Mathematics COE Task Writing Workshop

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Mathematics COETask Writing Workshop

• Anton Jackson
• Mathematics Assessment Specialist

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What is the COE?

• A legislatively approved alternative to the WASL
  that is comparable in rigor to the WASL WASL is
  still the standard for assessing a students
  skills and knowledge
• One way a student can meet requirements for a
  Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA)
• Designed for students who have the skills and
  knowledge assessed on the WASL

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What is in a COE?

• Student work samples developed over time in
  academic and/or career and technical classes
• Each work sample demonstrates both mathematical
  content and process
• The work is aligned to the grade 10 Essential
  Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs), Grade
  Level Expectations (GLEs) and Washington
  Assessment of Student Learning (WASL)

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Why do a COE?

• Legislated Districts must make community aware
  of the option
• Opportunity Another option for students to
• Demonstrate skills
• Meet graduation/CAA requirements
• Alignment to Standards EALRs and GLEs

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Time Line for High School Assessments Aligned to
New Standards

• August 2008 New High School Mathematics
  Standards approved
• November 2008 August 2009
• Align existing assessment items to new
  grade-level standards
• Write new items to fill in gaps
• 2009 and 2010 Pilot new and rewritten items
• 2011 First administration of HS End of Course
  Assessments
• First administration of new WASL based on new
  standards (??)
• July 2011 State Board adopts new performance
  standards on High School End of Course Assessments

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Which Skills are Assessed?

• Number Sense
• Measurement
• Geometric Sense
• Probability and Statistics
• Algebraic Sense
• Solves Problems/Reasons Logically
• Communicates Understanding
• Makes Connections

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What about

• Released WASL items
• Good start for context, scenario, wording,
  vocabulary
• Only content or process, not both
• Not appropriate for a COE task
• Summer Modules or Segmented Materials
• Instructional, not assessment
• Contains material below grade 10
• Heavily scaffolded
• Can be modified, edited before putting in a COE

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Existing Tasks

• OSPI contractor site for COE www.coe.k12.wa.us
• Content Area Resources Mathematics
• Sample Mathematics Task Forms
• Your ESD
• COE specialists in each ESD
• Example site ESD 112
• http//web.me.com/debschneider/ESD112_COEs/ESD_112
  _COEs.html
• Your district
• Example site Puyallup School District
• http//cid-76e73c183352050c.skydrive.live.com/home
  .aspx

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How are the Tasks Useful?

• Provide focus for instruction
• Concepts, skills, procedures
• Vocabulary
• Situations, scenarios
• Provide a starting point
• To identify class work that could go into a COE
• To develop/evaluate additional tasks
• To develop task shells

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Task Shell

• Start with an existing COE task
• Identify and describe the big ideas of the task
  (the teacher is the audience)
• What is the purpose for doing the mathematics?
• What are the general steps taken?
• What are the skills used?

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Task Shell

• Determine and describe the purpose for an
  authentic use of mathematics
• Career or job, area of interest, real-world task
• Describe the steps in general terms(the teacher
  is the audience)
• Use student friendly terms
• Align purpose to one or more process targets
• Refine your description using target language
• Analyze, organize, relate,

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Task Shell

• Describe the mathematical content skills
• Number Sense, Measurement, Geometric Sense
• Align purpose to one or more content targets
• Refine your description using target language
• Estimate, predict, extend,

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Task Development

• Use the Task Shell description
• Be specific with directions (the student is the
  audience)
• Use vocabulary from the identified targets
• Inverse proportion, inequality,
• Include Be sure tos to remind students
• Be sure to define your variables.
• Be sure to include appropriate and consistent
  scales.
• Share your task with other teachers
• Revise, refine, discuss, edit,

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Contact Information

• Anton Jackson, Mathematics Specialist
• Anton.Jackson_at_k12.wa.us
• [phone]
• Lesley Klenk, COE Administrator
• Lesley.Klenk_at_k12.wa.us
• [phone]
• Amanda Mount, COE Specialist
• Amanda.Mount_at_k12.wa.us
• [phone]

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Modifications for Future Assessments

• Shorten Assessment
• Require Less Writing (Constructed Response)
• Decrease Turn Around Time
• Explore Using Technology for Administration
• Provide Diagnostic Information to Families and
  Students(Using tools other than state assessment)