Conference Schedule

Linking Formative Assessment Moves: Rethinking Translation, Application and Practice with a Learning Progressions Framework

While research has shown for decades that teachers who engage in formative assessment practices may have the most powerful impact on student learning (Hattie, 2012) less is known about the development of teachers’ knowledge and use of formative assessment as they plan, enact, and reflect on their classroom instructional practice. Employing a “teacher learning progressions” framework, I will explore how to map specific “high leverage” trajectories of “FA moves”(Duckor & Holmberg, 2017) with consideration of empirical case studies in both pre- and in-service contexts. The implications for assessing teacher growth, linking teacher preparation to licensure demands, and the alignment of current observation-oriented evaluation tools with formative assessment practices are also considered.

Speakers
Dr. Brent Duckor – Associate Professor in the Lurie College of Education, San José State University
Dr. Brent Duckor is an Associate Professor in the Lurie College of Education at San José State University. He teaches courses in classroom assessment and evaluation, educational psychology and supervises pre-service teachers in the Single Subject Credential Program in the Department of Teacher Education. He also serves as a core faculty member and dissertation advisor in the Ed.D. Leadership program at SJSU.

Dr. Duckor is an appointed member of the CalTPA Design Team for California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing and a member of the California Department of Education’s School Climate and Conditions working group charged with integrating multiple measures of success in the new accountability dashboard. Dr. Duckor is also an Advisory Board member of the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium for the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships in Washington, D.C.

He has co-edited several international journals including Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling and Pensamiento Educativo, both focused on new developments in Rasch IRT modeling. His most recent scholarship has appeared in Teachers College Record, Educational Leadership, Journal of Teacher Education, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, and Phi Delta Kappan.

Dr. Duckor received his Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and Evaluation at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a doctoral fellow with the Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL), a National Science Foundation sponsored project that included preparation for next generation researchers in STEM curriculum and assessment topics in collaboration with UCB, Stanford, UCLA and WestEd. His post-doctoral work was at the Berkeley Evaluation Assessment and Research (BEAR) Center where he continues to consult as a Research Scientist. Dr. Duckor holds a Masters of International Affairs with a Business concentration from Columbia University and a B.A. degree in Politics with Honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

His recent book Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning with co-author Dr. Carrie Holmberg is available with ASCD (2017).

Dr. Carrie Holmberg – Connie L. Lurie College of Education, San José State University
Dr. Carrie Holmberg is an adjunct faculty member in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San José State University where she lectures and supervises pre-service teachers in the Single Subject Credential Program of the Teacher Education Department. She has taught courses in Methods of Teaching English and Assessment and Evaluation. She currently serves on the board of the California Educational Research Association.

Dr. Holmberg is also an Associate with Validity Partners, LLC. She specializes in creative, caring, and innovative solutions to teacher training and staff professional development.

Dr. Holmberg taught at a Title I comprehensive high school in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade and has extensive experience mentoring new teachers. A member of one of the first cohorts of National Board Certified Teachers and a long-time Bay Area Writing Project teacher consultant, Carrie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University and a Master of Arts in education from the Stanford Teacher Education Program.

In addition to supervising teacher candidates, co-authoring articles and writing a book, she recently completed her doctorate at San José State University’s Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program. Her dissertation, “Formative Assessment for Middle School Mathematics Instruction: An Evidence-based Approach to Evaluating Teacher Posing, Pausing, and Probing Moves,” explores the empirical foundations for teacher learning progressions as a basis for providing feedback about teachers’ growth in classroom assessment.

Her scholarship has appeared in California English, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education and The English Journal. Her first book, Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning, co-authored with Brent Duckor, Ph.D, is available with ASCD (2017).

Dr. Holmberg is committed to researching, developing, and celebrating elementary and secondary educators’ knowledge, skills, and professionalism. She is an enthusiastic ambassador for teachers, instructional coaches, and staff charged with making schools and classrooms places for deeper learning that also inspire and spark passion for life-long learning.

Ohio’s Science Standards and Assessments: Keep Calm and Experiment On!

Examine proposed revisions to the current standards and understand their implications for future teaching and testing in Ohio. Examine how to convert performance-based assessment questions into “true” performance-based inquiries in the classroom. Engage in argument-driven, evidence-based, decision-making strategies that address Science and Engineering Practices, while modeling the higher-level thinking simulations needed for Ohio’s assessments.

