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=Social Studies Assessments=

Lenses and Priorities: Ability to feed into building a growth model for students Value to the teacher Ability to get concrete evidence of student growth Mulitple ways to measure

Findings:

Stregnths: There are some options that are valid and reliable Some vetted performance assesssments SS disciplines require content and skills that values different types of measurement New assessments connected to the ELA CCSS History/Social studies components

Gaps: Very limited in fair, valid, and reliable Measuring student growth is not the purpose of any of the current assessments (expecially conneted to teacher performance)

Lack high quality vetted assessments Lack elementary examples Some of the valid and reliable components are tied to specific programs (IB, AP) Difficult to connect to instruction and teacher growth None truly assess 21st century skills