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PowerPoint; great explanation of DOK, including examples/explanations of activities at different levels.

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Explanation of Depth-of-Knowledge and examples of mathematical skills for each level. 

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Chart includes verbs and sample activities for the 4 Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels:
1--Recall
2--Skill/Concept
3--Strategic Thinking
4--Extended Thinking

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The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) is a state-led consortium working to develop next-generation assessments that accurately measure student progress toward college- and career-readiness. Smarter Balanced is one of two multistate consortia awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Education in 2010 to develop an assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by the 2014-15 school year.

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The author presents a convincing argument for emulating instructional design found in "Angry Birds."

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"The mission of the Michigan Assessment Consortium is to improve student learning and achievement through a system of coherent curriculum, balanced assessment and effective instruction. We do this by collaboratively Promoting assessment knowledge and practice.Providing professional development.Producing and sharing assessment tools and products."

Includes resources and archived videoconferences

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"In this archive, learn how districts can think about the new rigor required in building a local comprehensive assessment system that reflects the Common Core State Standards. Presenters included staff from the Comprehensive School Assistance Program at WestEd, Creighton School District (Arizona), and Assessment Technology Incorporated. "

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"This community resource is brought to you by Waypoint Outcomes, developers of web-based software that helps educators create exceptional feedback for learners by using rich, interactive rubrics. We are constructing this library to showcase the content we have created over the last five years, and to help educators find consistently good rubrics that they can edit to suit their own needs"

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"This video provides a look at the new State of Michigan cut scores for the MEAP and MME tests. It explores how they’ve been applied, how they may impact schools and students, and the concepts of career and college readiness."

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Dr. Bruce Fay, Wayne RESA Assessment consultant, discusses the changes to MEAP cut scores.

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Wealth of resources on data, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and more.

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"The way forward to better assessment begins with the conception of assessment not as a single test but as a coherent system of measures. Coherent systems must be composed of valid measures of learning and be horizontally, developmentally, and vertically aligned to serve classroom, school, and district improvement."

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"MI School Data provides views of Michigan education data to help make informed educational decisions, to help improve instruction and to enable school systems to prepare a higher percentage of students to succeed in rigorous high school courses, college and challenging careers."

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Several links to information about the CCSS and the new assessments. Also included are crosswalk documents for the Michigan GLCE and CCSS

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Resources to help students prepare for WorkKeys.

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MISD website with links to video tutorials regarding features of DataDirector.

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The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium is a state-led consortium working to develop next-generation assessments that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and that accurately measure student progress toward college and career readiness.

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MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover common formative assessments and track mastery of state and Common Core standards. Built-in grading tools save teachers time.

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