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MATHEMATICS

Focus strong where the Standards focus

Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades

Rigor: Require fluency, application, and deep understanding

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY

Building knowledge through content-rich non-fiction and

informational texts

Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text

Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary

ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

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End-of-Year Assessment

• Innovative, computer-based items

•Required

Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) • Extended tasks • Applications of

concepts and skills • Required

Diagnostic Assessment • Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD

•Non-summative

Speaking And Listening Assessment

• Locally scored • Non-summative, required

2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration

Mid-Year Assessment •Performance-based •Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards

•Potentially summative

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High Quality Assessment System

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION

EDUCATOR-LED TRAINING TO SUPPORT “PEER-TO-PEER” TRAINING

TIMELY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA

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Doug Sovde: dsovde@achieve.org @dougsovde

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