HS SOCIAL STUDIESCONTENT NETWORKINGNOVEMBER 2014

WELCOME

•Please sit at your grade level table.

•Network: CLIU Public

•Wiki: http://cliu21cng.wikispaces.com

AGENDA•PDE Update on PSSAs

•Examining Open-ended Questions

•Table Discussion

•Professional Reading

•Check These Out!

•Collaboration

•Next Steps

Keystone Exams: no change

PSSA Science: no change

PSSA Reading: now combined with Writing as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window

PSSA Writing: now combined with Reading as PSSA ELA with separate booklet and testing window

PSSA Math: now PSSA Math with separate booklet and testing window

2015 PSSA CHANGES

Quick Overview

2015 PSSA CHANGES

Grades 4-8 Format

Section Content Emphasis Number of MC/EBSR

Number of WP/TDA

Estimated Number of Passages

Estimated Section

Testing Time (in minutes)

1 Writing and Language 20 MC 1 0 60

2 Reading 15–18 MC4–5 EBSR 0 3 58–69

3Reading and

Text Dependent Analysis

14 MC2 EBSR 1 2 73

4Reading and

Text Dependent Analysis

5–8 MC1–2 EBSR 1 1 48–57

WRITING

•ALL grades

•Mode specific prompts & scoring rubrics

•Narrative

• Informational

•Opinion

WRITING

Example: Grade 7 – 4 points

EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE

•ALL grades

•Two-parts

•Answer to second part based on answer to first part

•Like old Open-ended (same type of thinking)

EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE

Example: Grade 72 points

TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS

•Grades 4 – 8

•Specific type of Constructed Response

•Own Scoring Rubric

TEXT-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS

Example: Grade 6 – 4 points

TABLE DISCUSSION

•What are areas of strength in your classroom/school/district?

•What are areas of need in your classroom/school/district?