Emma Pellerin
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A Pivot to Performance Assessments
In the midst of a pandemic, educators are striving to creatively and effectively motivate and engage students in meaningful learning opportunities in a variety of environments: in-person school with masks and social distancing, fully virtual settings with synchronous and/or asynchronous components, and hybrid blends of the two.
Date published:
Jan 15, 2021
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Research-Based Strategies for Effective Remote Learning
Location: Virtual Description: REL Appalachia (REL AP) staff, in partnership with education leaders from districts in eastern Tennessee and representatives from the Niswonger Foundation, developed a train-the-trainer workshop series to share effective methods for delivering online instruction to students in grades K-12. Participants in the workshops listed below will learn about what can work best for students and teachers in their schools and districts. Following each workshop, participants ...
Dec 08, 2020
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Performance Assessments in Use Webinar
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm EDT Location: Virtual Description: This was the second of two REL Appalachia webinars on selecting, enhancing, and implementing performance assessments in science. Facilitators reviewed example performance assessments and highlighted exemplar instructional materials that supported their implementation. They also disseminated exemplars for improving performance assessments using the Virginia Quality Criteria Review Tool for Performance Assessments and REL Appalachia supple...
Aug 11, 2020
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Introduction to Performance Assessments
Time: 1:30 - 3:00pm EDT Location: Virtual Description: This is the first of two REL Appalachia webinars on selecting, enhancing, and implementing performance assessments. Facilitators will summarize evidence-based research related to using performance assessments and introduce participants to the Virginia Quality Criteria Review Tool for Performance Assessments. Participants will also learn about coaching materials developed by REL Appalachia to help Virginia science teachers use the Criteria...
Aug 04, 2020
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Performance Assessment: An Engaging Alternative to Traditional Test-Taking
What if students were excited to show what they have learned, and viewed assessments as an opportunity to do just that? A performance-based assessment (PBA) enables students to craft their own responses to an authentic problem by constructing an answer, producing a product, or performing an activity. Learn about a four-step process to implement problem-based assessments, as well as the experiences of science teachers from Prince William and Arlington County Public Schools implementing PBA in...
Date published:
Jul 29, 2020
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Paving the Pathway to College and Career Webinar Series
Location: Virtual Description: In this three-event webinar series, REL Appalachia staff share strategies and resources for strengthening the transition from high school to postsecondary education and careers. The fourth webinar describes how school or district leaders can use the resources to facilitate professional learning on this topic, or how individual educators can use the resources for personal reflection and action planning. Partnership or Research Alliance: Improving Postsecondary Tr...
Nov 07, 2019