Speaker
Dr. Missi Zender-Sakach - Summit Educational Service Center
Dr. Zender-Sakach is committed to improving science education at the local, state and national levels. For almost two decades, she has been employed with the Summit Educational Service Center as a Science Consultant. She was a Science Coach for the Ohio Department of Education/Stanford University Performance Assessment Project, was a member of the Ohio Standards Writing Committee, and is currently serving on ODE’s STEM Innovation Working Group. She is an elected Board Member and Conference Committee Chair for the Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO). She has served as the Past-President of the Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies (ACESS), was awarded the 2013 ACESS Award and is currently serving as Secretary. In 2015, she received the Akron Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Hall of Honor Award recognizing service and support of the plastics industry. Most recently, she was elected President- Elect for the National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA).

What Can You Do as an Administrator to Promote Assessment Literacy in your School?

Join me as we get some pointers from the research as to how our leadership skills as administrators can promote assessment literacy amongst our instructional staff. After a presentation of research, let's reflect and engage in a practical dialogue of successful strategies that have worked in our own schools. We invite you to come out of this session fueled with information and ideas!

Speaker
Dr. Christina Dinklocker - Summit Educational Service Center
Dr. Christina "Tina" Dinklocker is in her 44th year of education having served as a teacher, principal, curriculum specialist, Deputy Superintendent and Superintendent in Pennsylvania and Ohio school systems. Her main interests are professional development, promoting community engagement in school districts and promoting leadership in schools.

Tina's current work involves leadership for the new "Lifting Leaders" series that provides learning opportunities for those who are seeking to become school administrators, Treasurers or Superintendents.

Next Level Digital Assessments

Looking for ways to gather formative assessment data and engage your students? Join us for an interactive hands-on workshop diving into the latest digital assessments like Quizizz, Wizer.me, and Plickers. Bring your own assessments and start creating today!

Speakers
Dave Miller – Lorain County ESC + NORT2H
Dave has been with the Lorain County ESC since 2001. Dave leads the Northern Ohio Research + Training Technology Hub (NORT2H). The technology integration department assists districts in evaluating emerging technologies for the classroom exploring the potential impact emerging technologies can have inside the classroom, through the development of successful professional development opportunities. Dave is Google Certified and has been providing interactive professional development to teachers across NE Ohio since 2001.

Mike Triska – Lorain County ESC + NORT2H
Dave has been with the Lorain County ESC since 2001. Dave leads the Northern Ohio Research + Training Technology Hub (NORT2H). The technology integration department assists districts in evaluating emerging technologies for the classroom exploring the potential impact emerging technologies can have inside the classroom, through the development of successful professional development opportunities. Dave is Google Certified and has been providing interactive professional development to teachers across NE Ohio since 2001.

Assessments in Preschool

A brief overview of assessments used in the preschool classroom and how they are used to make instructional decisions. Touched upon assessments will include: Curriculum Assessments, those used as Developmental Screeners, State Required Assessments, Classroom Environment/Self-Assessments, and Informal Assessments.

Speakers
Carole Varga, M.S.Ed – Summit Educational Service Center, preschool program
Carole Varga is an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist for the Summit Educational Service Center. This is her 14th year teaching. Currently she provides preschool specially designed instruction on an itinerant basis at Head Starts, community preschools, and in the home setting. Prior to joining the Summit ESC, she has worked for the Trumbull Educational Service Center teaching itinerantly and in an integrated preschool classroom. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education in Early Childhood Education and Master of Science in Education in Early Childhood Special Education from Youngstown State University.

Amanda Blue, M.Ed. – Summit Educational Service Center, preschool program
Amanda Blue is an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist with the Summit Educational Service Center (SESC) where she has worked over the last 10 years. During her time with the SECS she has been in both the integrated classroom as the lead teacher as well as working in her current role as an itinerant teacher providing services to children out the in community. As part of her experiences she has presented at the Ohio Early Childhood Special Education Conference in June 2016 and continues to present at ongoing Ohio Approved Itinerant Forums provided by the Summit ESC. Amanda earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Education as an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist from Kent State University. She hopes to share and learn as she continues to provide to those out in the community.

