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3 Days

For Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

· Are you pleased with your School’s/District’s Value Added Growth Data?

· Did 80% or more of your students pass the Ohio Achievement Tests for each subject?

· Does your staff have reliable and current data to make important decisions about instruction and intervention during the school year or are they still using the previous year’s data for intervention?

· Do you want to decrease the time spent supervising teachers and increase the time spent monitoring student learning?

· Can your staff predict with accuracy how each student will perform on the Ohio Achievement Tests?

· Does your staff have the knowledge and expertise to develop and create short cycle assessments aligned to state standards with high level questions that model the format of Ohio Achievement Tests?

The Academy will provide each school or district the opportunity to develop four (4) short cycle assessments for each subject per grade level (dependent on the number of teachers attending) that would be in place for the 2008-09 school year. Imagine in just 3 days having the tools to help align assessments and instruction to standards and improve student learning for the upcoming school year! Other Assessment workshops provide participants with skills and knowledge about Assessment for Learning. During this workshop, teachers will gain knowledge and skills, PLUS leave the workshop with personally created assessments aligned to the state curriculum and a pacing guide that will immediately impact student learning in your school.

Many districts provide too many resources (money, time and people) on inputs (curriculum and textbooks) and spend very little resources that directly impact student learning. Teachers that begin their instruction by examining carefully prepared and aligned assessments (Begin with the end in mind) will do a much better job of ensuring high levels of student learning.

Day 1:

· What is Assessment for Learning and Short Cycle Assessments?

· Framework for Assessments that improve OAT and OGT scores

· Creating a Pacing Guide

· Using the Center’s Assessment Generator

· Work on Assessments

Day 2:

· Re-framing professional dialogue with assessments

· Utilizing assessment data to drive instruction and intervention

· Work on Assessments

Day 3:

· Revising and updating Assessments

· Monitoring student achievement

· Work on Assessments

PLUS

· Continental Breakfast and Lunch on all 3 days.

· Day 2−Free 2 hour “Leading a Professional Learning Community with Short Cycle Assessments” Workshop and lunch for Building Principals.

· A Subject Indicator Ladder and Bloom’s Taxonomy Flip Chart for each subject team or teacher.

· Discounts on Ohio Center for Essential School Reform’s OASIS Assessment Data Base, coaching or workshops, in 2008-09.

The Case for Short Cycle Assessments

Canaan Middle School of the Jonathan Alder School District committed to the use of short cycle assessments immediately after reconfiguring to a 5^th and 6^th grade building in 2006. Despite having limited resources (Bottom 5% in Ohio in Per Pupil Expenditure), Canaan immediately received the distinction of being rated Excellent by the State Department of Education and received a National School to Watch Award. Canaan Middle School uses short cycle assessments in 5^th grade Social Studies, Science, Language Arts and Math, and 6^th grade Social Studies, Science, Language Arts and Math. In addition Canaan Middle School:

· Value Added data was Green (Above Average Growth) in the Ohio Department of Education’s Value Added Growth 2007 data in 5^th grade Reading and Math, and 6^th grade reading and Math. Less than 5% of the State had Green Value Added Data for Reading and Math at both 5^th and 6^th grade.

· Value Added data was Green in the Battelle’s Project Soar data for 5^th grade Social Studies and Science.

· 94% of 6^th grade students pass the Math portion of the Ohio Achievement Test. This was the highest in Central Ohio (Franklin, Madison, Union and Delaware Counties). Over 50% were advanced or accelerated.

· Other scores were 5^th grade- Science (85%), Math (83.5%), Reading (83.5%), and 6^th Grade Reading (90%).

“The students, staff and principal believed that the development and use of short cycle assessments contributed to student learning and the success experienced on the Ohio Achievement Tests and

Value Added Data.”

The Ohio Center for Essential School Reform has partnered with International/National Presenter, Author and Principal Dr. Bobby Moore to provide this Dynamic, Informative, and Productive 3 Day Workshop.

Limited Enrollment−Sign Up Early!

Two Separate Workshops offered this summer!

Registration Deadline May 1, 2008

Sessions Will Sell Out

College Credit Available

Fax Registration to 614-751-9432

1 Subject Area. (1-3 Teachers) Cost: $500 for 1 teacher, $800 for 2, or $1100 for 3 teachers. Fee includes Continental Breakfast, 1 subject Indicator Ladder Flipchart, 1 Bloom’s Taxonomy Flip chart, and Lunch for every teacher.

1 Grade Level−4 Subjects (4-8 Teachers) Cost $500 per teacher or $3000 per team. Fee includes Continental Breakfast, 1 subject Indicator Ladder Flip chart for each subject, 4 Bloom’s taxonomy Flip Charts, and Lunch for every teacher.

* Day 2 principal Workshop and lunch is Free for every Principal who sends

one teacher.