Using Atlas to Analyze Standards and Inform Student

Learning

NESA Spring Educator’s Conference

Your Facilitator Today

John Mooreand

Meng Zhou

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Workshop Basics

• Share Your Experiences and Ideas

• Ask questions• Here to help!

Objectives…

• Examine the different ways standards can be customized in Atlas to model best practices.

• Analyze the various assessment methods used in your classroom and discover those employed across your school.

• Apply the Atlas Reporting Tools to verify a quality, standards-based, taught curriculum.

• Use the Atlas Reporting Tools to ensure a learning-oriented assessed curriculum.

The Relative Curriculum

Taught• Diary vs.

Projected• Captures

what happens in the class

• Shows connection to how the curriculum is being covered

Intended• Standards

Based:– AERO

Standards– ACTFL– IB

Programmes

– TESOL– School-

developed– Amalgamat

ion of the above

Learned• Assessments• Student

learning activities

(Re)Define

Design

Implement

Analyze-Evaluate

Standards Management Phases with Atlas

Standards Management: The

“(Re)Define” PhaseCareful, deliberate, informed standards change/ decisions

1.Needs Analysis:•Assessment of what should be in existence based on external criteria •Assessment of what should be in existence based on internal criteria

2.Provide direction: • Goals • Objectives

Use of descriptors

What is the intended and curriculum at your school?

How does the taught curriculum align to it?

• Is it mandated or developed by the school?

• Does everybody understand it?• Do you communicate to all

constituencies?• Is it in alignment with your school

mission?• How do you incorporate character?• What about early childhood?

• Selecting Standards• Adapting Standards• DIY Standards• Horizontal and Vertical

Coherence

Standards Management: The “Design” Phase

What process/strategies do you follow to (re) define and

design your academic standards?

• What was the trigger event to adopt your current standards?

• Who do you involve? Who was involved initially?

• What is the shelf life of your standards?

• What is the timing for introducing revisions?

• How do you go about introducing them in Atlas?

Standards Management: The

“Implement” Phase

• How standards (as the planned curriculum) can be integrated into the:

• Taught curriculum• Assessed curriculum• (implications to the “learned

curriculum”)

Available Reports in Atlas:• Standards Overview• Standards Profiling

­ My Standards­ Quick Reports­ My Reports

Standards Management: The

“Analyze/ Evaluate” Phase

What is a 3rd graders

assessment experience at the

school?

As a school, how many times are

students mastering benchmarks through

assessment?

How can you get a quick view for

what standards and benchmarks

have been assessed in

science?

What are some questions you have about your

standards and benchmarks?

• Take 5 minutes to compile a list of key questions.

• See if you translate these questions into queries in Analyze.­ Standards Profiling­ Standards Overview

• Don’t forget to visit the tutorials under Info.

Create some Samples (My Reports) that will be

helpful in future conversations.

Be prepared to share your samples.

(Re)Define

Design

Implement

Analyze-Evaluate

Standards Management Phases with Atlas

Using Atlas to Analyze Standards and Inform Student

Learning

NESA Spring Educator’s Conference