Leadership in Analyzing Data to Improve Schools (LADIS) |
About LADIS:
LADIS is a collaborative effort that brings together projects that share common goals for supporting education administrators in using large-scale assessment and other data to improve schools. As crucial leader in guiding NCLB and state assessment policies administrators seek to applied their understanding of assessment in supporting and guiding teachers in interpreting data to improve learning. The LADIS resources are design to empowered education administrators in improving student performance and the AYP status of their respective schools.
- Introduction and Lay of the Land
These lessons explain how expertise in educational measurement can support teachers in continuously improving instruction. Lessons cover testing, evaluation, assessment, the historical contexts, and some controversies associated with testing.
- Test Scores
These lessons describe types of test scores and test interpretation methods such as norm and criterion referencing.
- Principles of Measurement
Module 3 covers technical aspects of test quality: reliability, validity, fairness, and methods of developing standardized tests.
- What Does this Mean for My Classroom?
This module explains how classroom teachers can effectively use the results of large-scale assessments.
- Specific Major Tests
This module provides information about the technical quality, content, and administration of commercially available K-12 assessments as well as advice as to how to find out more about specific state large-scale assessment systems.
- Data-Based Decision Making
In this unit, you will find training on making decisions based on data, and interpreting plots and tables of CBM results.
Credits
The LADIS series was developed by the
eLearning Design Lab and the
Center for Educational Testing
at the
University of Kansas.
Design and Technical Production
Ronald Aust and Ed Meyen
- Web Production - Satha Phongsatha, Thanawan Phongsatha
- Systems Administration - Thomas Shorock
- Media Production: Chi-Hsun Chiu
- Programming: Dan Spurgin
- Graphic Design: Barbara Alves, ????.
Educational Content Development
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