Standards Based Grading in the World Language Classroom Part 2 - Assessing Student Performance

Standards Based Grading in the World Language ClassroomPart 2 - Assessing Student PerformanceCentral States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign LanguagesMarch 20, 2014http://eurekaworldlanguage.wikispaces.com/home

Who are we and why are we here?Julie Weitzel, Lafayette High School, Spanish I and IIDenise Pahl, Eureka High School, Spanish III and IVKim Lackey, Eureka High School, Spanish III and IV

Background - Process, Started 10-15 years ago, about 5 years ago we started by adding boxes for Advanced, Proficient, Basic, and Below Basic to the same quizzes we had always used. Incorporated elements from the PALs rubrics from Fairfax County, Virginia. Read books - 15 Fixes by Ken OConnor and Fair isnt Always Equal by Rick Wormeli. Watched videos, continue to read blogs and articles about grading practices. And we use it every day in our own classrooms - work together in Professional Learning Communities to put the theory into practice. Unit Planning

What will be the focus?What will be assessed?How will it be assessed? Which standards will be addressed? How will culture be interwoven? What resources do we need? (Beyond the textbook) How can we design a scoring guide that is... standards based,uses a 50-100 scale,gives meaningful feedback to teachers, students, and parentsuses standards-based indicators (advanced, proficient, developing, minimal), anduses a logical/mathematically-sound conversion to percentages that is student, parent, and gradebook friendly? 50 -100 Scale - Rick WormeliStop at 4:48 where he starts taking about averaging

Talk about sharing the scoring guide with the students before they take the assessment, discuss how teachers can work in PLCs to create criteria that best support the standard and the specifics of the assessment (Unpacking the standards)Why 6 to 24. Include info about How we decide where the line goes between Proficient and Advanced, etc.

Can confidently move forwardUsuallyAlwaysSometimes / RarelyRarely / Never

Common Vocabulary used on Scoring GuidesBest Practices for using Scoring GuidesLimit criteria to essential skills only.Share the scoring guides with students in advance!Formative work is key.Students can practice using the scoring guide on a sample assessment.Students can choose essential criteria.Grade while it still matters.Feedback immediately communicates students strengths and weaknesses.Essential skills - not looks pretty, nice handwriting, turned in on timeShare with students in advance: Use it to show students exactly what the expectations are in advance.Do formative work and use practice quizzes that have the same/similar scoring guides. Have students grade themselves!Students can use scoring guide on a sample assessment from previous years or anonymous students.In singleton classes, students can help create scoring guides by choosing essential criteria Timely feedback. Grade it while it still matters. Quick and easy to grade. Grade without a calculator! Feedback - Good feedback without having to write a ton of notes on each students paper. Students should be able to to look at the graded scoring guide and quickly assess where they are proficient and where they still have more work to do.Student Reaction to Scoring GuidesThis same format for a scoring guide can be applied to...Presentational Speaking AssessmentsReading and Listening AssessmentsInterpersonal Speaking and Writing AssessmentsVocabulary AssessmentsGrammar AssessmentsCultural Competence AssessmentsPronunciation Assessmentsand more!

What do I need to know (technically speaking) to create this type of scoring guide?Figure how many boxes you need. If its a lot, using landscape orientation can help fit it all in.Formula for percentages: (# of boxes 1) = X 50 X = Y Subtract Y from 100 and each result to get the percentages. Round off to nearest 10th. What do I need to know (technically speaking) to create this type of scoring guide?Decide what criteria you will focus on (content, organization, vocabulary use, comprehensibility, etc).Decide if you want to weight each criteria the same (1, 2, 3, 4? 1, 2, 3? 2, 4, 6, 8?)Count up the total number of points for the lowest possible score. Count up the total number of points for the highest possible score.

What do I need to know (technically speaking) to create this type of scoring guide?

Adding performance levelsWhen deciding the cut off for Advanced, Proficient, Developing, and Minimal, you may want to consider what a student needs to get to have each total raw score. For example, if a student has 2 Proficient scores and 1 Advanced score, their overall score would be Proficient.

345678910111250%55.5%61.1%66.7%72.2%77.8%83.3%88.9%94.4%100%MinimalDevelopingProficientAdvancedWhat do I need to know (technically speaking) to create this type of scoring guide?Microsoft Word - Tables!Distribute Columns - the EqualizerSplit and Merge CellsBasic CountingHow to follow a formula (or cut and paste)

Handout - How to do the mathLets create a template!A five criteria scoring guide tends to be common for presentational writing or speaking assessments.

