Module 1

Module Materials

Technology Tools

• T1-1 Images of Student Success
• T1-3 Students Identity Artifacts Examples
• T1-4 Equity Reflections Board

Module Handouts

• H1-1 Cultural Norms of STEM
• H1-2 Funds of Identity
• H1-3 UDL Guidelines v2.2
• H1-4 TAPS Equity
• H1-5 TAPS Must-Haves

Module Resources

• None

Session Description

In this session, participants come together as a community of learners to start to document their visions for science learning and student performance that will ground our NGSS assessment work going forward. 

Session Goals

1. Develop an individual and shared vision for science learning and student performance. 
2. Compare and supplement our science vision with existing district visioning documents.

Session Resources

• 1.1 Session Google Folder
• 1.1 Session Participant Agenda and Resource Links
• 1.1 Session Facilitator’s Guide
• 1.1 Session Slides

Session Description

In this session, we consider who may be left out of our vision for science learning and performance and why. We walk in the shoes of individual students to gain perspective and consider the environmental barriers that need to be removed to improve outcomes for students.

Session Goals

1. Consider the perspective of students who may feel left out of our vision.
2. Learn a strategy to better understand our students and their identity as science learners.
3. Identify opportunities to lift up students as experts and to create connections between learning and students’ motivation.

Session Resources

• 1.2 Session Google Folder

• 1.2 Session Participant Agenda and Resource Links

• 1.2 Session Facilitator’s Guide

• 1.2 Session Slides

Session Description

In this session, we consider different ways assessment might play out in classrooms and how these assessments support or not our vision for science learning and performance. We use the TAPS’s Equity and Must-Haves documents to analyze five assessments and reflect on how these assessments do or not represent equitable assessment practices. In this session, participants analyze their local assessment system through various lenses to further examine features of equitable assessments and equitable assessment systems. A working definition of equity is introduced through a framework that serves as the foundation for the toolkit tools and processes. 

Session Goals

1. Identify characteristics of equitable NGSS assessments that support our vision for science learning and performance for all students. 
2. Determine the priorities and trade offs present in assessments and how these might begin to fit together to make up an assessment system. 
3. Examine local assessment systems to determine how well our current system supports our vision for science learning and student performance.
4. Document our questions to identify what we need to figure out together about equitable NGSS assessments.

Session Resources

• 1.3 Session Google Folder
• 1.3 Session Participant Agenda and Resource Links
• 1.3 Session Facilitator’s Guide
• 1.3 Session Slides