Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Week 8: Assessment and the Common Core

It’s our final week together!

TOPIC:
Assessment and the Common Core

READING FOR THIS WEEK:
Coming Soon: A New Generation of Assessments by Nancy A. Doorey (article in Educational Leadership December 2012/January 2013, p. 28-34)

THIS WEEK’S PROMPT:

  • Visit the Smarter Balanced website and try the practice items: http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm
  • What differences do you see between Smarter Balanced and current WA state assessments (MSP or EOC)? What needs to be happening in math classrooms to prepare students to be successful on the Smarter Balanced assessment?

DUE DATES:

  • by Friday, May 10 Your initial response to the prompt should be posted.
  • by Tuesday, May 14  Revisit this site and respond to at least one of your fellow participant’s comments.

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