Senior Member Services Director, Jason Lasnetski, will lead a conversation with ERB’s Chief Program Officer, Glenn Milewski, and Senior Research Analyst, Adrienne Hu, on understanding ERB norms and how to use statistical measures to understand student growth and learning. The discussion will also include information on understanding different types of score interpretations, and the impacts of COVID on ERB Member School students.

In a knowledge economy, accomplished writing is more important than ever for students to be successful in college and beyond. Learn how you can help your students become great writers as they journey through the grades, and how ERB Writing Practice, our WRIIT teacher resource center, and WrAP results can be important and valuable components to your writing program.

A student’s ability to reach their fullest academic potential is impacted by their emotional well-being, social and emotional skill set, sense of fairness and belonging, and their academic engagement. As educators, how do we best understand these more nuanced aspects of the students we teach and use that understanding to inform instruction? In this session, we will discuss how tools like the Check-In Survey and SEL Insights Program specific pedagogical practices can help educators answer this question and support every student in maximizing their learning potential.

Rise above the nitty-gritty details of the decennial evaluative process and focus on the strategic and visionary value of school accreditation. How do statistics and data protocols help schools foster good habits? How do standards assure school improvement while allowing for individuality? How does an anti-racist lens change the way schools think about inclusion? Can good governance practice emerge from accreditation? A facilitated conversation with three leading expert practitioners explores the protracted value of meeting established standards.

This session will guide participants through two different protocols which will facilitate conversations when data is the focal point. This structured approach creates a safe space, allowing for equity of voice so all members can describe the data, make assumptions and share suggestions for future work. (School Reform Initiative, n.d.).

Join Tom Rochon and a panel of ERB Member Schools as they reflect on using data from three ERB assessment tools - CTP/Milestones, SEL Inventory, and Check-In Survey, to holistically understand their students.

The COVID-19 pandemic thrust online learning into schools and universities by necessity. Prepared or not, educators pivoted to remote instructional models. What does research tell us about the efficacy of online learning? Is there a place for it rooted in best practices going forward? How important is student engagement in a rich learning experience?

This session will highlight how educators at the Alexander Dawson School utilize assessment data from milestone and CTP-5 assessments to inform their approach to teaching and learning. Learn how the

Examining student wellness from three perspectives with data guiding suggestions for program implementation, stress reduction, and quality of life improvement. Results reveal intriguing grade-level and gender trends on a variety

In this session, participants will learn about approaches to allocating student and faculty time and resources to design a school schedule that optimizes teaching, learning, collaboration and community.

All parents appreciate feedback about their children and want to understand how standardized testing data is used by the school, but sometimes these conversations can be difficult. In this panel discussion, ERB’s Member Services Directors, along with representatives from ERB Member Schools, will discuss tips and tricks on how to effectively share a school’s testing philosophy and leverage ERB’s New Family Report to have conversations with parents about their children’s academic progress.

This session will look closely at how analyzing ERB data can inform both instructional methodology and social-emotional work with our students. We will explore how the data can paint a

Pandemic-related disruptions to education systems have notably affected student well-being and amplified inequalities in learning. Against this backdrop, Ms. Allison Zmuda asks educators to step back and ask, "What are we here to do?" Incorporating the concepts of DEIJ, SEL and data insights into a collaborative environment, Ms. Zmuda clarifies the need to both streamline and energize curriculum design while exploring the use of a storyboard approach that fosters high levels of student engagement, bolsters well-being for all, and sets all students on a path to reach their fullest potential. Attendees will leave with a renewed sense of purpose, a clear answer to 'what we are here to do', and concrete next steps on answering that call.

New to using ISEE or wondering if it's the right tool? Westminster has been using the ISEE for 8 years & recently took a hard look at the success rate of admitted students & corresponding ISEE scores. Working backward from students identified as “struggling” by the math department, we analyzed whether the standards used by our admission committee were adequate to determine future student success.

High-quality assessments provide educators with useful evidence about student learning of desired competencies. However, selecting technically sound assessments to guide decision-making can be challenging due to continually evolving social-emotional learning policies and practices. This session will introduce a guide that aids in identifying appropriate SEL assessments.

The amount of information the CTP provides can be overwhelming. What do teachers need to know to inform instruction? What do administrators need to know to inform curriculum decisions? This

Percentile ranks are great for a quick snapshot of student achievement, but standardized test scores can tell us much more about the whole learner! In this session participants will examine sample CTP-5 test results with the context of classroom data to help identify possible learning needs. Take away tips and tricks for identifying needs and avoiding surprises when sharing data with parents.

In this session, learn how to expand on the student's understanding that in ethical philosophy there are no right or wrong answers. Discussion will include contemporary law cases which present the difficulty that there may be no good outcome, including the problems of Trolleyology and punishment; how to encourage students to listen, think, and argue; and most importantly how to be curious and question.