Resource: Balanced Assessment
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Gain first-hand insights from district leaders on building a cohesive, instructionally-aligned assessment system.
How are successful districts bridging the gap between high-stakes testing and daily instruction? This webinar features district-level perspectives on the practical design and implementation of balanced assessment frameworks. Explore real-world lessons learned, common implementation challenges, and the specific strategies used to ensure assessments drive student growth and system-wide clarity.
- Defining balanced assessment from a district-level administrative perspective.
- Overcoming common challenges encountered during framework implementation and rollout.
- Alignment strategies that connect formative, interim, and summative data to standards.
- System-wide alignment that reduces assessment fragmentation across school buildings.
- Leadership considerations for designing sustainable, high-impact assessment frameworks.
- Supporting change within instructional teams to ensure long-term adoption and buy-in.
Featured Speakers
Kirk McGinnis Ed.D, Dir. of Curriculum & Instruction, El Monte Union High School District
Rick Cohen, Chief Academic Officer, Edison Township Public Schools
Carlo Schmidt, Director of Product, Newsela
