How can I prepare

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TEST PREP
How can I prepare my students for the NMSBA?
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The trend in national standards-based testing
is to remove the ability for kids to guess
their answers! They are being required to
provide evidence for how they got their
answers. A great deal of effective writing is
being required of our students.
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NMSBA
Multiple Choice 70 of the test 50 of the
scoring weight
Open-Ended Questions 30 of the test 50 of the
scoring weight
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ACE RUBRIC
ACE THOSE ANSWERS!!
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ACE Rubric
AAnswer the question! CCite evidence from
the text! EExpand your answer!
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ACE Rubric
AAnotar la respuesta CContar evidencia del
texto EExtender tu respuesta
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Short Answer Responses
When answering short answer responses, use the
ACE strategy
A answer the question C cite evidence from
the text E extend your answer
You may receive a total of three points for
each response. You need to keep track of your
progress by recording your score on the grid. Put
an x on your score for each assignment.
Check means the student could perform the
expectation.
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Short Answer Responses
Name_______
When answering short answer responses, use the
ACE strategy
A answer the question C cite evidence from
the story E expand your answer
You may receive a total of three points for
each response. You need to keep track of your
progress by recording your score on the grid. Put
an x on your score for each assignment.
means the student could perform the
expectation.
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How am I doing in ACEing my reading quizzes
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How am I doing on ACEing my reading quizzes?
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GOAL
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ACE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR READING
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ACE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR READING
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ACE
Score-___ I answered the question.___yes _
__no I supported my answer from the
text..___yes___no I expanded my
answer.___yes___no Name_______________
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ACE Score-___ I
answered the question___yes___no I
supported my answer from the text..___yes___no I
expanded my answer.___yes___no Name___
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SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES
You may receive a total of 3 points per
answer
Use the ACE strategy.A-Answer the question
C-Cite evidence from the text E-Expand
your answer
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SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES
You may receive a total of 3 points per
answer
Use the ACE strategy.A-Answer the question
C-Cite evidence from the text E-Expand
your answer
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ACE IMPROVEMENT PLAN Name Jorge Martinez
Date Feb.14th Subject
Literature,2nd period PLAN I need to improve
how I respond to short answer questions so that I
can improve my reading comprehension, class grade
and my score on the SBA DO I am fairly good at
answering the questions, but I always forget or
dont bother to say why I got that answer from
what I read. I need to focus on the C part of ACE
and state evidence for why I came to my
conclusion about the answer. I also need to write
more about my answer, which is the E part of ACE.
I need to try and think of something more to say
about the text that will add value to the
writing, like what might happen next or if I have
any personal experience with what the characters
are experiencing. I will re-read my work and use
the ACE scoring guide to help see if Im doing
all the parts of ACE. I should underline the
different parts of ACE as I do them. STUDY I
will re-check my plan in two weeks and see if it
helped to bring up my score on the next ACE quiz.
My teacher will assess my progress also. ___My
plan worked! ___I need another improvement plan!
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ACE Improvement Plan Name_____________
Date____________ Subject____________ P
LAN_________________________________________ DO
__________________________________________________
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___________________________________ STUDY_______
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________________________ ___My plan worked! ___I
need another improvement plan!
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ACE ASSIGNMENT
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ANCHOR PAPER
What kind of girl was Goldilocks? AGoldil
ocks was a very naughty little girl. CI know
she was naughty because she broke in the Bears
house, ate their food and broke their chairs and
stuff. Thats illegal and you could go to jail if
you got caught. EI bet Goldilocks mom is going
to be mad at her when she gets home. She might
get sent to time out. I have been naughty a few
times. Sometimes I get caught and sometimes I get
away with it.
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ANCHOR PAPER
What kind of person was Amir from The Kite
Runner? AAmir was a chicken, but he was also a
good person. He was not a very loyal friend, but
he did have a conscience that bothered him. CHe
was too afraid to stick up for his friend Hassan
because he Was only thinking of himself and how
afraid he was of the bullies that were hurting
Hassan. Then he framed Hassan for stealing his
money so that he could get him to go away. He
wanted him to go away because his conscience
bothered him every time he saw him. He felt so
guilty for what he did to Hassan that he thought
about it for the rest of his life. But in the
end, he rescued Hassans son from the orphanage
to make up for his past. EI dont think I could
ever do that to my friend. I know I would help
my friends, no matter what risk it would cause
for me. I would rather be hurt than have no
loyalty.
Answer-Red Cite-Blue Expand-Green
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THIRD GRADE
How are we doing in meeting our ACE goal?
Students Score
GOAL Increase students making a 3 on our
extended response questions
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How are we doing in ACE..ing our extended
responses in Language Arts?
A Answers the question C Cites evidence from
the text E Expands the answer
Percentage of students who are meeting ACE
expectations
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NM Standards-based rubric for Grades 4-9 Writing
Prompt
Evidence of planning (list, web, outline) 1
point awarded No evidence of planning 0
points awarded
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ACE Rubric
For Math
AAnswer the problem! CCompute your
work! EExplain how you got your answer!
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ACE Rubric
For Math
AAnotar la respuesta CComputar
su trabajo EExplicar como resolvio el
problema
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NEW MEXICO RUBRIC FOR OPEN-ENDED ITEMS IN MATH
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KID LANGUAGE
NEW MEXICO RUBRIC FOR OPEN-ENDED ITEMS IN MATH
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KID-FRIENDLY 4 POINT RUBRIC

