The North Carolina 2008 State Accountability Conference

sat cover Tuesday, February 12, 2008


Using Formative Assessment to Raise Achievement, Close Gaps, and Produce “Future Ready Students”
Presenters: Mary Russell and Beverly Vance

Technical Aspects of the Accountability Database (ppt, 787kb) Presenter: Ken Barbour

Professional Development Approaches Impact on North Carolina
Presenter: Emily M. Castleberry

A Psychometric Perspective on the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Accountability
Presenter: David Thissen

Parents and Testing Myth or Reality (What they really think?) (ppt, 75kb)
Presenter: David Bryant

AVID - Paving the Way for Student Success
Presenter: Gloria Cox and Cleo Croom

Using MS Access to Create Class Rosters from SQL Data Created for ABCTools (ppt, 1.2mb)
Presenter: Sharon Allen

Mindful Stress Management: What’s in It for You?
Presenters: Rebecca Reeve and Sherry Lehman

Reporting Accountability and Test Results to Schools
Presenters: Anne-Sylvie Boykin, Jeffrey Gorsuch, Kristy Stephenson, Diane Villwock and Marty Ward

Balanced Comprehensive Assessment Systems
Presenters: Tammy Howard and Mildred Bazemore

Formative Assessment Feedback for Math Problem-Solving (ppt, 164kb)
Presenter: Michael Gallagher

Using MYSQL: “If I can do it, ANYONE can do it.” (ppt, 943kb)
Presenter: David Millush

Performance-Based Alternate Assessments, 2007-08 NCCLAS and NCEXTEND1 (Edition 2)
Presenters: Jim Kroening , Erin Bohner and Sheila Brown

OTISS - Online Testing Irregularity Submission System (ppt, 213kb)
Presenters: Brian Swiger and Iris L. Garner

Basic Statistics: A Guide to Testing and Assessments Calculations and Terminology
Presenters: Terry A. Ackerman

Effective Teaching Practices in U.S. History (ppt, 709kb)
Presenter: Glenda Haynie

The North Carolina General Writing Assessment and 21st Century Technology
Presenter: Jim Kroening, Akia Beverly-Worsley and Rep. from Pearson, Inc.

Linking Instruction and Assessment for Each Student (mbd, 1.5mb)
Presenter: Sharon A. Johnson

S2 = Student Success Utilizing Student Surveys Equals Student Success (ppt, 283kb)
Presenter: Brian Swiger and Iris L. Garner

“What Can Data Tell Us?”
Presenter: Laura Kramer

Issues and Considerations in the Visual Display of Data (ppt, 1.5mb)
Presenter: Brad McMillan

Pivot Tables - Use for Quick Disaggregation of Excel Files (doc, 1.1mb)
Presenters: Donald Rhodes, Shirley Cox and Towanda Wilkins

ESTEEM- Exiting Standards that Empower and Equip More (ppt, 54kb)
Presenters: Sarah McManus and Iris L. Garner

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs): WCPSS Implementation Status (pdf, 1.1mb)
Presenter: Rosemary Reichstetter

Understanding Individual Student Reports
Presenter: Laura Kramer, Melinda Taylor and Nadine McBride

Reporting Section Update (ppt, 272kb)
Presenter: Gary Williamson, Helmuts Feifs, John Klaric, Sherry Ward and Johnny Wilson

Simplifying K-2 Assessment using E* Assessment, Hand-Held Computers and Computer Generated Reports
Presenters: Melissa Ashley and Sonya Vannoy

Finding Gold: Maximizing the Use of Information Provided on the EOG Reading Comprehension and English I EOC Student Score Reports (pdf, 2.0mb)
Presenters: Tammy Howard and Heather Koons

Test Coordinator Updates
Presenters: Lou Fabrizio, Mildred Bazemore, Sarah McManus and Gary Williamson