New Tools to Make Benchmark Analysis Free and Painless
Presenters
Janice Morrison (Primary)
Specialist
CTAP Region IV
Technology Specialist
CTAP Region IV
Technology Coordinator
CTAP Region IV
Description
In this interactive online presentation, Janice Morrison, Jason Sutter, and Melodee Munckton from the California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) will: 1) review research on using benchmark assessments to improve student achievement, 2) demonstrate free online sites that provide sample benchmark exams aligned to standards in California and other states, 3) demonstrate a free Excel template downloadable from the CTAP4 website that facilitates a standards-based analysis of data from the benchmark exams and 4) discuss how teachers might use this data to personalize instruction to improve students’ mastery of state standards.
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Being in Texas, we have LOTS of data. This webinar gave a different perspective to help tweak what we are already doing. Great presentation — making sometimes a difficult topic easy to understand for all.
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