Shift your organization’s culture of assessment in service of more equitable outcomes for students

Receive a strong foundation for assessing for equity by exploring common assessment practices, shifting what is not equitable, and creating new practices so every student has the opportunity to learn and thrive.

  • TIME

    Two full-day in-person sessions, OR five 2-hour virtual sessions.

  • GROUP SIZE

    For teams, schools, districts, and education service districts.

  • FORMAT

    Available both in-person and virtually.

About Assessing for Equity

In this workshop, participants will learn about the key features of assessing for equity, explore the beliefs they hold about grading, identify what gets in the way of equitable assessment, and make practical change within their grade levels, departments, divisions, and school sites.

Participants will:

✔︎ Receive a strong foundation for the theoretical underpinnings of assessing for equity

✔︎ Dig into common assessment practices, complete equity checks: explode mythologies, and rethink approaches

✔︎ Receive tools and practices for classroom and self assessment

✔︎ Examine equitable assessment practices through social, emotional, and academic lenses

✔︎ Investigate bias and mood and their impact on student assessment

✔︎ Transfer learning to create new, more equitable practices that activate leadership and shift perspectives within teams and school sites

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Assessing for Equity 2.0

This invitation-only program invited participants from our Open Enrollment program into an action-research focused course so they could more fully examine the impact of their grading programs. Participants came away with stronger measures of impact for their school sites.”

“This is the best PD I've done in my career so far. If you're looking for someone to continue this conversation with...he's right here! I am hoping to continue doing teacher-research in my CS and math classrooms this and next year (and the next year, etc.). This is the thing I am the most interested and invested in right now.”

Zachary B., Math and computer science department chair
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Chapin School Assessing for Equity Series

Participants at Chapin School in New York engaged in a school-year long program based on this content.

“[Revising] our grading system to be MUCH more equitable is not only critical, but possible…my colleagues already have great ideas that could be mined, were we to all engage in a follow-up brainstorming session. This workshop was one of the most valuable professional development experiences of my career! Thank you both for the important work you do.”

Amber B., English teacher

See what past participants have to say about Assessing for Equity

  • "This was probably the best professional development I've done. I loved stretching the sessions over many months, I loved the group's passion and engagement, and I loved your impeccably witty, wise, and supportive facilitation!"

    Hannah W., Humanities Teacher

  • "The instructional design of this course was a bonus PD opportunity... in that besides our learning around assessment, I also took away a lot of techniques, exercises, and structures for using in my instruction practices, as well. I particularly love starting a class with intention setting; using a mix of private reflection and group/social learning to digest the readings; and the final exercise of creating an assessment pitch. Thank you for the dedication and mindfulness which you put into the design of this course!"

    Britt F., University Librarian

  • "Your running of the course was masterful in both planning and willingness to adjust and adapt to the students in the room. I enjoyed how you played off of each other, drawing from each other's expertise and enthusiasm for the subject. Please keep me informed of future opportunities to learn and collaborate."

    Colin Q., Science Teacher

  • "Thank you for leading us all through a long journey in such a calm, yet also impassioned and energetic way. You modeled a lot in not only what you structured, but even more so, in how you interacted with us, listened to us and motivated us. Masterful teachers though and through

    Alexander F., Spanish Teacher

Interested in booking this workshop?

You can inquire about Assessing for Equity on EastEd’s website. Click below to learn more.

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