A powerpoint on Positive Testing Achievement Culture

2. WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS ON TESTING
• STUDENTS TAKE AS MANY AS 20 STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS PER YEAR IN SOME STATES. THE
REGULARITY WITH WHICH TESTING OCCURS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE GRADES, MAY BE CAUSING
STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS TO FEEL BURDENED BY TESTING.
• “LOW ACHIEVERS BECOME OVERWHELMED BY ASSESSMENTS AND DEMOTIVATED BY CONSTANT
EVIDENCE OF THEIR LOW ACHIEVEMENT, THUS FURTHER INCREASING THE GAP BETWEEN LOW- AND HIGH-
ACHIEVING STUDENTS. A GREATER EMPHASIS ONSUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT THUS BRINGS ABOUT
INCREASED DIFFERENTIATION.

3. RESEARCH BASED SOLUTIONS
• RESEARCH INDICATES THAT “TEACHERS’ OWN CLASS-TESTING PRACTICES CAN HELP
TO INCREASE SELF-EFFICACY, IF TEACHERS EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND EXPECTATIONS
OF THEIR TESTS AND PROVIDEFEEDBACK.
• FURTHER, A SCHOOL’S ‘ASSESSMENT CULTURE’ INFLUENCES STUDENTS’FEELINGS OF
SELF-EFFICACY AND EFFORT.
• COLLEGIALITY – MEANING CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION OF TESTING AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DESIRABLE ASSESSMENT PRACTICEIN THE SCHOOL – HAS A
POSITIVE EFFECT, WHILST A FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE OUTCOMESHAS A NEGATIVE
EFFECT.

4. PTAC:
POSITIVE TESTING ACHIEVEMENT CUTLURE
• RESEARCH BASED PROTOCOLS SHOWN TO INCREASE STUDENT MOTIVATION AND SELF-EFFICACY IN
HIGH-STAKES LEARNING
• TESTING CONFERENCING
• PARENT/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/NOTIFICATION
• EXPLANATION OF ASSESSMENTS TO STUDENTS
• SCHOOL WIDE TESTING CELEBRATION/PREPARATION

5. MAP/UNIT TESTING CONFERENCING
OBJECTIVES:
-INFORM STUDENTS OF PRESENT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS
-MAKE STUDENT AWARE OF CONTENT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
-HELP STUDENTS LINK LESSONS LEARNED TO TESTED CONTENT
-HELP STUDENTS SET GOALS TO INCREASE TEST SCORES

6. MAP TESTING CONFERENCING
PREPARATION
• SET UP A PRIVATE AREA IN THE CLASSROOM
• HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ALREADY PRINTED TO EXPEDITE THE CONFERENCING PROCESS
(DOCUMENTS FOR MAP TEST CONFERENCING ARE SAVED IN THE I:DRIVE)
• COPY OF GRADE LEVEL-MAP TEST SCORE EQUIVALENCY
• COPY OF EOG-MAP TEST EQUIVALENCY
• COPY OF STUDENT GOAL SHEET (TELLS CURRENT SCORE AND PROJECTED SCORE)
• COPY OF CLASS REPORT-TELLS AMOUNT OF TIME EACH STUDENT USED TO TAKE THE TEST
• PEN/PENCIL
*SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE TEACHERS CAN USE BLANK MAP GOAL SETTING SHEETS TO CONFERENCE WITH THEIR STUDENTS

7. MAP CONFERENCING EXAMPLE:
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=I742YU0W8X4

8. SEDGEFIELD STRATEGIES AND NEXT STEPS
• INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS
• ACHIEVEMENT THEMES IN CLASS (I.E. “NO FAIL ZONE”)
• PARENT NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT OUTCOMES
• SCHOOLWIDE/COMMUNITY RECOGNITION OF HIGH ACHIEVERS AND STUDENTS WHO IMPROVED

9. Q + A

10. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
• HTTP://WWW.EDWEEK.ORG/EW/ARTICLES/2014/05/14/31SURVEY.H33.HTML
• HTTP://EPPI.IOE.AC.UK/CMS/LINKCLICK.ASPX?FILETICKET=PBYL1CDSDJU%3D&TABID=104&MID=196
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