Jay McTighe: Seven Classroom Assessment Practices
That Promote Learning (as well as measure it)
Best-selling author of the Understanding by Design series shows you how to use assessment as an engaging learning toolNOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM LISTEN NOW! >>
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SNAPSHOT: Every moment in the classroom counts in the race to help students learn all that they can while they're in school. However, in this era of accountability, administrators and teachers frequently feel a need to practice for high-stakes tests with classroom assessments that mimic the format of state/provincial tests. While it's important that students be familiar with the test formats of high-stakes tests, limiting classroom assessment to this kind of test prep is a poor strategy for engaging students and raising their achievement. CD-ROM with instant access
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Questions? Call 207-632-1954. | Join Jay McTighe, author of the best-selling Understanding by Design, series, for a 90-minute webinar that will help you expand your thinking about assessment. Classroom assessment and meaningful learning do not need to be incompatible. Jay will present 7 practical and proven classroom assessment practices that help advance learning while also allowing teachers to gauge what students understand, know and can do. WEBINAR TOPICS: - Using summative assessments to frame meaningful performance goals
- Showing criteria and models of quality work in advance
- Assessing before teaching
- Offering appropriate choices
- Providing feedback early and often
- Encouraging self-assessment and goal-setting
- Allowing new evidence of achievement to replace old evidence
Other webinar topics: - What does it mean to "think like an assessor"
- How are different achievement targets most appropriately addressed
- What is "falling through the cracks" of conventional testing
- What is understanding and how is it revealed
- How can classroom assessment practices establish worthy learning targets and provide the feedback needed for improved performance
Come to this session prepared to participate! The presentation will include several short pauses to give participants a chance to discuss key points among themselves and to pose questions to Jay on-line.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Jay McTighe is familiar to most educators because of his highly acclaimed books and his speaking engagements at many national, state and district conferences and workshops. Jay is co-author, with Grant Wiggins, of the best-selling Understanding by Design series, Understanding by Design (1998); The Understanding by Design Handbook (1999); The Understanding by Design Study Guide (2000); The Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook (2004); Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design (2006); and Schooling by Design (2007).Jay also has co-authored 3 books on assessment, Assessing Learning in the Classroom; Assessing Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model; and Evaluation Tools to Improve as Well as Evaluate Student Performance. Jay is a principal in his own consulting firm, McTighe and Associates. He has served as director of the Maryland Assessment Consortium, a state collaboration of school districts working together to develop and share formative performance assessments. Jay also worked with school improvement projects at the Maryland State Department of Education. He is well known for his work with "thinking skills," having coordinated statewide efforts to develop instructional strategies, curriculum models, and assessment procedures for improving the quality of student thinking.
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Here's what participants had to say about Jay's webinar on Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction
"This was an excellent session, and I have received great feedback from both sites in our district. . . . Super job of presenting the big ideas of UBD and linking (them) to differentiation."--Andy Leathwood, Nelson BC
"It was my first webinar experience and I found it to be a very useful PD delivery model. I invited principals to join me and one brought two teachers. We all felt that this is a great cost-effective way to receive PD in our small board. ..."--Marian Lothian, Gastineau, QC
"Very informative and reaffirming for those of us who are familiar with (differentiation) and UbD."--Manuel Silva, Winnipeg, MB If you're interested in ordering this CD-ROM, click here. |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS My school district only pays by purchase order. Do you accept POs?
Yes. You may fax the PO to 815-461-5647 or call us at 207-632-1954. For more information about ordering with a PO, click here. Can I ship the CD-ROM to other district offices so that they can watch and listen at a later date?
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