Event Description

Navigating Oregon's Assessment Ecosystem & High Quality Instructional Materials for Literacy

Audience: Higher Education, Education Service Districts, District Leaders, and Conference Presenters
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When: Wednesday, April 15th from 9AM-3:30 PM (9-11 session; 11-1 lunch break; 1-3:30 session)
Where: The Graduate Hotel - Composer's Hall, 66 E 6th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401
Cost: FREE (This is a complimentary workshop being hosted in conjunction with the ORTII Spring Conference Workshop Day)

KEY TAKEAWAYS you can expect from each session:
Oregon's Literacy Assessment Ecosystem (9-11 AM)

• Oregon’s Literacy Assessment Ecosystem Learn what Literacy assessments and screeners are required in Oregon schools for the 2026-2027 school year
• Gain clarity on the purpose of each each assessment (ie. curriculum-based measurement screener vs. computer-adaptive interim benchmark)
• Deepen your understanding of how Oregon’s assessment ecosystem can be used for data-based decision-making at the student and system’s level to improve reading outcomes
• Hear an update from ODE on SB 141
• Gain a snapshot understanding of how each ODE-Approved Interim Assessment measures and reports on student growth. (15 minutes per interim)

Annotating High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) (1-3:30 PM)

• Annotating High Quality Instructional Materials
• Use ODE’s ELA dashboard to learn what High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) are used in the districts you work with or send preservice teachers to
• Dr. Archer will demonstrate how to annotate High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) to maximize instruction, rather than creating and writing lessons

Questions? Please reach out to Sherrie Kendall skendall@mesd.k12.or.us
 

Location

Various Locations - Industry Job Sites, see your itinerary

Site

Tags

early literacy curriculum mapping K-5 science of reading literacy instruction elementary specialist Data Continuous Improvement reading Primary-Early Literacy Primary-Language Arts Aligning for Student Success Curriculum Adoption

Fee

FREE

Prerequisites:

Intended Audience: Higher Education, Education Service Districts, and representatives from Oregon's Approved lists of HQIM and Assessment Tools

Contact Information

Sherrie Kendall
skendall@mesd.k12.or.us

Start: Wednesday April 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
End: Wednesday April 15th, 2026 at 03:30 pm
Instructor: Sherrie Kendall
Prerequisites:
Intended Audience: Higher Education, Education Service Districts, and representatives from Oregon's Approved lists of HQIM and Assessment Tools