The Assessment Continuum

If educators were to assign a label to this period of time in the history of public education they might refer to this period as the Era of Assessment. Tests of all kinds have permeated our classrooms in all subject areas and at all grade levels. But not all tests serve the same purpose and not all tests serve the same users. This workshop provides educators with five questions that they can ask about any assessment that allows them to explore where along a formative to summative assessment continuum a test is best placed and when in the instructional process an assessment is best used. Come to this session with a list of all of the assessments you use in your classroom and be prepared to place each of your assessments at a proper point along The Assessment Continuum.

Speaker
Dr. Donna Snodgrass – CAP Foundation President
Dr. Snodgrass has enjoyed an extensive career in education. She has a deep understanding of student assessment through her work with both suburban and urban school districts. For more than a decade, she supervised testing, research, and student databases for the South Euclid-Lyndhurst School District before becoming the Executive Director of Curriculum and Assessment at Cleveland Metropolitan School District. There, she managed both large-scale and classroom assessment as well as a web-based standards item bank. Donna has taught courses in educational research, instructional design, and child development for both the Cleveland State University and John Carroll University. She recently retired from the Greater Cleveland Educational Center at Cleveland State University where for six years she ran a highly successful program in formative instructional practices. She currently consults with school districts on assessment and student achievement. Donna received her Ph.D. in Special Education and Measurement and Evaluation from Kent State University. She is a past president of the national association of Directors of Research and Evaluation (DRE) and she received the Phi Delta Kappa Distinguished Educator Award in 2001 in recognition of her significant contributions to the promotion of public education through research, service, and leadership.

Standards Based Performance Level Descriptors—Defining What Students Can Do As They Progress Towards Mastery

What are you doing to build common descriptions of what students look like and sound like when they are working toward mastery or have mastered a set of knowledge or skills? How can this common description be used to create tiered assessment items and plan for instruction? This session will focus on a collaborative team protocol for creating Performance Level Descriptors that are based on sets of related Ohio Learning Standards. We will look at tools that can inform this work, including the Interactive Coherence Map for Math, and the Achieve Student Work Protocol.

Speaker
Char Shryock – Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bay Village City Schools
Char Shryock is in her 30th year as an educator and her 7th year as the Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction for the Bay Village City Schools. She has lead the development of curriculum for all content areas k-12. Her responsibilities also include acting as district testing coordinator and overseeing the technology integration resources in the district.

Char is actively involved in a number of state and national professional organizations including OSBA, ASCD, PTA, Learning Forward, and the National Councils of Teachers of Math, English and Science. She is a Collaborative for Student Success National Teacher Fellow and the State Lead for the Ohio Standards Advocate Network. In 2015 she was awarded the Golden Oak Award for advocacy by the Ohio PTA. Char spent 22 years as a 7-12 ELA and science teacher, and technology integration specialist. She holds a B.S. in Biology and English from Baldwin-Wallace University, and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Ashland University. When she isn't working, Char acts as a field supervisor for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's summer archaeological field school.

Writing Aligned ELA Assessments

In this session, learn how to design an aligned assessment that meets the language arts rigor required of Ohio’s Learning Standards. Using an evidence-centered design and the essential characteristics of high quality items, participants will learn how to write an aligned assessment using a bank of resources, analyze the assessment where students are underperforming or exceeding expectations, and take a stab at writing their own aligned questions.

Speaker
Bryan R. Drost - Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the ESC of Summit County, Ohio
Bryan Drost holds a Master’s of Education in Educational Foundations with an emphasis in Standards-Based instruction as well as a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment both from Kent State. Bryan holds a variety of roles at the state and national levels all related to assessment: an ODE Network Regional Leader, a member of ODE’s Fairness and Test Use Committee, NAEP writing member, a member of ODE’s content advisory committee, a steering committee member of the Northeast Ohio TALK Network, a national supervisor for edTPA, a consultant for the National Board, part of NCME’s Standards and Test Use Committee, the math lead for Ohio’s Core Advocates, and Regions 4 and 8 Value Added Leader. He has presented throughout the state and country on various topics related to instructional shifts, assessment, and technology integration.

