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Near Term Advice In Service of Maintaining a Balanced Assessment System w/ SBAC Looming. MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM MI School Improvement Facilitators Network 3 /19 / 13 Provided by: Kathy Dewsbury-White kdwhite@michiganassessmentconsortium.org.
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Near Term AdviceIn Service of Maintaining a Balanced Assessment System w/ SBAC Looming MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM MI School Improvement Facilitators Network 3/19/13 Provided by: Kathy Dewsbury-White kdwhite@michiganassessmentconsortium.org
Engage your districts in Step 1 – of “systems” work – charting assessments they currently use, When, Why…
USE &/OR mimic (through additional development) the released performance items from SBAC
Encourage participation in pilot testing opportunities – where/when available
Be the voice that promotes the use of formative assessment practice – as the most important tool the teacher & learner have, in service of learning.
Institute what we know about best practice with Grading &Reporting
Invest your district PL resources in developing Assessment Literate admins., teachers, policymakers& students.
Trust your spidey senses…we have conflicting public policy, be the voice that acknowledges counterproductive practices.