Formative Assessment:

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Formative Assessment

• Philipsburg Osceola Area School Districts
• 4Sight Toward Increasing Student Achievement

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Presenters

• Centre for Data-Driven Decision-Making in
  Education
• Jane Harbert, CDDRE Consultant
• Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District
• Susan P. Blyth, Assistant Superintendent
• Jeffrey Baker, Principal
• Gina Walls, Teacher and Team Member

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Invitation

• Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Acting Secretary of
  Education
• Discussion
• Application
• 4Sight Benchmark Assessments
• Research Based
• District Needs

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4Sight Benchmarks
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4Sight BenchmarksA Formative Data Tool

• What do each of these items have in common?
• The dip-stick under the hood of a car
• A checkbook ledger
• A blood pressure cuff
• A childs thermometer

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4Sight BenchmarksA Formative Data Tool

• Another tool that can help direct our actions is
  
• 4Sight Benchmarks.

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Alignment of 4Sight with State Expectations

• How does the 4Sight Benchmark mirror the look and
  feel of the state high-stakes reading assessment?

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Alignment of 4Sight with State Expectations

• Particularly note
• Length of passages
• Types of passages
• Types of questions (what skill or strategy is
  being addressed)
• Types of questions stems/or the format of the
  question

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PSSA is the measure in Pennsylvania

• Student Reports will include
• Scale score
• Performance level
• Subscales reporting reading categories of
• Comprehension and Reading Skills (standards 1.1
  and 1.2)
• Interpretation and Analysis of Fiction and
  Nonfiction (standards 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3)

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PSSA is the measure in Pennsylvania

• Subscales reporting math categories of
• Numbers and Operations (standards 2.1 and 2.2)
• Measurement (standard 2.3)
• Geometry (standards 2.9 and 2.10)
• Algebraic Concepts (standard 2.8)
• Data Analysis and Probability (standards 2.6 and
  2.7)
• Standards 2.4 and 2.5 are process standards and
  will be required skills throughout the PSSA.

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PSSA Reading Blueprint2005
Source Pennsylvania Department of Education
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PSSA Math Blueprint2005
Source Pennsylvania Department of Education
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4Sight Two Types of Data

• Proficiency Levels
• Diagnostic Subscales

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Implementation of 4Sight

• Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent
• Board of Directors
• School Principals
• Teachers
• School Teams
• All School Staff

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Principals Role

• Introduction to staff
• Establish a team
• Oversee administration of assessments
• Data interpretation
• Member Center
• Identify Needs
• How are the needs addressed?

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Role of the Team

• Relationship to the schools staff
• Lead the initiative
• Assist with data interpretation
• Member Center

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Continued Achievement 4Sight

• Where do we go from here?
• Discussion items
• District needs
• Grades 9 - 11

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More Information

• Contact information
• Jane Harbert jharbert_at_successforall.net
• Susan Blyth sblyth_at_pomounties.org
• Jeff Baker jbaker_at_pomounties.org
• Gina Walls vwalls_at_pomounties.org

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Formative Assessment

• Philipsburg Osceola Area School Districts
• 4Sight Toward Increasing Student Achievement