Setting the Standard for Using Assessment to Inform Instruction

Assessment does much more than satisfy accountability requirements; it reshapes curriculum, informs day-to-day classroom instruction, and guides administrative and programmatic decisions. This is why our professional development team focuses on helping educators develop a greater understanding of how assessments and data can improve instruction.
 
And, because every district's needs are different, we offer a menu of professional development delivery options - face-to-face workshops, e-learning tutorials and modules, and customized programs - to build the educator capacity necessary to reach student achievement goals.

Learn more about the following face-to-face and e-learning opportunities (in italics) in the following categories.

Classroom Assessment

• Assessment Literacy
• Formative Assessment
• Assessment Literacy Tutorial Series
• Implementing Formative Assessment for Quality Instruction module

Interim Assessment

• Creating Quality Assessments
• Interim Assessment and Data Use within a Comprehensive System Tutorial Series
• Examining Student Work module

Using Data

• Making Sense of Assessment Data
• Putting Assessment Data into Action Tutorial Series