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Four-Day Assessment Institute

May 26-29, $100 for 4/sessions

Title: G.R.A.S.P. Assessment through Understanding by Design
Topics: Curriculum; Instruction; Assessment
Date: 05/26/2009
Time: 8:30 am--4:15 pm
Location: Southwest Center
Audience: Teachers, curriculum directors, curriculum lead teachers, administrators
Facilitator: Anne Shadwick
Member Fee: $30
Non-Member Fee: $80
Description: How will we know that students truly understand and can apply knowledge in a meaningful way? How can we design our courses and units to emphasize understanding and "uncoverage" rather than "coverage"? Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe explores these questions and provides practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The workshop will include analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to instruction. By thinking through the assessments up front, we ensure greater alignment of goals; then teaching is focused on desired results. Assessment practices must be connected to learning goals. If what is assessed signals what is important to learn, then how it is assessed signals how it should be learned! Repeated from 2008 with more emphasis on assessment.

Title: Formative Assessment: Making a Difference
Topics: Curriculum; Instruction; Assessment
Date: 5/27/2009
Time: 8:30 am--4:15 pm
Location: Southwest Center
Audience: Grades 3-12 Teachers and Principals
Facilitator: Dr. Jan VanGilder/ Mary Ann Gremling
Member Fee: $30
Non-Member Fee: $80
Description: The most important thing for teachers to know is what their students are thinking! This workshop emphasizes how formative assessment and instruction are intertwined with the purpose of increasing student learning. Several classroom strategies will be shared that can be used to determine where the student learning is before, during, and after the lesson. Attending the 4 day series on assessment is recommended. Register for each of the four days separately. Repeated from 2008.

Title: Learning to Write Powerful Summative Assessments
Topics: Curriculum; Instruction; Assessment
Date: 5/28/2009
Time: 8:30 am--4:15 pm
Location: Southwest Center
Audience: All Educators
Facilitator: Anne Shadwick
Member Fee: $30
Non-Member Fee: $80
Description: Have you analyzed your MAP data and found students are not performing at the level that you wish? Summative evaluations are used to determine if students have mastered specific competencies and to identify instructional areas that need additional attention. The goal of summative assessments is to make a judgment of student competency -- after an instructional phase is complete. Summative performance tasks encourage students to think creatively and allow them to show what they know and can do in an authentic context. The tasks are exciting, engaging, and challenging. Attend this session to learn how to write effective summative assessments. Bring ideas, see examples of good and poor assessments and develop a performance/summative assessment you can use in your classroom with your own designed scoring tool. Repeated from 2008.

Title: How to Develop, Analyze, and Score Common Assessments
Topics: Curriculum; Instruction; Assessment
Date: 5/29/2009
Time: 8:30 pm-4:15 pm
Location: Southwest Center
Audience: All Educators
Facilitator: Renee Goostree/Webb City Teachers
Member Fee: $30
Non-Member Fee: $80
Description: As more and more districts are using common assessments to move their students toward proficiency, there is more and more discussion about how to create, analyze and use the information that is gleaned from these assessments. The presenters will give participants suggestions for effective analysis of student work, particularly as it relates to common assessments. They will help participants to get teachers to share ideas and templates to rate assessment items and provide strategies for developing effective common assessments in their districts. Repeated from 2008.