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Winter 2009 Issue
Multiple Measures |
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We, at LCI, are grateful for the positive feedback we received after our
first edition of Best Practice. Thank you for your kind words and
encouragement! We hope that you find this current issue's focus on
Multiple Measures to be intriguing and informative - and that it inspires new,
Best Practices.
Happy
Holidays from all of us at LCI!
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Feature Article Using Multiple Measures of Student
Performance for Grading and Reporting Purposes
by Angela DiMichele Lalor
 Ms.
Capri is sitting at her desk surrounded by an array of papers, a calculator,
her grade book, and the daunting task of completing twenty-four report cards
for her fourth grade students. Her school district has just adopted a new standards-based
report card that replaces the E, S, and NI's (Excellent, Satisfactory, and
Needs Improvement) of the old report card with performance levels 1, 2, 3,
4. She is thinking about a specific
student, Ashley. read more |
Consultant Spotlight
Jennifer Borgioli
Jennifer
Borgioli joined LCI after working for several years as
a member of a New York State school support team. Her experiences helping schools and teachers
adapt to the revised testing program provided Jenn with opportunities to work
with schools at various stages of the reform and adopt ion process and deepened her ability to facilitate the gathering,
organizing, analysis and use of data. Jennifer's work with LCI focuses on the use of assessment in
informing teaching and learning, including capturing and analyzing formative
assessment data. Jenn also has a passion for all that
is technology, and is currently assisting schools, and colleagues alike in learning
about and implementing Web 2.0 tools. Click here to learn more about Jennifer's work and future publications.
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Long
Island ASCD, Long Island, NY
Diane Cunningham recently presented a concurrent session on action research for the LIASCD regional conference. Her work will soon be published by ASCD as one of their tool kits.
NSDC National Conference, St. Louis, MO
On
December 5, Giselle Martin-Kniep and Joanne Picone-Zocchia presented a
pre-conference session titled after their new book, Changing the Way You Teach; Improving the Way Students Learn. Two days later, Joanne presented a concurrent session on the same
topic. These two presentations reached
over 150 people.
Jennifer
Borgioli and Theresa Gray facilitated a concurrent session connecting Web 2.0
tools to dispositions of practice that support professional learning
communities.Upcoming Appearances
ASDC National Conference, TX
Join Angela and Joanne at ASCD's national conference in San
Antonio, TX March 6-8, 2010. Angela Lalor is presenting a ticketed session on Monday, March 8.
For those who cannot attend her session on Sunday, March 7,
Joanne Picone-Zocchia's presentation on strategies for Changing the Way You
Teach; Improving the Way Students Learn will be available on audiotape from
ASCD.
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Is "formative assessment" just another buzzword or can it
play a role in transforming education into a more powerful and positive
process? In Trans-formative Assessment, W. James Popham clarifies what
formative assessment really is, why it's right for your school or classroom,
and how to use this approach to improve teaching, learning, classroom climate,
teacher professional development, and school performance.
Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time was
written by Jane E. Pollock and published by ASCD in 2007. This book
examines the connections among clear learning targets, quality assessment and
instruction, and the evaluation and documentation of student learning. Pollock
presents specific examples for each area, and demonstrates applicability by
including teacher reflections.
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ING Grant Available
Unsung Heroes Program offers grants for K-12 educational projects. Awards
of $2,000 - $25,000. For more information:
Complete RFP
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Upcoming Themes
Spring
(Mar 2010) Formative Assessment
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Client Corner
Connetquot
Schools, Connetquot, NY
The Connetquot School
District is located in central Long Island and is comprised of seven elementary
schools, two middle schools and one high school. For the last ten years, LCI consultant, Angela Di Michele Lalor, has facilitated a variety of initiatives, aligning curriculum, instruction and assessment resources at the elementary and middle school levels. The district's most recent focus has been on the creation of multiple measures charts. These charts are tools used
to show the connection between classroom assessments and the performance levels
on a standards-based report card. They allow teachers to articulate the
different types of assessments they use in their classroom, evaluate them
appropriately, and show their relationship to the report card performance
levels. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Peggy Staib
and Angela Lalor will feature Connetquot's work with multiple measures at the
ASCD Conference "Critical Transformation" in San Antonio, Texas in March.
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New LCI Services!
When is an audit a good thing? When it is facilitated by LCI!
Combining our passion
for learning with multiple areas of expertise, LCI needs assessments and audits
investigate a school's strengths and challenges from multiple perspectives and
provide purposeful and meaningful feedback. These audits are especially useful
for districts that have recently implemented new programs or structures and are
looking to document the success of the changes or schools about to implement a
change and are looking to establish a baseline of their current practices.
LCI is
pleased to announce new services in the area of Evaluation and Data
Evaluation:
Quality Review Support Service
Data:
Download a free Data Display Checklist
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Join the LCI Ning!
Share your thoughts with LCI consultants outside school. Engage with questions related to best practices in teaching and learning. Network with other LCI clients support your own learning and work.
Join: learnercenteredpractices.ning.com
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Editors:
Diane
Cunningham
Joanne Picone-Zocchia
Production:
Jennifer
Borgioli
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