Under the current national and state testing requirements, the use of data in relation to assessment and instruction is absolutely key to raising student achievement in our schools. The VESC™ online course Assessment, Data, and Instruction addresses some of the core issues facing schools with regards to data.
Participants in this online course examine strategies to gather, present and use data to make decisions both at a school- and classroom-level. The course focuses on integrating assessment as part of classroom practice to ensure the educational progress of students.
This online course provides in-depth exercises, reflective questions, readings, and external information resources to make learning engaging and meaningful. As they engage in the various activities that comprise the online course, the participants use a variety of interactive strategies; these strategies are simple, but highly structured. These same strategies are to be used with students in the classroom to develop their communication and higher-order thinking skills.
TOPICS COVERED IN THE ONLINE COURSE
ASSESSMENT, DATA, AND INSTRUCTION
- High Performing Schools
- Lesson 1: Characteristics of Effective Schools
- Lesson 2: Different Sources of Data
- Lesson 3: The Blue Ribbon Approach
- Lesson 4: Initial Steps to Establish Effective Schools
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Lesson 1: Selection of Data
- Lesson 2: Challenges to the Use of Data
- Lesson 3: Goal Setting
- Lesson 4: Mission Statements
- Assessment: Monitoring Student Progress
- Lesson 1: Identification of Indicators of Teaching and Learning
- Lesson 2: Types of Evidence
- Lesson 3: Assessment Techniques
- Lesson 4: Planning With the Use of Data
- Instruction: Teaching for Understanding
- Lesson 1: Cultural Heritage
- Lesson 2: Classroom Data
- Lesson 3: Power Standards
- Lesson 4: Walk-Throughs
- Strategies for Improving Achievement
- Lesson 1: Instructional Strategies
- Lesson 2: Higher-Order/Structured Thinking Skills
- Lesson 3: Lesson Design
- Lesson 4: Strategies to Improve Cultural Diversity
REQUIRED TEXTS
Getting Excited About Data: Combining People, Passion, and Proof to Maximize Student Achievement; by Edie L. Hocomb; published by Corwin Press
Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking in the Classroom with Graphic Templates for Structured Thinking Skills, Vol. 1 (2 book set); published by VESC™
VESC Implementation Strategies for Constructive Communication and Structured Thinking; published by VESC™
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