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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'>So, it sounds as if there is some latitude with SLOs being created to reflect higher-level assessments. Students are going to be assessed, at grade-level, within the regular ed. classroom. It would make sense that the resource room would provide assessments that reflect growth by raising the bar from the get-go and showing growth at that grade-level, whatever it may be (e.g., 5<sup>th</sup> grade <i>superior cognitive</i> students being pre-assessed on a 7<sup>th</sup> grade math algebraic standard and showing a year’s growth for that grade level). Is this correct?<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'>Thank you for the input,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'>Chip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'><hr size=5 width=506 style='width:271.9pt' noshade style='color:black' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Gifted Intervention Specialist <b>/</b> Exceptional Student Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>Kent City School District<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><hr size=5 width=507 style='width:272.4pt' noshade style='color:red' align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>“What he seemed, he was—a wholly human gentleman, the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>essential elements of whose positive character were two and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>only two, simplicity and spirituality.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003399'>(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. Lee)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#003399'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:ohiogift-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Colleen Boyle, PhD<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:59 PM<br><b>Cc:</b> Ohiogift Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ohiogift] Gifted Resource Room Question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Based on ODE's SGM training, there are a few things to know about SLO's for resource rooms:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. The standards addressed in a GIS' SLO for a resource room must be academic content standards.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. All students are expected to show growth.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3. So, if pre-assessment indicates a need to use above level standards with a corresponding post-assessment, that is acceptable and expected.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Essentially, as long as the standards used on the SLO are appropriate for the gifted population in question, are academic in nature, and reflect what is being taught in the classroom, they are acceptable regardless of level.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>When going throughout the SGM training, I was THRILLED to hear Carolyn Everidge Fry from ODE say that kids who max out a pre-assessment in the regular classroom would need to be assessed in the end using a measure that went beyond the grade level standards. (She followed it up by saying if select students needed all above grade level standards, then maybe acceleration is a better option - love hearing that from ODE staff outside of the OEC. :)) She also talked about capstone projects, etc. that classroom teachers could/should use to allow top students to show growth beyond the grade level standards. Now, that conversation was based on a typical ten ed classroom. But, in conversations with Carolyn and other ODE staff, they have acknowledged the resource class for gifted learners will have some unique features. A committee within OAGC has been working with ODE to generate some model SLOs for a variety of gifted classrooms along withs one guidance documents. The first SLO for a resource class has been posted on ODE's site. More will be posted soon. I also have an article being published in the fall OAGC Review on this topic and will be presenting at the fall OAGC conference on the topic. The word is getting out slowly but surely. Carolyn's team is great for answering questions as we move forward. But, I would suggest starting with the resources already available online on ODE's site. They have quite a bit of good stuff there.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Colleen Boyle, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Gifted Coordinator and Educational Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Columbus, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:boyleconsulting@me.com">boyleconsulting@me.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Specialities:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Educational Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Gifted Education and Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Educational Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Edward A. Hawks III <<a href="mailto:eah3rd@windstream.net">eah3rd@windstream.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Hi, all:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Part I – I was watching the Zimmerman trial and was appalled that a 19 year old young woman couldn’t read cursive handwriting in a letter. At this rate, future generations will not be able to read our nation’s original documents unless they are written in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>txt frm</b>. (How unfortunate!) Give them a copy of Thomas Edison’s scientific journals written in an impeccable cursive hand. . .</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Part II – I know many of our discussions on this listserv pertain to gifted students and higher-level classes (e.g., advanced, CP, PSEO, etc.). My question pertains to students in the resource room where<b>grades are not administered</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and activities/projects are geared around individuals’ interests, GIS-led instruction, and WEPs.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>According to the Operating Standards for Identifying and Serving Gifted Students (2008), “gifted students need differentiated curriculum and instruction and support services in order to fully develop their cognitive, academic, creative, and artistic abilities or to excel in a specific content area, including opportunities to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:yellow'>exceed grade-level academic indicators and benchmarks</span>” (p. 7). With annual evaluation for educators and the need to show a year’s growth, as one of the components, how will the resource room look in terms of academic levels for superior cognitive students? Will the GIS prove growth based on grade-level Ohio-Developed Standards or is there latitude with, say, pre-assessing a higher level concept and then giving the final assessment for growth purposes? Any guidance to a source would be greatly appreciated.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Thank you,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Chip</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=5 width=506 style='width:271.9pt' noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=left></span></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gifted Intervention Specialist<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>/</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Exceptional Student Education</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kent City School District</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><hr size=5 width=507 style='width:272.4pt' noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=left></span></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“What he seemed, he was—a wholly human gentleman, the</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>essential elements of whose positive character were two and</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>only two, simplicity and spirituality.” </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Douglas Southall Freeman on Robert E. 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