MRA Fall Conference Session Resources
October 13, 2012 The Henry, Dearborn
Morning Keynote - Barbara Kapinus
Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed
This session will provide information on the status of the assessment plan and items as well as resources. There will be time for discussion of issues and input.
SBAC Sample Items and Performance Tasks
SBAC Sampler FAQ
SBAC Sampler Introduction Presentation Template
Depth of Knowledge Chart for Reading and Writing
First Concurrent Session
The Future of K-2 State-Level Assessments in Michigan
Erika Bolig
This session will provide an overview of the new, online Michigan Interim Assessments for Kindergarten through 2nd grade in ELA and Mathematics (CCSS-aligned) being developed by the Michigan Department of Education’s Bureau of Assessment and Accountability. Additionally, an overview of the new, online Michigan Kindergarten Entry Assessment for beginning Kindergarten will be provided. Opportunities to be involved in development activities for K-2 Interim Assessment and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment during the 2012-13 school year will also be presented.
E. Bolig Presentation Ppt
Session Resource: K-2 Cognitive Lab Information Flyer
Navigating Nonfiction: Laying the Foundation for Comprehension of Complex Texts
Debbie Reeves
What are the implications of the Common Core State Standards for young readers and what impact will these raised expectations have on classroom instruction? Learn how infusing all components of a balanced literacy program with rich nonfiction will build students’ background knowledge, vocabulary, and knowledge of text structures and features---three factors which are so critical to reading comprehension. Explore effective strategies and available resources for laying the foundation necessary for students to read and comprehend increasingly complex texts.
D. Reeves Ppt.
Session Resources
Upping the Ante: Text Complexity and Depth of Knowledge in the Common Core (Grades 6-12)
Tesha Thomas
How do you know a text is complex? What are Depth of Knowledge levels and how do they relate to the Common Core Standards? Participants in this interactive session will work to answer these questions, and will learn practical strategies for examining their own materials for complexity and depth of knowledge levels. Participants will also engage in strategies for
increasing depth of knowledge levels in their own classrooms.
T. Thomas Session Resources - MRA Text Complexity and DOK LiveBinder
A Comprehensive Literacy Profile for Middle and High School:
MLPP Goes to High School
Elaine Weber & Susan Codere Kelly
Learn about a free resource that provides a comprehensive array of literacy assessments for adolescents. Experience a sampling of the assessments. Review a system in which students monitor their own literacy development. Leave with a literacy profile plan for immediate implementation. Remember the bumper sticker that asked, “Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” Well, do you?
Session Resources available on the Comprehensive Literacy Profile Weebly Site
CCR ELA/Literacy Anchor Standard Chart
New Standards to New Pedagogy: Translating CCSS into Instructional Practice with Reading Apprenticeship
Bill Loyd
The CCSS address the content we teach but more importantly, they demand significant change in how we teach. Reading Apprenticeship (RA) makes this change possible by providing the instructional framework needed to deepen and sustain students’ understanding and learning. This session details RA’s successes in local contexts and overviews RAISE (Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education) the Reading Apprenticeship federal i3 scale-up grant available to Michigan High Schools.
MI RIASE Cohort III Information Flyer
Reading Apprenticeship Resources
RA Framework
Lunch
MDE Updates and Supports for CCSS Implementation
Linda Forward, Director, MDE Office of Education Improvement and Innovation
Access new Michigan Career and College Ready Portal
Gallery Walk
Area ISDs/RESAs and MDE representatives share their CCSS implementation support resources with a focus on instruction and assessment. Meet presenters, preview session topics, review resources, visit vendor exhibits, and gather information to support your professional learning.
Michigan Comprehensive Literacy Plan
Brandy Archer and Jill Griffin
Access the MiLit Network
New Career and College Ready Michigan Portal
Literacy Programs and Resources: Use Your Libraries!
Deb Biggs Thomas, MeL and Library Outreach Coordinator, Library of Michigan
M.O.R.E. - Michigan Online Resources for Teachers - Putting more tech in TEaCHing
MeL - Michigan eLibrary: Michigan's 24/7 Library
LearningExpress Library!
Promotions and User Guides
Second Concurrent Session
Overview of K-2 MAISA Writing Assessments
Melissa Wing & Michele Farrah
This session will provide a guided tour of the most recent K-2 Assessments tied to the MAISA writing units of study.
Presentation Ppt
Presentation Resources
Link to MAISA Writing Units
MLPP Landscapes: From MLPP to SBAC
Mary Howell
MLPP K-2 and MLPP 3-5 have been guiding assessments and best practices of elementary teachers throughout the state for many years. With the landscape changing due to Common Core State Standards, the constant of MLPP can continue to guide the teacher through the changes. The presentation will connect MLPP to the Common Core State Standards, and offer direction for the classroom teacher.
Session Resources
M. Howell Presentation Ppt
Linking MLPP with CCSS
An Overview of Assessment in MAISA Units for Grades 3-12
Pam Rickli and Sandy White
The MAISA Units of Study are a CCSS-aligned curriculum written by Michigan teachers. These units have all the components necessary to gauge student growth through best practice writing instruction. We will share on-demand formative and summative assessments and rubrics, and review SBAC rubrics that may be used with these units at teacher discretion.
