Benchmark+and+Course+Assessments


 * **Benchmark and Course Assessments Topics** || **Guiding Questions** || **Dates** || **Key Personnel** || **Resources** || **Implications for Planning & PD** ||
 * Benchmark SAL identification review || Have we identified the most appropriate person to serve as our Benchmark SAL? || August || Principal || //(characteristics of a good SAL doc goes here)// ask Talonna ||  ||
 * Calendar || Do I know the dates of this year's Benchmark assessments? || August || Principal/SAL || //(updated assessment calendar goes here)// || Dates entered on master calendar. ||
 * Benchmark SAL training || Has my Benchmark SAL received current training in Benchmark process management? || September || SAL; ARE department representative; facilitator || [[file:Benchmark_Overview.ppt]] ||  ||
 * Set purpose of assessments with students and teachers || Is the purpose of the Benchmark exams clear to my students and staff? || August/September || All students who take the Benchmarks; all staff. || [[file:Benchmark_Overview.ppt]] || Whole staff PD: Discuss how teachers will involve students in this conversation. Should we take the first assessment? ||
 * SAL orientation checklist meeting || Have my SAL and I thought through the "big picture" of Benchmark to include accommodations, collaborative scoring and data analysis? || September || Principal/SAL/ARE representative || //(Benchmark SAL checklist goes here)// || Schedule conversation with key personnel. ||
 * Determine accommodations: IEP & classroom ||  || September || SAL; SPED teachers; SIT chair; || Accommodations Information

//(Accommodation identification guidelines go here// ) || No formal paperwork in place. Latitude to try an accommodation. ||
 * Administer Benchmark I - Measuring current understanding of end of year expectations. ||  || September ||   || [[file:benchmarkmanual_t2.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Administer Course Assessments ||  || September ||   || Course Assessment Resources ||   ||
 * Review accommodations || Were the accommodations given to each student effective? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Collaborative scoring including practice/calibration ||  || September: Assessment Day ||   || Reference Papers for Scoring Writing Prompts

Resources for Collaborative Scoring ||  ||
 * Scan and Audit scanning to ensure that all tests have been entered. ||  || September: Tuesday after Assessment Day ||   || Directions for Scan and Audit ||   ||
 * Item response report and/or SchoolNet training/review (staff) ||  || September ||   || Schoolnet Help Guides || Assess Module in SchoolNet ||
 * Review data as it pertains to district, region (similar schools?), school, grade level, and classroom.; plan for instruction. ||  || September ||   || Schoolnet Help Guides

Interpreting and Using Results ||  ||
 * Plan for reviewing data with students ||  || September ||   || Test ||   ||
 * Review data/items with students. Set SMART goals and individual students goals. ||  || September ||   || Schoolnet Help Guides

Michael Roth material?? ||  ||
 * Administer Benchmark II - Measuring current understanding of mid - year expectations. ||  || December ||   || [[file:benchmarkmanual_t2.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Review Round 1 correlation reports to determine effectiveness of calibration ||  ||   ||   || Correlation reports ||   ||
 * Collaborative scoring /calibration ||  || December ||   || Reference Papers for Scoring Writing Prompts

Resources for Collaborative Scoring ||  ||
 * Administer Course Assessments ||  || December ||   || Course Assessment Resources ||   ||
 * Utilize mid term results for grades ||  || December/January ||   || Course Assessments and Grades ||   ||
 * Scan and Audit scanning to ensure that all tests have been entered. ||  || January ||   || Directions for Scan and Audit ||   ||
 * Review data as it pertains to district, region (similar schools?), school, grade level, and classroom. ; plan for instruction. ||  || January ||   || Interpreting and Using Results

Schoolnet Help Guides ||  ||
 * Plan for reviewing data with students ||  ||   ||   ||   || May keep Benchmark exams 30 days after the test; May keep one grade level content TIE (Teacher Instructional Edition) permanently in a secure location. ||
 * Corroborate Benchmark/CA frameworks with CSAP frameworks. Tie to content. Integrate into intervention groups. ||  || January ||   || Schoolnet Help Guides ||   ||
 * Review data/items with students. ||  || January ||   || Schoolnet Help Guides ||   ||
 * Administer Benchmark III - Measuring current understanding of end of year expectations. ||  || April ||   || [[file:benchmarkmanual_t2.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Collaborative scoring /calibration ||  || May ||   || Reference Papers for Scoring Writing Prompts

Resources for Collaborative Scoring ||  ||
 * Administer Course Assessments ||  || April ||   || Course Assessment Resources ||   ||
 * Scan and Audit scanning to ensure that all tests have been entered. ||  || May ||   || Directions for Scan and Audit ||   ||
 * Review data as it pertains to district, region (similar schools?), school, grade level, and classroom. Plan for reviewing data with students; plan for instruction. ||  || May ||   || Interpreting and Using Results

Schoolnet Help Guides

Course Assessments and Grades ||  ||
 * Benchmark SAL identification for following year. ||  || May ||   || //(characteristics of a good SAL doc goes here)// ask Talonna ||   ||