Assessment & Gifted Children: Beyond Identification

The value of assessment for gifted children doesn’t end when a child is identified as gifted. For classroom teachers and gifted learners, assessment becomes even more important in developing and supporting ongoing learning and growth for these children. Through this session, participants will have the opportunity to explore, reflect, and discuss the various types of assessments important in working with gifted children and how we can effectively utilize them in our classrooms.

Speaker
Tricia Ebner - Consultant for Summit ESC
Tricia Ebner is a gifted consultant with the Summit ESC and holds National Board certification in early adolescent English language arts. During her 26-year career in education, she has taught English language arts and served as a gifted intervention specialist. Additionally, she served as the co-chair of Ohio’s English Language Arts Standards Revision Advisory Committee. She is the ELA/Literacy Lead for the Ohio Standards Advocates and is a facilitator with the Teacher Leadership Institute, sponsored by CTQ, NEA, and NBPTS. She has presented at a number of conferences, including Teach&Learn, NCTE, OCTELA, OSEA/ONE, and the NCME Special Conference “And the ‘Twain Shall Meet” in September 2017.

Using The Interactive Coherence Map Tool To Build Tiered Math Assessments grade K-9

Creating an assessment that has enough stretch to show evidence of learning across the wide range of math abilities in your classroom can be challenging. Building a tiered formative or summative assessment that allows all students to show you where they are in their learning is a lot easier when you use the Interactive Coherence Map Tool. Participants will take a look at how to use this tool to map out an assessment that will help students connect prior knowledge to current learning, see authentic connections to math and give them opportunities to stretch their math thinking. This is a great session if you are focusing on differentiation, meeting the needs of all learners or just hoping to create assessments that can be used in guiding your instruction.

Speaker
Char Shryock – Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bay Village City Schools
Char Shryock is in her 30th year as an educator and her 7th year as the Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction for the Bay Village City Schools. She has lead the development of curriculum for all content areas k-12. Her responsibilities also include acting as district testing coordinator and overseeing the technology integration resources in the district.

Char is actively involved in a number of state and national professional organizations including OSBA, ASCD, PTA, Learning Forward, and the National Councils of Teachers of Math, English and Science. She is a Collaborative for Student Success National Teacher Fellow and the State Lead for the Ohio Standards Advocate Network. In 2015 she was awarded the Golden Oak Award for advocacy by the Ohio PTA. Char spent 22 years as a 7-12 ELA and science teacher, and technology integration specialist. She holds a B.S. in Biology and English from Baldwin-Wallace University, and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Ashland University. When she isn't working, Char acts as a field supervisor for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's summer archaeological field school.

All About S.O.L.E!

Join me to experience S.O.L.E. (self-organized learning environment). S.O.L.E. gives teachers the tools to create a collaborative, student-centered classroom for any content and any age level. During this session, you will participate in a S.O.L.E. which relates to assessments and learn where you can gather S.O.L.E. resources to take back to your district.

Speaker
Ann Radefeld
Ann Radefeld has worked in the North Royalton City Schools since 2004. As a high school French and German teacher, Ann demonstrated a passion for innovation and always was eager to try the latest tool or resource to help enrich her students’ learning experience. Ann’s passion for innovation led her out of the classroom in 2013, when she took on the role of District Curriculum Facilitator. Currently, she deals primarily with the educational technology in all five North Royalton schools. She meets with teachers, provides professional development and explores new and innovative ways for teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. Ann has most recently presented at the OETC and the NEOTIE conference.

Teaching Science with Pizzazz!

Do you look to increase engagement and ownership in science? Would you like to use multiple methods for formative and summative assessment? In this session, teachers will be led through a science lesson, using the learning cycle model. The learning cycle model, also known as the 5e Model, has proven to be effective at increasing student engagement and retention through interactive, hands-on explorations. Teachers will also learn how to incorporate various modes of assessment throughout the learning cycle.

Speaker
Kristy Shearer - Ashland Middle School 8th Grade Science Teacher
Kristy Shearer has been teaching for 11 years in Ashland City Schools. Eight of those years have been spent in science with grades 5, 7, and 8. Currently, she teaches 8th grade science at Ashland Middle School. Shearer has a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she specifically focused on science education using the learning cycle model. In addition to this, her master’s thesis covered the effective of Study Island on standardized test performance. Throughout this study, Shearer learned how to use Study Island not only as a practice tool, but also as a classroom assessment tool.

