OLHS Balanced Assessment 2011-12 FOCUS

PLC
starting
point

DAG year
one goal

Sharing
Personal
Practices

Building
Foundations

What exactly are we

supposed to
accomplish?
Activities were simple
and scattered.
Teams worked towards
getting SMART about
goals.

Developing
Common
Assessments

Teams share
instructional practices
and resources.
Plans are associated
with teaching activities.
Teams share planning
responsibilities.

What does mastery look

like?
How will we measure
student learning and
when?
Tough conversations
about characteristics of
quality instruction and
unit objectives

Competition
and ego can
stymie this
step.

To get here,
what support
will your PLC
need?

Analyzing
Student
Learning

Are students learning

what they could be
learning?
Focus on learning
rather than teaching
Public conversation
about student
learning results.

Differentiating
Follow-Up

Teachers respond
instructionally to
student data.
Teams respond as a
collective.
Examination of all
learners growththe
struggling and the
gifted learners.

Reflecting on
Instruction

What instructional
practices are most
effective with our
students?
Practitioners engage in
deep reflection about
the link between
learning and
instruction.

What beliefs do you have about_________________ that

impact student learning.
Your teaching style
Your students abilities
Your colleagues
Your content area
State/systematic demands
Policies

A generalization that

A statement that
creates gross
generalizations or

A generalization I.

Cant
Change

Could be
supported
with data

Hunches
In what ways might the first two types of presumptions lead you off of a
data-driven course or skew your use of data?

Start with a learning-centered question:

Across the grade level, were there any specific objectives or
tasks with which multiple students appeared to struggle?
Did students move beyond their preassessment
performance in the targeted areas? Could some students
have progressed further?

Activate prior knowledge and make predictions

I assume
I predict
I wonder
My questions/expectations are influenced by
Some possibilities for learning that this data may present
could be

Note only what you observe in the dataguessing is off limits,

so are conclusions.
I observe that
Some patterns/trends I notice are
I can count
I am surprised that I see

I believe this data suggestsbecause

Additional data that would help me verify/confirm my

explanation is

Could reorganizing the data yield different inferences?

I think the following are appropriate solutions/responses

that address the needs implied in the data

Examining Common Summative Data

Traditional Assessment:
How should the results be organized?
Performance Tasks:
Compile student samples for each level of mastery.
Bring a score/grade spread for your students performance.

Before ending your PLC session, please complete the PLC

pulse check. PLC leaders should return this document to the
Vanguard box in the mailroom.