Welcome back Educators!
As we are kicking off a new academic year, we at TPI are looking forward to continuing to provide updates and information about our work and progress, and providing a forum for bringing forth ideas for consideration and discussion regarding teacher education and support. With that said, I encourage you to submit ideas or thoughts for blog topics, or be willing to be a guest blogger!
I would like to thank Andrea Preppernau, Assistant Director of Grants, Research and Accountability in the St. Cloud Area School District, for recommending the following blog post: Preparing incoming Teachers for Assessment
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/op_education/2013/06/a_new_literacy_for_todays_inco.html?utm_campaign=promo_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=house&utm_content=july2013&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoksqTPZKXonjHpfsX56%2BsuWqGg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YEHT8Z0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEBTbbYVblpt6MEXw%3D%3D
As P-12 districts across MN are planning and designing tools for measuring teacher effectiveness, I imagine that a teacher's ability to use data to make decisions about their instruction will be a major component of any evaluation. Teacher education programs will also need to focus more effort on preparing our teachers to not only use data for these purposes, but to be able to articulate the reasoning behind their data-driven decisions.
What are some key components of assessment literacy that should be incorporated into a teacher education program?
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