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Executive Briefing - May, 2007
Main Interview
(ISLIC Standard 2 - A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing and sustaining...an instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.)
Nancy Sellers interviews Dr. Rick Stiggins, founder of the Assessment Training Institute (ATI) division of ETS, contributor to Solution Tree Professional Development Company and author of the Assessment For Learning program.
Quote From the Interview with Dr. Stiggins: "When students are involved in the assessment process in this manner, their achievement skyrockets - incidentally, with the largest achievement score gains coming from perennial low achievers. ..."
Click here to order the book discussed in this month's interview (and other Assessment for Learning materials).
(from the Solution Tree web site) "The foundation of any vision for excellence in assessment requires certain conditions be in place. This action guide is designed to help educational leaders review and refine their vision of excellence in assessment, examine what conditions are already in place, and determine what conditions are still lacking that are necessary to achieve that vision. Leaders will learn the skills and knowledge needed to support that vision and then chart a path designed to turn that vision into reality."
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Click here to read the Ed Leadership article, Helping Students Understand Assessment by Jan Chappuis.
(from the article introduction) "Formative assessments promote learning when they help students answer three questions: Where am I going? Where am I now? and How can I close the gap?"
Click here to read Phi Delta Kappan article on research into formative assessment.
Click here to register for August 1-3, 2007 Assessment workshop in Denver, Co. with Rick Stiggins (sponsored by Solution Tree)
Click here to read an article from ETS (in PDF format) by Rick Stiggins on New Assessment Beliefs. (May be required to register)
Main Interview
(ISLIC Standard 2 - A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing and sustaining...an instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.)
