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Dr. Cheryl Harmon from @CenterPointEd shares a helpful tip teachers can use to help parents #GoBeyondGrades and expand the lines of communications with families. Find more resources at gobeyondgrades.org
We recently spoke to leaders at Carmen Schools of Science and Technology, who have been using our Illustrative Math interim assessments for the past few school years! We developed a case study from these discussions, which you can read here:
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Our wonderful Chief Academic Officer, Cheryl Harmon, Ed.D, will be on a panel at Yale School of Management as a part of their Education Leadership Conference this Friday, April 19th. Learn more here:
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We're hosting a webinar on May 1st at 2:00pm EST!
Join us to learn about our new middle school interim science assessments, which we're currently piloting with a number of school districts across the US!
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During our pilot school think-aloud interviews, we engaged students in discussions about science and their overall learning experiences. These conversations highlighted the importance of listening to students' perspectives - they have so much wisdom to share! #ScienceEducation
We recently had the opportunity to conduct another round of think-aloud interviews with some amazing students from the schools piloting our new science assessments. Read the quotes below to hear how students reacted to using feedback in their science assessment!
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When we dive into assessment data and thoughtfully incorporate what we learn into our teaching strategies, we create a learning experience that resonates with every student.
Thank you to our friends at @CenterPointEd for collaborating on this resource! bit.ly/4at63EV
Check out this post from Otus about how to harness assessment data to get a free assessment checklist resource and learn some of the exciting benefits of leveraging CenterPoint assessments through the Otus platform!
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Interested in learning more about our new science interim assessments and our ongoing pilots? Read our latest Sensemaking Spotlight newsletter in this blog post, and subscribe to the newsletter for future updates!
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Our director of science assessment, TJ Heck, recently sat on a panel at @NARSTorg 's Annual International Conference with other scholars to provide advice to early career scholars and discuss our new science assessments with others in the science education space!
We're so excited to share this wonderful news with you! We're confident that together with @CogniaOrg we will be able to further advance the quality of education for students nationwide and continue our work in changing the way interim assessment is viewed and administered.
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We're thrilled to share more behind the scenes insights from another visit to one of the schools piloting our new Interim Science Assessment. Join the excitement! Follow us on social media throughout the week to learn more! 🚀🌟
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CenterPoint's wonderful Cheryl Harmon, Ed.D and Jamie Brockmeier, M.Ed are attending and presenting at the EL Education National Conference this week. We'd love for anyone in attendance at the conference to join our presentation or reach out to connect with us! #ELNC23
Melissa Peplinski and Haley Gaudreau, members of our team at CenterPoint Education Solutions, submitted their essay to the Wonkathon Competition, discussing how AI can be used within science education. Take a few minutes to give their essay a read and a vote!
All of our 2023 Wonkathon entries are in. Vote on which one you think is best by liking the corresponding post in this thread or by taking our survey: surveymonkey.com/r/PX8ZXT8. Please don’t do both. The polls close on Tuesday, 11/28, at 1pm ET. May the wisest wonk win!
Thank you for following along on our journey with our science interim assessment pilot schools. Next stop, diving into the data. Stay tuned for more about our science interim assessment pilots!
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During our time at our pilot schools, we sat down with teachers to understand their needs in the science classroom and get feedback on our assessment. Here are just a few of the wonderful insights we got from these interactions!
ALT Picture of a scientific diagram with a quote in front of it that reads, "We need more tests like this so that we can really understand what students know." - 7th grade science teacher
![Picture of a desk with packets on it and a quote to the right that reads, "For us, the biggest problem is assessment. I am trying to figure out what they [the students] need and what does OpenSciEd want them to understand.
-6-8th grade science teacher](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_d27sSXQAAsEjg.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Picture of a desk with packets on it and a quote to the right that reads, "For us, the biggest problem is assessment. I am trying to figure out what they [the students] need and what does OpenSciEd want them to understand. -6-8th grade science teacher
We want to see if you could do as well as our pilot school students in making sense of the phenomenon in the following question:
Could crushed rock help make Earth’s temperature more stable?
Comment below how you might investigate this phenomenon!
We spent time with students during our recent pilot school visit and had them think aloud while taking our new science assessment. Dive into a few of the quotes we compiled to see some of the valuable insights we got from these amazing science learners!
![Picture of a young boy and a quote that reads, "[The test was challenging because] "I would have to think about how things would happen and how the reaction would work if this happened - if I added more of this or reduced more of this." - 8th Grade Science Student](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_JgiXgWoAA2uCP.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Picture of a young boy and a quote that reads, "[The test was challenging because] "I would have to think about how things would happen and how the reaction would work if this happened - if I added more of this or reduced more of this." - 8th Grade Science Student
ALT Picture of a young girl and a quote that reads, "I think science in school is important because you might want a job that uses science like a neurologist." - 6th grade science student
ALT Picture of a young girl and a quote that reads, "This test was a little bit easier than my other tests. because I was learning about different information on this test rather than just one thing that I usually have on a test." - 7th grade student
We've developed new Interim Science Assessments in partnership with @OpenSciEd , that align to their curriculum and we're currently in our pilot phase. Follow along with us on our journey as we share more behind the scenes insights!
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