2015 English SOL Institutes
Includes:
- Curriculum Frameworks
- Enhanced Scope & Sequence Sample Lesson Plans
- Test Blueprints
- Released Tests
- Writing Practice Tool
- Performance Expectations
The focus of the 2015 English SOL Institutes was formative assessment. The move away from multiple choice assessments further emphasizes the need for various ways to evaluate each student's knowledge, application of knowledge, critical thinking, and skills related to the Standards of Learning.
Ideally English Language Arts teachers will work with other content teachers to create integrated assessments to include multiple subject areas. Comprehensive assessment involves every aspect of student learning and promotes student accountability for learning, student self-reflection, and presentation skills. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Assessment Task Force, in their report Formative Assessment That Truly Informs Instruction, makes the case that good formative assessment, among other key factors, "includes feedback that is non-evaluative, specific, timely, and related to the learning goals, and that provides opportunities for the student to revise and improve work products and deepen understandings." Authentic assessment involves students as an integral part of the assessment process. Cross-curricular assessment conversations create opportunities for teachers to think and work as facilitators of student learning and thus limit the practice of “item teaching.” The 2015 K-12 English Language Arts SOL Institutes utilized a train-the-trainer model to provide professional development at six sites throughout the commonwealth. Participants attended a general session and four different breakout sessions with either an elementary or secondary focus.
2015 Resources – Presentations & Lessons
- Keynote Presentation: Formative Assessment in the English Language Arts Classroom (PPT)
- Formative Assessment That Truly Informs Instruction– from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- Blacksburg
- Abingdon
- Dulles
- Newport News
- Staunton
- Richmond
Abingdon, October 6 |
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Elementary |
Secondary |
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Elizabeth Dotson-Shupe
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Robert Williams & Dan Woods
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Stauton, October 30 |
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Elementary |
Secondary |
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Annyce Maddox
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Robert Williams & Dan Woods
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Richmond, November 2 |
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Elementary |
Secondary |
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Annette Conley & Jennifer Haws
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Robert Williams & Dan Woods
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