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Vertical Alignment MMS Curriculum Meeting

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Agenda

MMS Curriculum ELA Meeting, March 22, 2016

1. Please Sit in grade level teams
2. ·      Brainstorm to define the task – small group discusion
3. ·      Discussion – whole group
4. ·      *If time - look at Red Clay and Common Core
5. ·      Findings and path forward

Vertical Alignment: Brainstorm in Teams

English, Language Arts Middle School Curriculum

1.             What are the levels for this alignment? 6,7,8 and Special classes

2.             What is the ELA curriculum based upon?  Common Core, State Standards with reference to the Smarter Balance test

3.             What is our platform for writing lessons and creating materials? The Next Generation Learning Focus Strategies

4.             What is our statewide platform for communication and collaboration? Schoology

5.             What areas do we need to align in ELA? (eg: reading….)

6. What resources will we use? (e.g., Scope, Collections…)

Writing Rubric Conversion Table

Here it is...

The only issue is that it make a score of 4 an A. You can adapt this as needed.  

ANALYTIC WRITING RUBRIC CONVERSION TABLE - DRAFT

Stiggins et al. suggest, the objective of grades is to communicate student achievement and it is best not to convert rubric scores to letter
grades, if it can be helped (2006, p. 316).   If conversion is necessary, the conversion table below will help with the process. Since cut-offs
for letter grades vary from district-to-district, a letter grade was not included on the table. 

When using a weighted, analytical rubric, follow the steps below:

1.      Score each individual section of the analytic rubric and total the points. 

2.      Use the conversion table to determine a student’s analytical score and/or percent.

	Score of a 4	Score of a 3	Score of a 2	Score of a 1
Organization/Purpose (X2)	4x2=8	3x2=6	2x2=4	1x2=2
Evidence/Elaboration (X2)	4x2=8	3x2=6	2x2=4	1x2=2
Lang/Conventions (X1)	4x1=4	3x1=3	2x1=2	1x1=1

Example:  John scores – O/P 4, E/E 3, L/C 3.  Analytic score is 4+3+3=3.3 and points would be 8+6+3=17.  On the Conversion Table, 17pts = 3.3 = 92%.  Please keep in mind, the performance level of a “3” is meeting the grade level standard; the performance level of a “4” exceeds the grade
level standard.

Total Points	Analytic Score	Percent
20	4.0	100
19	3.8	97
19	3.7	97
18	3.7	95
18	3.6	95
17	3.4	92
17	3.3	92
16	3.3	89
16	3.2	89
15	3.0	87
14	2.8	84
14	2.7	84
13	2.7	81
13	2.6	81
12	2.4	79
12	2.3	79
11	2.3	76
11	2.2	76
10	2.0	74
9	1.8	71
9	1.7	71
8	1.7	68
8	1.6	68
7	1.4	66
7	1.3	66
6	1.3	63
6	1.2	63
5	1.0	60