Services

I work alone and in concert with staff from local educational agencies and/or other organizations to:

Identify the degree and nature of alignment of local or district-level objectives with state or national standards
Identify the degree and nature of alignment of curriculum, instructional practices, and classroom resources with district, state, and/or national standards
Examine current classroom assessment practices and recommend alternatives and enhancements
Examine sample lessons and student work, and conduct observations, to profile teaching and learning within an instructional community

My per diem or per hour rates are determined based on the scope and nature of the service provided.

I prepare and conduct (individually or collaboratively) workshops on:

Designing and implementing effective classroom assessment strategies
Improving student performance and engagement in reading and writing
Applying understanding of the development, administration, and scoring of large scale assessments and the data they generate
Designing and implementing performance-based instruction and assessment
Preparing students for success on summative assessments

I work individually and collaboratively to:

Interpret performance data and develop strategies for using results to inform instructional practice
Identify meaningful and appropriate data analyses
Design and implement alternative and/or supplementary reporting mechanisms for classroom, school, and district-level use

I produce and/or conduct outside expert review of:

Prototypes for innovative assessment items and tasks
Conventional items (selected, brief, and extended constructed response) and related scoring tools
Scoring training manuals and supporting materials
Test specifications documents
Standards documents
Assessment frameworks
Item writing guides
Reviews and reports

I provide leadership in: