Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Smarter Balanced Released Items
Item/Task Specifications
Item and performance task specifications provide guidance on how to translate the Smarter Balanced Content Specifications into actual assessment items. In addition, guidelines for bias and sensitivity, accessibility and accommodations, and style help item developers and reviewers ensure consistency and fairness across the item bank. The specifications and guidelines were reviewed by member states, school districts, higher education, and other stakeholders.
Item and performance task specifications provide guidance on how to translate the Smarter Balanced Content Specifications into actual assessment items. In addition, guidelines for bias and sensitivity, accessibility and accommodations, and style help item developers and reviewers ensure consistency and fairness across the item bank. The specifications and guidelines were reviewed by member states, school districts, higher education, and other stakeholders.
Scroll to Mathematics section. The ZIP files contain an abundance of released items.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Common Core State Standards and English Learners
The Common Core State Standards mean greater rigor, higher expectations
and considerable greater language demands. Leadership and professional
development are needed to act collectively to implement supportive
policies, build educator capacity and develop effective approaches for
providing ELs with access to and opportunities for rigorous academic
work. Join three experts as they outline what needs to be done for this
population. Presenters: Judy Elliott, former Chief Academic Officer, Los Angeles Unified School
District, Lily Wong Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley, and Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University.
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District, Lily Wong Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley, and Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Real World Math
Real World Math is a collection of free math activities
for Google Earth designed for students and educators. Mathematics is
much more than a set of problems in a textbook. In the virtual world
of Google Earth, concepts and challenges can be presented in a
meaningful way that portray the usefulness of the ideas.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Mathematical Discourse
The Talking Cure - Ed Week
The Common Core State Standards, of course, highlight the importance of "mathematical practices." The idea is that if you can't talk about or explain the math you're doing, you don't know it well enough.
The Common Core State Standards, of course, highlight the importance of "mathematical practices." The idea is that if you can't talk about or explain the math you're doing, you don't know it well enough.
Making the Shifts
The Mathematics Standards
1. Greater Focus on Fewer Topics
2. Linking Topics and Thinking Across Grades
3. Rigorous Pursuit of Conceptual Understanding, Procedural Skill, and Application
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
2012 in Numbers
366 days: An interactive journey through 2012 in number
http://www.nature.com/news/366-days-an-interactive-journey-through-2012-in-numbers-1.12041
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