science may 2013

May 28, 2013 ASC Board Room

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Restrooms

New faces

QAR Codes

Per Juan-Carlos Aguilar, DOE Science Program Manager: “we are not rolling out

NGSS…We are revising our current science GPS in view of the vision for science

education set forth by the K-12 Framework for Science Education and the NGSS”

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Precision review of the Science GPS will start in September of 2013.

Tentative date to submit revised Science GPS for adoption by the Georgia Board of

Education is August of 2014.

Tentative date for adoption by the Georgia Board of Education of the revised Science GPS

is November of 2014.

Professional Development for teachers on the revised Science GPS will begin in the

2014-2015 school year and will continue during the 2015-2016 school year.

First year of implementation of the new Science Standards will be in the 2016-2017

school year. Assessments will be aligned to the new standards at this time.

UPDATED TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR REVISION!

Science Georgia Performance Standards

AWIM is a K-8 science and engineering based program funded by KIA with a three year implementation phase.

All 8th grade classrooms will use the JetToy Challenge during their Force & Motion Unit

Training for the JetToy Challenge will occur in September of 2013 prior to teaching the unit

The Motorized Toy Car is being evaluated for use in an exploratory class

The Glider Challenge is being evaluated for use in an ELT class

We are fortunate to have two content planning days for each subject area scheduled for the 2013-2014 school year

The content planning days will be two consecutive school days

The dates will be shared with you once they have been finalized on the professional learning calendar

The remaining slides will touch on some of the issues we will be discussing during these content planning days

In early May, teachers came together to revise common unit assessments

Previous test questions and sample questions from other tests were used to develop preliminary common unit assessments

The process is not finished and will continue throughout the school year

The revised common unit assessments will be shared prior to teaching the unit

Although the tests have been revised with district assistance, please do not refer to them as District Assessments. Policy states that District tests (Benchmarks) are not re-tested

Constructed Response

Items will be added to each Common Unit Assessment

Additional items will be developed for each unit as supplemental resources

The requirements and grading of the constructed response items will be discussed in more detail during our upcoming content planning days

Formative Assessment

Items will be developed for each unit that should be used as Formative Assessments.

These items may be constructed response items as previously discussed or they may be in another format

Formative Assessment will be discussed in more detail during our upcoming content planning days

OAS (Online Assessment System)

Due to a lack of computer lab time, OAS has not been a practical option in previous years

Additionally, OAS questions have not been the best examples of aligned content (many questions are still from QCC objectives)

However, OAS has been revised

In our efforts to develop constructed response and formative assessment items, we will re-evaluate OAS items.

This past year, we started the process of curriculum alignment. The process is massive and it still on-going.

Content Unit pages will be revised or developed based on this curriculum alignment

Some content maps, concepts, or essential questions may be revised during the alignment process

http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/curriculum1/science/8_science/waves/waves.html

http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/curriculum1/science/8_science/waves/waves.html

Pretest window August 12th – 16th

The pretest does not have to be given all on one day

The first unit overlaps with the pretest window

Remediate and/or Accelerate Days

For most units, there are two days at the end of the unit designated for remediation or acceleration

Principals agreed to return to our previous benchmark schedule; therefore, some groups may have Benchmark II after Spring Break

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