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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please join us for a Webinar to consider issues of assessing and grading gifted learners, including content from Wormeli’s book:
<b>Grading for Gifted Learners: Fair Isn’t Always Equal</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The National Association for Gifted Children has provided national standards for Pre-K through Grade 12 Programming Standards in Gifted Education. Standard
2, Assessment, notes that "Students with gifts and talents demonstrate advanced and complex learning as a result of using multiple, appropriate, and ongoing assessments." Pre-, formative, and post-assessments are all important when providing appropriate programming
for high-ability learners, but as Rick Wormeli has noted: "Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What's both fair and leads to real student learning?"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Date:</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> April 9, 2015 (if the date
or time aren’t convenient, you can choose the “DVD option!”)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Time:
</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> 4:30 – 6:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Cost:
</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> $45 per computer (multiple participants may watch one computer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Presenter:</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Dr. Laurie Croft, Clinical Associate
Professor and Associate Director for Professional Development, Belin-Blank Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If the date/time doesn’t work for you, you can register for the DVD option, and receive the DVD after the Webinar. The cost remains $45. If you prefer
to both participate in the Webinar AND receive the DVD, the cost is only $55.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Following the Webinar, one credit hour is available through an online workshop focusing on readings from Wormeli's book,
<i>Fair Isn't Always Equal</i> (required for the credit option). The Belin-Blank Center provides an automatic tuition scholarship for 50% of the cost for the credit. More information about the credit option is available at the Center’s
<a href="http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/educators/Courses/Schedule.aspx#PSQF:5194:0WKC">
Educator Course Schedule</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For more information, and to register for the Webinar, visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.belinblank.org/webinar">www.belinblank.org/webinar</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Let me know if you have questions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Laurie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Laurie J. Croft, Ph.D.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Clinical Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Associate Director for Professional Development<br>
The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center <br>
for Gifted Education and Talent Development<br>
600 Blank Honors Center<br>
The University of Iowa<br>
Iowa City, IA 52242-0454<br>
319/335-6148 800/336-6463<br>
Fax 319/335-5151<br>
e-mail: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:laurie-croft@uiowa.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">laurie-croft@uiowa.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"><br>
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#00436E">Nurturing
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#00436E">Potential</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00436E"> |
</span><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#00436E">Inspiring</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00436E">
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:#00436E">Excellence</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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