Open the Word document and walk through this with them.How we set up our Online GradebookOur Infinite Campus Categories:25% Linguistic and Cultural Competence 25% Presentational Communication25% Interpretive Communication25% Interpersonal Communication0% - Inactive category/assignments for Formative Work (Homework, Participation, Practice Quizzes)Semester vs Quarters?Putting in inactive assignments in the category though allows the formative grade to show up next to the summative grade. More clearly shows the connection between formative work and learning..How we set up our Online Gradebook25% Linguistic and Cultural Competence Vocab QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCultural Competency EvaluationsPronunciation AssessmentsLifelong Learning Projects

Building blocks for communicationHow we set up our Online Gradebook25% Presentational Communication WritingEssays / Paragraphs responding to a promptIntegrated vocabulary and grammar quizzes (split the grade, part for Linguistic Competence, part for Presentational Communication)SpeakingSmall group presentations Whole class presentationsVideo narration Voicemails - speaking for an audience of one

How we set up our Online Gradebook25% Interpretive Communication Listening / ViewingReading

Questions - Reflect Common Core State Standards and AP Language and Culture expectations

How we set up our Online Gradebook25% Interpersonal Communication SpeakingSmall group (3-5 students)Speaking in pairs / with teacherLots of formative work!Prompts = Conversation StartersWritingGoogle Docs, Todays MeetSimulate an online chat / texting situationLetter writing / responding to correspondence

Examples of assessments in the context of units from levels II, III, and IVMi casa es su casa unit Spanish IIIMitos y leyendas unit Spanish IIEl cine espaol unit Spanish IV

Vocabulary Comprehension

Scoring GuideOther standards we frequently use on vocab comprehension: Reading Fill-in-the-blank with a word bank. Reading Multiple Choice. Listening. Circumlocution.MatchingReading (Fill-in-the-blank with a word bank)Reading (Multiple Choice)Reading (circumlocution - matching)Listening (identify the words that you hear)Listening (associate phrase with image and put them in order)Other formats we frequently use to assess vocab comprehensionVocabulary Production

Vocabulary Production

Scoring Guide

This scoring guide is printed on the assessment.Scoring Guide - Long version

Students are given a copy of this at the beginning of the year before their first assessment of this type. We go over it with them in detail.Interpersonal WritingPrompt: Dnde vives? Cmo es tu hogar?Ideal = Students work in pairsGoogle Docs - One student creates a Document using Google Docs and shares it with their partner.Google Docs allows students to work collaboratively on the same document and to see the changes their partner makes.Use Bold and Italics to show who is talking.

Scoring GuidePresentational Speaking - video

Scoring Guide

Interpretive ViewingStudents will watch 4 shorts videos. These have been downloaded form YouTube.

Interpretive Viewing: Source, Purpose, and Intended Audience

Interpretive Viewing: Supporting Details

Interpretive Viewing: Vocabulary in Context

Interpretive Viewing: Scoring Guide

Grammar Assessment

Grammar Scoring Guide

Knowledge, Application, Communication Verb conjugations - Choose & Change (give score for vocab and grammar).Separate scores between choice, agreement, syntax/placementOther formats we frequently use to assess knowledge of grammar conceptsInterpretive Reading

Interpretive reading: Supporting Details

Interpretive ReadingSupporting Details

This came from the practice reading for the unit.Interpretive Reading:Grammar interpretation

Interpretive Reading:Meaning from context

Choose words that actually lead them to understand the text better. Or a word that would be useful in other contexts.Interpretive Reading:Main idea

Interpretive Reading:Scoring Guide

Can we discuss how you guys always do your 3 questions about intent, audience, source, etc.??Presentational Writing

Escribe La leyenda del nopal en tus propias palabras. Usa el pretrito y el imperfecto para narrar en el pasado.We gave them the same words that were foot-noted in the reading.Presentational Writing

El cine espaol - Spanish IV

Interpersonal SpeakingMust have lots of formative practice (daily conversations about high interest topics)Small group conversations, Speed dating activity, one-on-one conversations with teacherWork to find solutions to classroom management challengesGoal - conversations with native speakers!Interpersonal Speaking

Interpersonal Speaking Scoring Guide

Pronunciation Assessment

Pronunciation Scoring Guide

Lifelong Learning Project

Lifelong Learning ProjectWhat about final exams?Final Exams should reflect the same scoring categories that students have been assessed on all semester.Interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal communication + cultural and linguistic competence

Key PointsLet the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages guide everything that you do with your students!Choose to include assessments of what students know and are able to do in the language in your gradebook.Make unit planning a priority and choose real-world scenarios with logical assessments.Work together and develop your skills and resources over time.What will be your take-away from this afternoon? Who will you share this with?Unit Planning and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning LanguagesScoring Guides - standards based, proficiency indicators, 50-100 scale, conversion to gradebook-friendly percentages, meaningful feedback.Specific Units (Mi casa es su casa, Una leyenda mexicana, El cine espaol)Specific Assessment Types (Vocabulary comprehension/production, Interpersonal Writing, Presentational Speaking, Interpretive Listening/Viewing, Grammar, Interpretive Reading, Presentational Writing, Interpersonal Speaking, Pronunciation, Cultural Knowledge, Final Exam)