Grade 3 EQAO Parent Information Session

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Grade 3 EQAO Parent Information Session

• Malvern Junior P.S.
• Presented by
• Mrs. Adams Mrs. Lang

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Welcome Parents

• Evening Agenda
• Parent Quiz How much do you know about EQAO?
• How to Use Your Practice Booklet at Home
• Grade 3 Sample Questions and Student Responses
• Question and Answer Period

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Multiple Choice

• Choose the best answer from the options below.
• The letters E.Q.A.O. stand for
• Education Quality Assessment of Ontario
• Evil Questions Attacking Ontario
• Education Quality and Accountability Office
• Equality Quotient Assessment of Ontario

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Correct Response

• C) Education Quality and Accountability Office
• It is an independent provincial agency that
  conducts province wide tests in grade 3, 6, 9 and
  10 in reading, writing and mathematics. The
  results are reported to educators, parents and
  the public.

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True or False?

• The main goal of EQAO Testing is to make
  recommendations to school boards in order to
  improve learning and teaching.

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Answer TRUE

• The tests give parents, teachers, principals and
  school boards information about how well students
  have learned what the province expects them to
  learn in reading, writing and mathematics. The
  results for each student are sent to the school
  where the testing took place. EQAO also releases
  provincial, school board and school results.

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True or False?

• E.Q.A.O. is counted as part of your childs
  report card marks.

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Answer FALSE

• The grades 3 and 6 tests do not count as part of
  a students mark and do not affect their progress
  or future opportunities in school.
• The grade 9 math test can count for up to 10 of
  the students math mark. However, students must
  pass the Grade 10 Literacy Test or Literacy
  course in order to graduate with an Ontario
  Secondary School Diploma.

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How are test results used?

• Teachers and principals get a report that shows
  how students performed in reading, writing and
  mathematics
• If many students did poorly on a particular
  skill, then teachers try to find better teaching
  strategies or resources to help students be more
  successful
• If students in many schools have similar
  difficulties, then school boards know that all
  schools need to improve their teaching strategies
  or find better resources

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True or False?

• Students on an I.E.P.(Individual Education Plan)
  do not write the E.Q.A.O. test.

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Answer FALSE

• All students are encouraged to write the test but
  some students with special needs may be exempt.
  The accommodations outlined in student IEPs
  also help students write the EQAO tests. They may
  include more time to write, a quiet setting or
  having someone read instructions or questions to
  them.

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True or False?

• Parents do not get to see the results of their
  childs EQAO Test.

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Answer FALSE

• Parents receive test results in the Fall. Results
  are sent to the school where the students wrote
  the test, and the school forwards them to any
  student who has moved to a new school.

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True or False?

• Parents can do very little to help their children
  prepare for the EQAO test at home.

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Answer FALSE

• Parents can help their children get ready for the
  EQAO test in a variety of ways.
• Use the Practice Test booklet
• Teach test-taking strategies outlined in Practice
  Booklet
• Visit the EQAO website and printing previous EQAO
  tests and examples of student responses
  (http//www.eqao.com/Parents/Elementary/036/036.as
  px)
• Encourage your child to think critically by
  asking questions and to seek answers about
  everyday topics
• http//www.eqao.com/Parents/Elementary/036/036.asp
  x

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How to Use The Practice Booklet at Home

• Separate the sections (Resource Booklet and
  Practice Test Booklet)
• Review Dr. Dons test-taking strategies (Pages
  1-19)
• Read text slowly and carefully.
• Read it again.
• Create a video of the story in your mind.
• Read the questions slowly and carefully.
• Underline KEY WORDS.
• Look in the text and find the correct answer to
  the question.
• Have your child complete assigned sections of the
  Practice Test Booklet and review responses using
  the answers in the Resource Booklet.

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Achievement Levels

• Level 1 (Code 10) D- to D (50 to 59)
• Much Below Provincial Standard
• Level 2 (Code 20) C- to C (60 to 69)
• Approaching Provincial Standard
• Level 3 (Code 30) B- to B (70 to 79)
• Meeting Provincial Standard
• Level 4 (Code 40) A- to A (80 to 100)
• Surpasses Provincial Standard

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A Good Decision
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Sample Question - Reading

• Text A Good Decision
• Open Response Question 1
• Explain why Deedee smiles at the end of
  paragraphs 7 and 8. Use details from the text to
  support your answer.
• Open Response Question 2
• Explain why Deedee says From now on, just call
  me Safe-dee! in paragraph 13. Use details from
  the text and your own ideas to support your
  answer.

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Reading Open Response Levels

• Level 1 Attempts to explain, but provides
  inaccurate support
• Level 2 Indicates a partial understanding by
  providing vague support from the reading
  selection
• Level 3 Indicates understanding by including
  some accurate and relevant support, and some
  vague or underdeveloped support
• Level 4 Indicates an understanding by
  explaining fully and provides specific and
  relevant support

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A Good Decision Level 1
Level 1 Attempts to explain, but provides
inaccurate support
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A Good Decision Level 2
Level 2 Indicates a partial understanding by
providing vague support from the reading
selection
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A Good Decision Level 3
Level 3 Indicates understanding by including
some accurate and relevant support, and some
vague or underdeveloped support
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A Good Decision Level 4
Level 4 Indicates an understanding by
explaining fully and provides specific and
relevant support
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Test-taking Skills in Mathematics

• Students need to
• understand KEY WORDS (i.e., describe, explain,
  compare) See Page 29
• determine whether the problem is simple or
  complex See page 37
• If a problem is complex, follow step-by-step
  strategy (What do I know? What do I need to find
  out? Make a plan and follow the plan.)

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Sample Question - Mathematics
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Open Response Mathematics Level 1
Level 1 Demonstrates a misunderstanding of
concepts
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Open Response Mathematics Level 2
Level 2 Demonstrates errors in the application of
the procedures
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Open Response Mathematics Level 3
Level 3 Demonstrates minor errors in the
application of the procedures
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Open Response Mathematics Level 4
Level 4 Demonstrates an accurate application of
the procedure
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Helping Your Child with Key Words in Questions

• What is the question asking me to do?
• Compare
• Define
• Describe
• Determine
• Explain/Explain your thinking
• Identify
• Justify
• List
• Predict
• Summarize

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Thank you for coming! Some Words of Wisdom for
Reflection

• "There are no shortcuts to life's greatest
  achievements."
• "Believe and you will achieve."
• "You can't learn if you don't make a mistake."
• "You don't have to be great to start but you have
  to start to be great."
• "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from
  playing the game."
• "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal.
  It is courage that counts."