• Your ADVANCED score
• has enough details to show you understood the
  problem.
• is organized and complete.
• completely explains your ideas and math thinking.
• has a correct answer.
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• Your PROFICIENT score
• has some details to show you understood the
  problem.
• is mostly organized.
• explains your ideas and math thinking.
• has a correct answer.
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• Your NEARLY PROFICIENT score
• doesnt have enough details to show you
  understood the problem.
• is unorganized and unclear.
• doesnt clearly explain your ideas or math
  thinking

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Name Rodrigo Grade Kindergarten Score4,
Advanced
ACE..your math questions
Explanation Student told teacher I knew the
answer because I have five fingers and that makes
five cookies. I drew my hand and made a cookie
for each finger. I counted the cookies to check
STANDARD Number Sense Grade Level Power
Standard One-to-One Correspondence Marco has
the same number of cookies as he does fingers.
How many cookies does he have?
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ELEMENTARY MATH EXAMPLE
How many legs do two cows and 3 chickens have?
A.14
C
4 4 2 2 2 14
E I droo the cowS and chix and then I cownted
all the lags. And then I mad the ekwshun.
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There are 29 NBL teams. Each team is allowed to
have 12 active players and 3 on injured
reserve. How many players are in the NBL at any
one time?
A(Answer) 435 players C (Compute) or show
your work X (123) 29 29
X (15) 29 x15
X 435 145
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writing. 435 First, I figured out that each
team was allowed to have 12 players plus 3 who
were hurt and that equals 15 total players on
each team. Then I multiplied the sum by 29 to get
my answer of 435. I showed my work in an
algebraic equation. OR You could round 29 up to
30 and multiply by 15 to get 450. Then you would
subtract a group of 15 from 450 to get the same
answer435.
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ACE..your math questions
NMSBA Rubric Score ____
Standard_______________________Benchmark________
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Explanation_____________________________________
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MATH PROBLEM SOLVING GRAPH
GOAL
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MATH PROBLEM SOLVING GRAPH
GOAL
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How are we doing in meeting our math goal?
GOAL Increase percentage of students making a 3
or 4 on our extended response questions
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Is our class improving on Extended Response Tests
in Math?
GOAL Our class will increase the percentage of
students scoring a 4 on the math rubric!
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Things that have WORKED with kids
Post the rubric in your room Teach it to
your kids Remind them why its important Have
them use the check-sheets on each reading/writing
assignment Have them assess themselves Have
them chart their progress Use peer evaluators
Show benchmark paperswhat it really looks
like to make a 3. Check on their scores
periodically Give an occasional
assessment Post the class data from the
assessment Attach a gimmick(collecting ACE
cards)
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ASSIGNMENT
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The kids will need to have input here.
What do we need to change in order to get
better next week?
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What do we need to change in order to get
better next week?
ELEMENTARY EXAMPLE
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What do we need to change in order to get
better next week?
SECONDARY EXAMPLE
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What do we need to change in order to get
better next week?
MATH EXAMPLE
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ACE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
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ACTIVITY
Work with your grade level or department
team TOGETHER, brainstorm possibilities to
answer the following Are you already using
ACE? If so, how? If not, how could you use this
rubric in your classroom or department? How
might it help you with processes you are already
using in your class? How will you get your kids
engaged in this process? How will you use some
of the materials presented? Make a sample PDSA
chart that you think you could use in your class
or department that would reflect learning toward
ACE. What tools would you use to monitor
progress? i.e. bar graph, stacked-bar graph,
scattergram, line graph, other?? Be ready to
share your plans and ONE example with the group.
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Possible tools to chart the data
Line graph/ Run chart
Scattergram/ Dot Graph
Bar graph
Pie Chart
Stacked Bar Graph