mca benchmarking orientation webinar
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MCA Benchmarking Orientation Webinarhttp://www.nationalartsstandards.org
Overview• Introduction and Thank you!• What is an MCA and why created?• What does an MCA look like?• Things to think about: benchmarking student work from
the MCA• Next Steps
• Overall timeline• Discipline specific trainings
http://nccas.wikispaces.com
What’s an MCA and where do I find them?
What is an MCA?• Model Cornerstone Assessment
• Written at 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 3 high school levels• Examples of how to richly assess student learning in the arts• Modeled on the backwards design approach of Grant Wiggins and
Jay McTighe• Intent is to create high quality models of student assessment
What does an MCA look like?
MCA Overview
MCA: Short Description
MCA: Components Chart
MCA: Strategies for Embedding in Instruction
MCA: Detailed Assessment Procedures
MCA: Knowledge, Skills and Vocabulary
MCA: Inclusion, Differentiation and Resources
MCA: Scoring Devices
MCA: Assessment Focus
BENCHMARKING PROCESS
MCA Benchmarking
A four step process- Step 1:pilot the tasks- Step 2: collect student
work- Step 3: benchmark
student work- Step 4: document &
share the process
MCA Pilot = Testing the Tasks
Goal of the grant: create professional development models to help teachers look at student work(benchmarking)
Auditioning the MCA’s in the real world
Things to think aboutBenchmarking Student Work
Benchmarking as a three-step process
1. “Priming the Pump” - Familiarizing yourself with the MCA, the rubrics for your MCA’s, and a few student work samples.
2. Scoring student work individually – prior to the Reston meeting – including how to do this
3. Benchmarking work as a team – the Reston meeting
Priming the Pump
• Review the MCAs prior to your discipline specific meeting• What questions do you have – in particular, regarding the rubrics
• Attend your discipline specific meeting• Dive deep into the MCAs for your discipline – specifically the
rubrics that you will be using for your evaluation of student work
• Get a sense of the work• Pull Random samples of student work – see what’s there – see the
range of what’s possible• May do this on your own• May begin this work with your discipline training
Electronic Scoring ToolsDance, Media Arts, Theatre,
Visual Arts Dev.ctcurriculum.org
Scoring Individual Work
• Work will be found on a Moodle site • You will have access via a username/password • You will find folders of student work – student A, student B, etc.
• Review the totality of the student work available for each student
• Provide your scores – based exactly on the rubrics in the MCAs – using an online survey• We will also ask for a holistic score
Scoring Individual Work - Support
• Work will be found on a Moodle site • You will have access via a username/password • You will find folders of student work – student A, student B, etc.
• Review the totality of the student work available for each student
• Provide your scores – based exactly on the rubrics in the MCAs – using an online survey• We will also ask for a holistic score
Benchmarking as a team
• Based on your individual scoring ahead of Reston• Pull 90 student work samples (including examples from all
grade levels) • As a team, you will determine which meet “standard”• Opportunity to discuss the student work samples• Opportunity to come to consensus• Opportunity to determine when we cannot come to consensus• … and possibly why?
Next Steps
Timeline • Week of June 8 – discipline specific trainings
• Prime the pump – get online, find the student work and check it out• Begin scoring when you are ready
• June 11 – July 2 – Score work individually• Follow the lead of your discipline facilitator
• July 6 – fly into Reston, VA• Nearest airport is Dulles
• July 7-9 – Meet and Benchmark as a team
Next steps
• Make certain your travel plans are in place• [email protected] with information/questions/approval
• Calendar your discipline training webinar• Review the MCAs and rubrics – get your questions ready
Questions?• What else can I answer?