Delaware Assessment Inventory
[parent community presentation]
[date]
Agenda
• Delaware Assessment Inventory
– Importance of Assessment Inventory
– Overview of process of the Delaware
Assessment Inventory
– District results and recommendations
– Next Steps
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Why is this Important?
• Shared responsibility of reducing testing
from both the State and District level
• Feedback from our Communities
• Increases instructional time
• Focuses assessments on those most
beneficial to instruction
• Supports the development of a long range
assessment plan
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Process Used for Assessment Inventory
Phase One:
Review
Current Status
Phase Two:
Develop
Action Plan
Phase Three:
Implement
Action Plan
Phase One: Review Current Status
• Trained educators to review current
assessments
• Discussed why we assess and what is important
to be included
• Conducted a review of local assessments
• Administered the district/school inventory of
current assessments
[District] Status
• District team included:
– [insert district team]
• School level review included:
– [insert information]
• Type of assessments reviewed included:
– [insert information]
• Number of assessments reviewed: [#]
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Phase Two: Develop Action Plan
• Engaged with teacher, parents, students and
others to determine recommendations
• Recommendations for each assessment:
– No change, Modification, Replacement,
Elimination
– Rationale for decision
– Authority
– Timing of Recommendation
– Action Steps
• Developed the final plan
[District] Recommendations
• [provide overview of engagement]
• [provide points about the discussion that
occured]
[District] Recommendations
• Recommendations: [provide table with status for
each]
– No change
– Modification
– Replacement
– Elimination
• Final plan – for approval
• Potential reduction in testing time: [insert time
here]
Q&A
NEXT STEPS
Phase Three: Implement Action Plan
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Implement each component of the action plan
Review status periodically to determine success
Review data for instructional time gained
Survey teachers