Chapter 1: For discussion

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Chapter 1 For discussion

• Working in your group, discuss how you think
  Tanner would respond to the question on the top
  of page 4? Please give reasons for your answer.
• How would your group respond to Tanners
  questions on the bottom of pages 6, 7 and 10?

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Chapter 2 For discussion

• Do you agree or disagree with Tanners position
  on the bottom of page 19, For Further Discussion?
  Please explain.
• How would you respond to the questions posed by
  the author on the top of page 32, Speaking of
  Pre-assessment?
• How would you answer Tanners questions on page
  40?

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Chapter 3 For discussion

• How would your group respond to the questions
  posed on Page 62 under For Further Discussion?
• What answers would you give Tanner to the
  questions included in Speaking of Assessment on
  pages 63 and 65?

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A change of pace

• Moving from your home group to your expert groups
  in validity, reliability, standard error of
  measurement and bias, create a 5 minute lesson
  that you can take back to your home group to
  enable them to learn about the concept. Please
  structure your lesson so that you have a specific
  objective and a way to assess the learning.

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Chapter 8 For discussion

• How would you respond to Tanners questions on
  the top of pages 202, 204, and 206? How do these
  questions relate to page 9, Speaking of
  Assessment?
• How would you respond to the authors questions
  on the bottom of page 217 and the middle of page
  220?

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Chapters 9 10 For discussion

• How would your group respond to the questions on
  pages 230 and 235, For Further Discussion?
• What would your response be for the questions on
  pages 253 and 262, For Further Discussion?
• Finally, what would your answer be to the
  question found in Speaking of Assessment on page
  265?

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• Presentations of Task 1 School Districts
  Testing Policies

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A change of pace

• Video Redesigning Assessment
• Why change?
• What is Curriculum Instruction Assessment (CIA)?
• What are some examples of CIA?
• What are some issues surrounding CIA?

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• For next time
• Read Tanner chapter 4 5
• TASK 2 Curriculum and Assessment You are the
  new principal of School 2, one of your goals is
  to make assessment an integral part of the total
  educational plan, (using your own school district
  as the model), examine and report on the
  following
• To what extent do teachers in your school
  understand the aspects of high-stakes assessment?
• To what extent do teachers plans for instruction
  incorporate the curriculum standards they are
  responsible for teaching. Describe how this is
  accomplished?
• To what extend do teachers plans for student
  assessment measure the standards being taught?
  How do they do this?
• Based on what you have learned, describe the
  strengths and weaknesses of your system and for
  each weakness develop a plan for improvement.