Why Do You Need an IPA in World Languages?

How do we create summative assessments that incorporate authentic resources and real-world learning outcomes for language proficiency and intercultural competence? In this session, we will learn how to design an IPA (Integrated Performance Assessment) that can be used at the end of a thematic unit or as a cumulative assessment at the end of the year. Participants will receive examples and templates and will have time to create a sample IPA together.

Speaker
Kathy Shelton - World Language Education Program Specialist, Ohio Department of Education
Kathy Shelton is the world language education program specialist at the Ohio Department of Education and is the technology coordinator for the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL). She leads professional development for world language teachers at the state, regional and national level, covering topics such as proficiency, authentic resources and best practices for instruction and assessment. She recently served as the co-chair of the NCSSFL-ACTFL task force for the 2017 Can-Do statements for language, and served on the NCSSFL-ACTFL committees for the 2017 Can-Do statements for intercultural communication and for American Sign Language. Prior to coming to the Ohio Department of Education, Shelton taught French for 25 years in public, private and online schools, as well as at the university level while completing her Master’s in French Language and Literature.

Scaffolding Assessments for ELL (First Language) Learners and At-Risk Readers

Finding it difficult to create assessment tasks that allow ELL or At-Risk readers to find entry points into the task or demonstrate their learning? Learn how sentence starters, tiered word banks, scaffolded questions and carefully constructed distractors can help you develop effective formative assessment tools. I have had the chance to work with creating performance tasks for ELL students as part of two large assessment projects. I will share my own experience and leave room for discussion on how these formative assessment strategies might benefit all students.

Speaker
Char Shryock – Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bay Village City Schools
Char Shryock is in her 30th year as an educator and her 7th year as the Director of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction for the Bay Village City Schools. She has lead the development of curriculum for all content areas k-12. Her responsibilities also include acting as district testing coordinator and overseeing the technology integration resources in the district.

Char is actively involved in a number of state and national professional organizations including OSBA, ASCD, PTA, Learning Forward, and the National Councils of Teachers of Math, English and Science. She is a Collaborative for Student Success National Teacher Fellow and the State Lead for the Ohio Standards Advocate Network. In 2015 she was awarded the Golden Oak Award for advocacy by the Ohio PTA. Char spent 22 years as a 7-12 ELA and science teacher, and technology integration specialist. She holds a B.S. in Biology and English from Baldwin-Wallace University, and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Ashland University. When she isn't working, Char acts as a field supervisor for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's summer archaeological field school.

Technology-Based Questions

A review of the format of technology based questions on the state tests, how to create them, and what skills students need to know to complete them successfully.

Speaker
Angela Terella – Summit Educational Service Center
Angela Terella is currently the educator quality consultant at Summit County ESC. Previously, she was in school administration for 6 years and was an English teacher for middle and high school for 8 years.

Making Real-Time Formative Assessment Moves: 7 Instructional Practices that Make a Difference in Assessment for Learning

While research has shown for over a decade that teachers who engage in formative assessment practices may have the most powerful impact on student learning (Hattie, 2012), less is known about the development of teachers’ knowledge and use of formative assessment.

To be effective, teachers must plan, enact, and reflect on their instructional practices. Our session focuses on how teachers can take up seven moves—priming, posing, pausing, probing, bouncing, tagging, and binning—associated with formative assessment practice and leverage them for struggling students (Duckor & Holmberg, 2017).

We explore through case studies, video and real-world examples how teachers can become more powerful formative assessors, in part, by learning to balance planned and improvised interactions “on the fly.” Our moves-based framework for formative assessment focuses on improving teachers’ instructional decision-making, grounding their feedback to students in classroom interactions, and helping “quieter” learners in multilingual classrooms.

Participants will leave the session with research-supported strategies that work across all grade levels and subject areas to promote more equitable, interactive, learner-focused instruction in your school.

Speakers
Dr. Brent Duckor – Associate Professor in the Lurie College of Education, San José State University
Dr. Brent Duckor is an Associate Professor in the Lurie College of Education at San José State University. He teaches courses in classroom assessment and evaluation, educational psychology and supervises pre-service teachers in the Single Subject Credential Program in the Department of Teacher Education. He also serves as a core faculty member and dissertation advisor in the Ed.D. Leadership program at SJSU.

