Instructional Support Modules In Reading

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Instructional Support Modules In Reading

• How to Score Assessments and How to Use
  Assessment to Improve Student Learning

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About the Modules

• Improve reading comprehension
• Stand-alone or integrated
• Core instructional Strategies
• Pre, during, and post reading strategies
• Pre, post, and formative assessments

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About the Assessments

• One passage for assessment
• Different passage for instruction
• Pre and post assessments written using WASL stem
  document
• Rubric provided for each constructed response
  question
• NEW Three multiple choice questions

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About the Instruction

• Main GLE with embedded secondary GLEs
• Focus on reading comprehension skills
• Based on WASL strands/Targets
• Explicit teacher/student directions
• Visual examples of activities

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About Scoring

• Constructed responses are two or four points
• Rubrics provided for each question
• Student Anchors provided for each question
• Annotations for scores provided for each question

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Using the Assessments

• Give pre-assessment first with no instruction
• Score using tools provided
• Teach the instructional module
• Give post-assessment with no instruction
• Score using tools provided

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Using Assessment to Improve WASL Scores

• AFTER all module work is completed, use the
  pre/post assessments for instruction
• New document available with guidelines on how to
  use the assessments to improve WASL scores

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Scoring Workshop

• Read The Most Perfect Swimmer
• Review Pre-assessment questions
• Review Rubrics for each question
• Use Student Anchors to guide discussion

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How to Use Practice Set

• Review Post-assessment questions
• Review Rubrics
• Individually, score the practice set using the
  rubric
• In groups, compare scores and discuss

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Teaching Students to Score

• AFTER modules have been completed, use pre/post
  assessments to train students to score
• Use the How to guide when teaching students to
  score

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Value of Scoring Training

• Teachers learn how to adjust instruction based
  upon assessment
• Students learn the mystery behind WASL
  expectations
• Teachers can write their own questions based on
  other passages
• Students can rewrite answers to upgrade scores

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OSPI Scoring Opportunities

• Range-finding Committee
• Teacher Scoring Summer 2007
• Item Writing Committee
• Module Writing Committee Feb. 2007