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Home > Pre-AP > Workshops > Pre-AP: Advanced Topics for AP Vertical Teams® in Mathematics--Assessments Pre-AP: Advanced Topics for AP Vertical Teams® in Mathematics--Assessments This one-day workshop teaches middle and high school math teachers techniques of assessment designed to support instruction for students as active learners and problem solvers. Educators increasingly recognize that the purpose of classroom assessment of student achievement is to help teachers make decisions about instruction. Assessments, reliability, validity, scoring guidelines, and performance appraisals are the key topics covered in this workshop. General Themes Learn assessments and other performance appraisals Practice strategies used by Vertical Teams in mathematics The workshop conforms to: The College Board's mission, particularly access and equity NCTM Standards AP Calculus and AP Statistics Topic Outlines   AP Calculus AB Course Home Page   AP Calculus BC Course Home Page   AP Statistics Course Home Page AP Vertical Teams approach The workshop provides: Content background for teachers that illustrates the AP Vertical Teams concept in depth around the general theme of assessment Activities for students across grade levels Activities meant to illustrate good pedagogy (various instructional approaches, including cooperative learning) Explorations with discussion questions Opportunities for reflection Agenda Section 1: The Language of Assessment Section 2: Reliability and Validity Break Section 3: Assessment Using the Multiple-Choice Format Section 4: Evaluating the Multiple-Choice Item Lunch Section 5: Crafting the Constructed Response Item Break Section 6: Strategic Assessment Beyond the Classroom Author Chris Olsen has been teaching mathematics and statistics at George Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for over 25 years. He also serves as the mathematics assessment facilitator for his district. He served on the AP Statistics Development Committee and is the author of the new AP Statistics Teacher's Guide. He is a coauthor of Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis with Roxy Peck and Jay Devore. Over the years he has developed a wide variety of interests, but he spends most of his reading time in the areas of history, philosophy, math, and statistics. He has spent much seat time at the National Archives researching espionage in the Civil War, much foot time tramping around the mountains of Colorado, and not nearly enough time working in the yard. Pre-AP Workshops Pre-AP: Topics for AP Vertical Teams® in Mathematics Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Analyzing and Describing Data Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Rate Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Accumulation Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Functions Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Chance, Variation, and Probability Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics -- Helping Students Learn Mathematics Through Problem Solving Pre-AP: Strategies in Mathematics - Developing Algebraic Thinking   Resource Pre-AP for Math Teachers' Corner Publication AP Mathematics Vertical Teams Toolkit   See also... Pre-AP: Workshops

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