The Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement website provides resources for States to help them reach No Child Left Behind goals. . . . At this site you will find: (a) Capacity Map -- A map that shows key capacities needed at each level of the system to provide a sound foundation for the process of effective data use; (b) Inventory -- A tool to help you evaluate the extent to which the core capacities for effective data use are in place in your organizational setting; (d) Tools -- Other resources to support data use, including criteria for selecting data tools and selecting diagnostic tests; (d) Library of research and guidance about data use; (e) Formative Assessment -- An ongoing process ...

Designed primarily for secondary special education staff, this online training module

provides comprehensive information defining transition assessment and identifying critical elements of the assessment process. Upon completion of the module the participant will be able to: identify the most appropriate uses of both formal and informal assessment during transition planning; identify various types and approaches to transition assessment; as well as understand the steps in a continuous assessment process. This module also allows the user to apply the knowledge gained to evaluate the current assessment process in place within their school or program. Numerous resources and materials for ...

This presentation is part of the NEA Visiting Scholars Series. Dr. Jane Quinn, Assistant Executive Director for Community Schools at the Children's Aid Society, presents her research on community schools, including community school models, best practices, partnerships, and strategies. This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials.

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. This unit discusses assessment and progress monitoring. It talks about the reasons for assessments, the importance of objectivity in assessments, progress monitoring, and the paraeducator's particular role in all of those activities. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand the material.

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. Instructor Karan Kangas discusses and demonstrates how to work with children to empower them in the adaptation and use of assistive technologies for learning. Contrasting the approach used to empower adults using assistive technology, the presentation addresses how to talk with and work with children so they can learn and explore using assistive technologies. She discusses common problems and challenges, and then takes the ...

The Arkansas Literacy Intervention Matrix includes (a) best practice, research based, curricular approaches linked directly to the Arkansas Frameworks to use with all students (including students with disabilities) to maximize total literacy success, (b) probes to assist teachers in functional analysis of possible deficits in literacy, which are linked to, (c) sample lessons providing a framework to address a particular skill deficit. These lessons include Tier II, III, IV and V interventions to use when students are not acquiring critical skills in these curricula and need different and/or more intensive strategies to facilitate mastery across the five essential elements of literacy.

Rhode Island has undertaken one of the most ambitious high school reform initiatives in the country, rising to meet the mounting problems of low student achievement, high drop out rates, and lack of access and equity for all students. Exhibitions and graduation portfolios are two varieties of school-wide diploma assessments specifically addressed in these toolkits. The toolkits provide detailed, rich, and process-oriented guidance to help schools design, implement, and sustain exhibition and graduation portfolio systems. These toolkits, which were written and/or compiled by over 60 educators across the state, include (a) guidance materials, (b) system development guidelines, (c) examples from ...

Federal law requires appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living skills. The contents of this guide respond to that requirement and cover: (a) What is transition assessment?; (b) Why conduct transition assessments?; (c) How do I select instruments?; (d) How do I conduct an age-appropriate transition assessment?; (e) sample instruments; (e) informal assessment; (f) formal assessment; and (g) informative links to podcasts and other sources of information.  (The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center operates from UNC at Charlotte, Western ...

This resource is a link to a website intended to assist state education agency personnel make decisions and implementation plans associated with moving from a paper and pencil testing environment to a computer-based testing environment. Once you enter the site information is provided about the purpose of the tool, how to create a login and password for the tool, and directions for using the tool. The link to the tool is imbedded in this online document. In addition, this site also provides an annotated bibliography regarding online assessment

Start with Success is a website for beginning Florida teachers that addresses new and challenging issues teachers face.  Topics include classroom instructional strategies, behavior management, working with English language learners, working with students with disabilities, and addresseing literacy.

The EDJJ Professional Development Series reflects sound research and principles of effective instruction in juvenile correctional education and best practices in adult inservice training.  The series will benefit all professionals serving students who are involved in or are at-risk for becoming involved in the juvenile justice system. This may include individuals from education and special education, law enforcement, social work, parole, probation, rehabilitation counseling, the judiciary, social service agencies and parents.  Facilitator modules, training modules, and content modules on four topics are freely available at the website.  The bottom of the page shows links to ...

The Diagnostic Assessment Guide defines the different types of assessments. It provides guidance on how to select appropriate assessments for instructional purposes. It includes criteria such as evidence for reliability, evidence for validity.

