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2015 CSAI Annual Conference: The Scores Are In, Now What?

CSAI held its annual conference on December 10–11, 2015 at WestEd’s San Francisco office. During this one-and-a-half day conference, CSAI staff and attendees discussed states’ needs regarding instruction, assessment, accountability, and communication following the 2014–15 assessments. Sessions focused on providing support for regional and content centers, and the states and regions they support, in the midst of policy and system changes.

Links to presentation materials and handouts can be found on this page.

 

Joan Herman

Coherent Assessment Systems Supporting College and Career Ready Success

Joan HermanThis session shared a framework for standards-based systems of assessment, which states and local districts can use to reduce overtesting and promote college- and career-ready success attainment.

 

Deborah Sigman

Making Sense of the New Summative Assessments

Deb Sigman

This session discussed the impact of assessment results on state systems for communications, reporting, and accountability.

 

Sujie Shin, Jessica Arnold, and Deb Sigman

Bridging the Gap Between Assessment and Improving Teaching and Learning

Deb Sigman, Sujie Shin, and Jessica Arnold

This session shared tools and resources for building teacher capacity and knowledge around developing and scoring assessment performance tasks: Building Educator Assessment Literacy, Understanding

General Topics

Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics

Assessment Topics

Coherent Assessment Systems

Media Type

Document