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| Date Archived: | 09/21/2005 |
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| This Online Event will highlight one school district's success in raising student achievement, along with some of the reasons for this improvement. The Vail School District (AZ) and its Mesquite Elementary moved rapidly and effectively to implement an accountability system and significant changes in classroom practice, with excellent results. With implementation support and professional development from WestEd's Local Accountability Professional Development Series (LAPDS), and using ATI's web-based benchmark assessment/data management system, teachers and administrators were able to quickly intervene with students who had missed the opportunity to learn with the help of instant turnaround on benchmark assessment and formative assessment data.
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| In this interactive presentation, Ruth McKenna of WestEd's LAPDS; Joe Sassone, Assistant Superintendent of Vail School District near Tucson, AZ; and Jason Feld, VP of Assessment Technology, Inc. (ATI) will discuss the measures taken that have helped schools at all grade levels achieve dramatic improvements in student learning.
To read Mesquite Elementary's success story please visit LAPDS' Successes page. To find out more about Assessment Technology, Inc., please visit their Web site at www.ati-online.com or email Galileo@ati-online.com. Related resources from SchoolsMovingUp: If you would like to read articles related to this topic, please visit the SchoolsMovingUp Reading Room, which has abstracts of articles and books offering practical ideas and models for school improvement. Often there is a direct link to the full-text resource. Based on your interest of this event, you might be specifically interested in the Assessment & Accountability and District Improvement sections of the Reading Room. If you would like assistance creating and implementing a research-based assessment and accountability system in your district, WestEd's Local Accountability Professional Development Series (LAPDS) can help. | |
Jason Feld, Vice President, Assessment Technology, Inc.
Ruth McKenna, Director Field Services, WestEd
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