MEETINGOBJECTIVES:DecidehowtoBESTpreparestudentsforthenewCMAS

assessmentsfor7thand12thgrades.TestingWindow:OnlineSocialStudiesExamfor4thand
7thgrades:April14May2,201412thgradeinOctober,2014.

OUTCOMES:Increaseprobabilityofsuccessforstudents,especiallythosewhonormally
strugglewithsuchassessments(Canbebasedoffofdatafromdatateams)

Time:9:50am10:30am

DISCUSSIONTOPICS/PROPOSEDIDEAS:
1)Createsummativeassessmentswhichmimicthetest.CanwerunthisonlineinCanvasnow
thattheInternetismostlyfixed?
2)Skillstestedreadinginformationaltextformeaning.Primarysourceexcerpts,maps,
graphs,politicalcartoons,etc.
3)Howshoulditlook?Multiplechoicequestionsattachedtoinformationaltext.Shortwritten
responsewithinformationaltext?
4)Howtoteachtesttakingstrategies,example:Howtoeliminateimprobableanswers.
5)Whichgrades?When?Whichmonth/units?HeathersuggestedWWIIunitfor7thgradein
April.

Lookatthe7thand12thgradeexampleswehavebeenusingforourdatateams:
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out_v2&cid=1205794393634&p=1205794393634&pagename=coPALPWrapper&resourcecateg
ory=ePAT