Collaborative Common Assessments: Teamwork. Instruction. Results. (Practical Steps for Teacher Teams to Examine Assessment Data)

Cassandra Erkens

ISBN 10: 1936763001 / ISBN 13: 9781936763009

Published by Solution Tree, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Common Assessments: Teamwork. Instruction. Results. (Practical Steps for Teacher Teams to Examine Assessment Data)
• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936763001
• ISBN 13: 9781936763009
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book assists teaching teams in developing data protocols to examine assessment data in the service of student learning.Reignite the passion and energy assessment practices bring as tools to guide teaching and learning. Strengthen instructional agility in professional learning communities with collaborative common assessments that collect vital information and consider all levels of the organization. Explore the practical steps teacher teams must take to establish clear, comprehensive assessment systems, and discover how to continually improve results.

Benefits:

• Read case studies of schools that have effectively implemented collaborative common assessment systems.
• Learn the phases in the collaborative common assessment process and the benefits of engaging in this process.
• Evaluate criteria vital to prioritizing standards.
• Consider crucial questions to guide data conversations.
• Access tools for prioritizing standards and designing assessments.

Contents:
Foreword by Richard DuFour
Introduction: Doing Assessment Right . . . All the Time
Chapter 1: Doing Extraordinary Things
Chapter 2: Embedding Collaborative Common Assessments in a Balanced Assessment System
Chapter 3: Working Together for a Common Purpose
Chapter 4: Preparing the Foundation for Collaborative Common Assessments
Chapter 5: Designing Collaborative Common Assessments
Chapter 6: Delivering New Approaches to Assessment
Chapter 7: Examining Data to Improve Learning
Chapter 8: Responding With Instructional Agility

About the Author

Cassandra Erkens is a presenter, facilitator, coach, trainer of trainers, keynote speaker, author, and above all, a teacher. She presents nationally and internationally on a wide variety of educational topics, including assessment, instruction, leadership, school improvement, and collaboration. She also provides facilitation services for meetings and retreats. Cassandra strives to customize her sessions to target the exact needs of the clientele with whom she is working.

As an educator and recognized leader, Cassandra has served as a senior high school English teacher, a director of staff development at the district level, a regional school improvement facilitator at the state level, a director of staff and organization development in the private sector, and an adjunct faculty member at Hamline University. She is the author of seven books and a contributing author to four anthologies. She has also authored and coauthored a wide array of published trainings and has designed and delivered the training-of-trainers programs for two major education-based companies.