Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance; and Dr. Katie McClarty, Vice President of Research and Design, Renaissance
COVID Slide
What Most People Don’t Realize About the COVID-19 Slide
Janice Pavelonis, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Carbondale Elementary School District #95 (IL)
Moderated by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance®
Unpacking Research on the COVID Slide and Closing the Gap
In a recent edWebinar sponsored by FastBridge Assessment System by Illuminate Education, Dr. John Bielinski, Senior Director of Research and Development, Dr. Rachel Brown, NCSP, Senior Academic Officer, and Dr. Kyle Wagner, NCSP, Research Associate, explained that unprecedented events like COVID-19 create a vacuum of knowledge. According to the presenters, district leaders and teachers need reliable data to guide them to determine how learning has been affected, and remediations to recover critical student knowledge.
Achievement Gaps and the Lost COVID-19 Generation
Presented by Michael D. Toth, Education Author, Applied Research Center leader, and CEO of Learning Sciences International (LSI); Meg Bowen, Executive Director, Core Instruction at Learning Sciences International (LSI); and Emily Naumann, District Partnerships at Learning Sciences International (LSI)
The Critical Role of Assessment in Our “New Normal”
Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance®; and Dr. Katie McClarty, Vice President of Research and Design, Renaissance®