2 CPDUs - Online Event
To register: https://secondaryreadingleague.square.site/
Registration Fees:
$15 - members
$60 - non-members (includes IRC/SRL membership)
Making Assessments that Matter
This workshop argues that using assessments and assessment data correctly is the key to addressing three equity issues: (a) Curriculum knowledge and skill gaps; (b) teachers’ acceptance of responsibility for student achievement; (c) and the Matthew effect: gaps and accountability issues that specifically impact students with disadvantages.
Here are the ways assessments can be used to address those issues:
• Leveling the playing field:
- Preventing knowledge and skill gaps
- Fostering a growth mindset
- Building students’ self-reliance
• Improving learning in real time:
- Spotting and fixing student struggles during lessons
- Improving retention through the “retrieval effect”
- Leveraging peer instruction
• Shifting the conversation to results:
- Generating graphic displays of student learning
- Providing substance for teacher team collaboration
- Helping principals supervise with an eye to learning
Each of these nine depends on specific aspects of the school environment: high-quality assessments, time for teachers to meet, a medium-stakes teaching-and-learning environment, wise supervision and coaching, skillful facilitation, non-defensive reflection, and constant fine-tuning.
As classroom teachers, these needs can be communicated with our administrators and instructional coaches all with the goal of achieving high levels of student learning and closing the achievement gap.
