Length:
3+ hours. Additional time will allow for participants to ask more questions and explore actual tests.
Description:
This is a basic, introductory training, designed to walk participants through the CASAS assessment process, from appraisal to post-testl
Intended Audience:
>>New teachers who are not familiar with the CASAS assessment system.
>>Other new staff who may be responsible for intake and assessment.
>>Other intake and teaching staff who may be familiar with the CASAS assessments, but who have never had the opportunity to attend a formal Implementation Training, and/or who want to gain a better understanding of the entire system.
>>"Seasoned" Staff who want a refresher course in the CASAS assessment process.
Training Objectives
Participants will learn to:
>>Relate curriculum, instruction and assessment
>>Use CASAS competencies and content standards
>>Identify and select appropriate assessments
>>Follow standardized test procedures
>>Administer tests and interpret scores
>>Link Scale Scores to Skill Level Descriptors
>>Plan instruction using test results
>>Use TopsPro reports
>>Use CASAS Quick Search
CASAS is a competency-based assessment. In competency-based education, the curriculum is set out as a series of competencies (criteria) that need to be accomplished to show attainment of a particular educational objective. A learner's progress on a competency is assessed with a criterion-referenced test. Pre- and post-tests are administered to assess the learner's knowledge of the materials. The CASAS competency statements comprise the curriculum in which many separate desired skills are identified and taught, and the assessments are used to evaluate a learner's skill level.
FY 2008 Supplemental Services Grant.
The grant is administered by Southwest Minnesota Adult Basic Education.