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Teacher Use of Diagnostic Score Reports for Instructional Decision-Making in the Subsequent Academic Year
Large-scale summative assessment results are typically delivered after students complete their academic term, so their use is often limited to accountability reporting, program evaluation and resource allocation. Members of the educational measurement field are discussing ways large-scale assessment results can inform instruction, including in the following school year.
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KU’S ATLAS CENTER FEATURES RESEARCH IN SHOWCASE WITH GLOBAL REACH
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas has presented a grant project focused on promoting quality science education for students with disabilities at the 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase: Access, Inclusion, and Equity, which runs May 10-…
ATLAS DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) is now accepting proposals for the 2022/2023 ATLAS Doctoral Fellowship Program.
NEW GRANT AIMS TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS OF ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS), a center within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas, has partnered with Alaska’s Arctic Slope Community Foundation to improve Alaska Native students’ writing skills so they are better prepared…
IDENTIFICATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS
Researchers from Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas examined the challenges of identifying and providing adequate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities for whom English is not their first language (English learners).
DYNAMIC LEARNING MAPS CREATE PATH TO SUCCESS
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ATLAS PSYCHOMETRICIAN AWARDED GRANT FOR IMPROVING SOFTWARE, METHODS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
LAWRENCE — Jake Thompson, senior psychometrician with Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems at the University of Kansas, has received a $225,000 grant from the Inst
KU CENTER BEGINS WORK ON $2.5M GRANT SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHER TRAINERS
LAWRENCE — Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The Special Educator Technology-Based Training of Trainers (SETTT) for Success grant…
Experts review DLM's science Essential Elements
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) is bringing together special education and science education experts from around the country to review new drafts of science Essential Elements for the Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®) alternate assessment.