 2010: Math assessments are being administered to all students in grades 1-geometry February and May 2011: Additional reading and math benchmark assessments will be administered

Reading Test Contributors Elementary Tests Name School Test Dev Grade Gr3 Gr3 Gr4 Gr4 Gr5 Gr5 Gr6 Gr6 Jan Mayes Nancy Miller Lynn Lofstrom Irma Perez Lori Wachter Cindy Prescott Iona Crier Colleen Oliver IS PT MS MR SR CW PO CC

Reading Test Contributors Secondary Tests Name School Test Dev Grade Gr7 Gr7 Gr8 Gr9 Gr9 Gr9 Gr10 Gr10 Gr10 Nora Douglass Cindy Higgins Louise Sargent Susan Best Rick Pettibone Holly Stein Tammy Barnhart Kim McClung Kate Smith KL MK NW KL KR IS KL KM KPA

Math Test Contributors Teacher School Teacher School Alicia George KR Linse Breann KR Amy Hurt KE Lisa Kelly KM Anna Lazo KM Lisa Williamson MK Audrey Roach MC Lynn Loftstrom MS Barb Genger KW Matt Sturtevant KL Christina Thomsen KR Pamela Esber DE Christine May MA Peggy Houdon EP Cynthia Olson HE Phil Zafft KR Dana Adams MC Sandra Giardea MC Debbie Sells MS Sandra Goetz MS Denise Khazoyan NW Sue Perez IS Dustin Foster MM Summer Cabridge KW John Fleming CH Tabitha Browning KM Kathleen Eisele HE Tami Harto IS Kathleen Hawthorne KM Virginia Milam KL Kathy Walters IS Linda Yanik KL

Teacher Perspective Assessment Development and Usage

Strand/Standard Performance for Math T3 v1 Math Selected Parameters Assessment: Math_GR6_T3_v1 Student Roster: 818 09 10 Mar Subject: Math Course: All Grade Level Tested: All Grade: All District Name: Kent School District ALL Grades Strand/Standard n Total # Possible Avg. # Avg. % 25 % 50 % 75 % 100 % Geometry/Measurement/Algebra 4.0 653 10 5 50% Mathematical Reasoning 6.0 653 1 1 86% Numbers. Operations 5.0 653 2 2 79% Numbers, Operations, Algebra 1.0 653 8 5 60% Numbers, Operations, Geometry/ Measurement, Algebra, Data/Stats/ Probability 3.0 653 7 5 67% Operations, Algebra 2.0 653 7 4 58% Key % Correct 0%-60% Correct % Correct 61%-70% Correct % Correct 71%-100% Correct

Formative Assessment Leads to Instruction 1. Whole Class Re-teach concepts missed by most Use questions from assessments as teaching tool to address misconceptions Utilize online resources that are flagged for individuals or whole class

Formative Assessment Leads to Instruction 2. Grade Level Groups Identify low areas and schedule students among grade level teachers to re-teach For example, 2nd grade Teacher Money Teacher Time Teacher Measurement Interventionist Measurement

Formative Assessment Leads to Instruction 3. Skill Groups Identify students struggling with multiple skills with skill gaps and rotate through intervention groups Group students by skill gaps For example, 4th grade Teacher Teacher Teacher Fractions Multiplication and Division Problem Solving Para Integrated Programs Teacher Addition and Subtraction Para Multiplication and Division Measurement

Learning Teams A search for knowledge through systematic investigation

Connection to KSD Goal Goal 1: Increase Student Achievement Each and every KSD student will meet high standards and achieve at high academic levels in preparation for success in college, career, and civic life. Goal 3: Provide Quality and Innovative Learning Environments Kent School District will provide equitable access to quality instruction through innovative learning environments that stimulate through, promote skill development, and accelerate learning for each and every student. Goal 7: Demonstrate Leadership for Success Kent School District will demonstrate proactive, supportive, accountable, reflective, and distributive leadership practices.

Learning Teams are more than just another teacher group Learning Teams provide the structure and support for teachers to collaborate to: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Focus on important student learning needs Collaboratively examine instructional problems Increase knowledge of teaching and pedagogy Implement promising instructional approaches Focus on the data results

Addressing Common Student Needs (7 Steps) Step 4 Plan and prepare to deliver the lesson(s) in the classroom Step 1 Identify and clarify a student need to work on together Step 2 Formulate an objective and identify student work to be analyzed Step 3 Identify and adopt a promising instructional approach Step 5 Deliver the lesson(s) in the classroom Step 6 Debrief instruction and analyze student work to evaluate whether and how instruction met student needs Step 7 Reassess: repeat cycle or move on to another area of need If necessary, identify and/or prepare to try another instructional approach. Driving Question: How do we teach this well?

LT Core Components Distributed Leadership Teams (Workgroups) Training & Assistance Tested Protocols Stable Settings

KSD Implementation Kent-Meridian Cedar Heights 8 LT Workgroups 5 LT Workgroups Steps 2-4 Steps 2+3 Meeker Meadow Ridge 5 LT Workgroups 5 LT Workgroups 6 LT Workgroups 4 LT Workgroups 4 LT Workgroups 7 LT Workgroups Steps 4-7 Steps 2+3 Millennium Cedar Valley Park Orchard Steps 2-4 Steps 3+4 Step 4 Kent Elementary Steps 2-4

Voices from the Field Christine Castillo, Park Orchard Shirley Hickey, Cedar Valley Irma Perez, Meadow Ridge Amrinder Bains, Kent-Meridian High Stephanie Rotter, Millennium Jeff Pelzel, Meeker Middle

You are invited to the KSD Learning Teams Follow-Up Institute Tuesday, February 8, 2011 8:00-11:45 a.m. Agenda for Guests and Visitors 8:00 - 10:00 Overview of Learning Teams Model & Research Context Preparation for Observations 10:15 -11:45 Observations: View Displays and Listen to Instructional Findings from the KSD LT Facilitators 11:45 Optional Q&A with LT Senior Staff