Formative Assessment and the California Common Core State Standards

Free and open to the public.

To register:

http://edpolicyinca.org/events/formative-assessment-california-common-core-state-standards

As California moves forward with implementing the Common Core State Standards, educators and policymakers are focusing on formative assessment as a powerful and under-utilized resource in the state’s classrooms. The instructional transformation that the Common Core promises depends on teachers to incorporate formative assessment into their classroom practice, in order to elicit and interpret evidence, provide feedback, and continuously adapt their teaching to foster their students’ learning. This policy seminar offers an overview of what formative assessment is, and why it matters.

Speakers include:

Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education

Margaret Heritage, Senior Scientist, WestEd

Olivia Lozano, Demonstration Teacher, UCLA Lab School

Norma Silva, Principal, UCLA Lab School

Brent Duckor, Associate Professor, Connie L. Lurie College of Education, SJSU

Robert Linquanti, Senior Researcher, WestEd