Forum Documents

General

• Performance Matters Session Planning Guide

Session Presentations

Session  I: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Updates
  • Presentation: NGSS Implementation Initiatives & NGSS Summative Assessment Development

• Using Data from the Connecticut SAT School Day
  • Presentation: Using Data from the Connecticut SAT School Day
  • Connecticut SAT School Day Reporting
  • Teachers and Counselors - Get Started
• Best Practices for Test Coordinators
  • Presentation: Panel Discussion of Best Practices for Test Administration for Connecticut Summative Assessments
• Identifying Students for the Alternate Assessment – Principals, District Test Coordinators, Special Education Administrators
  • Presentation: Identifying Students for the Connecticut Alternate Assessment
• Interpreting the Metrics in the Profile and Performance Report (PPR)
  • Presentation: Interpreting the Metrics in the Profile and Performance Report (PPR)
• Using Data to Develop Guidance for Selecting Supports, Accommodations, and Assessments
  • Presentation: Using Data to Develop Guidance for Selecting Supports, Accommodations, and Assessments

Session  II: 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

• A Panel Discussion: How can data analysis inform and enhance decision-making for current English Learners?
  • Presentation: A Panel Discussion: How Can Data Analysis Inform & Enhance Decision-Making for Current English Learners?
• Leveraging EDS: Certification, TEAM and Successful Completion
  • Presentation: Leveraging EDS: Certification, TEAM and Successful Completion
• Developing a Meaningful Local Assessment Plan
  • Assessment Calendar 2018-19
  • Assessment Response Plan
• Strategies that Promote Academic Growth: Voices from the Field
  • Presentation:  Strategies that Promote Academic Growth: Voices from the Field
    • Strategies: Farmington
    • Strategies: Side-By-Side
• Identifying Students for the Alternate Assessment – Principals, District Test Coordinators, Special Education Administrators
  • Presentation: Identifying Students for the Connecticut Alternate Assessment
• EdSight Secure
  • Handout: EdSight Secure Session
• Connecticut Writing Portfolio Resources for Grades K-2
  • Presentation: Introducing the Writing Portfolio Guides for K-2 Grades
  • Kindergarten:
    • Writer's Checklist
    • Opinion Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Opinion Writing Rubric
    • Narrative Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Narrative Writing Rubric
    • Informational Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher 's Informational Writing Rubric
  • Grade 1:
    • Opinion Writer's Checklist
    • Opinion Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Opinion Writing Rubric
    • Narrative Writer's Checklist
    • Narrative Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Narrative Writing Rubric
    • Informational Writer's Checklist
    • Informational Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher 's Informational Writing Rubric
  • Grade 2:
    • Opinion Writer's Checklist
    • Opinion Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Opinion Writing Rubric
    • Narrative Writer's Checklist
    • Narrative Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher's Narrative Writing Rubric
    • Informational Writer's Checklist
    • Informational Writing Portfolio Guide
    • Teacher 's Informational Writing Rubric

Session  III: 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

• Identifying Learning Disabilities Among English Learner Students in CT: Articulating the Challenges
  • Presentation: Identifying Learning Disabilities Among English Learner Students in CT: Articulating the Challenges
• Early Indication Tool (EIT)
  • Presentation: The Early Indication Tool (EIT): How to Interpret and Use the EIT Report
• Using Next Generation Accountability Results in the District and Community
  • Presentation: Using Next Generation Accountability Results in the District and Community
  • Elementary School Progress Measures Template
  • High School Progress Measures Template
  • Keeping the Arts Alive
  • Success for All Students Road Map
  • Mailing: Here, Student Succeed
  • West Haven Schools Break the Achievement Gap
    
    
• Connecting PSIS Data and State Summative Assessments
  • Presentation: Connecting PSIS Data and State Summative Assessments
• Significant Disproportionality Updates
  • Presentation: Significant Disproportionality Updates
• EdSight Secure
  • Handout: EdSight Secure Session
• Connecticut Alternate Science Assessment
  • Presentation: An Overview of the Developments and Design of the Connecticut Alternate Science Assessment

Session  IV: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

• New Enhancements to AIR’s Assessment Systems
  • Presentation: Enhancements to AIR’s Assessment Systems
• Early Indication Tool (EIT)
  • Presentation: The Early Indication Tool (EIT): How to Interpret and Use the EIT Report
• Time Spent Taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment
  • Presentation: Time Spent Taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment
• Physical Education Assessment
  • Presentation: Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment
• How Districts Can Use Non-Cognitive Measures to Improve Student Outcomes
  • Presentation: How Districts Can Use Non-Cognitive Measures to Improve Student Outcomes
• Interim Assessment Discussion with School-level Users
  • ZIP File