Authentic Assessment and Reflective Practice
This workshop is part of a three-day institute, Building Your First ELA Unit with Structured Writing Activities. Join us for this individual workshop, join the full institute or mix and match days and to build a personalized experience.
This workshop focuses on equipping educators with the assessment tools and reflective practices needed to measure student growth, respond to real-time data, and continuously strengthen instruction. Participants will develop rigorous summative assessments, student-friendly rubrics, and a bank of formative quick-checks that keep every student’s progress visible and actionable. Educators leave with a complete, ready-to-implement ELA unit — including assessments, scaffolds, and a structured reflection protocol — so students are set up for success from the very first day of school.
Key Learning Objectives:
- understand summative assessments that demonstrate mastery
- explore how graphic organizers and other writing scaffolds promote deep comprehension and learning
- create a toolkit with quick, actionable ways to pivot instruction based on real-time student data
- develop clear, student-friendly rubrics that streamline grading and maximize growth
- design a summative performance task that directly connects with the learning goals
- create a rubric and a bank of formative assessment “quick-checks” to monitor student progress in real-time
- develop a post-instructional reflection protocol to evaluate the overall effectiveness of any unit
Date: Wednesday, August 12th
Presenters: Alison Leveque, PhD; Kinjal Nicholls, MA; Dana Carr-Ford, MA, MsEd; Betsy Duffy MsEd
Grades: 3-9
NYCTLE credits – 5 hours per full-day workshop, 3 hours per morning workshop
Participate in-person (9 a.m.–3 p.m. ET) on our Westchester Lower School campus or virtually (9 a.m.–12 p.m. ET) Flexible options designed to fit your schedule.
