HIGHER-LEVEL MULTIPLE CHOICE — Learn more criteria for judging the quality of questions from other sources and/or developing your own questions. In this 3-hour session we will review models of high-level questions and provide specific strategies for raising the level and quality of the questions. Since multiple-choice questions make up the largest part of student assessments, it is especially important to keep those questions at the highest-level possible! *Connection to Teacher... Read More
HIGHER-LEVEL THINKING AND LEARNING — CLOSING THE GAP FOR ALL STUDENTS — The research is overwhelming, all students CAN learn at higher levels. In this session you will learn why that is true and how to help students be more successful. Participants will receive specific research-based strategies for raising the level of thinking for all students and closing the achievement gap. * Connection to Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System—Higher-level questioning... Read More
With the release of the final version of the Next Generation Science Standards, KASC has been hard at work to create new Science Standards products for use in your classroom! The following products will be available to ship by the end of June! Order Now! Science Standards Checklist Science Standards Cards Science Standards Gradebooks Coming [...]
“The vision for the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) is to have every student taught by an effective teacher and every school led by an effective principal. The goal is to create a fair and equitable system to measure teacher and leader effectiveness and act as a catalyst for professional growth.“ For more information about [...]