your journey to differentiated instruction using map
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Your Journey to Differentiated Instruction using MAP
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Setting the Stage
Welcome and introductions
Structure for the morning
Agenda Self Assessment
Vocabulary
Reports
Differentiated Instruction
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Self Assessment of DI
I am aware I understand I can apply I can teach others
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Differentiated Questions
Aware: What would move you to the understanding level? Be specific.
Understand: Come up with a concise definition for Differentiated Instruction
Apply: What questions might teachers have when trying to implement DI strategies in their classrooms?
Teach: Share 3 DI strategies that you have used.
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A Rationale for Differentiation in Today’s Schools
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1. I use DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning® for lesson planning and goal setting.
2. I use the Class Breakdown by RIT Report for lesson planning and grouping.
3. I use the Teacher Report to make instructional decisions.
4. I can identify strengths and areas of need using MAP data.
5. I know how to access and understand growth projections for students.
6. I set goals with my classes and students.
Self-Assessment
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Activating Prior Knowledge
Adaptive Assessment
RIT Scale as a Growth Measure
Normative Data
Instructional Readiness
DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning
Primary Grades Instructional Data
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Teacher Report
Displays the teacher’s class data for the current testing term, by RIT score
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Accessing the Teacher Report
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Accessing the Class Report
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Standard Deviation
Larger standard deviation indicates more academic diversity
How might this impact instruction?
Smaller standard deviations indicate that students are more alike.
How might this impact instruction?
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Class Breakdown by RIT Reports
Displays the teacher’s class data by subject and horizontally by RIT for current test term.
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Accessing Instructional Resources: Class by RIT Reports
Class Breakdown by Goal for Reading
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BREAK
TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK
When you return, go to computer labs and log in to
your NWEA reports.
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Class Breakdown Reports and DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning®
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Connecting Data to Instruction
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What is Differentiation?
“Differentiation is classroom practice that looks eyeball-to-eyeball with the reality that kids differ, and the most effective teachers do whatever it takes to hook the whole range of kids on learning.”
-Carol Ann Tomlinson
CDL, DI
According to Students’
Through a Range of Instructional and Management Strategies
Source: The Differentiated Classroom, Tomlinson 1999
Content Process Product
InterestsReadiness Learning Profile
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Teachers Can Differentiate
Differentiating Content
Content is what students learn
Reflects state and/or national standards (usually)
Includes curriculum facts, concepts, attitudes, skills, and materials related to the subject
Gives students choices to add depth to learning
Gives students additional resources that match their levels of understanding
CDL, DI
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Process
Process is how students learn: How they make sense of, understand, and own key facts and skills
Reflects students’ learning styles and preferences
Varies the learning process depending on how students learn
Synonymous with activity
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Process Differentiation
Structure Activity
Discussion Format
Learning Materials
Detailed directions Inquiry-driven with few directions
Teacher-led with modeling
Discussion questions provided
Word problems and hypothetical situations
Manipulatives and concrete examples
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Product
Tends to be tangible (i.e., reports, speeches, tests, or skits)
Draws on knowledge and skill achieved over time (usually)
Requires students to apply or extend understanding and skill (usually)
Reflects student understanding
Provides challenge, variety, and choice
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Wiki Walk
Begin on ESU 8 Home Page
Go under Departments to Staff Development
Go to Staff Development Wiki and on the right hand side down toward the bottom are the school wiki pages
Click on Battle Creek
Source: The Differentiated Classroom, Tomlinson 1999
Paragraph Shrinking Tiered Lessons 4-MAT
Jigsaw Tiered Centers Varied questioning strategies
Taped material Tiered Products Interest Centers
Anchor Activities Learning Contracts Interest Groups
Varying Organizers Small Group Instruction Varied Homework
Varied Texts Group Investigation Compacting
Supplementary Materials Orbitals Varied Journal Prompts
Literature Circles Independent Study Complex Instruction
Cubing Tiered Assignments Reading Buddies
Sample Differentiated Strategies
http://resources-for-differentiation.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Tool+Box
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Report Back
Share what the strategy is
Give an example of how it can be used in a classroom
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Your Afternoon Assignment
Take the Google Survey http://bit.ly/XwoznR
Use your MAP data to design a differentiated lesson
Enjoy your afternoon
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The MAP® Adaptive Assessment
Beginning Literacy
Adult Reading
6th Grade
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MAP Test
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Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale
Achievement scale is an equal-interval scale
Used to show growth over time
Independent of grade level
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Grade-LevelNorms
RIT Skills Data
DesCartes or Primary Grades
Instructional Data
K
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Measuring Growth
221-230
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Normative Data: Bringing Context to the Data
Grade-level norms Typical
performance
Beginning-of-Year, Middle-of-Year, and End-of-Year
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NWEA™ Research
What are expected RIT and growth scores?
Normative Data, grades K-10
Scale Alignment Studies Aligns RIT scale with state proficiency
benchmarks
NWEA Goal Structures
typical
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Instructional Level vs. Mastery
The MAP test: Provides information about the
instructional level of the student.
Provides a road map for students toward achieving mastery.
Is not a test for determining mastery of skills.
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Ready for Instruction Today
Ready for
Instruction
Today
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RIT Skills and ConceptsDesCartes or Primary
Grades Instructional Data
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DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning®
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Primary Grades Instructional Data