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Middle School ELA Testing Resources


FROM AN EMAIL DATED 2-21-14

ELA Contacts,

Please  take some time to meet as a department to review and discuss the rigor and format of the sample assessments. While we do not know exactly what Georgia’s assessment will look like, we do know that it will be “PARCC” like which is exactly how the SBAC tests are written.  I am attaching a sample English Language Arts assessment for 6th , 7th , and 8th  grade from the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium. One of the suggestions from the DOE to help our students prepare for the future assessments is for teachers to use released “PARCC” like assessment questions with the students.  Upcoming tests for school year 2014-2015 will combine reading, language arts and writing into a single measure to align to the standards.

At the GAEL winter conference, Melissa Fincher, Ph.D. Associate Superintendent for Assessment and Accountability Georgia Department for Education had a slide in her presentation that stated that,“ Even with many of the specifics of the new assessment system unknown at this time, there are many, many resources that will prepare educators and students: ”

–      Content standards

•       Unit frameworks, formative lessons, PARCC evidence statements

–      Sample items:  PARCC; SBAC; Georgia OAS; other states (KY, NY)

–       

I have included the link for the complete power point presentation. There is some interesting data and information on this presentation.

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Winter%20GAEL%202014%20Assessment%20Update.ppt

With thanks,

Pat Brasfield

Middle Grades Literacy Coach

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