This manual provides information on selecting, administering and evaluating the use of accommodations for instruction and assessment of students with disabilities and English Language Learners (ELLs). Sections include: 1) Introduction, 2) Maryland Assessment Summary, 3) Maryland Assessment Summary, 4) The Five-Step Process for Accommodating Students with Disabilities, 5) Accommodation Fact Sheets for Students with Disabilities, 6) Accommodation Tools for Students with Disabilities, 7) The Five-Step Process for Accommodating ELLs, 8) Accommodation Fact Sheets for ELLs, and 9) Accommodation Tools for ELLs. Although this is a state-specific resource, it could be modified for use by other states.

The KSDE Assessment Literacy Project includes 21 different modules designed to enhance the assessment literacy of educators in an online, interactive format that can be used individually or in groups. Module topics range from AYP & Assessments to Validity. Each module may be completed on its own or you may want to follow a sequence. Each is part of a 21 module series: Module 1 : My State's Assessment System; Module 2: (Missing); Module 3 & 4: Formative and Summative Assessments; Module 5: Unpacking Content Standards to Illuminate Alignment; Module 6: Learning Progressions: Cornerstone of Formative Assessment; Module 7: How to Identify and Eliminate Assessment Bias; Module 8: Test ...

These videos have been produced to help providers better understand ways to use observation, documentation, and assessment to inform practice. You can watch the clips online or download QuickTime versions of the videos for use in educational and professional development activities. The videos -- which focus on early childhood -- are grouped in clusters: (a) Focus on Early Care and Education; (b) Focus on Early Intervention: (c) Clips for Practicing Observation, Documentation, and Assessment Skills; and (d) General Interest.

To further aid states as they continue to implement the Common Core State Standards (Standards), the Hunt Institute and the Council of Chief State School Officers have commissioned a series of video vignettes that explain the Standards in far greater depth.

These videos were developed to help diverse groups – educators, policymakers, parents – better understand the breadth and depth of the Standards and how they will improve teaching, make classrooms better, create shared expectations, and cultivate lifelong learning for all students. The segments are organized into separate Mathematics and ELA sections, and demonstrate critical concepts related to each.

This professional development module -- consisting of a PowerPoint presentation and a presenter's manual -- describes progress monitoring, explains common techniques often mistaken for progress monitoring, and discusses application of progress monitoring in mathematics at both the elementary and secondary grade levels.  It also provides resources for additional information.  (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), it is a content center serving as a resource for the regional Comprehensive Centers.)

This training module provides basic information about the uses of ongoing observation as part of an authentic assessment and child-centered planning system.  This face-to-face workshop is designed for paraprofessional and entry-level early childhood providers who have not yet taken a formal course in observation or assessment.  It has also been presented successfully as a refresher for more experienced educators.  Although the module was originally designed for providers in Colorado, it can be used in other States with little or no adaptations.  This module includes a trainer's guide, PowerPoint slides, a participant workbook, evaluation form, and seven video clips.

This module includes a webinar focusing on data analysis and utilization for Illinois Reading First teachers, coaches and administrators, as well as a variety of handouts on determining the need for diagnostic testing, interpreting data, and organizing data meetings. Parts of this module may be state-specific. To access this module, scroll down and select â?Webinar: Using Assessment to Inform Instruction in Reading First Schools.â?

This webpage contains links to presentations given at Massachusettsâ? Second Annual Summit on Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Presentations cover a wide range of topics, and materials include PowerPoint presentations as well as accompanying handouts.

This webinar presents up-to-date- research and practice on the assessment tools for secondary school level ELLs.  This webinar presents tests of English Language Proficiency and measures of student progress in this proficiency. Analysis of formative assessments helps teachers to monitor student progress and helps students to target their own learning needs.

Since 2001, NCEO has provided telephone conferences for State education agency personnel and others on various assessment and accountability topics such as (a) linking curricular content to State standards; (b) test accommodations; (c) low assessment scores for students with disabilities; (d) alternate assessments; (e) universally designed assessments; and others.  PowerPoints, handouts, other print materials, and links to resources from a large number of teleconferences are available.  (Located at the University of Minnesota, NCEO was established in 1990.  This work is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.)

The Smarter Balanced Consortium's Theory of Action calls for full integration of the learning and assessment systems, leading to more informed decision making and higher quality instruction, and ultimately to increase the number of staudents who are well prepared for post-secondary education opportunities and the workforce.  The implications for Instruction Webinar looks closely at the standards as defined by the Smarter Balanced, Math Content Specification and examines the implications for classroom instruction.