Session Resources
Link to MAISA Writing Units
Gearing up for SBAC - Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction
Ellen Vorenkamp
Participants will get a brief overview of the components of the SBAC that will lead to a deeper examination of the implications on instruction, data collection, and date use to drive and impact student achievement.
Session Resources
ACT EPAS and the CCSS = BFFs
ACT EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT and the Common Core State Standards = Best Friends Forever
Cheryl Yocum & Lena Nemeth
Explore the relationship between the ACT assessment system and the new English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. A two-year high school study highlighting the positive effects of professional development focused on the demands of complex texts will be shared. Discover ways to implement key strategies into your classroom instruction.
Session Resources
AARI- County-wide Model to Accelerate Academic Literacy Performance (Grades 3-12)
Sharon Russell and Andrea Sarrach
This session describes how one county implemented the Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative (AARI) that allows adolescent struggling readers, as well as potentially at risk upper elementary students to increase reading expository proficiency quickly. Although appropriate content literacy and secondary intervention is mandated in the new Common Core Standards, there are few successful frameworks for intervention beyond Early Intervention. Beginning Winter, 2008, teachers across multiple middle and high schools in Oakland County, began using this researched instructional model with great success. In 2009, Oakland Schools began an equally successful upper elementary initiative. In small discourse communities, intervention teachers focus on critical thinking strategies using accessible, well-structured expository texts. The presentation will highlight strategies used in the AARI Framework, the original research, ongoing research, and broad implementation as well as future directions for building the capacity required to sustain the program.
Session Resources
Afternoon Keynote - Timothy Shanahan
Meeting the Challenges of the Common Core State Standards
In 2010, 46 states adopted the CCSS, which will be tested during the 2014-2015 school year. This presentation explores some of the major challenges the Common Core poses for educators, and provides insights into how to implement them successfully.
Visit Tim's Blog Shanahan on Literacy
Access Tim's Presentation Ppt
Challenges of Common Core Talk One of my most frequently requested presentations, my short talks on the challenges of the common core, has not been posted in a while, so to help folks find it, here is the most recent version. It is always getting updated, usually in small ways in response to audience queries or accumulating evidence about confusions.
https://sites.google.com/site/tscommoncore/challenges
Preview two new resources that support CCSS implementation
Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
(Pre K-2 and Grades 3-5)
Edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Karen K. Wixson, and Timothy Shanahan
"Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy"
Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan
Morning Keynote - Barbara Kapinus
Smarter Balanced Assessment System: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed
This session will provide information on the status of the assessment plan and items as well as resources. There will be time for discussion of issues and input.
SBAC Sample Items and Performance Tasks
SBAC Sampler FAQ
SBAC Sampler Introduction Presentation Template
Depth of Knowledge Chart for Reading and Writing
First Concurrent Session
The Future of K-2 State-Level Assessments in Michigan
Erika Bolig
This session will provide an overview of the new, online Michigan Interim Assessments for Kindergarten through 2nd grade in ELA and Mathematics (CCSS-aligned) being developed by the Michigan Department of Education’s Bureau of Assessment and Accountability. Additionally, an overview of the new, online Michigan Kindergarten Entry Assessment for beginning Kindergarten will be provided. Opportunities to be involved in development activities for K-2 Interim Assessment and the Kindergarten Entry Assessment during the 2012-13 school year will also be presented.
E. Bolig Presentation Ppt
Session Resource: K-2 Cognitive Lab Information Flyer
Navigating Nonfiction: Laying the Foundation for Comprehension of Complex Texts
Debbie Reeves
What are the implications of the Common Core State Standards for young readers and what impact will these raised expectations have on classroom instruction? Learn how infusing all components of a balanced literacy program with rich nonfiction will build students’ background knowledge, vocabulary, and knowledge of text structures and features---three factors which are so critical to reading comprehension. Explore effective strategies and available resources for laying the foundation necessary for students to read and comprehend increasingly complex texts.
D. Reeves Ppt.
Session Resources
Upping the Ante: Text Complexity and Depth of Knowledge in the Common Core (Grades 6-12)
Tesha Thomas
How do you know a text is complex? What are Depth of Knowledge levels and how do they relate to the Common Core Standards? Participants in this interactive session will work to answer these questions, and will learn practical strategies for examining their own materials for complexity and depth of knowledge levels. Participants will also engage in strategies for
increasing depth of knowledge levels in their own classrooms.
T. Thomas Session Resources - MRA Text Complexity and DOK LiveBinder
A Comprehensive Literacy Profile for Middle and High School:
MLPP Goes to High School
Elaine Weber & Susan Codere Kelly
Learn about a free resource that provides a comprehensive array of literacy assessments for adolescents. Experience a sampling of the assessments. Review a system in which students monitor their own literacy development. Leave with a literacy profile plan for immediate implementation. Remember the bumper sticker that asked, “Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” Well, do you?
