Teaching to the Test vs' Teaching to the Standards

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Teaching to the Testvs.Teaching to the
Standards
Equity and Access Partnership Summer
Institute June 15, 2005

• Melisa Hancock (KSU/USD 383)
• Sherri Martini (USD 320)
• Angie Miller (USD 475)
• David Allen (KSU)

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Historical Perspective

• 1989 First National Standards Document
• Process focus (Lack of Hard Content Guidelines)
• 1999 Kansas State Standards
• Content Focus (Did NOT address Process Focus)
• 2001 Second National Standards Document
• Content (Big Idea Focus)
• Process (The way we Teach and Learn Mathematics)
• Problem Solving, Communication, Reasoning,
  Connections, and Representation
• 2005 Implementation of New State Standards
• Content Incorporating Process Issues

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Teaching to the Test

• Identification of Tested Indicators
• Create or Obtain Samples of Tested Indicators
• Drill Students on Samples
• Large Focus on Test Taking Skills
• Teaching Mathematics in Isolation
• High Anxiety Prior to and During Testing Situation

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Teaching to the Standards

• Involves Teaching Content for Understanding
• Utilization of Process Standards as Method for
  Learning Mathematics
• Holistic Picture of Mathematics
• Linking Content Across Standards
• Teaching Students to Think About and Apply
  Mathematics in Meaningful Context
• Low Anxiety Related to Testing Situation

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Content and Process Standards

• Number and Operations
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data Analysis and Probability

• Communication
• Reasoning and Proof
• Representation
• Connections
• Problem Solving

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Planning for State Assessment

• Set goals for year long mathematics instruction
• Link standards to current curriculum
• Be familiar with tested indicators and subsequent
  position and role in curriculum
• Develop deep understanding of cognitive
  categories
• Utilize tests samples as a part of curriculum --
  not as whole curriculum

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Framing the Workshop

• Assessment Framework
• Melisa
• Content Review Committee
• Sherri and Melisa
• Implications for Professional Development
• Sherri and Angie
• Q and A
• Not me!!!! I dont know anything!!!!!!!!!