Measured Progress Workshops Coming to Connecticut

In the high-stakes educational environment created by “No Child Left Behind,” educators need proven programs and instructional strategies to ensure that all students succeed. The Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS), in conjunction with the New England League of Middle Schools, will be bringing a series of Measured Progress two-day workshops for K–12 teachers, department heads, team leaders, and administrators to the CAS Conference Center in 2004-2005. Teams of teachers and administrators are encouraged to attend. 

The series begins with Examining Student Work to Improve Achievement on September 29 and 30, 2004, and targets the careful and analytical examination of student work. 

The second workshop, entitled Teacher as Assessor and scheduled for October 26 and 27, 2004, introduces educators to classroom assessment strategies that foster assessment for learning such as constructed response tasks and portfolios.

Next is Standards-Based Units of Study on December 2 and 3, which identifies ways teachers can develop classroom plans and assessment strategies to encourage learning, in a standards-based environment.

The series concludes with Using and Understanding Data on January 19 and 20, 2005. The workshop examines the decision process schools and faculty undertake to become an inquiry-based or inquiry-minded environment.

Watch your E-mail or our Web site for registration material in August and secure your place(s) in these workshops.