Dr. Andrew Ho will also lead a half-day workshop in conjunction with the COSA/EESC Oregon Summer Assessment Institute that promises to change the way we think about reporting student achievement.  Dr. Ho’s workshop is hosted by REL Northwest at Education Northwestand can be attended for free independent of registration to the full Assessment Institute.  The Institute, set for August 11-12 at the Eugene Hilton, is designed to help assessment and curriculum leaders, as well as principals and teacher leaders, successfully plan for the coming year.

Dr. Ho’s engaging workshop will challenge the way we report on educational improvement over time and progress toward closing achievement gaps.  It will include discussions of proficiency rate interpretations, and an opportunity to apply Dr. Ho’s recommendations to timely and relevant student data.  An award-winning researcher from Harvard University, Dr. Ho will share alternative strategies for reporting student achievement data to various stakeholder groups. You may register free for Dr. Ho’s workshop.  Register today.  Download the Institute flier.

Other keynote and special session speakers include:

• University of Arkansas professor Denise Airola, who will lead two full-day sessions: Using Data to Plan for Student Success, and The Effective Use of Classroom Data.
• State Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo.
• Sandie Price and Eric Blackford, who will provide an overview of the 100-Day Plan Framework that Institute participants will use to make sure that they walk away with an assessment plan to guide their work and get the school year off to a successful start.
• Gladstone assessment director Bill Stewart, who will provide new assessment leaders with the information and resources they need to experience a successful first year. 

More than a dozen breakout sessions will provide district and school teams with critical knowledge and resources related to recently-released state assessment data; demonstration of Oregon most robust data warehouses; the new diploma; multi-tiered assessment; state requirements and assessments for TAG; formative assessment; the state assessment “growth model”; proficiency-based assessment; and much more.  Register today.