| Wednesday,
March 16, 2005 Presenter: Dr. Kay Burke |
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Topic:
Authentic Assessments Correlated to Georgia Performance
Standards |
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Location:
Macon area - TBA |
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Time:
4:30pm - 7:30pm |
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Build
on new knowledge gained at the annual GASCD Conference before
or after February!
Dr. Burke will demonstrate how administrators and staff developers
can collaborate with teachers to develop original assessment
tools correlated to the needs of their students, the district's
curricular goals, and the Georgia Performance Standards. This
awareness session showcases the process by which school-wide
and district-level teams meet to analyze the data and create
motivating performance tasks to address targeted skills. This
integrated curriculum design differentiates the content, process
and product in order to meet the academic needs of all students.
The assessment teams use the vocabulary from the Georgia Performance
Standards to develop criteria checklists and rubrics to help
students meet and exceed the standards. Learn how teachers are
implementing these valid assessment tools to analyze their students'
work and adjust their instruction. Review sample units created
and used by teacher teams at different grade levels and in different
subject areas in Georgia. Hear from administrators who are seeing
positive results in their schools and from teachers who are
more confident in their grading procedures.
Participants will learn the following: |
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How
performance assessments foster higher-ordering thinking skills;
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How
the Georgia Performance Standards can be integrated into instruction;
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How
the vocabulary in the Georgia Performance Standards should be
correlated to all assessments; |
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How
teams of teachers can create original and valid assessment tools;
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How
checklists and rubrics can help students do quality work; |
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How checklists
and rubrics can help teachers grade fairly and consistently;
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How assessment
can drive instruction: |
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How teams
of teachers working collaboratively can share their assessment
tools; |
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How administrators
can empower the teachers to become assessment leaders. |
