assessment happens january 7 th, 2014 pete turner & erik huntsinger saac co-chairs
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Assessment HappensJanuary 7th, 2014Pete Turner & Erik HuntsingerSAAC Co-chairs
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Agenda
General Education Abilities•Composition/Writing Results & Discussion
•Steps taken to improve students’ writing•Communication Update•Gen Ed Cycle Adjustment•Information Literacy Recruitment
About Assessment: Formative Assessment•Background•Obtrusive vs. Unobtrusive
Comprehensive Assessment Tracking System (CATS!)•CATS 2.0: Recent changes•CATS of the Year•CATS of the Month Sharing Time•CATS Workshop•Lunch
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Thank you SAAC Members!
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Writing-Composition Spring 2013
•New writing-across-the curriculum rubric developed by composition and SAAC faculty •On-Line Writing Center (OLC) was used to assess and report results•Assessors went through inter-rater reliability training •10 classes (AJS123, ECN211, ECN212, EDU222, ENG081, ENG091, ENG101, ENH254, MAT217, SOC212), 15 sections, 8 instructors, and 214 unique students involved with a total of 235 documents submitted•Results compared overall results of new freshman (0-7 cumulative earned hours at beginning of term) to sophomore students (30+ cumulative earned hours at beginning of term)
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Writing-Composition Results
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Campus-wide Focus on Editing
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What We Have Done So Far West Valley Think Tank
Presentation to a feeder high school
Leadership Council Email blast to EMCC faculty and adjunct faculty Division Meetings Writing Center Staff
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Results From Writing Center Meeting (Rodica, Doug, Kelly, Erik, Pete)
Strongly suggested to involve your students (especially those with writing issues) to WC:First writing assignment, require them to turn in a WC corrected draft with their final copyExtra creditSchedule WC person to come to classMandate identified students to go to WCIf doing in-class writing (research, assignments, etc.), use space right outside WC
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Next Steps Requesting a campus wide focus on writing mechanics and
citations At your tables, come up with 1-2 ideas that could be
implemented across the curriculum to help support our student’s writing mechanics and/or citation skills
Information Literacy (Spring 2014) has a citation component
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Communication Assessment UpdatePreliminary data 12 different instructors 12 different prefixes 19 different courses 29 different sections 526 (duplicated) students
Results will be shared when available and during Assessment Happens Fall 2013
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Adjustments to Assessment Cycle
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Rationale for Adjustments Pair Social, Civic, & Global Responsibility with Writing-
Composition 7 abilities in a 3 year (6 semester) cycle All the SCGR submission from previous cycle were compositions Next Round: Spring 2015
SAAC recommends rebranding of two gen ed abilities Scientific Inquiry Critical Inquiry Numeracy Quantitative Reasoning Purpose is to create broader cross-curricular appeal Need support from Science and MPE divisions, respectively
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Information Literacy Assessment If you assign paper or project
requiring research and citations
Grade assignments as you normally would
Just need to submit your students’ work (electronically or hard copy) to Terry Meyer
Look for sign-up link coming soon!
We need you!
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Information Literacy Rubric
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About Formative Assessment “The research reported here shows conclusively that . . .
assessment does improve learning.” “The gains in achievement appear to be quite
considerable . . . among the largest ever reported for educational interventions” (Black & William, 1998)
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Formative Assessment – A Brain Tickler! Do you know the difference between obtrusive and
unobtrusive formative assessment?
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Obtrusive vs. Unobtrusive
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Obtrusive Assessment
Purposeful interruption of flow of instruction Paper-and-pencil test or quiz Demonstration (teacher or student) Oral report (student) Constructed conversation Presentation (teacher or student) Use of mini-whiteboards Note-taking interruption with task (e.g. Cornell Notes) In-class item analysis Use of clickers in Ppt presentations
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Unobtrusive AssessmentDoes not interrupt flow of instruction Teacher observation Use of proximity Questioning with random selection Observation of individual student or student interactions in
groups, with feedback Importance of teacher circulation
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Formative Assessment Both obtrusive and unobtrusive very powerful (Marzano, et.
al., 2013) The basis for the Comprehensive Assessment Tracking
System!
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Why Assess?
Marzano, R.M. (2006)
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CATSCOMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TRACKING SYSTEM
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Four UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES1. Faculty are more likely to change their teaching practices and strategies through the influence of their peers than through administrative dictum or externally imposed professional development (Huber, 2012; Reeves, 2008; Turner, 2013).
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Four UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES2. Faculty (and leaders) who care about student learning have a persistent discomfort with the status quo (DuFour & DuFour, 2006; O’Banion, 2007; Wilson, 2010).
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Four UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES3. Frequent formative assessment is one of the most viable, research-backed techniques to optimize student learning (Angelo & Cross, 1993; Black & William, 2008; Marzano, 2006)
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Four UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES4. The Action Research Cycle, employed both formally and informally, is the most effective vehicle for implementing, assessing, and reforming instructional techniques to maximize student learning (Mertler, 2009; Mills, 2007; Reeves, 2008; Stringer, 2007;
Turner, 2003) .
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What CATS is About It’s about implementing a formative assessment Seeing if it works Sharing it
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Recent Updates to CATS Newly edited forms return to the top of the homepage CATS of the Month Criteria Posted SAAC Dashboard CATS of the Year (All Faculty Vote - May 2014)
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CATS of the Month Sharing August – Pete Turner and Nikol Price September – Cecelia Rosales October – Christina Van Puymbroeck November – Cheri Hebert
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Lunch Ticket READ a CATS form COMMENT on a CATS form RATE a CATS form
Or… start a new CATS form!
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References Angelo, T.A., and Cross, P.K. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for
college teachers (2nd. Ed.). Black, P., and William, D. (1998). Assessment and classroom learning. Assessment in
Education, 5(1), 7-75. DuFour, R. & DuFour, R. (2006). Learning by doing: A handbook for professional learning
communities at work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree. Huber, M.T. (2008). The promise of faculty inquiry for teaching and learning basic skills. A
Report from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Strengthening Pre-Collegiate Education in Community Colleges. Retrieved from: http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED503130.pdf .
Marzano, R.M. (2006) Classroom assessment and grading that work. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R.J., Yanoski, D.C., Hoegh, J. K., Simms, J. A. (2013). Using Common Core Standards to enhance instruction and assessment. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Research Laboratories.
Mertler, C. (2009). Action research: Teachers as researchers in the classroom (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Mills, G.E. (2007). Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
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References O'Banion, T. (2007). Leadership for learning. Community College Journal, 78(2), 45-47.
Retrieved from Research Library. (Document ID: 1383351301). Reeves, D. B. (2008). Reframing teacher leadership to improve your school.
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Stringer, E.T. (2007). Action research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Turner, P. (2013). Informal faculty leadership that transforms: Evidences and practices
for the Learning College. Dissertation, Northcentral University. UMI # 3571494 Turner, R. (2003). A pragmatic approach to educating: Connecting problem-based
learning to Service Learning. Dissertation, Capella University. UMI # 3068397 Wilson, C. (August 23, 2010). From a telephone interview conducted by Peter Turner,
Doctoral candidate, Northcentral University; and Learning College Project Director at the League for Innovation in the Community College.