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Developing and Using Assessments Aligned to Science Learning Goals
AAAS Project 2061 invites you to join us for an essential three-day
professional development experience focused exclusively on
assessment*from high-stakes testing to classroom diagnostics*and its
role in helping all students achieve important science learning goals.
Register now (
http://www.project2061.org/events/workshops/assessment-overview.htm )for
May or October and take advantage of discounted Early Bird rates. Team
discounts are also available. 

Dates:
May 30*June 1, 2012 (
about:__Webpage%20REGISTRATION%20form_May%2030%20to%20Jun%201_2012.pdf
)
                 and
October 17*19, 2012 (
about:__Webpage%20REGISTRATION%20form_Oct%2017-19_2012.pdf )

Who should attend:
Educators involved in the assessment of student learning in science,
including middle school science teachers, science specialists,
assessment directors and coordinators in states and school districts,
assessment and curriculum developers, university science education
faculty, education researchers, and informal science educators.

Where:
AAAS Headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

How to apply:
Go to
http://www.project2061.org/events/workshops/assessment-overview.htm for
a description of the workshop, sample agenda, and details on workshop
fees and registration.

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Using the NSDL Science Literacy Maps
This is a FREE half-day workshop designed to help educators make better
use of the (
http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditPage.aspx?sm=2fRJKf5MH06Nhs3hnKScWZRIqhWUYilWHG4YuwMT7ylpcLUHSqRNtLrmiqLefRtK&TB_iframe=true&height=450&width=650
)Science Literacy Maps ( http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/ ), an online
concept browsing interface provided by the National Science Digital
Library (NSDL). All participants will get free copies of AAAS Project
2061's Atlas of Science Literacy (
http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/default.htm ).
 

Date:
March 31, 2012at9:00 a.m.

Where:
IndianaConvention Center, Room 203
(in conjunction with the National Science Teachers Association [NSTA]
National Conference, Indianapolis, IN) 

How to apply:
Please fill out and submit the brief questionnaire at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCWTB3Q by March 19. Although we would
like to accommodate everyone who has an interest in attending, space in
the workshop is limited. Selected participants will be notified by March
21.

 
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Barbara Goldstein
Program Associate
AAAS Project 2061
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20005
202-326-6628
202-842-5196 (fax)
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