Lessons Learned: Topics for VAAP Teacher Training

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Lessons Learned Topics for VAAP Teacher Training

• 2007-2008
• Administrators Update Workshops
• Virginia Department of Education
• Fall 2007

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Division Responsibilities include

• Designing and delivering division-wide staff
  training and technical assistance
• Providing staff with manuals, Aligned Standard of
  Learning (ASOL) Crosswalks and other materials
  (SEI tags, forms)
• Developing division-wide timelines and due dates
• Designing and implementing effective monitoring
  and pre-scoring activities

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Staff Training and Technical Assistance should be

• Inclusive of all school audiences (Teachers,
  Administrators, Related Services, Private
  Providers)
• Comprehensive in coverage of VAAP instructional
  and technical issues

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2007-2008 Training Considerations(Based on
2006-2007 Audit Findings)
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General Training Considerations

• Evidence must address the stem of the ASOL
  and one bullet when the ASOL contains multiple
  bullets

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General Training Considerations

• Evidence should clearly address individual
  student achievement by precisely evaluating the
  students performance
• Worksheets must be graded
• Anecdotal records and interviews indicate how
  well the student performed on the task
• Videotapes and audiotapes include information
  regarding the number or percent of correct answers

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ASOL Reading Considerations

• Concepts should be addressed in the context cited
  in the ASOL

• ERW-8 (a)
• Student must put words in alphabetical order
  using reference materials.

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ASOL Reading Considerations

• If the ASOL requires the use of two skills, both
  most be demonstrated.

• ERC-5 (f)
• Student must ask and answer comprehension
  questions.

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ASOL Reading Considerations

• If the ASOL requires knowledge of two types of
  information, both must be addressed.

• ERW-2 (b)
• Student must identify common signs and logos.

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ASOL Reading Considerations

• If the ASOL requires knowledge of two types of
  information, both must be addressed.

• ERC-1
• Student must demonstrate comprehension of
  fiction and nonfiction
• Note Identify the fiction and nonfiction
  passages clearly on the evidence

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ASOL Math Considerations

• If the ASOL requires knowledge of two types of
  information, both must be demonstrated.

• M-M3
• Student must tell time using analog and
  digital clocks.

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ASOL Math Considerations

• Understanding math terms in ASOL.

• Concrete objects
• Types of graphs
• Non-standard units of measurement

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ASOL Math Considerations

• If the ASOL requires the use of two
• skills, both must be demonstrated.

• M-CE3
• Student must show addition and subtraction of
  10 or less.

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ASOL Science Considerations

• If the ASOL requires the demonstration of two
  skills, both must be addressed.

• S-R 5
• Student must
• investigate
• and
• understand.

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ASOL History Considerations

• If the ASOL requires knowledge of two types of
  information, both must be demonstrated.

• HS-G2
• Student must
• show the use
• of maps and
• globes.

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Questions

• Virginia Department of Education
• Division of Student Assessment and
• School Improvement
• [phone]