Plan+of+attack

Develop a 2 year timeline for Assessment development at HHS
 * Wilander & Murphy’s Professional Development Brainstorm for 2009-2010 **

Goals: __ Possible activities for moving towards these goals: __
 * Year 1: Diagnostic Year **
 * Identify…
 * The skills (cognitive and mechanical) students are being asked to demonstrate on assessments
 * The extent to which assessments are “common” across teaching teams
 * The extent to which departments are designing assessments that scaffold upon student’s developed skill-sets from year-to-year.
 * The extent to which student’s are being asked to utilize similar skill-sets across departments during the same year.
 * Work towards a universal understanding of…
 * What a “common assessment” is.
 * What it means to assess “understanding”.
 * Utilize //6 Facets of Understanding//?
 * Explanation, Interpretation, Application, Perspective, Empathy, Self-knowledge
 * What the goal of assessment as a practice itself is.
 * Is it a “pigeon-holing” tool (“honors students do this, CPs do this”)?
 * A way of checking the effectiveness of our instruction?
 * Another learning opportunity for students?
 * Some combination of all of these?
 * Current research surrounding best practices regarding assessment
 * Teachers share assessments (differentiate by discipline as necessary?)
 * Within teaching teams
 * Between teaching teams
 * Between grades
 * Between teaching teams who work with same grades
 * Teachers measure their assessments against what research reveals are best practices
 * Teachers interpret data to identify areas of strength and development for assessments at HHS
 * Develop action plans for how to improve upon assessments during the 2010-2011 year
 * Year 2: Development Year **