Dr. Duckor is an appointed member of the CalTPA Design Team for California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing and a member of the California Department of Education’s School Climate and Conditions working group charged with integrating multiple measures of success in the new accountability dashboard. Dr. Duckor is also an Advisory Board member of the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium for the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships in Washington, D.C.

He has co-edited several international journals including Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling and Pensamiento Educativo, both focused on new developments in Rasch IRT modeling. His most recent scholarship has appeared in Teachers College Record, Educational Leadership, Journal of Teacher Education, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, and Phi Delta Kappan.

Dr. Duckor received his Ph.D. in Quantitative Methods and Evaluation at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a doctoral fellow with the Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL), a National Science Foundation sponsored project that included preparation for next generation researchers in STEM curriculum and assessment topics in collaboration with UCB, Stanford, UCLA and WestEd. His post-doctoral work was at the Berkeley Evaluation Assessment and Research (BEAR) Center where he continues to consult as a Research Scientist. Dr. Duckor holds a Masters of International Affairs with a Business concentration from Columbia University and a B.A. degree in Politics with Honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

His recent book Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning with co-author Dr. Carrie Holmberg is available with ASCD (2017).

Dr. Carrie Holmberg – Connie L. Lurie College of Education, San José State University
Dr. Carrie Holmberg is an adjunct faculty member in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San José State University where she lectures and supervises pre-service teachers in the Single Subject Credential Program of the Teacher Education Department. She has taught courses in Methods of Teaching English and Assessment and Evaluation. She currently serves on the board of the California Educational Research Association.

Dr. Holmberg is also an Associate with Validity Partners, LLC. She specializes in creative, caring, and innovative solutions to teacher training and staff professional development.

Dr. Holmberg taught at a Title I comprehensive high school in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade and has extensive experience mentoring new teachers. A member of one of the first cohorts of National Board Certified Teachers and a long-time Bay Area Writing Project teacher consultant, Carrie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University and a Master of Arts in education from the Stanford Teacher Education Program.

In addition to supervising teacher candidates, co-authoring articles and writing a book, she recently completed her doctorate at San José State University’s Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program. Her dissertation, “Formative Assessment for Middle School Mathematics Instruction: An Evidence-based Approach to Evaluating Teacher Posing, Pausing, and Probing Moves,” explores the empirical foundations for teacher learning progressions as a basis for providing feedback about teachers’ growth in classroom assessment.

Her scholarship has appeared in California English, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education and The English Journal. Her first book, Mastering Formative Assessment Moves: 7 High Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning, co-authored with Brent Duckor, Ph.D, is available with ASCD (2017).

Dr. Holmberg is committed to researching, developing, and celebrating elementary and secondary educators’ knowledge, skills, and professionalism. She is an enthusiastic ambassador for teachers, instructional coaches, and staff charged with making schools and classrooms places for deeper learning that also inspire and spark passion for life-long learning.

Assessment Literacy - Creating a Literacy Plan for Your District

Does your district or school have a comprehensive plan for literacy? If not, let us give you the tools to create one! Participants will learn the critical components of a school wide reading model and gain insight into effectively analyzing current practices, systems, and relevant data in order to develop a comprehensive literacy plan. With effective analysis and a comprehensive plan, districts will have a guide to improving reading outcomes for all students.

Speakers
Amy Cruse - Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
Amy Cruse is a curriculum consultant with the Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County as well as consultant with State Support Team (SST) Region 3. Amy taught in Twinsburg Schools, served as an instructional coach in Chicago Public Schools, and most recently worked as a principal in Brooklyn and Streetsboro Schools.

Heather Miller - Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
Heather Miller is a consultant for the State Support Team (SST) Region 3 and an educational consultant with the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Cuyahoga County. Prior to working at the ESC, Heather was the curriculum director for the Euclid City School District, the Director of Professional Development and Assessment for Brooklyn City Schools, and the Brooklyn Middle School Assistant Principal. Heather taught in the Mentor Public School District and in the Parma City School District.

