"Hot Topics" in K-12 Education: Instructional Improvement | Harold S.Wright, Jr., Ph.D.
Program Description
This program provides an overview of instructional improvement in the school and classroom through an emphasis on analysis of multiple sources of data including standardized testing, classroom assessment, grades, and other performance measures. Norm- and criterion-referenced tests will be explored and analyzed at the national and local level. The accountability movement will be discussed using the Virginia Standards of Learning and No Child Left Behind.
Virginia Standard(s) Addressed
Planning & Assessment (ISLLC standard 3) and Instructional Leadership (ISLLC standard 1)
Program Goals and Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will determine various sources of data, analyze and present data from norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests for instructional improvement, and identify national and state accountability movements that impact student achievement and instructional improvement.
Program Format
This program will open with a discussion of the accountability movement and continue with a focus on different types of assessment. Participants will learn the basics of norm-referenced and criterion-referenced test, will work in groups to analyze the tests scores of these two types of tests, and will present their analysis with recommendations for school improvement.
Target Audience
School-based or central office administrators and teacher leaders.
Self-Selection and/or Identification Through School Division
No/yes.
Duration of Program
- One full day of 6-8 hours or two half-days of 3-4 hours each
- Your own private session for collaboration, consensus-building, and strategic planning
Outcomes Measured
Participant analysis and discussion of how data can be used in the local school setting.
Program Evaluation
Participant evaluation forms.
Contact Information
Harold S. Wright, Jr., Ph.D.
8057 Willow Brook Lane
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Phone: 804-559-6865
Email: hwright@umw.edu