Assessment

Sample Common Core Questions from New York -- designed to emphasize the instructional shifts demanded by the Common Core for both ELA and Math http://www.p12.nysed.gov/apda/common-core-sample-questions/
   * Multiple Choice
   * Short Constructed Response
   * Extended Constructed Response


As you look at these sample questions, the New York site recommends you do the following:
* Interpret the way the standards are conceptualized in each question.
* Note the multiple ways the standard is assessed throughout the sample questions.
* Take note of numbers (e.g., fractions instead of whole numbers) used in the samples.
* Pay attention to the strong distractors in each multiple-choice question.
* Don’t consider these questions to be the only way the standard will be assessed.
* Don’t assume that the sample questions represent a mini-version of future state assessments.

* Sample Smarter Balance Math Items - SBAC http://www.yuureka.com/resources-1/common-core/SBACSampleMathItems.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

* Sample Smarter Balance ELA and Math Items in a ppt http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/documents/ab250typassit512.pdf

Sample Math Items - SBAC Showcase Draft 1 

* Sample 4th Gr Math Items - SBAC Showcase Draft 2 http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DRAFTMathItemSpecsShowcase2.pdf

* SBAC Math Test Item Specifications: Showcase 3 (2/2012) -  (reposted)

* Content Specifications for the Summative assessment of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (reposted)

Assessing Mathematical Understanding - Kindergarten and 1st Grade - aligned with Common Core - includes video clips http://educationnorthwest.org/common-core/assessing-mathematical-understanding


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Protocols and Research to look at Depth of Knowledge in the Classroom


Depth of Knowledge
* Overview and resources http://www.ecarter.k12.mo.us/dept/curriculum/dok.html


* Authentic Instruction and Assessment http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/PDFS/meetings/auth_instr_assess.pdf

* Cognitive Rigor Study -- 200 public schools submitted student work samples that were analyzed based on the Cognitive Rigor matrix SBAC is using

After analyzing thousands of student work samples, here's what they found:

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OTHER ASSESSMENT RESOURCES THAT REFLECT COMMON CORE PRACTICES

Mathematics Assessment Project (MARS) - Tasks, Lessons, Tests - correlations to Common Core Standards http://map.mathshell.org/materials/index.php

Formative Assessment http://map.mathshell.org.uk/static/draft/pd/modules/1_Formative_Assessment/pdf/1_Formative_Assessment_Guide.pdf

Mathematics Assessment Project for Middle School (MARS) http://map.mathshell.org/materials/lessons.php?taskid=415&subpage=problem





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