Recycle your Assessments: Strategies to Enhance Learning

Don’t just record your scores and throw away your assessments, get the benefits of recycling. Participants will examine strategies that use released OST mathematics items to engage students in learning. We will consider how to use Item Performance Reports and Performance Level Descriptors to gain insight to student understand and plan future instruction.

Speaker
Steve Miller - Summit Educational Service Center
Steve Miller is starting his 39th year in education and second year as the Mathematics Content Consultant for the Summit Educational Service Center. In that role, he provides K-12 mathematics professional development, curriculum writing support, and assistance in selecting mathematics resources.

Steve spent 35 years in the Akron Public Schools, which included teaching at three levels as well as district level technology and coaching positions. He served 12 years as Akron’s Learning Specialist for Mathematics. In addition to the trainings conducted for the Akron Public Schools, he has also presented at local (GAMES), state (OCTM) and national (NCTM) conferences. He is one of the authors of NCTM’s new series “Taking Action: Implementing Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices”. He also served as a Fellow in the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Learning.

Steve has served as President of both Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Greater Akron Mathematics Educator’s Society.

Implementation and Alignment—A Conversation on How to Do Both with District-Purchased Curriculum to Ensure Alignment to Standards!

How do schools work to improve school improvement when curriculum assessments are partially aligned? Participants of this session will be engaged in a conversation of how our school has used the ELA standards, assessments that are within the District approved curriculum, and teacher created assessments to ensure assessments in the classroom are aligned to the Ohio Learning Standards expectations.

Speaker
Jarred Zapolnik - Principal, Massillon City Schools
Jarred Zapolnik is Massilon City School District’s Intermediate School principal. During his years as an administrator, he has excelled in fostering a leadership culture and creating a shared vision among the staff that propelled student achievement forward. Zapolnik began his career as a social studies teacher at East Canton High School where he earned the distinction of “Rookie Teacher of the Year” in 2005. Zapolnik earned his secondary education degree in Adolescent Young Adult Education in Integrated Social Studies from Walsh University and his master's degree in Education Administration and Leadership from the University of Akron, and his Superintendent Licensure at Ashland University. Along with Zapolnik are two teachers, Bekky Houze and Tiffany Fichter, who have flourished with leadership opportunities within the District that has resulted in improved student achievement, as well as Chris Ferrell, assistant principal at Massillon Junior High School.

Writing, Rigor and Rubrics

Diving into the standard shifts in ELA and creating common rubrics representing the rigor students are required to demonstrate.

Speakers
Angela Terella – Summit Educational Service Center
Angela Terella is currently the educator quality consultant at Summit County ESC. Previously, she was in school administration for 6 years and was an English teacher for middle and high school for 8 years.

Debbie Theirl – ELA Curriculum Consultant, Summit ESC
Debbie Theirl is an ELA Curriculum Consultant for Summit ESC as well as a State Support Team Region 8 Consultant. Debbie has served as a Regional Literacy Coach through ODE. Additionally, she consults and coordinates with district administrators and staff to provide trainings that support district strategic work and leadership coaching of administrators in their planning and implementation of the Ohio’s Improvement Process, OLi-4 Project, instructional strategy use across the content areas, and Common Formative Assessment implementation. She is currently serving on the Ohio Department of Education Network of Regional Leaders for ELA supporting implementation and professional development with Ohio’s Learning Standards.

Prior to working at the ESC, Debbie worked in Canton City School District for 29 years in a variety of administrative roles.

As a past adjunct professor for The Ohio State University and Walsh University, she was a trained Reading Recovery Teacher Leader for the northeast quadrant of Ohio and has taught the Summit ESC Reading Endorsement Cohort Series.

The Next Generation of Assessment Questions and Supportive Literacy Skills

How have the educational goals of 21st century thinking impacted the style and format of both formative and summative assessments for classroom instruction, as well as, state assessments across the four disciplines? What is involved in developing these thinking and literacy skills needed by students to read, process and then successfully complete the new formats? Join the session to experience a self-examine of where are my current assessments, and what will support my increased skill sets for implementing the new formats into my classroom.

