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The increased focus on student assessment results has led to an understanding that teachers must be assessment literate in order to provide the best instructional opportunities to students. According to W. James Popham, who provides the video introductions to these modules: “Just about everyone realizes that if a teacher does a great instructional job, that teacher’s students will usually perform better on tests. It’s the other side of the equation that’s less often understood, namely that how a teacher tests — the way a teacher designs tests and applies test data — can profoundly affect how well that teacher teaches.” From Test Better, Teach Better W. James Popham Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003 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 are arranged around four essential questions:
Each module is designed to be completed on its own or you may want to follwo the sequence. It is up to you which modules you want to learn about.These modules can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Kansas State Department of Education Assessment Literacy Project
Assistant Director Assessment Beth Fultz (785) 296-2325 bfultz@ksde.org
Deputy Commissioner Division of Learning Services
Dr. Ben Proctor (785) 296-2303 bproctor@ksde.org
Director Career, Standards and Assessment
Beth Fultz (785) 296-3142 bfultz@ksde.org
Assistant Director Career and Technical Education
Natalie D. Clark (785) 296-4351 ndclark@ksde.org
Assistant Director Curricular Standards
Dr. David Fernkopf (785) 296-8447 dfernkopf@ksde.org
Assistant Director Assessment
Julie Ewing (785) 296-2325 jewing@ksde.org
Assistant Director Kansas Volunteer Commission
Dr. Jessica Dorsey (785) 296-3163 jdorsey@ksde.org
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