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Great site to pull test questions or bell ringers!

PARCC releases the Assessment Blueprints and Test Specifications for ELA and Math.  This collection of documents will help any teacher understand how the common core standards will be assessed.  There is a lot here, but there are helpful guides, an FAQ, and narrated powerpoints to help you navigate.  See especially the Evidence Statements in math and ELA that clarify the student behaviors that will be measured to assess mastery of each standard.  These are very helpful.

In a press release on Monday, August 19, PARCC, the assessment consortium developing the CCSS tests, announced the release of additional paper-based sample test items in ELA and math. This is great news for us as we work to implement CCSS and PARCC-like assessment in our classrooms. On the PARCC website, you will see a list of links for each grade level and subject in the left sidebar. Visiting each link brings you to a page with a table describing the kinds of tasks that will appear on the PARCC assessment. Links to the sample items are within this table. Let us know if you have any questions!

Executive function stimulation: include questions in homework and tests that require mathematics communication. via Feedly

In this section of the PARCC website, sample items are provided for English and Math at a variety of grade levels.

7 Steps to BYOT Here's what Georgia's Forsyth County Schools recommends when thinking about implementing BYOT. (Find more at www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/byot.) 1. Think carefully about your goals. 2. Survey students about what gadgets they own. 3. Get buy-in from parents and the community. 4. Determine rules for personal devices, and make sure everyone is clear on them. 5. Test connectivity by inviting students to bring in their devices. 6. Ask students about their experiences with their own gadgets. 7. Plan how you can use BYOT to develop fun, challenging activities for students.