How will you (or your sites) handle testing with mixed grade levels? For example, if you are testing by 3rd period class and you have 6th graders with the ELA PT and 7th graders with the math PT in the same 3rd period class, what is your plan?
I wonder about the possibility of sites getting period substitutes. The sub could work with one grade level while the teacher delivers the instruction for the performance task, then swap. Even as I write this, the restrictions of that concept come flooding in - cost, availability of subs, . . . ;)
Thank you for your comment Dennis. One of the other concerns I am thinking about is the estimated times. The ELA PT is 1 hour longer than the math at all grade levels. That means if a teacher has 7th graders taking ELA and 8th graders taking math in the same 2nd period class for example then the 7th graders would take an hour longer to test and that makes for many 8th grade idle hands....
Test Administrator subs was another great discussion item we tackled with during our Site Coordinator meeting. We opted to train back up teachers from other departments (our ELA teachers are primarily the Test administrators) so that if an ELA teacher is out on the day of testing, one of our Math teachers could step in to proctor the test and the substitute would go to the math teacher's class
I wonder about the possibility of sites getting period substitutes. The sub could work with one grade level while the teacher delivers the instruction for the performance task, then swap. Even as I write this, the restrictions of that concept come flooding in - cost, availability of subs, . . . ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Dennis. One of the other concerns I am thinking about is the estimated times. The ELA PT is 1 hour longer than the math at all grade levels. That means if a teacher has 7th graders taking ELA and 8th graders taking math in the same 2nd period class for example then the 7th graders would take an hour longer to test and that makes for many 8th grade idle hands....
DeleteTest Administrator subs was another great discussion item we tackled with during our Site Coordinator meeting. We opted to train back up teachers from other departments (our ELA teachers are primarily the Test administrators) so that if an ELA teacher is out on the day of testing, one of our Math teachers could step in to proctor the test and the substitute would go to the math teacher's class
DeleteI'm thinking testing by grade level and having non-testing grades assigned to another class with work.
ReplyDeleteagreed, it would be easier to re-assign the few 12th graders that are repeating an 11th grade class.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we need a hangout to discuss amongst us all again?
ReplyDeleteSorry I am late on this. I agree with Tate.
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