2018 Conference Materials

Performance Assessment Assurances: Next Steps for Leading Deeper Learning in Virginia

VDOE used funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and partnered with Envision Learning and Jobs for the Future to develop and provide this professional development to Virginia educators in May and June of 2018. Four two-day sessions were held in different locations across Virginia.

Day 1

Opening Session

• Opening Session Presentation (PPT)
• Handouts
  • Comparing Types of Performance Assessments (Word)
• Transcripts
  • Audio Clip Transcript-Ethan-part 1-slide 3 (Word)
  • Audio Clip Transcript-Ethan-part 2- slide 11 (Word)

Elementary Breakout - Science

• Elementary Breakout - Science Presentation (PPT)
• Handouts:
  • Virginia Quality Criteria Tool (Word)
  • Performance Task Workshopping Protocol (Word)
  • Soil Investigation Task (Word)
  • Pizza Delivery Task (Word)
  • Properties of Matter Task  (Word)
• Transcripts:
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Xander- slide 4 (Word)
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Jaime- slide 5  (Word)

Secondary Breakout - History and Social Science

• Secondary Breakout - History and Social Science Presentation (PPT)
• Handouts:
  • Virginia Quality Criteria Tool (Word)
  • Performance Task Workshopping Protocol (Word)
  • Renaissance Task (Word)
  • Child Labor Task (Word)
  • Civil War Impacts Task (Word)
• Transcripts:
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Xander- slide 4 (Word)
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Jaime- slide 5 (Word)

Day 2

Opening Session

• Opening Session Presentation  (PPT)
• Handouts: 
  • Holistic Persuasive Generic Rubric Example (Word)
  • Principles of Scoring Student Work (Word)
  • Unpacking the Demands of Performance Assessment (Word)
• Transcripts:
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Aiden- slide 2 (Word)
  • Students Discussing Rubrics- Audio Clip Transcript- slide 11 (Word)

Elementary Breakout - Science

• Elementary Breakout - Science Presentation (PPT)
• Handouts:
  • Scientific Investigation Rubric (Word) (This document has been updated and the original document used during the conference is no longer available.)
  • Unpacking the Demands of a Performance Assessment (Word)
  • Keep It Cool (Word)
  • Sample B2 (Word)
  • Sample B6  (Word)
  • Sample B7(Word)
  • Principles of Scoring Student Work (Word)
  • Charting Paper- Science (Word)
• Transcripts:
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Caleb- slide 32 (Word)
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Fatima- slide 33 (Word)

Secondary Breakout - History and Social Science

• Secondary Breakout- History and Social Science Presentation (PPT)
• Handouts:
  • Common Rubric for History and Social Science Performance Assessments/Tasks- Early Secondary (Word)
  • Unpacking the Demands of a Performance Assessment (Word)
  • Principles of Scoring Student Work (Word)
  • Student Sample 20 (Word)
  • Student Sample 21 (Word)
  • Student Sample 34 (Word)
  • Student Sample 47 (Word)
• Charting Paper- History and Social Science (Word)
• Transcripts:
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Caleb- slide 32 (Word)
  • The Why- Audio Clip Transcript- Fatima- slide 33 (Word)