Come and learn all about alternative assessments and how they can be used to effectively evaluate student proficiency. The first day of the workshop will center on the purpose and use of alternative assessments, as well as an overview of various alternative assessment tasks. The second day of the workshop will focus on the design and purpose of rubrics. The audience for this workshop is teachers in grades K-8.

Join us to learn about rubric design! Participants will learn all about the purpose of rubrics as well as different types of rubrics. Participants will have the opportunity to create a rubric for classroom use. The audience for this workshop is teachers in grades K-8. The prerequisite for this course is “Introduction to Alternative Assessment”

Come and learn all about alternative assessments and how they can be used to effectively evaluate student proficiency. The first day of the workshop will center on the purpose and use of alternative assessments, as well as an overview of various alternative assessment tasks. The second day of the workshop will focus on the design and purpose of rubrics. The audience for this workshop is teachers in grades K-8.

Join us to learn about rubric design! Participants will learn all about the purpose of rubrics as well as different types of rubrics. Participants will have the opportunity to create a rubric for classroom use. The audience for this workshop is teachers in grades K-8. The prerequisite for this course is “Introduction to Alternative Assessment”

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about assessment, but were afraid to ask! This course will cover balanced assessments, large-scale assessments, common assessments, formative assessments, summative assessments and authentic assessments. It will explore each type of assessment and how they work together within a balanced assessment system. A common language will be developed, along with a common understanding. The audience for this course is teachers and administrators.

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about assessment, but were afraid to ask! This course will cover balanced assessments, large-scale assessments, common assessments, formative assessments, summative assessments and authentic assessments. It will explore each type of assessment and how they work together within a balanced assessment system. A common language will be developed, along with a common understanding. The audience for this course is teachers and administrators.

Come and join us as we learn useful techniques for examining and interpreting data. Topics will include: effective facilitation skills, creating a safe environment for collaborative inquiry, the collaborative learning cycle, and tools for examining data. Data Driven Dialogue manuals will be distributed. The audience for this course is administrators and teacher leaders in grades K-12.

Come and learn and all about formative assessment and how it positively impacts student achievement. Topics include establishing clear learning targets, providing descriptive feedback, involving students in assessment, and using data to adjust instruction. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory. The audience for this course includes teachers and administrators in grades K-12.

Come and experience the process of developing Common Assessments. This course (comprised of 4 half-day sessions) will provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to create your own common assessment. Building on the concepts covered in Series 1, you’ll now begin the process of writing your own Common Assessment for immediate implementation. You will learn how to write quality test items; design effective, valid assessments; and create items that accurately reflect the depth of knowledge indicated in the GLCEs or HSCEs. The last half of the final session will be spent in assessment development. The audience for this course is individual or teams of teachers and administrators.

Come and experience the process of developing Common Assessments. This course (comprised of 2 full-day sessions) will provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to create your own common assessments. Building on the concepts covered in Series 1, you will now begin the process of writing your own Common Assessment for immediate implementation. You’ll learn how to write quality test items; design effective, valid assessments; and create items that accurately reflect the depth of knowledge indicated in the GLCEs or HSCEs. The last half of the final session will be spent in assessment development. The audience for this course is individual or teams of teachers and administrators.

Come and experience the process of developing Common Assessments. This course (comprised of 2 full-day sessions) will provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop the basis from which Common Assessments should be created. You will, working within your specific content and/or grade level area, engage in the determination of power standards which will then be “unwrapped” for further clarification and written into student friendly “I Can…” statements. You’ll learn how to pace these targets across the school year to determine the proper scope and sequence. Finally, you’ll work on developing appropriate-learning progressions to ensure student mastery of the learning targets and overarching power standards. Individuals and/or teams of teachers will work together to identify power standards, unwrap those standards, determine the specific learning targets, and determine the necessary learning progression while articulating their implementation across the school year. The audience for this course is individual or teams of teachers and administrators.

Come and experience the process of developing Common Assessments. This course (comprised of 4 half-day sessions) will provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop the basis from which Common Assessments should be created. You will, working within your specific content and/or grade level area, engage in the determination of power standards which will then be “unwrapped” for further clarification and written into student friendly “I Can…” statements. You’ll learn how to pace these targets across the school year to determine the proper scope and sequence. Finally, you’ll work on developing appropriate-learning progressions to ensure student mastery of the learning targets and overarching power standards. Individuals and/or teams of teachers will work together to identify power standards, unwrap those standards, determine the specific learning targets, and determine the necessary learning progression while articulating their implementation across the school year. The audience for this course is individual or teams of teachers and administrators.

Analyze MME data with the CLASS A Performance Analysis system. In this hands-on course, you will learn to access reports in CLASS A to explore questions relating to student performance on the MME. In addition, we will use EXPLORE, PLAN, and ACT data to reflect on student progress over time. The audience for this course is administrators and high school teachers.

Analyze local assessment data with the CLASS A Test Delivery system. In this hands-on course, you will learn to access reports in CLASS A to evaluate student performance on grade level standards and benchmarks. Data-driven dialogue techniques will be used to support the learning. The audience for this course is all educators.