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Not exact matches
The Task Force definition of
assessment literacy follows the 2015 launch of this website as part of NWEA's Assessment Literacy initiative, which is a multi-year effort aimed at advancing teacher preparation and professional development in the use of assessments to promote teaching and l
literacy follows the 2015 launch of this website as part of NWEA's
Assessment Literacy initiative, which is a multi-year effort aimed at advancing teacher preparation and professional development in the use of assessments to promote teaching and l
Literacy initiative, which is a multi-year effort aimed at advancing teacher preparation and professional development in the use of
assessments to promote teaching and learning.
To avoid
initiative fatigue and help teachers implement Colorado State Standards — the state's version of the Common Core State Standards — they created extensive support systems like SchoolVault, an online formative
assessment tool, and pilot programs to provide trainings for
Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC).
To meet district
initiatives of improving critical
literacy skills and raising ELA
assessment scores, the Teacher Center of Central Westchester partnered with The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, SUNY (Kennedy Center for the Arts Partnership) to provide a
literacy program, entitled Neighborhood Bridges.
The Center for Collaborative Education is partnering with schools participating in the New Hampshire Performance
Assessment of Competency Education (PACE)
initiative to support them in building
assessment literacy and creating local competency - based
assessment systems anchored in performance
assessments.
Across the country, states are adopting a number of different strategies to improve outcomes for students: third grade reading requirements,
literacy initiatives, new
assessment and accountability systems, plus an increased focus on data - driven decision - making are changing how districts approach teaching and learning for all students.
These are high - level
initiatives that need attention at the local, state and federal - level for optimum success, but certainly fall nicely into our goals of promoting
assessment and data
literacy.
She has been instrumental in facilitating professional development
initiatives focused on standards - based learning and teaching, improved understanding and utilization of
assessment data, interventions and differentiation that meets the needs of all learners, and strengthened efforts to ensure K — 12
literacy.
For the past eight years, she has also led the evaluation of a multi-district PreK — 3rd grade
literacy initiative in Minnesota that uses formative
assessment and teacher professional development in high - need schools to try to close the achievement gap.