TDA Panel Discussion by Jennifer Bean https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc Pose a question below: en-us 2017-11-16 04:31:27 UTC 2017-11-16 14:10:51 UTC hello@padlet.com What process do TDA questions go through in order to become a question that is used on the PSSA? jennifer_bean2 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207521007 2017-11-16 04:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207521007 Is it possible for my students to receive a "0" as a score point indicator? jennifer_bean2 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207521102 2017-11-16 04:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207521102 Can we get a bank of excellent prompts from all the colleagues in the room? Knowing we have great prompts will allow us to feel comfortable scoring. sandra_bollinger https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207649779 2017-11-16 13:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207649779 What are TDA scoring support systems? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207649972 2017-11-16 13:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207649972 I wish there were a bank of passages and TDA questions. https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650102 2017-11-16 13:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650102 Why does it seem like there is not much of a difference between a 3 or 4? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650139 2017-11-16 13:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650139 Is there a resource that explains what each of the criterion in the rubric means? It is difficult to know the difference between some of the scores. If feels subjective at times. kathryn_kapchin https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650193 2017-11-16 13:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650193 Why isn't each component graded on a 4 point scale and then those scores added together to come to 16? This would allow students to receive a full range of scores instead of just 16, 12, 8, 4 or 0. Seems unfair to give a kid a C (12/16) with no opportunity to score anything in between that and a perfect score. https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650215 2017-11-16 13:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650215 How can SAS or other resources help with teaching of the skills needed to respond to TDA questions. heidi_weber https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650225 2017-11-16 13:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650225 There was such a drop in TDA results between this year and last year. We can say the teachers are not doing enough, but that is just not accurate. We did not change how we taught responding to TDAs. What else could we do differently? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650363 2017-11-16 13:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650363 3-4 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650383 What is the biggest difference between the 3 and 4 scores?

]]> 2017-11-16 13:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650383 What is a TDA scoring support system? amy_raugh https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650406 2017-11-16 13:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650406 How often would you recommend having students practice a full TDA? (Not just a mini lesson or task) cramerka https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650473 2017-11-16 13:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650473 Why is the language on the rubric so complicated and non-user/student friendly? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650511 2017-11-16 13:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650511 What is the long term goal of a TDA? What is the big picture for our students in the furture? catherine_scholles https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650592 2017-11-16 13:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650592 It would be SO helpful to have some resources for TDA questions and passages that we could use in our classrooms. Are these available somewhere? kathleen_balmer https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650600 2017-11-16 13:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650600 paula_long https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650638 Must a student satisfy all features of a score category to receive that score or is there some wiggle room?]]> 2017-11-16 13:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650638 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650656 What is the most important component of a TDA response?]]> 2017-11-16 13:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650656 Who has the power to ask PDE if they would create a video or something explaining how they score the TDAs? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650779 2017-11-16 13:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650779 Test Question https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650804 Is there any way that the test TDA question could come after the question that counts?]]> 2017-11-16 13:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650804 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650818 Yesterday we heard that the state is looking for stronger transitions in the essays. What are some other "look fors"? ]]> 2017-11-16 13:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207650818 I wish we had a resource of well written TDA samples to show students completed examples of what their work should look like to score a 3/4 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651075 2017-11-16 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651075 Does a response need to include information from the beginning, middle and end of the passage? https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651087 2017-11-16 13:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651087 What is the key difference between a score of 2 and 3 https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651427 2017-11-16 13:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651427 There used to be a big section on TDAs on PDE; did it move? I looked yesterday and could not find it. https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651502 2017-11-16 13:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651502 Writing Standards https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651660 Will the scoring change this year since the writing prompts have been removed? How will the writing standards be assessed?]]> 2017-11-16 13:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651660 What should teachers be focusing on THE MOST? heidi_weber https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651822 2017-11-16 13:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207651822 paula_long https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207652260 Do all parts of scoring criteria have the same weight?]]> 2017-11-16 13:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207652260 Informational vs. Literary https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207652655 In the past the focus has been on literary sources, can we expect more informational sources?]]> 2017-11-16 13:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207652655 Graphic organizers! https://padlet.com/jennifer_bean2/b6gvff8593oc/wish/207653098 How do you teach graphic organizers to students? My students are usually pretty good with filling out a graphic organizer, but if I try to get them to come up with their own (since they can't use a premade GO on the PSSA) they freeze up.

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