Session Resources available on the Comprehensive Literacy Profile Weebly Site
CCR ELA/Literacy Anchor Standard Chart
New Standards to New Pedagogy: Translating CCSS into Instructional Practice with Reading Apprenticeship
Bill Loyd
The CCSS address the content we teach but more importantly, they demand significant change in how we teach. Reading Apprenticeship (RA) makes this change possible by providing the instructional framework needed to deepen and sustain students’ understanding and learning. This session details RA’s successes in local contexts and overviews RAISE (Reading Apprenticeship Improving Secondary Education) the Reading Apprenticeship federal i3 scale-up grant available to Michigan High Schools.
MI RIASE Cohort III Information Flyer
Reading Apprenticeship Resources
RA Framework
Lunch
MDE Updates and Supports for CCSS Implementation
Linda Forward, Director, MDE Office of Education Improvement and Innovation
Access new Michigan Career and College Ready Portal
Gallery Walk
Area ISDs/RESAs and MDE representatives share their CCSS implementation support resources with a focus on instruction and assessment. Meet presenters, preview session topics, review resources, visit vendor exhibits, and gather information to support your professional learning.
Michigan Comprehensive Literacy Plan
Brandy Archer and Jill Griffin
Access the MiLit Network
New Career and College Ready Michigan Portal
Literacy Programs and Resources: Use Your Libraries!
Deb Biggs Thomas, MeL and Library Outreach Coordinator, Library of Michigan
M.O.R.E. - Michigan Online Resources for Teachers - Putting more tech in TEaCHing
MeL - Michigan eLibrary: Michigan's 24/7 Library
LearningExpress Library!
Promotions and User Guides
Second Concurrent Session
Overview of K-2 MAISA Writing Assessments
Melissa Wing & Michele Farrah
This session will provide a guided tour of the most recent K-2 Assessments tied to the MAISA writing units of study.
Presentation Ppt
Presentation Resources
Link to MAISA Writing Units
MLPP Landscapes: From MLPP to SBAC
Mary Howell
MLPP K-2 and MLPP 3-5 have been guiding assessments and best practices of elementary teachers throughout the state for many years. With the landscape changing due to Common Core State Standards, the constant of MLPP can continue to guide the teacher through the changes. The presentation will connect MLPP to the Common Core State Standards, and offer direction for the classroom teacher.
Session Resources
M. Howell Presentation Ppt
Linking MLPP with CCSS
An Overview of Assessment in MAISA Units for Grades 3-12
Pam Rickli and Sandy White
The MAISA Units of Study are a CCSS-aligned curriculum written by Michigan teachers. These units have all the components necessary to gauge student growth through best practice writing instruction. We will share on-demand formative and summative assessments and rubrics, and review SBAC rubrics that may be used with these units at teacher discretion.
Session Resources
Link to MAISA Writing Units
Gearing up for SBAC - Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction
Ellen Vorenkamp
Participants will get a brief overview of the components of the SBAC that will lead to a deeper examination of the implications on instruction, data collection, and date use to drive and impact student achievement.
Session Resources
ACT EPAS and the CCSS = BFFs
ACT EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT and the Common Core State Standards = Best Friends Forever
Cheryl Yocum & Lena Nemeth
Explore the relationship between the ACT assessment system and the new English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. A two-year high school study highlighting the positive effects of professional development focused on the demands of complex texts will be shared. Discover ways to implement key strategies into your classroom instruction.
Session Resources
AARI- County-wide Model to Accelerate Academic Literacy Performance (Grades 3-12)
Sharon Russell and Andrea Sarrach
This session describes how one county implemented the Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative (AARI) that allows adolescent struggling readers, as well as potentially at risk upper elementary students to increase reading expository proficiency quickly. Although appropriate content literacy and secondary intervention is mandated in the new Common Core Standards, there are few successful frameworks for intervention beyond Early Intervention. Beginning Winter, 2008, teachers across multiple middle and high schools in Oakland County, began using this researched instructional model with great success. In 2009, Oakland Schools began an equally successful upper elementary initiative. In small discourse communities, intervention teachers focus on critical thinking strategies using accessible, well-structured expository texts. The presentation will highlight strategies used in the AARI Framework, the original research, ongoing research, and broad implementation as well as future directions for building the capacity required to sustain the program.
Session Resources
Afternoon Keynote - Timothy Shanahan
Meeting the Challenges of the Common Core State Standards
In 2010, 46 states adopted the CCSS, which will be tested during the 2014-2015 school year. This presentation explores some of the major challenges the Common Core poses for educators, and provides insights into how to implement them successfully.
Visit Tim's Blog Shanahan on Literacy
Access Tim's Presentation Ppt
Challenges of Common Core Talk One of my most frequently requested presentations, my short talks on the challenges of the common core, has not been posted in a while, so to help folks find it, here is the most recent version. It is always getting updated, usually in small ways in response to audience queries or accumulating evidence about confusions.
https://sites.google.com/site/tscommoncore/challenges
Preview two new resources that support CCSS implementation
Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
(Pre K-2 and Grades 3-5)
Edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Karen K. Wixson, and Timothy Shanahan
"Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy"
Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan