At the Symposium in New Zealand last year, a subgroup of 12 knowledgeable and informed assessment experts from around the world created a summary of what teachers and leaders need to know about Assessment FOR Learning. An excerpt from this Dunedin report appears below; the entire summary is available on our website at www.annedavies.com/pdf/20D_Dunedin_CPD_Team.pdf


The Essential Content for Teachers – Key Lessons to Learn:

** Understanding learning to learn – how to be a critical friend
** Understanding the inquiry process
** How to be clear about and differentiate assessment purposes
** Mastery of clear learning targets
** How to gather dependable evidence of learning
** Ways to analyze and understand what the evidence implies about needed learning
** Negotiating with the learner about how to close the gap
** How to use the assessment (inquiry) process and its results to support learning, including when and how to involve students
** How to communicate effectively in the assessment FOR learning process, including when and how to involve students


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“On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.”
~ Ignazio Silone

There is a new option to consider for Professional Learning in July 2010:
The 5-day Institute on Assessment FOR Learning for teachers and leaders is an event that Connections Group and Anne Davies would like to bring to your School District. For details, go to:
http://connect2learning.com/store/events/leading-the-way-to-quality-assessment-practices

For more information, please call Lisa Robinson at 1-877-603-9888 or email lisa@connect2learning.com