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Assessment of Students Performance April 1997

EXHIBIT 6-13

Types and Extent of Time Provided Teachers

to Work with Performance Assessments

State-initiated assessments
Manzanita None
Breckenridge 2 release days to compensate for attendance at summer and weekend training sessions
Walters None
Hudson 2 days paid joint planning time over the summer
Crandall 5 release days for teachers who develop assessment tasks (teachers may opt to be paid for the work instead of taking release days)
Maple Leaf Release days (in varying quantities) for teachers, both those directly affected by the state's portfolio assessment and for other teachers to experiment with portfolios
District-initiated assessments
McGary 5 release days for the school's 2 designated peer coaches;@ early release of students each Friday to provide teachers with extra planning time
Westgate Joint planning periods every other day (an element of team teaching; in theory, integrated assessment is one objective of team teaching)
Windermere None
School-initiated assessments
Cooper Joint planning time every day as an element of team teaching (supports integrated assessment)
Park Weekly meetings of teachers to share experiences with the PLR; voluntary teacher study groups (largely conducted on own time)
Ni?os Bonitos Restructured school day provides teachers with extra planning time in the afternoon; release time funded by grant money; students are released early every other Wednesday to give teachers additional planning time
Thoreau None (teachers devote their own time to revise ROPE and to discuss modes of implementation)
Ann Chester Teacher-initiated study groups (largely conducted on own time)
Noakes Students are released early every other Wednesday to give teachers additional planning time
Sommerville Joint planning time, including one extra planning period each day, for Pacesetter teachers