During this class, we were lucky enough to have a guest speaker come in and talk about assessment. Laurie Gatzke, if I'm not mistaken, works for Regina Public Schools as the Supervisor of Assessment and Evaluation, giving a great presentation of the evolution of assessment in public schools. She touched upon norm-based assessment, CAT and RAD testing, and rubrics.
I found it really interesting when we marked those Grade 9 sample RAD tests. Due to lack of resources, I was with a partner, and her and I were fairly accurate with our marks, which I found neat. Looking at the example responses, however, made it umpteen times easier to figure out where the student should be placed.
Once we returned to class, I learned of one heck of a good resource -- the PBIS website. It offers a fantastic amount of resources, supports, and information to aid with special education.
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