Facilitator: Carol A. Commodore, Ed.D., Consultant, Leadership, Learning and Assessment
9:00 - 3:30 12 July 2006
(Pre-registration required for participation)
The mission of schools has changed. No longer is it enough to provide the opportunity to learn, we must also assure the learning of increasingly rigorous academic standards. Only assessing to find out how much a student has learned at a particular point in time (Assessment OF Learning) is not enough to assure the learning. We must also assess to promote learning (Assessment FOR Learning). We need a balance of both Assessment OF and FOR Learning. By using balanced assessment practices in a school and its classrooms we serve the informational needs of both the students, who are in charge of the learning; and the adults, who are in charge of the conditions for learning. We need balanced, quality assessment practices that will support the learning of all students so that all can succeed.
At this one-day session the presenter will share a vision of quality, research-based assessment practices aimed to promote learning. Participants will practice strategies that focus on the accuracy of assessments; the use of descriptive, timely, target-based feedback; and the ongoing involvement of students in the assessment and learning process. Participants will leave with a vision and a set of strategies of quality assessment practices that lead to student success; but will also leave with the understanding that the journey to balanced, quality assessment practices has only begun.
Lunch and breaks included in the registration fee.
Facilitator Biography
Carol A. Commodore, Ed.D., Consultant, Leadership, Learning and Assessment
Dr Carol Commodore is the founding member of Leadership, Learning & Assessment, LLC, and is also an independent consultant associated with the Educational Testing Service’s Assessment Training Institute of Portland, Oregon. She is a founding member of the Wisconsin Assessment Consortium and has served as an Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and as a Curriculum Coordinator for Assessment. As an administrator for the Elmbrook School District in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Dr Commodore facilitated the development and implementation of a district-wide K-12 balanced student assessment program. She has over twenty years experience as a classroom teacher having taught students from kindergarten through graduate school. Her research interests center on motivation and brain-compatible assessment and instruction.
Across North America, the Middle East, and Asia, Dr Commodore works with districts and educational organizations in the establishment of balanced assessment systems that meet the informational needs of all users of assessment data. Dr Commodore assists districts and organizations in understanding and acquiring the organizational infrastructure, leadership and professional development needed to implement assessments both OF and FOR learning that inform students and adults in the areas of learning and teaching.
