Standards Newsletter, Dec. 16, 2020

Announcing the Spring 2021 Teaching and Learning PL Series: Interpreting and Acting on Evidence of Learning!

The Spring 2021 Teaching and Learning PL Series will pick up where the fall series left off by guiding teachers through the process of interpreting and acting on the evidence of learning they learned to elicit in previous modules.

A professional learning experience will be released each month to support educators with interpreting and acting on evidence of learning. Each professional learning experience will be accompanied by an informational video and will be made available on KYstandards.org. The release of all materials will be communicated first through the Standards Newsletter.

The Teaching and Learning PL Series: Interpreting and Acting on Evidence of Learning schedule is available for download.

The first content-specific modules are designed to address the unique needs of interpreting evidence of student learning. Participants will learn about strategies for interpreting student evidence, engaging students in the interpretation and analysis of their own evidence, using student learning evidence to guide the formative assessment process, and identifying patterns in student responses that can inform teacher and student learning.

Two modules will be released on each of the following dates:

• Jan. 20:
  • "Interpreting Evidence of Student Learning - Reading & Writing"
  • "Interpreting Evidence of Student Learning - Social Studies"
• Feb. 17:
  • "Interpreting Evidence of Student Learning - Mathematics"
  • "Interpreting Evidence of Student Learning - Science"

The next content-specific modules are designed to address the unique needs of acting on evidence of student. Participants will learn about the characteristics of meaningful teacher, self and peer feedback, strategies to support meaningful feedback, as well as strategies to adjust instruction based on evidence of student learning.

Two modules will be released on each of the following dates:

• March 17: "Acting on Evidence of Student Learning (Reading & Writing; Social Studies)"
• April 21: "Acting on Evidence of Student Learning (Mathematics; Science)"

‘Inquiry Practices of the KAS for Social Studies’ Module Now Available! 

This professional learning module provides support for understanding and implementing the inquiry practices of the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Social Studies.

The goals of this module are to:

• Understand the inquiry practices as outlined in the KAS for Social Studies;
• Define inquiry as outlined in the KAS for Social Studies;
• Understand the characteristics of compelling and supporting questions;
• Acquire ways to get students to engage with and create compelling and supporting questions when required;
• Understand the skills and progressions found within the Using Evidence standards; and
• Understand the four components of the Communicating Conclusions standards and find examples and strategies to implement these components.

This module consists of seven sections designed to be administered in professional learning community sessions and is available on the KYstandards Social Studies Professional Learning Modules webpage.

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Teaching and Learning PL Series: Eliciting Evidence of Learning

The Kentucky Department of Education will be releasing a professional learning experience each month to support educators with eliciting evidence for learning, whether in a face-to-face or remote learning environment.

All modules are available on the Balanced Assessment Professional Learning Modules webpage. 

Sept. 16: "Comprehensive, Balanced System of Assessment" 

Learn about the components of a comprehensive, balanced assessment system and how different assessments can work together to support student learning. The module will take a closer look at the types and purposes of different assessments, appropriate uses of assessment data and build an understanding of the assessment cycle. 

Oct. 14: "Understanding Formative Assessment" 

Build a common understanding of formative assessment practice. The module will define formative assessment and take a closer look at the assessment cycle in the formative assessment process. In addition, the module will focus on taking a closer look at developing student ownership through building a culture of formative assessment practices in the classroom.

Nov. 18: "Clarifying and Sharing Learning Goals and Success Criteria" 

Learn how the standards and associated learning expectations inform high-quality assessment. The module will focus on how to elicit meaningful evidence of student learning through clarification of learning progressions, learning goals and success criteria.  

Dec. 9: "Eliciting Evidence of Learning" 

In the first section of this module, participants will learn about designing and eliciting evidence of student learning aligned to the standards. The module will take a closer look at strategies for eliciting evidence aligned to the depth of the standard and criteria for high-quality classroom assessments.  

In the second section, participants will learn about valid assessment practices. The module also will consider how to ensure assessment practices are culturally relevant and free from unintended barriers.

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