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Discover the power of high-quality assessment practices to improve student achievement.
When teachers practice high-quality assessment for learning, student progress accelerates. In fact, few education interventions have come close to having the same impact as assessment for learning.
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Why Battelle for Kids’ Formative Assessment Online Courses?
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A set of eight courses is available through the BFK•Learn™ solution, Battelle for Kids’ online learning management system. Courses are grounded in leading experts’ assessment for learning principles, follow a learning path and are designed to build on one another. Graduate credit is available. |
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Multi-Dimensional & New Features
These interactive courses include video commentaries from current and former educators. Virtual learning teams guide participants through the courses as colleagues. Questions and certificates of completion are included at the end of each course along with opportunities for optional extended learning.
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Any-Time, Any-Place, Any-Pace Learning
Designed for educators to work independently or with a professional learning team, the courses offer the flexibility educators need—any-time, any-place and any-pace learning. Participants’ work is stored in an easy-to-access ePortfolio.
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Manage the Online Learning Experience
The BFK•Learn™ solution is designed to empower leaders to assign, monitor and manage their staff’s professional learning experience in a district or building. Leaders can oversee staff learning, enroll staff in activities, implement Professional Learning Communities, set target completion dates, send e-mail alerts and more.
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By participating in these new courses, educators will be able to:
- Understand the importance of collaborating with school learning teams to support educators’ learning and implementation of assessment for learning;
- Implement various assessment methods for different learning targets and purposes;
- Create learning targets in student-friendly language; and
- Establish student ownership in the assessment process by engaging students in descriptive feedback and peer and self-reflection.
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Course Name
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Description
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Estimated Hours for Completion
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Introduction to Assessment Courses
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Provides suggestions for how to get the most meaningful learning experience out of the following eight courses.
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Professional Learning Teams: Collaborating to Make it Happen
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Provides insights into Professional Learning Communities as a proven method for reducing teacher autonomy and isolation and improving the art of teaching.
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2, one-hour units
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Overview of Assessment for Learning
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Become familiar with the basic concepts behind assessment for learning. Look deeper into how the process of sound assessment practices motivates students.
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4, one-hour units
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An Introduction to the Five Keys to Quality Classroom Assessment with a Focus on Clear Purpose
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Learn about the five keys to quality classroom assessment and how they build upon each other to provide accurate assessment information that benefits students.
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3, one-hour units
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Clear Learning Targets
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Explore the reasons why having a clear vision of the learning targets for students in student-friendly language is important to implement sound assessment practices in classrooms and schools.
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4, one-hour units
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Sound Assessment Design
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Learn how to match the best assessment design to the learning targets to achieve accurate results.
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3, one-hour units
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Communication for Learning
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Become familiar with the power of effective feedback. Understand the difference between descriptive and evaluative feedback. Learn strategies for effectively communicating for learning.
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3, one-hour units
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Student Ownership: The Critical Piece
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Become familiar with the basic rationale and strategies for helping students gain ownership of their learning. Explore how to implement these strategies with students.
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4, one-hour units
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Actionable Strategies: Putting it All Together
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Explore all strategies embedded in the Five Keys to Quality Classroom Assessment practices. Learn what teachers are doing in the field.
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4, one-hour units
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Pricing
Number of Participants Annual Investment
5 or fewer teachers $299/teacher
6–50 teachers $269/teacher
51–500 teachers $239/teacher
501–1000 teachers $179/teacher
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Customized pricing is available for 1,000+ teachers. To learn how this cost-effective, systemic professional development opportunity can be integrated with your improvement plans;
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