I am Rich TolisanoDirector of Partner Success, The Graide Network

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A Success Story

Clayton County

Public Schools

Formative Assessment

Help all stakeholders better understand, track, and fuel student preparedness, performance, and growth.

1. Insights on how to create a culture of achievement and

rigor in your school or district

2. Learn about the impact and role of feedback in

formative assessment

3. Understand the different types of assessments

4. Actionable tips and best practices on how to implement

formative assessment, including timelines

Today’s Webinar Takeaways

Today’s Presenters

Kristie HeathDistrict Coordinator for Advanced Learning, Gifted, & Intervention

Gregg NaranjoSpecial Projects Manager

Dr. Ebony LeeAssistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Strategy for student success in Clayton County Public Schools

Advanced Learning for All

Preparing ALL Students for College

Aligning Actions With Our Aspirations

REMEDIATION

ACCELERATION

CCPS Students

32% will move in and out

72 languages spoken

83% qualify for free/reduced lunch

40% or less of graduates will enroll in college

70% of those who apply, need remediation

Focusing on Acceleration

North Clayton High School. 004.clayton.k12.ga.us

How did you build your strategy?

Our Strategy

“Our students had much more to gain by being challenged.”

Results

Students completing Advanced Learning coursework.

Increases in student Lexile measurement, Achieve 3000 (9-12), Georgia Milestones (3-12), and SAT scores. Record AP exam qualifying rates.

Higher student attendance

Rates of discipline declined 18% in 2 years.

Increase and growth in the following areas:

Challenges

Three Initiatives

Communication

Teacher Supports for Formative Assessment

Professional Development

Communication

“We are a community of high performance.”

Photo Credit: clayton.k12.ga.us

Professional Development

Formative Assessment Supports

Enter NMSI!

Photo Credit: nms.org

Access and achievement in rigorous AP English and STEM coursework

College Readiness Program from NMSI

● Summer and fall training days for teachers

● Curricular support

● Saturday study sessions for students

● Monetary incentives

Core Program

Photo Credit: nms.org

Clayton County Program

+ Instructional coaches

+ Monthly online PLCs

+ Practice and feedback on formative assessments

● Summer and fall training days for teachers

● Curricular support

● Saturday study sessions for students

● Monetary incentives

How are the assessments designed?

Assessment Pathways

1-3 FRQs per assessment* + recommended

sequence

Detailed scoring and

feedback reports!

✓ AP Biology✓ AP Calculus✓ AP Chemistry✓ AP Environmental Science ✓ AP Language and Composition✓ AP Literature and Composition✓ AP Statistics✓ AP Physics

7 assessments per course

Scope

1-3 FRQs per assessment* + recommended

sequence

Detailed scoring and

feedback reports!

◉ Each assessment covered a major skill/unit concept within the AP® course

◉ STEM courses = up to 3 FRQs per assessment

◉ ELA courses = 1 FRQ per assessment

7 assessments per course

Remember to scaffold!

Long-Cycle Formative Assessment

Timely enough to impact learning

Substantive enough to measure skills

How It Works

Teachers administer an assessment

Matched to a Graider

Teachers and students receive detailed reports

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In most papers, analysis could be stronger in m . Most students were able to successfully identify characters' racial/educational beliefs but did not explicitly examine how the characters demonstrated those beliefs. Thesis statements could have been...

Class Areas of Strength Class Areas for Growth

Class Summary FeedbackObservations and insights from your Graider about the class as a whole.

AnalyticsData dashboard quickly highlights student and class performance trends.

Teacher Reports

Nathan, you do an excellent job using current events as a compelling introduction to a very relevant claim by Wilde. Your writing had a very consistent position that seemed to support Wilde’s claim throughout, both with your examples and your analysis of the examples. Your explanation of the examples in each body paragraph were brief, but followed by the analysis that really makes the essay stronger. A great example of this is your Boston Tea Party paragraph -you briefly alluded that the Americans dumped tea into the harbor, but then focused on explaining how it lead to something greater - liberation from Britain. Keep up the good work!

Your thesis could be improved by stating a specific act of betrayal and how it contributes to the whole meaning of the play. Similar to how you wanted to analyze several acts of betrayal, you could "read" the play through one specific act of betrayal. This means using that specific act of betrayal to show how it impacts how readers should read the play. This will help you focus your argument and choose the right evidence. Consistency: it seems like the first two body paragraphs only focus on how Hamlet is betrayed by others, but the last paragraph seems to be focusing on how he betrayed his mother. Focusing on one specific act of betrayal will eliminate this inconsistency.

What You Did Well Areas for Improvement Personalized FeedbackNarrative feedback for each student, synthesized into top areas of strength and top areas for improvement.

Rubric-Based ScoringStudents receive a score for each rubric component along with an overall score.

Thank you,FatimaUniversity of Michigan

Rubric Criteria Your Score

Out of

Ideas and Content 5 9

Student Reports

ANALYZE REVISE ADJUST INSTRUCTION

Role of Instructional Coaches

Effective teaching and learning cycles fueled by fast feedback

Formative Assessment

Feedback is one of the most powerful instructional tools. Let’s get your students more of it.

