Professional Development

Assessment Academy

With clear information on everything from portfolios and high-stakes assessments to scoring and results, this is your crash course on all things assessment.

Assessment Literacy – full-day session
Introduces the Comprehensive Assessment Model and gives an overview of the four interacting parts of the model: data, decision, best practices, and evaluation.

Standards Prioritization – full-day session
An interactive study of instructional standards to create instructional content that retains its curricular identity and high cognitive demand.

Aligning Assessment with Instruction – full-day session
See how high-priority content standards and instructional assessment should align in classroom practice.

Differentiated Instruction – full-day session
Lean to how assessment data can guide in organizing and creating an instructional program that addresses the diverse learning needs in classrooms.

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My Voice Survey - Data Analysis Remote Consultation
One-hour online session: Participants speak directly with an experienced Aspirations Coach who has reviewed their survey results and will assist them in understanding and analyzing their data to identify trends.

My Voice Action Day 1: Data Analysis & Self Worth   
Full-day on-site session: Provides school staff with a thorough introduction of Aspirations and the 8 Conditions. The instructor will give participants practice in analyzing and interpreting the My Voice Survey results using their data in order to get an idea of trends that may emerge in the data.

My Voice Action Day 2: Active Engagement & Purpose  
Full-day on-site session: Continues from the Day 1 session. The Aspirations Coach provides follow-up and review of the actions and strategies implemented related to Guiding Principle of Self-Worth. The Coach provides an analysis of the remaining two Guiding Principles: Active Engagement and Purpose by examining each of the final five of the 8 Conditions.

My Voice Action Day 3: Aspirations Profile
Full-day on site session: Provides a simple framework for understanding the patterns of behavior that impact students’ ability to reach their hopes and dreams. If educators have a clearer sense of where students fit into the Aspirations Profile, they may find it easier to provide opportunities that help students reach their fullest potential.

NNAT – 2: Identifying Gifted Children
Half-day session: Participants examine the various definitions for gifted, the diverse characteristics of gifted children, and the challenges that schools face in appropriately identifying them.

Understanding the NNAT-2 Data
Half-day session: Tailored to educators using the NNAT-2 as part of their gifted education program, this learning session guides them through the various reports and helps them understand the data represented.

Gifted Education Classroom Programming
Half-day session: Gives instructional strategies that research has identified as the effective for gifted students. The participants will then begin the process of making effective decisions about the implementation of strategies based upon their NNAT 2 data.

Stanford – 10: Using Stanford Results and Differentiation Strategies
Full-day session: Offers a model for thinking about what student data is collected and how it is used to make data-driven decisions regarding students, curriculum and systems.

Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE)
Half-day session: introduction to Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE), a formative assessment tool designed to provide teachers with precise data that can be used to improve differentiated instruction.