2. THE SEQUEL
A process that teams can use to filter the vast
number of standards to determine which are
most essential
3. Identify the Essential Learnings, Target Outcomes or
Power Standards
From state standards, common core, district
objectives
The reason is to obtain a collective focus on what
students must learn, which will lead to what will
be monitored with common formative assessments
Based on 3 criteria
7. Teachers individually review the list of
standards/objectives for a subject area.
Check the standards you believe to be power
standards based on the criteria
Meet together, but work independently
Shouldn’t take to long
Gut reaction
8. Teacher teams need to come to agreement and
build a consensus about which standards are
essential learnings
Compare common checks
Encourage discussion vs voting
This step might take some time
Note: Important that everyone has a voice
9. Alignment-
Check with other teams- grade level or cross-
curricular
Look over what will likely be on state tests-
examine released items
10. Montana Analysis and Reporting System
Can find:
CRT release items
Item Analysis
Montana Common core field test items
grade 10-11-12
Smarter Balance sample test questions
I will email the link with the user name &
password for these sites:
11. Next Step:
Unwrap and Analyze Standards
( Interpretation and intent )
It is important to decide when to teach each standard
and how long it will take (units)
Common Formative Assessment
Notas del editor
Common –Arrow out--- what do we do when students haven’t learned it?Essential learnings- how will we know when we learned it?
First critical question what do we want students to learn and be able to do when they are done with your unit or course. 3 CRITERIA to determine if a standard /objective is essentialMarzano and Kendall --- examined national standards & how long it would take to teach against the time we have toteach and it would take 23 years to teach the entire list!
Beyond test prep used during the future units or over a period of yearsEXAMPLE– context clues for unknown word life-long skill
Bang for your buck standard--- EXAMPLE– students taught how to read graphs in Math and apply this skill in ScienceStates sometimes have same or similar standard in two different areas..Domains that Judy and Kate talked about that are common to every subject
Some standards are taught because they are a prerequisite skill for future learningEXAMPLE- logarithms are taught in math because students will use and interpret them in Chemistry also Kindergarten
One way to do thisFirst bullet--- considering the 3 criteria
END OF SLIDE-----Once you have discussed, debated, argued, whatever and have come up with a team decision then this is your DRAFT
Double check draft
Just distinguishing the standards that are essential from the nice to know standards does not mean every team member will have the same interpretation of those standards, nor will it be easy to align your assessments with the standards as written, because many are written as a conglomeration of skills and knowledge that provide a broad picture of proficiency or they use terms that are difficult to measure…leaves room for interpretation. Talk about group handbook for team notebook and show individual binders
