Join us for an essential Institute, introducing administrators and teachers to powerful strategies for planning instruction aligned to the Common Core State Standards that leverage existing resources (curricula, instructional frameworks, etc.) & tools to increase teacher effectiveness, improve student achievement, and evaluate assessment to improve relevancy and achieve balance.
Multiple Locations and Dates:
Times: Each workshop goes from 9:00am-3:00pm. Registration opens at 8:30am.
| Date | City | Location | Cost | Register with a
Credit Card | Register with a
Purchase Order |
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| 8/24/2012 | Gulfport | Hilton Garden Inn Gulfport
14106 Airport Road
Gulfport, MS 39503 | $200
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Agenda – Aligning Assessments to the Common Core Standards
MORNING SESSION:
Introduction and Overview
Understanding the Need for Appropriate Assessment Types
- Update: Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC)/SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- Next Generation Assessments
- Common Core State Standards assessment resources
- Implications for teachers, administrators, and students
- Interactive Activity: Determining Standards vs. Skill Statements
Understanding Various Assessment Types
- Small Group Activity: Using the cognitive demand categories
- Facilitated Discussion: Exploring the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
- Interactive Activity: Deconstructing Standards Using the Common Core Deconstruction Rubric
LUNCH BREAK – On your own
AFTERNOON SESSION:
Creating Standards-based Assessment Items
- Aligning assessments to the expectation of the standards
- Interactive Activity: Matching assessments to learning targets and skills
- Using assessment blueprints
Action Planning and Reflection
- Steps to drive action
- Future Plans
Related Common Core Institute Services
- Black Belt Training
- Overview of Common Core Institutes, including Next Session: Curriculum Alignment and Adjusting Instructional Practice: What Needs to be Accomplished