Next Generation Assessments-Resources

Schools around the world are moving to online assessments for their students that include technology-enhanced, interactive assessment items. Groups such as PARCC and American Institutes for Research (AIR) are developing such assessments for states across the U.S. In general these tests are collectively referred to as Next Generation Assessments.

To successfully complete these assessments, student will need to be able to perform many technology tasks including:

Click / tap	Select object	Use text highlighter
Scroll	Select text	Use calculator
Plot points	Select area	Use protractor
Drag and drop	Select and drag / slide	Use ruler
Type with text editor	Unselect	Use video player

Use the following link to explore the Next Generation Assessments by Content Area, Grade Band, General Information, and various Keyboarding & Mouse Skills. 

Next Generation Assessments Link

Curriculum Overview Professional Development Q & A

During the Curriculum Overview of August PD we collected questions in a Parking Lot. We have compiled all questions and provided you with answers.  Please email the curriculum department if you have further questions.  

Questions and Answers can be found here.  Curriculum Overview PD Q & A

New School Year!

Welcome Back!  I hope all are settling in to teaching, instruction, and assessment.  These will be three busy words that will be used often during this school year.  As the curriculum department highlighted during August professional development, there are a few new things on the plate this year.  We will provide our grade 10 students the OGT for the last time in the spring.  We will assess our kindergarten students with a new assessment, KRA.  Students in grades 3-9 will participate in NGA beginning in February.

To help us keep the acronyms of education straight, I am sharing a link to a document  that Char Shyrock has put together.  I hope you find this useful.

Terms Educators Need to Know