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-Create assessments that meet the needs of specific students/groups.

-Choose a specific focus skill geared to each students area of need

-Select from a variety of assessments aligned with each focus skill

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Focus Skill: What does this look like in STAR?

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Focus Skill: What does this look like in STAR?

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Webinar

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With so many skills to teach and so little time, where should educators focus their efforts for optimal student growth? Research shows that certain skills lay the foundations for future learning, making them essential and non-negotiable. These are focus skills.

Watch this free webinar for valuable insights from international content experts who have analyzed various standards sets and identified their focus skills. You'll learn:

What focus skills are

How math and reading focus skills were identified by Renaissance

How educators can identify them in other subject areas

How teachers can use an understanding of focus skills to optimize instructional planning

Presenters:

Gene Kerns, Ed.D., is Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Renaissance and a nationally acclaimed speaker on learning progressions, K12 assessments, and educational standards in the U.S. and U.K. He is the author of Informative Assessment: When It's Not About a Grade.

James Bell is the Director of Professional Services for Renaissance in the United Kingdom and is based in London. He was closely involved in the outstanding work carried out in producing the learning progressions for UK schools by the National Federation for Educational Research (NFER), the UK's largest independent provider of research, assessment, and information services for education, training, and children's services in London.

Julianne Robar is the content program manager for Renaissance, leading the development of the 50 state learning progressions, alignment strategy, and the mapping of the Renaissance Universal Skills Pool for precise data flow. She has been with Renaissance for over 15 years and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education.

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On Demand Webinar: Focus Skills - Renaissance

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With so many skills to teach and so little time, where should educators focus their efforts for optimal student growth? Research shows that certain skills lay the foundations for future learning, making them essential and non-negotiable. These are focus skills.

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As an educator, you want to empower students with knowledge and skills for success. Learning data is key to helping students maximize their talents and abilities so they're prepared for college, career, and life.

Watch this session to learn how Star 360 assessments provide the data you need to support student success. You'll also discover how Star 360 helps you:

Accurately benchmark student performance

Target the precise skills students are ready to learn

Choose the right resources to support instruction

Monitor progress and forecast performance on your state test

Plus, you'll see how Star 360 assessments in both Spanish and English help you ensure English Learners build a strong foundation for future success.

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On Demand Webinar: Introduction to Star 360 - Renaissance

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As an educator, you want to empower students with knowledge and skills for success. Learning data is key to helping students maximize their talents and abilities so they're prepared for college, career, and life. Watch this session to learn how Star 360 assessments provide the data you need to support student success.