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Seminar NameBuilding Better Benchmark Assessments
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Seminar Short DescThis 3-day workshop will help participants evaluate the most important standards at their subject level and look to create benchmark assessments that will help their students perform better on New York State assessments.
Seminar Full DescThis 3-day workshop will help participants evaluate the most important standards at their subject level and look to create benchmark assessments that will help their students perform better on New York State assessments. This workshop will be based off of what we've learned creating the other 3-8 ELA and Math benchmarks and will also focus on improving these and possibly even expanding to other subjects, based on interest.
Seminar Date07/19/2022
Opening Time8:30 am
Closing Time2:30 pm
Last Day To Register07/18/2022      [ Note: After this date, participation changes can be requested by e-mailing Laurie Sledge ]
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Seminar AudienceTeachers or instructional coaches
Seminar PrerequisitesNone.
Seminar Topics, Concepts & ResourcesAssessment
Standards
Benchmarks
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Seminar ObjectivesThe learners will:
Determine what the 'power standards' are for their grade and subject level.
Analyze what types of questions New York State has asked at those standards.
Create benchmarks using information about the difficulty of released questions from the New York State Education Department.
Share benchmarks and develop a plan to use them for the upcoming school year.
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Assessment of LearningParticipants will be guided throughout the process of building benchmarks as CABOCES has done in the past. This time looking at the item difficulty for certain questions when we build the benchmarks.
Participants will leave with a finished product that they can use and/or share for the upcoming school year.
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SiteCA BOCES Barn
LocationTraining Room
Site StatusRegional
Day Number2 of 3
Duration6 Hours
Rolling Online CourseNo
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Seminar StatusHeld
WorkshopBuilding Better Benchmark Assessments
Day Number2
Total Workshop Days3
Starting Registration8:00 am
Credit Hours5.50 Per Day
CTLE EligibleYes
Social Worker Continuing EdNo
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Provider529 - Professional Development
Category529 - Professional Development
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Added ByTim Clarke
Seminar Id7023

CTLE Activities

  • Pedagogy

Facilitators

Districts That Can Send Participants

  • Allegany-Limestone Central School
  • Andover Central School
  • Belfast Central School
  • Bolivar-Richburg Central School
  • Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School
  • Cuba-Rushford Central School
  • Ellicottville Central School
  • Fillmore Central School
  • Franklinville Central School
  • Friendship Central School
  • Genesee Valley Central School
  • Hinsdale Central School
  • Olean City Schools
  • Pioneer Central School
  • Portville Central School
  • Randolph Academy
  • Randolph Central School
  • Salamanca City Schools
  • Scio Central School
  • Wellsville Central School
  • West Valley Central School
  • Whitesville Central School
  • CA-BOCES Admin
  • CA-BOCES CTE
  • CA-BOCES ISS
  • CA-BOCES IT
  • CA-BOCES Exceptional Education
  • CA Teacher Center

First Day of Seminar Series

Learning Standards

  • 2 Knowledge of Content and Instruction
  • 3 Instructional Practice
  • 5 Assessment for Learning
  • 6 Responsibilities Collaboration
  • 7 Professional Growth