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Before the First Day of Class. [Go to page.] |
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A. Statewide assessment reports for your district (aggregated) |
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B. Additional district and school assessments |
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C. Previous teacher reports |
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D. Report card (aggregated for the class) |
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E. Anecdotal information |
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F. First language |
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G. Other |
| 2. |
Making a Plan to Teach [Go to page.] |
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A. Setting up the standards-based goal post (a backwards-design model) for the year or semester or end-of-course. |
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B. Dividing the year into 3 or 4 sections & setting a standards-based assessment benchmark for each section based on #1 above. |
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C. Dividing each section into 3 or 4 units or themes |
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Assessment for Instruction [Go to page.] |
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Using summative holistic rubric for formative analytic instruction |
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Exemplars as benchmarks |
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Hints for differentiating instruction |
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Writing test questions: multiple choice, open-ended |
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"Response" design: rubrics, portfolio/performance, presentations |
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Statewide Assessment [Go to page.] |
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Practice reading questions and taking tests |
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Presentations |
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Portfolios and web quests |
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Test taking strategies |
