Happy New Year, Marie,

Your guidance certainly gives everyone a variety of topics to discuss. 
I'll take a closer look at the collections and get back with you.

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com
To: Assessment at nifl.gov
Sent: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:24 AM
Subject: [Assessment 575]  Discussion Topics for 2007

          Greetings everyone!  I hope this email finds you well.

  

  I wanted to let you know what discussions I am fixing up for us over 
the next 6 months or so, and I’m also very interested to hear what 
types of discussions you all would like to have on the List. 

  

  I plan to generate a discussion next week asking you about the kinds 
of in-class assessments you do with students (i.e.:  formative 
assessment).  I have some resources that were developed in my programs 
when I was director back in the 90s that I will share with you, and 
that I hope spark your interest to share your own resources, or perhaps 
generate your own.  We spend so much time discussing end-of-cycle tests 
like the ones required by the NRS (these are considered summative 
assessments), so I wanted to shift us back to our classrooms and 
programs to talk about what you do on a daily basis with students. 
 Here are a few resources for you to check out if you are interested – 
all are focused on the use (or lack of use) of formative assessment:

  

 Assessment Crisis: The Absence Of Assessment FOR Learning

 https://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0206sti.htm

  

 The Concept of Formative Assessment

 http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=9

  

 Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment

 http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbla9810.htm

  

 A Primer: Diagnostic, Formative, & Summative Assessment

 http://www.mmrwsjr.com/assessment.htm

  

 The Value of Formative Assessment

 http://www.fairtest.org/examarts/winter99/k-forma3.html

  

  The other discussions I have in mind will focus on the following:  
Using Data for Program Improvement (panel discussion); Teaching the GED 
(guest speakers); and I hope to also include Using Data for 
Instructional Improvement as well.

  

 What do you think?

  

  Now your turn!  What topics, issues and interests do you have that you 
would like to see discussed here?  This List is yours so please let me 
know how you would like to see it used.  I’ll do my best to organize or 
generate any/all discussions that are relevant to us here.  Feel free 
to respond to the whole List or just to me if you prefer to do that.  I 
welcome and encourage your ideas and input. 

  

 Thank you so much and looking forward to a chatty 2007!

  

 marie

  

 Marie Cora

 marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com

 NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator

 http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment

 Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special Collection

 http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/

  

  



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