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Restrooms
New faces
QAR Codes
3.
4. Per Juan-Carlos Aguilar, DOE Science
Program Manager: “we are not rolling out
NGSS…We are revising our current science
GPS in view of the vision for science
education set forth by the K-12 Framework
for Science Education and the NGSS”
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Precision review of the Science GPS will start in September of 2013.
Tentative date to submit revised Science GPS for adoption by the Georgia Board of
Education is August of 2014.
Tentative date for adoption by the Georgia Board of Education of the revised Science
GPS is November of 2014.
Professional Development for teachers on the revised Science GPS will begin in the
2014-2015 school year and will continue during the 2015-2016 school year.
First year of implementation of the new Science Standards will be in the 2016-2017
school year. Assessments will be aligned to the new standards at this time.
UPDATED TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR REVISION!
Science Georgia Performance Standards
6. AWIM is a K-8 science and engineering based
program funded by KIA with a three year
implementation phase.
All 8th
grade classrooms will use the JetToy
Challenge during their Force & Motion Unit
Training for the JetToy Challenge will occur in
September of 2013 prior to teaching the unit
The Motorized Toy Car is being evaluated
for use in an exploratory class
The Glider Challenge is being evaluated
for use in an ELT class
7. We are fortunate to have two content planning
days for each subject area scheduled for the 2013-
2014 school year
The content planning days will be two
consecutive school days
The dates will be shared with you once they
have been finalized on the professional
learning calendar
The remaining slides will touch on
some of the issues we will be discussing
during these content planning days
8. In early May, teachers came together to revise common
unit assessments
Previous test questions and sample questions from other
tests were used to develop preliminary common unit
assessments
The process is not finished and will continue throughout
the school year
The revised common unit assessments will be shared
prior to teaching the unit
Although the tests have been revised with
district assistance, please do not refer to them
as District Assessments. Policy states that
District tests (Benchmarks) are not re-tested
9. Constructed Response
Items will be added to each Common Unit
Assessment
Additional items will be developed for each
unit as supplemental resources
The requirements and grading of the
constructed response items will be
discussed in more detail during our
upcoming content planning days
10. Formative Assessment
Items will be developed for each unit that
should be used as Formative Assessments.
These items may be constructed response
items as previously discussed or they may
be in another format
Formative Assessment will be discussed in
more detail during our upcoming content
planning days
11. OAS (Online Assessment System)
Due to a lack of computer lab time, OAS has
not been a practical option in previous years
Additionally, OAS questions have not
been the best examples of aligned content (many
questions are still from QCC objectives)
However, OAS has been revised
In our efforts to develop constructed
response and formative assessment items,
we will re-evaluate OAS items.
12. This past year, we started the process of
curriculum alignment. The process is massive
and it still on-going.
Content Unit pages will be revised or developed
based on this curriculum alignment
Some content maps, concepts, or essential
questions may be revised during the
alignment process
http://troup612resources.troup.k12.ga.us/curriculum1/science/8_science/waves/waves.html
13. Pretest window August 12th
– 16th
The pretest does not have to be given all on one day
The first unit overlaps with the pretest window
Remediate and/or Accelerate Days
For most units, there are two days at the end of the
unit designated for remediation or acceleration
Principals agreed to return to our previous
benchmark schedule; therefore, some
groups may have Benchmark II after
Spring Break
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