Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit

The Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit is a sustained and supported professional learning experience designed to shift the culture of assessment to one where students experience assessment as an important part of learning that is positive, confidence-building, and empowering and teachers have access to assessments that are designed to reveal pivotal information about student sensemaking. The Learning Series and Toolkit experiences support school and district leaders in using assessments as a way to cultivate relationships and use classroom-generated bodies of evidence as a primary driver of instructional improvement strategies. This approach supports ongoing, embedded learning that connects to the work educators are doing in their classrooms and focuses on the development of functional assessment literacy. The Learning Series and Toolkit was developed and is supported, in partnership, with Dr. Sara Cooper at the Learning Policy Institute and Contextus.

2024-2025 Learning Series

CHECK & CONNECTS
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Transform your existing instructional materials to include an ideal assessment system focusing on day-to-day 'Check and Connect' short assessments. These short formative assessments offer a meaningful way to build a caring culture around assessment, provide actionable information for you AND your learners related to their 3D science learning, and support learners in developing their skills to transfer learning to new phenomena.
➔Design and use short, impactful assessments that provide immediate insights into student progress.
➔Embrace student voice and choice in your assessment strategies.
➔Cultivate a classroom culture of ongoing feedback and reflection.
➔Be part of a collaborative community dedicated to enhancing educational practices through innovative assessment systems.

Virtual Series

Sessions are 4:00PM-5:30PM. All Sessions will be Recorded
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Connect to Live Sessions HERE!

October Virtual Series

Deep Dives

Session Resources and Recordings

Oct 8: Sensemaking.
Oct 15: Phenomena

Oct 22: 3Ds

Oct 29: Transfer

November Virtual Series
Tending to Learner Artifacts
Nov 4: Asset-Orientation to Learning Artifacts
Nov 11: Look at Learner Artifacts Together I
Nov 18: Look at Learner Artifacts Together II

December Virtual Series

Check & Connect Design Workshops

Dec 3: Workshop I

Dec 10: Workshop II

Dec 17: Workshop III

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TRANSFER TASKS
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Transform your existing instructional materials to include an ideal assessment system focusing on end of unit transfer tasks. Figure out how to adapt NGSS assessments to be meaningful and coherent for your learners, useful for communicating progress, and manageable for you to provide actionable feedback.
➔Design and implement an assessment system that drives student achievement and informs instructional decision-making district-wide.
➔Leverage your current instructional materials to understand how learners use the 3 dimensions for sensemaking.
➔Gain skills to create district-level common assessments that are instructionally sensitive and designed for 3-dimensional targets.
➔Be part of a collaborative community dedicated to enhancing educational practices through innovative assessment systems.

Virtual Series

Sessions are 4:00PM-5:30PM. All Sessions will be Recorded
To receive information and resources SIGN UP HERE!
Connect to Live Sessions HERE!

October Virtual Series

Deep Dives

Session Resources and Recordings

Oct 8: Sensemaking
Oct 15: Phenomena

Oct 22: 3Ds

Oct 29: Transfer

November Virtual Series
Transfer Tasks Design Workshops
Nov 7: Workshop I
Nov 14: Workshop II
Nov 21: Workshop III

January Virtual Series

Tending to Learner Artifacts

Jan. 16: Asset-Orientation to Learning Artifacts

Jan. 23: Look at Learner Artifacts Together I

Jan. 30: Look at Learner Artifacts Together II

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Click here to access all Toolkit materials!

For more information on the Toolkit or to find out how to access professional learning experiences or personalized coaching, please contact Angela Landrum, CDE Principal Consultant, Assessment Systems.

Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit

2024-2025 Learning Series

CHECK & CONNECTSclick here for series flyer

Virtual Series

TRANSFER TASKSclick here for series flyer

Virtual Series

CHECK & CONNECTS
click here for series flyer

TRANSFER TASKS
click here for series flyer