MAC in a Moment-5/22/19

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MAC in a Moment

May 22, 2019

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.
This quote (often attributed to Winston Churchill) energized the MAC Board of Directors during its May planning retreat. We hope it inspires you to pursue some summer learning about Assessment Literacy.

Assessment Literacy Institute: Improving Practice & Systems

We invite you to MAC’s first Assessment Literacy Institute (ALI), a powerful professional learning offering designed to equip consultants, administrators, and teacher-leaders who lead and work with colleagues to improve their assessment practice and systems.
Participants will leave with. . .

Confidence in using the MAC Assessment Learning Modules and related resources with groups within a variety of professional learning settings.
A network of peers to help support ongoing facilitation of assessment literacy
Increased understanding of assessment-related content and protocols
A plan of action to flexibly use the Assessment Learning Modules and related resources within the context of their own work
The understanding that participants will share their facilitation ideas and resources with others in the network

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MAC Learning Moments
The MAC has an extensive library of Learning Moments, which are short (2-4 minute) video clips that feature Assessment Learning Network (ALN) presenters answering single-topic questions related to their presentations. Learning Moments provide great learning opportunities for busy educators who have just a few moments to spare. They also are easy to share with co-workers, policy-makers, or families. Embed them in presentations, blogs, newsletters, or emails.

Learning Moment videos are available in the ALN Resources. Just apply the filter “Video/Short Clips” and explore the topics and presenters that interest you most. Here are a few Learning Moments on assessment literacy to get you started:

What is assessment literacy? (W. James Popham)
What one or two critical understandings or behaviors would begin to improve assessment practices in the interest of better serving students? (Susan Brookhart)
What are some small steps that each of us can take now to improve assessment literacy in Michigan? (Susan Brookhart)
How can any one person begin to lead an effort to improve assessment literacy—no matter what their role? (Jim Pellegrino)

Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment for Educators
Are you (or is someone you know) interested in doing self-assessment on your level of assessment literacy? The MAC’s set of Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment tools are based on Michigan’s Assessment Literacy Standards, which provide a common framework to assist K-12 educators, students, families, and policy-makers in becoming more knowledgeable about assessment purposes and uses. The standards are intended for long-term use in the field of education, to continually support assessment literate educators.

Targeted self-assessments are available on Assessment Literacy Standards web page for the following groups:

Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment for Teachers
Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment for Building Administrators
Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment for District Administrators
Consolidated Self-Assessment for Educators (contains a subset of questions from the self-assessments for teachers, building principals, and district administrators)
Assessment Literacy Self-Assessment for Elementary Students and their Families

Created by the MAC Resource Development Committee, the self-assessments are a good place to start when determining next steps in designing learning plans for improvement.

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