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Secondary Mathematics Leadership Meeting
January 17, 2013
STAAR PLDsPerformance Level Descriptors --
State the specific knowledge and skills that students at Level I, II, and III demonstrate
Are based on state-wide student performance on STAAR
Were determined by a state-wide K-16 committee of educators
Can be used to guide and inform instruction
STAAR PLDs Vertical Analysis1. What patterns do you observe?2. What strikes you as critical for
teachers to know?3. What changes in instruction
would help our students move from
Level 1 to Level II? Level II to Level III?
Exemplar LessonsProduced by CIA in collaboration
with teachersFollow the Curriculum Planning
Guides10-day unit of lessons for Cycle 5Timeline:
November – January: Write and revise
January: Teacher and administrative review
Feb. 11, 2013: Publish
Book StudyPrevious Meetings:
Ch. 1 “The Case for Rigor” Ch. 2 “Digging into Rigor”
Today: Review pp. 34 – 38 Activity: View TEKS and Test Items
through the Rigor Lens
Algebra I
Ⓡ ALGI.1D Represent relationships among quantities by using and building concrete models, completing tables, constructing graphs or diagrams, writing verbal descriptions, and writing equations or inequalities.
Examine the sequence below.
Which representation below best models the term number, x, and the number of square tiles, y, in each term?
(47% correct on Fall 2012 DLA)
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Through the Lens of Rigor“Tracking Progress”
I can represent ___ as/in a(n) ___:A verbal expression as a
model/picture/diagramPictorial data in a tableTabular data in a graphA graph as an equationAn equation as a verbal expression
I can represent ___ as a ___:Verbal expression as an equationAn equation as a graphA graph as a tableTabular data in a model/picture/diagramPictorial data as a verbal expression
Nonlinguistic RepresentationCreate a NLR on chart paper:
Start with the SE Examine the test items Choose a bullet from p. 38 in the
Rigor book to “bump up the rigor” http://www.elversonpuzzle.com/dice-roller.html
Represent this on chart paper using NLR
Present to the audience @ 6:15 p.m.
EVALUATIONS & CLOSURE