Speaker
Patricia Clayton – Summit Educational Service Center
Pat is the social studies consultant for the Summit Educational Service Center. Prior to joining the SESC, she was a social studies and language arts teacher at Mogadore High School for 25 years. Pat has been actively engaged in social studies organizations including Region 2 representative to OCSS, member of the Ohio Department of Education's Social Studies Academic Content Standards Advisory Committee, member of the Ohio Department of Education's Social Studies Program Models Committee, and currently a member of the Network of Regional Leaders. She is involved in year six of a seven-year pilot social studies series working with colleagues from more than 30 districts across five counties.

Three Principles in Aligned Math Assessments

In this session, learn the three overarching principles that are needed in an aligned math assignment. You’ll take a deep dive into funneling problems through the major work of the grade, explore problems at a DOK level 2 or 3, and then engage in a balance of procedural skill and fluency, conceptual understanding, and application.

Speaker
Bryan R. Drost - Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the ESC of Summit County, Ohio
Bryan Drost holds a Master’s of Education in Educational Foundations with an emphasis in Standards-Based instruction as well as a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Assessment both from Kent State. Bryan holds a variety of roles at the state and national levels all related to assessment: an ODE Network Regional Leader, a member of ODE’s Fairness and Test Use Committee, NAEP writing member, a member of ODE’s content advisory committee, a steering committee member of the Northeast Ohio TALK Network, a national supervisor for edTPA, a consultant for the National Board, part of NCME’s Standards and Test Use Committee, the math lead for Ohio’s Core Advocates, and Regions 4 and 8 Value Added Leader. He has presented throughout the state and country on various topics related to instructional shifts, assessment, and technology integration.

Authentic Assessments in the Social Studies & The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education

Join the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education to explore how authentic assessments can increase the rigor and engagement of your social studies curricula. By working through the components of Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW), and demonstrating several pre-made models of assessment, teachers will learn how to go beyond the paper-pencil test to push their students to deeper mastery.

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Ryan Suskey - Director of Professional Development and Programs for the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education
Ryan Suskey serves as the Director of Professional Development and Programs for the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education. Previously, Mr. Suskey taught 7th and 8th grade history at Columbus Collegiate Academy, High School French at Carver Vocational Technical School in Baltimore, MD, and is an alumnus of Teach for America. During law school, he clerked with the Franklin County Public Defender in the juvenile division. Mr. Suskey holds a bachelor of philosophy degree in French Literature from the University of Pittsburgh, a master of arts in teaching from John Hopkins University, and a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University.

Choose Your Own Google Adventure

Think back to the excitement and joy of reading a choose your own adventure book during your childhood. Now you have the ability to bring your own Google Choose Your Own Adventure to your students. Bring your device because in this session, you will create your own choose your own adventure assessment using Google Forms or Google Slides. Be ready to increase student choice, engagement and excitement in your formative or summative assessments!

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Ann Radefeld
Ann Radefeld has worked in the North Royalton City Schools since 2004. As a high school French and German teacher, Ann demonstrated a passion for innovation and always was eager to try the latest tool or resource to help enrich her students’ learning experience. Ann’s passion for innovation led her out of the classroom in 2013, when she took on the role of District Curriculum Facilitator. Currently, she deals primarily with the educational technology in all five North Royalton schools. She meets with teachers, provides professional development and explores new and innovative ways for teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. Ann has most recently presented at the OETC and the NEOTIE conference.

The Affective Side of Testing: The Impact of Self Esteem on Testing Data

As many scholars of pedagogy have researched the brain as it relates to the whole child, the affective nature of standardized testing has long been overlooked. Together, we will explore the relationship of self-esteem on state testing, looking particularly at the middle and high school years.

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Brooke Mohr - English Educator at Washington Court House City Schools, Graduate Student at Xavier University
Brooke Mohr grew up in rural West Virginia, facing many obstacles including being a teen mother, Brooke aspired to shape young men and women, encouraging them to chase their dreams in the same manner as her teachers did for her. Now teaching in Washington Court House, Ohio, Brooke is living her dream. Follow along with the dream at @MohrRoom106 on Instagram and Twitter for a look at her classroom activities and inspiration.

Value-Added: Interpreting that Data to Coach Teachers

Understanding the concept of value added and using the information to enhance teacher instructional strategies and student achievement.

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Angela Terella – Summit Educational Service Center
Angela Terella is currently the educator quality consultant at Summit County ESC. Previously, she was in school administration for 6 years and was an English teacher for middle and high school for 8 years.

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