Professional Development

Educators can use the resources on this page to support local assessment-related professional development efforts. The materials are arranged in the following manner: at the top of the page, resources that are general that can be used to support implementation of balanced assessments systems, including:

formative assessment practices,
implementing and interpreting interim/benchmark assessments, and
using summative assessment results are provided using those labels;

and, below those resources, you will find additional resources that are specific to a construct that is being measured, such as reading, writing, math, science, social sciences, or English language proficiency.

Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment Resources

Oregon Formative Assessment for Students and Teachers (OFAST) full course

The full Oregon Formative Assessment for Students and Teachers (OFAST) course is a year's worth of professional learning resources for use with a collaborative team.

OFAST course design information: Professional Learning Design, Learning Map

Videos of formative assessment practice, with viewing guides:

Resources for Planning Instruction and Formative Assessment for K–12 English Language Arts and Literacy Standards
Resources for working with standards and building learning goals and success criteria.
Resources for Planning Instruction and Formative Assessment for K-8 Math Standards
Resources for working with standards and building learning goals and success criteria.
Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources
Assorted formative assessment resources and tools
A range of resources and handouts that can be used in support of the formative assessment modules to build an initial understanding, prior to embarking on the full OFAST course.
Formative Assessment for Use in a Professional Learning Community (PLC)
An introduction to formative assessment practices developed for use in an established PLC. These resources can also serve as an onramp for the full formative assessment course. Through implementing this professional learning, schools will build an initial understanding of the concepts that will be more deeply developed through the full formative assessment course (OFAST).

Formative Assessment Previous Grant Projects

Oregon Formative Assessment for Students and Teachers

OFAST Project Overview
Explains the OFAST project and includes participating schools and description of professional learning experiences.

Central Linn SD 552, Central Linn Elementary School
Mapleton SD 32, Mapleton Elementary School
Willamina SD 30J, Willamina Elementary School
Lincoln County SD, Siletz Valley Schools
Vernonia SD 47J, Vernonia Elementary School
Jefferson County SD 509J, Warm Springs K-8 Academy
Santiam Canyon SD 129J, Santiam Elementary School
Oakridge SD 76, Oakridge Elementary School
Lebanon Community SD 9, Multiple schools

K-3 Formative Assessment

Administrators

Construct Materials

Family Engagement

Training Materials

Performance Assessment

Performance Assessment Resources

Local Performance Assessment Requirement
Description of the local performance assessment requirement with resources for Official State Scoring Guide use.
Performance Assessment Resource Bank
Online bank of performance assessments and resources. Anyone in Oregon may sign up for an account in the Performance Assessment Resource Bank. Performance assessment grantees will be required to implement performance assessments from this bank.

Performance Assessment Previous Grant Projects

Performance Assessment Demonstration Sites

PADS Project Overview
Explains the PADS project and includes participating schools and description of professional learning experiences.

Coos Bay SD 9, Millicoma Intermediate School
Pilot Rock SD 2, Pilot Rock High School
Portland SD 1J, Metropolitan Learning Center
Salem-Keizer SD 24J, North Salem High School
South Lane SD 45J3, Bohemia Elementary School
Springfield SD 19, Thurston High School
Yamhill-Carlton SD 1, Yamhill-Carlton Intermediate School

Feedback from 2014-15 Task Administration
Feedback from fifteen Oregon teachers who implemented performance assessments in 2014-15.

Required State Assessment

Required State Assessment Resources

Building Educator Assessment Literacy (BEAL)
The BEAL project focuses on the role of performance assessment in a balanced assessment system. Participants will collaboratively score student work from a Smarter Balanced performance task and reflect on how to respond to evidence of student learning generated by this task in ways that move student learning forward.
Understanding Proficiency
Resources to help educators develop a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards by analyzing student work on performance tasks. Central to these resources are samples of real student work on the Smarter Balanced Practice Test ELA/Literacy performance tasks.
Smarter Balanced Practice Tests
The Practice Tests allow teachers, students, parents, and the public to experience a Smarter Balanced test, including the performance task.

Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment Resources

Developing, Scoring, and Evaluating Interim Assessments
Professional learning resources developed by Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center for local use in building capacity to develop, score, and evaluate interim assessments.

English Language Proficiency Assessment

Resources

The following are a series of professional development modules intended to help educators understand the meaning, purpose, and application of current ELP standards. They were created by the joint efforts of CCSSO, ELPA21 Consortium, educator teams from Washington, Oregon and Iowa, and the Understanding Language Initiative at Stanford University. All rights reserved.

Module 1: Introduction (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)
Module 2: Task Analysis (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)
Module 3: English Language Proficiency Standards (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)
Module 4: Performance Level Descriptors (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)
Module 5: Formative Assessment (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)
Module 6: Reflection (made available through the ELPA21 Consortium)

Professional modules dealing student progression in using academic language (both English Learners and general population) can be found under the Formative Assessment tab (Formative Assessment for Use in a Professional Learning Community).

Mathematical Essential Skills Work Samples

Mathematical Essential Skills Work Sample Resources

Workshop Materials for Mathematics Scoring Guide and Work Sample Development -- materials for facilitators to use in leading local trainings or for individual use (Professional Development)

Math Essential Skills Work Samples Facilitators Guide
Math Essential Skills Work Samples Handout
Math Essential Skills Work Samples
- PowerPoint
- Video

An overarching goal of the Student-Centered Assessment Project is to provide resources to support high-quality local assessment practices that can be freely used by any educator. Resources developed through this project can be freely shared, including a royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and distribute copies.

Unless otherwise noted, this work is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.