Paterson Public Schools Overview of Student Assessment

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Paterson Public SchoolsOverview of Student
Assessment

• Division of Assessment, Planning Evaluation
• Mike Kanarek Director Cory McLeod
• Nora Hoover Supervisor Haifa Zahroon
• Liz Gonzales-Flores
• 973-321-0867 Peri Loffredo
• Yohanna Bencosme

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM?

• What is it?
• Why do we do it?
• Whats in it for me and formy students, as a
  teacher?

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• was created in order to implement
  adistrict-wide comprehensive systemthat
  incorporates the assessment mandates of
• ?Abbott rules and regulations pursuant to
  N.J.A.C.6A10A-3.2(c) and ? Recommendations of
  the Paterson Strategic Planning Implementation
  team and ? Requirements of the States
  district management assessment yardstick NJQSAC
  and

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• and ? Helps teachers to plan lessons
  andimprove instruction by supplying datato help
  answer a most importantQUESTIONAre the
  lessons I am planning to teach todayand the
  instructional methodsI am planning to use
  todaythe very lessons and methodseach student
  needs to help them learn?

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• Four Step Improvement Cycle for
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• in the Classroom
• Screening
• Formative
• Diagnostic
• Summative

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• Screening - Assessment that focuses on critical
  skills strongly predictive of future growth and
  development (in absence of interventions) and
  conducted with all students toidentify children
  likely to need extra or alternative forms of
  instruction.
• Key Decision for Screening Assessment Which
  children may needadditional instructional
  supportto attain important academic outcomes?

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• Formative/Ongoing - Assessment conducted on a
  routine basis (quarterly to daily) to(a) assess
  progress towards meetingdistrict-wide
  Benchmarks(b) identify children not
  demonstratingintended progress who require your
  reflection about different strategies of
  instruction.
• Key Decision for Formative/Ongoing Is
  theintervention effective in improving the
  childs skills, ormust I find another teaching
  strategy to getthe child on trajectory to
  Benchmark Goals?
• A Benchmark test may also be used formatively

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• Diagnostic - Assessment conducted when more
  in-depth analysis of a students strengths and
  weaknesses is needed to guide instruction-Teache
  r-made, to assess a skill or strategy-By child
  study team to inform referral process
• Key Decisions for Diagnostic Assessment How much
  instructional support may be needed what
  kinds?What specific skills should be
  taught?How? What strategies are most effective
  for this student?

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
NJCCCSAYP

• Summative/Accountability (Annual) - State/local
  assessment to determine whether students met the
  State standards or improved from the previous
  year (given March to May)
• Key Decisions for Summative/AccountabilityDoes
  the school have a system implemented of core
  instruction and instructional support sufficient
  for all students to achieve designated
  outcomes?Have Teachers and Principals made
  effective useof the system so that their
  students gained a years growth?How do the
  school/district outcomes compare to the current
  goals and previous years performance?What are
  the areas of strength and weakness in the current
  system of curriculum and instruction?

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

• Four Step Improvement Cycle for
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• in the Classroom
• Screening
• Formative
• Diagnostic
• Summative

LAST YEARS SUMMATIVE BECOMES NEXT YEARS FIRST
INPUT
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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Which tests, for
what?

• Screening
• DIBELS (K-2 in 2006-7, K-3 in 2007-8)
• Early literacy skills indicators in a few minutes
  per student, 3x per year and ongoingas needed
  biweekly/monthly
• IDEL (K-3 in 2007-8)
• DIBELS in Spanish transferable literacy skills
• DRA (3-4 in 2006-7, 4-8 in 2007-8)
• Grade-appropriate language arts literacy
  skills2x per year
• SRI Read-180 Grades 9-12

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Which tests, for
what?

• Formative
• ELAS (PreK-K in 2006-7 and 2007-8)
• Portfolio assessment system
• DIBELS / IDEL Progress monitoring
• Literacy Benchmarks Quarterly, grades 1-8
• SRI Read-180 Grades 9-12
• Math Benchmarks 16 per year, /-
• Teacher Data Teams More about this later!!
• Diagnostic
• Teacher-made, to understand a child in depth
• Child Study Team (CST)

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PATERSON ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Which tests, for
what?

• Summative Annual
• TerraNova, grades K-2
• Supera (TerraNova in Spanish), grades K-8
• NJASK, grades 3-7
• NJASK, grade 8 (formerly GEPA)
• SPA, grades 9-10
• HSPA, grades 11-12
• End-of-year Biology, grades 9-12
• ACCESS for English Language Learners, K-12
• NJPAA, grades 3, 6, 8, 11
• Performance-based assessment pilot, rubric scored
• End of year DIBELS, IDEL, DRA, ELAS, etc.
• Final exams, Departmental and teacher-made

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The Role of AssessmentWhats in it for me, and
for my students?

• Change the Conversation fromAssessment of
  Learning to Assessment for Learning How?
• Assessment should help students learn and
  teachers teach
• Assessment data, formal and informal, should be
  used to drive instructional decisions
• Reflection and Analysis should follow every
  assessment opportunity What is working/isnt?
• Always strive to answer the question What are
  the lessons and instructional techniques that
  each student needs from me today/tomorrow?

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Assessment in the Classroom Some Examples to
Make a Difference

• Creating, changing, evaluating groupings
• Determining each students individual needs
• Selecting, evaluating differentiated instruction
• Planning lessons and delivery strategies
• Assessing which materials work for whom
• Bringing the curriculum to life in ways that work

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Who is Going to Get it Done?

• Principal
• Vice Principal
• Facilitator
• Language Arts Coach
• Mathematics Coach
• Academic Support Teacher
• Classroom Teacher

• Bilingual/ESL Teacher
• Special Education Teacher
• Classroom Teacher
• Specialist
• Guidance Counselor
• Office of Assessment
• Your Students

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Any Questions?

• Here is one.
• The Assessment question is not just
• What do my students need to do differently?
• It is
• What do I need to do differently to be most
  effective?