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You should have received an email with a link to access the meeting materials. You may also access the materials at the link above.

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The purpose of this application is to allow for file transfers between the California Department of Education (CDE) and non-CDE organizations. A project code and an upload/download password are required.

Project Information

Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series (ADAD)

This training series will provide direct, online training opportunities focusing on leveraging components of the Smarter Balanced comprehensive system of assessments to inform teaching and learning. There will be three distinct, independent components of this training series, with multiple opportunities-in both the summer and fall-to attend. Sessions in the fall will contain the same content as covered in the summer.

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The purpose of this application is to allow for file transfers between the California Department of Education (CDE) and non-CDE organizations. A project code and an upload/download password are required. Project Information Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series (ADAD) This training series will provide direct, online training opportunities focusing on leveraging components of the Smarter Balanced comprehensive system of assessments to inform teaching and learning.

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This evening, you will receive an email with an evaluation survey and instructions on how to obtain a certificate of completion for each of the sessions you have attended. If you do not receive the email, email CalTrainings@WestEd.org for assistance.

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For more information on upcoming training opportunities, including additional sessions in the 2022 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series, please visit www.caaspp.org/training/training-opportunities.

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Understanding the Formative Assessment Process

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Understanding the Formative Assessment Process

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Formative Assessment in Action Video Series

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The Formative Assessment in Action video series features California members of the State Network of Educators (SNE) demonstrating formative assessment strategies in their classrooms. The lessons and activities used in these videos can be found in the instructional resources on the Tools for Teachers website (Tools for Teachers account required for full access).

Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing

This 12-minute video features Christina Lambie-a district administrator in the Woodland Joint Unified School District-demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade six class uses a Smarter Balanced sample item and corresponding rubric to target and improve writing skills.

Knotty Rope: 3 Act Math Task

This 12-minute video features Cassandra Gartung-an instructional coordinator in the Victor Elementary School District-demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade three math class uses inquiry to identify and solve a math performance task problem involving the number of knots tied in a given length of rope.

Constructing Scientific Explanations Using Defining Sentences

This 12-minute video features Toni David─an elementary school teacher in the Stanislaus Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade five class works in collaborative groups to create defining sentences in an effort to enhance a written explanation of why it rains.

Digital Hybrid Socratic Seminar

This 13-minute video features Matthew Cowan─an instructional coach at Redlands Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as his grade nine ELA students debate the effects of texting and video games on student learning.

Using Ratios to Solve Real-World Problems

This 9-minute video features Travis Burke─a math professional development coach in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as his grade six students discuss different ratio combinations for the perfect glass of chocolate milk. Students teach each other different strategies for solving this problem, and then attempt to convince classmates that their strategy is best.

Rhetorical Reading Review-A Close Look at Author, Text, and Audience

This 10-minute video features Leisa Machado─a middle school English language arts and history teacher from the Turlock Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade seven students annotate a newspaper article, and then work in groups to complete posters based on collaborative discussion and use text-on-text graffiti to provide feedback to their peers.

Questions: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765

Last Reviewed: Thursday, June 15, 2023

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Formative Assessment in Action Video Series

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The Formative Assessment in Action Video Series features California members of the State Network of Educators (SNE) demonstrating formative assessment techniques in their classrooms.

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Tools for Teachers Self Registration Quick Reference Guide

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Tools for Teachers Self Registration Quick Reference Guide

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Smarter Tools for Teachers. Discover classroom resources you can use today. Educator-created lessons, activities, strategies, and professional development to help tailor instruction and boost learning.

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Video: How Tools for Teachers Supports Educators

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Video: How Tools for Teachers Supports Educators

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How Tools for Teachers Supports Educators

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CDE Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers Webpage

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CDE Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers Webpage

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Tools for Teachers is an online collection of resources aligned with the Common Core State Standards that supports K-12 teachers in their use of the formative assessment process to adjust teaching to improve student learning.

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CAASPP Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Resources web page

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CAASPP Tools for Teachers and Other Formative Assessment Resources web page

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Tools for Teachers is the formative assessment component of the Smarter Balanced assessment system. The Formative Assessment Process is a deliberate process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides actionable feedback that is used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve students' attainment of curricular learning targets/goals. View the Understanding the Formative Assessment Process for more information about the formative assessment process.

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Tools for Teachers website.

Tools for Teachers is an easy-to-use website featuring lessons, activities, and more that incorporate the formative assessment process and accessibility strategies. This website is meant to support teachers daily during their instruction to help educators reflect on their students' knowledge and take action on next steps to meet learning goals.

Tools for Teachers Training Videos

Tools for Teachers Flyers

Additional Resources

Purpose

Description

Smarter Balanced Content Explorer

This web application provides a user-friendly interface to explore the range of English language arts/literacy and mathematics knowledge and skills important for college and career readiness on the Smarter Balanced Assessments. The Content Explorer includes information about how the test questions are developed for specific aspects of the content and includes details about the specific aspects of the test questions. View the Smarter Balanced Content Explorer video for more information.

Smarter Balanced Annotated Response Tool

This web application is designed to help educators better understand the rubrics that are used to score students' written responses to Smarter Balanced constructed-response items and performance tasks. Educators can view examples of student writing, scoring annotations, and rubrics to help understand what to look for when reviewing student responses and understand where to provide support to students in a specific writing area. Educators can use this professional learning resource as they work to standardize and calibrate their scoring of student writing samples. View the Smarter Annotated Response Tool Flyer and the Getting Started with SmART video for more information.

Lexile® & Quantile® Hub Resources

This page contains resources for California educators interested in utilizing tools offered through the Lexile & Quantile Hub. The Hub contains instructional planning resources for educators and a variety of tools that support the monitoring of student growth in reading and math toward goals of college and career readiness.

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Test Administrator Resources for the administration of 2015 California tests.

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