Assessment in the Classroom – Bringing it all Together
Thursday, September 18th
Agenda
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:30am | Welcome to the 2014 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series Brian Gong, Center for Assessment |
| 8:45am | Opening Presentation Facilitator: Charlie DePascale Building a Teacher Centered View of the Use of Assessment Data Janice Kooken, University of Connecticut |
| 9:15am | Morning Break |
| 9:30am | Building a Culture and Capacity for Assessment Use Facilitators: Elena Diaz-Bilello Jeri Thompson Making a Difference in Districts and Schools Is It Too Much to Ask to Know What You Know? Lisa Augustin, Director of Assessment Pittsburgh Public Schools Thompson Middle School Jamie Crowley, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI Student Learning Objectives in Denver Public Schools Steve Lehman, Denver Public Schools Achievement Network Ron Sandlin, Achievement Network Creating the Infrastructure to Support Assessment Use Bringing it All Together: Informing Practice with Research Karin Hess, Center for Assessment National Council on Teacher Quality Sandi Jacobs, National Center for Teacher Quality Building Blocks for Effective Data Use in Classrooms Supplement to “Building Blocks for Effective Data Use in Classrooms” Discussant: Peter McWalters |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm | Expanding our View of Assessment and its Uses Facilitator: Scott Marion Assessment – Student Learning – Teacher Practice Informative Assessment Karen Barton, Discovery Education Performance Assessment as a Source of Instructionally Useful Information Laurie Gagnon, Center for Collaborative Education Analysis of Students’ Learning and Evaluation of Assessment Tool Analysis of Student Work Chart Catherine Taylor, Measured Progress Envisioning and Designing Comprehensive Assessment Systems What’s in a scaled score? Laurie Borkon, Renaissance Learning Informative Assessment Laura Greenstein, Assessment Network & University of New Haven Connecting Student Accountability and Instructionally Supportive Assessment Ellen Hume-Howard, Sanborn Regional School District (NH) |
| 3:00pm | Showcase An opportunity for conference attendees to obtain more information about exemplars or resources shared on the conference website and to interact with presenters in a round-table format. |
| 3:30pm | Afternoon Break |
| 3:45pm | Designing Data and Information Systems Facilitators: Damian Betebenner Christy Schneider Providing Timely and Relevant Feedback and Information Capturing Data and Producing Information in the 21st Century Classroom Building Open Data Pipelines Mark Angel, Renaissance Learning |
| 4:45pm | Recess |
| 5:30-6:30pm | RILS Reception An opportunity for folks to gather an mingle before heading out to dinner on your own at one of the many fine restaurants in downtown Portsmouth within walking distance of the hotel. |
Friday, September 19th
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | Informal Breakfast Table Discussions on Topics of Interest – Considering Peer Review Guidelines for the Common Core Assessments – Student Learning Objectives (SLO) – Learning Progressions and Assessment in the Classroom – Plans for Validating Educator Evaluation Systems |
| 8:30am | Reconvene |
| 9:00am | Bringing it all Together Innovation Jam Led by: Joe Johnston, Universal Mind David Fik, Universal Mind |
| 11:45am | Closing Remarks |
| 12:00pm | Adjourn to Lunch |
