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