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 supplementary materials. Virginia science teachers shared insights and best practices from administering their own performance assessments through individual presentations and a Q&A session. For information on the first webinar, Introduction to Performance Assessments, which took place on August 4, click here.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Implementing High-Quality Performance Assessments in Science

Audience: This workshop was intended for K-12 educators interested in learning about selecting, enhancing, and implementing performance assessments in science.

Speakers:

• Carmen Araoz, REL Appalachia, SRI International
• Kori Hamilton Biagas, REL Appalachia, SRI International
• Emma Pellerin, REL Appalachia, SRI International
• Jessica Bailey, REL Appalachia, Education Development Center
• Erin Lowery, Prince William County Public Schools
• Carrie Roop, Prince William County Public Schools
• Anne Peterson, Virginia Department of Education