Teacher Training for High School English Teachers

Zelalem and I created a stellar powerpoint for high school teachers entitled The Cornerstones of Assessment. All kinds of jumping animation and hands-on activities. But 10 minutes into the workshop, there was a blackout. We continued using Plan B, but it could have been so much more! About 19 teachers appeared for the workshop on Sunday morning, but the not high school teachers we expected. Most of the participants were 7-8 grade English teachers from schools that even Zelalem hadn’t heard of.  The goal of the training was to help English teachers analyze and improve their assessments. After collecting samples of mid and final exams, we found that 99% of the questions were multiple choice and that only reading and grammar were tested. Who knows what they took away from it, but I hope they will think about assessing other skills.