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Charles Jeffrey Coots posted
Educational Reform has made major impacts within education within the past 20 years.
But not until recently has the impacts driven the way we evaluate student achievement and success. There have been several major players who have helped this movement, such as KDE, Gates Foundation, and ARI. Teachers no longer are waiting on state test…Read More5 Comments-
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Will share this site as well
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This is awesome! Definitely going to share it with my staff!!! Thanks!
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Additionally, AdvanceEd offers insights on Performance Assessment at http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/promise-performance-assessment-and-challenges
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Thanks, I will share the link with our staff here at Jackson.
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Tony Barrett posted
A great assessment strategy I use is to follow up any summative with student analysis so they will take ownership of their performance. Formative assessments are used throughout lessons to guide instruction.
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I love this strategy. I’ve recently started with data notebooks for our weekly target checks in grammar. Students have to keep up with their original scores and the retakes and analyze their progress in each skill. I’m hoping to be able to incorporate this with on-demand writing as well.
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Tony Barrett posted
My biggest concern regarding rich curriculum after reviewing the Academic Course Codes is the requirement of staffing for my school. Our financial situation in our district does not allow for more staffing to support the suggested courses. Our school will do the best we can to meet the requirements through creative scheduling.
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Yes, one of the biggest concerns of Opportunity and Access is the available resources and the differences from district to district. Whole Child Supports was eliminated after the first federal review asked that schools not have a choice in what services they chose for accountability. The committee wanted all to be required. KDE elected to omit…Read More
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Thanks Johnny! If anyone has any suggestions as to how our district can meet these goals with limited staffing, please share!
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I agree… we are constantly being asked to do more with less. My only suggestion that is realistic is to use teacher talents and strengths and use those to maximize these goals.
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Bruce Parsons posted
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Jennifer Carroll posted
Monday March 12 ACT Principals are invited to a SKYPE session for technical assistance with ACT (discuss Theory of Action, budget, networking, etc.). Email me if you did not receive SKYPE link.
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Welcome Jeff! Loved the video and the vision of performance/authentic assessment it offers. Not only an excellent job by the student, but a wonderful example of relevant assessment. Others may want to visit https://www.performanceassessmentresourcebank.org/ where Stanford University has undertaken the building of a performance assessment resource bank.