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21st Century Skills Assessment (21CSA) Implementation Notes

Please note: This information reflects the evaluation plan which must be negotiated through an adjusted timeline etc. and individual district needs - it is a work in progress.

http://learning.com/training/#

Overview

The 21CSA is a measurement tool for one of the strategies for project Goal 1. It is also a measurement for Goal 2, but at this point, the focus of this page is assessment of students.

Timeline

• December 23 - Emails were sent to Admins from accounts@learning.com - coordinators identified above should check your email boxes for this important login and password information.
• January 2010 - Professional development to support Learning.com implementation
• RETA Instructor Webinar#4 - January 15 7:30 am
• January Educator Webinar (part of C21CL Educator Webinar Series)
• C21CL District Coordinators & Coordinators identify plan and schedule educators, space, students, etc.
• Administrator Newsletter - RETA is working on getting this out by the end of January.
• February-April 2010 - Implementation of Year 1 Assessment
• Educators participate in pre and post without Portfolio (approximately 3 hours)
• Students participate in pre and post without Portfolio (approximately 3 hours of instructional time)
• Fall 2010 - Implementaiton of Year 2 Pre Assessment with Portfolio (Approximately 3.5 hours of instructional time)
• Spring 2011 - Implementation fo Year 2 Post Assessment with Portfolio (Approximately 3.5 hours of instructional time)

Implementation specifics

Original request notes from Nov. 11 Meeting

• Numbers shared in chat and or by follow up email - SEE ABOVE for actual licenses.

  District	# ELEM requested	# SEC requested	Total
  T or C	50	100	150
  SCS	25	75	100
  LMS	75	50	125
  DCS	25	75	100
  CMS	35	50	85
  LCPS	59	59	120
  Total	<280	<420	700

   

Resources about Coordination & Implementation of Learning.com

• Synchronous Traning Opportunities (optional, two per district permitted)

• 21st Century Skills Assessment	Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. PDT	REGISTER
  	Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. PDT	REGISTER

• On Demand Resources
• Additional 21CSA information & resources (including Quick Start Guide) can be found on our site @ http://platform.learning.com/help/21csa.htm
• Coordinator packet 21CSA_Coordinator Packet_090429.pdf
• Import Tool Guide – (data elements required can be found on page 6) - User-Import-Tool-Guide-090407.pdf
• RETA Instructor Webinar#4 Recording - January 15 7:30 am
• Link to 21CSA webinar recording (Anita apologizes for the poor quality – missing the intro) –

   https://learning.webex.com/learning/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=37341002&rKey=1ba303e0ada2923f

Beta Testing of Teacher NETS•T assessment

Update: Each districts has been provided 40 seats for this beta test. They are available within the Learning.com system. The closing date is Feb. 26. These are free assessments and results will be shared with you, but be aware that the test has not been calibrated by psychometricians yet.

We may have an opportunity to beta test a tech literacy assessment based on the NETS*T 2008. It would mean participating in a test during February with reports available in April. On the wiki you can locate resources shared by Learning.com about this beta test (includes info, faqs and a sample teacher report).

Conducting this assessment with our educators would support the evaluation of goal 2:

Build educator capacity to transform their practice by providing access to high quality professional development in order to prepare educators to to meet NETS•T and NM Teacher Competencies

If our project was accepted to participate, participating educators would complete one assessment with portfolio between Feb 1-15. A preparatory WebEx training session would be provided in advance between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2. The time needed to complete the beta assessment is approximately two class periods.

As the NETS•T assessment was not available at the beginning of the project, we did not have plans to use it for Goal 2 evaluation. We are working, however, to adapt our plan to include an NETS•T assessment (pre and post with portfolio) for year 2.