Reciprocal

Teaching

Feedback

Spaced

Practice

Metacognition

Note Taking & Direct

Instruction

Teaching Problem

Solving

Mastery Learning

Inquiry Learning

Concept Mapping &

Worked Examples

Student Control Over

Learning

Problem Based

Learning

Teaching Test

Taking

Source: John Hattie Visible Learning (London; Routledge, 2009); a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement

+8 months of class

time

Feedback is Impartial

“Academic feedback is more strongly and consistently related to

achievement than any other teaching behavior. […] This

relationship is consistent regardless of grade, socioeconomic

status, race, or school setting.”- Bellon, Bellon and Blank, Teaching from a Research Knowledge

Base: A Development and Renewal Process

“

Assessment Cycle

“I have a master's degree and more than

25 years’ experience and am making less

than I was making 10 years ago but am

putting in many more hours now.”

“The demands placed on public school

teachers are quite literally impossible to

reasonably accomplish.”

Online Grading Support

Fast, effective feedback from expert readers

On-Demand, Vetted Graiders

Initial Results

*Courses that used The Graide Network for 6+ assignments, on average. Source: The College Board. (2015-2019). Sample Size: 5,332 exams.

Increase in rate of qualifying AP scores

of students reported an increase in engagement and motivation

decrease in students scoring ≤ 3 on AP English practice FRQs

Key Drivers

More opportunities to practice

Specific feedback to build student confidence and preparedness

Shift teacher time from measurement to action

Monthly data analysis by all stakeholders

Formative or Interim? Written assessments can be either interim or formative assessments -it all depends on how the way they are designed and used.

Done well, interim assessments serve as “long-cycle” formative assessment.

Formative Assessment Interim Assessment Summative Assessment

Short-Cycle Medium Cycle Long-Cycle Formative Classroom District/State

Immediate or rapid evidence of student learning within a lesson

Short term evidence of student learning across related lessons

Medium term evidence of student learning and progress toward learning goals

Verify whether students have learned the content provided and if they are deemed proficient on the measured standards

High utility to students and teachers

High utility to students, teachers and parents

High utility to students, teachers, parents, and administrators

High utility to students, teachers, parents, and administrators

High utility to administrators and policy makers

Primary use: instructional Primary use: instructional, evaluative, and/or predictive

Primary use: evaluative

Where does formative assessment fit in?

Poll

What is your biggest challenge with formative assessment?

a) Operational planning and logisticsb) Timeliness of datac) Teacher buy-in or usaged) Time constraints e) Lack of direct value for students

Formative Assessment

Students◉ Self-reflection◉ Metacognition◉ Engagement◉ Goal setting◉ Learning growth

Teachers◉ Data analysis◉ Collaboration◉ Instructional planning◉ Extensions &

interventions◉ Targeted student

supports

Administrators◉ Data analysis◉ Data-driven decision

making◉ Strategic planning◉ Teacher training &

PD◉ Student supports

A powerful tool that can help students, teachers, and administrators better understand, track, and evaluate performance and growth over the course of the school year - when it’s paired with feedback.

Formative assessment: the how and why

Implementation

Balanced Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Interim Assessment

Short-Cycle Medium Cycle Long-Cycle Formative

Within lesson assessment

Classroom assignments

Unit writing benchmarks

Three Practices

Close reading + writing performance tasks

➔ built into our medium-cycle and long-cycle formative assessments

Academic discussion teacher training

➔ how they are thinking, how they are driving the conversation?

Higher order questioning

➔ indicates if students are truly mastering concepts

Formative Assessment Support

An Effective Assessment Cycle

Tactical Considerations

Scheduling

How do you align your PD calendar with your formative assessment calendar? Is there possibly enough time for all those meetings?

Teacher Buyin

How can teachers get excited about assessment for teaching and learning, rather than seeing it as compliance?

Aligning Calendars

District

Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

School Leader PLCSchool Leader PLCSchool Leader PLC School Leader PLC

Teacher PLCsTeacher PLCsTeacher PLCsTeacher PLCs Teacher PLCs Teacher PLCs

Teacher Buyin

Lessons learned from NMSI

Tips for Implementation

Best Practices

Promote collaboration

Give teachers ownership

Use data to drive

discussions

✓ Crowdsource agenda topics from teachers

✓ Use forms and polling tools to gather input

✓ What have I learned about my students from formative assessment?

✓ What actions can I take with my students moving forward?

✓ Weekly or monthly time for PLCs

✓ Meeting best practices for follow up

Final thoughts from Clayton County

Takeaways

Takeaways

Clear and Aligned Vision

Focused Strategic Plan

Assessment Practices

➔ Can an individual classroom teacher or

parent repeat the motto or core tenants?

➔ Focus on 3 goals

➔ Use data to help you get where

you want to go

Next Steps for CCPS

Photo Credit: Clayton County Public Schools Facebook Page

Assessment Planning Timeline

May - Jun

Outline plan for

scoring, feedback and

analysis

Mar - Apr

Select prompts, rubrics

and norming materials

Jan - Feb

Determine focus areas

Nov - Dec

Select committee

members, evaluate current

assessment structure.

Jul

Plan assessment and

PD calendar

Assessment Delivery Timeline

Q1

Jul Aug Sept

Q2

Oct Nov Dec

Q3

Jan Feb Mar

Q4

Apr May Jun

Student Conferences

Teacher PLC Planning

Teacher PLC Analysis

District Leader Meetings

Assessments

Reflection

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