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**__The PLC Project Defined__**
=Welcome to the Terry Parker ELA Department PLC wiki. This summer I'm working on trying to define clear learning targets with clear levels of progression so that, together, we can build a bank of common assessments to help us as we try to move our students forward. I plan on building some assessments for each target as models, in addition.=

= = =What I would like to do is to make this as much a collaborative process as I can - PLC style. Of course, I realize that you are all trying to relax as much as possible this summer and don't want to think about work too much. However, any input you can give in this process will be very much appreciated, and I believe you will find, very rewarding and enlightening.=

= = =So here's what I'm doing. I've posted the "scales" I have developed so far on this wiki.=

= = =The "scales" are essentially rubrics, but what I really want us to think about is what different levels of performance //look// like. For example, our current mini - formatives consist of basically FCAT type questions - maybe some high level, some low. However, when we get those scores, I don't believe we can make clear instructional decisions about where the student went wrong and what we need to do next because of the nature of the assessment. Our assessments should be able tell us what to do next, but those formative don't. We have to build our own if we want assessments to be truly helpful.=

= = =That's where the "scales" come in. You'll notice that I've tried to suggest what a performance at each level should look like. This, hopefully, will suggest, in turn, what an assessment question at that level will look like. From this, we should be able to develop our own assessments that clearly show at what level a student is performing.= = = =What I would like for you to do is look at them, think about the levels as I have defined them, edit where you think appropriate, put your two cents worth in, and perhaps suggest addtional learning targets.=

=I am also posting Marzanno's generic rubric, which is the source of this idea, so that you can see what each level is meant to represent.=

= On the left hand side of this page you will find the individual pages containing the scales for their respective benchmarks .=

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