>Announcement!

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>AE Pro, the Online Professional Development Project, will be piloting a

>6 week course on Assessment Basics for 10 lucky subscribers at no cost!

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>Assessment Basics is a brand new course that AE Pro would like to

>collect your feedback on before it officially joins the other on-line

>professional opportunities that AE Pro offers.

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>If you would like to take advantage of a *free* on-line professional

>development course, this is your opportunity!  The Assessment Basics

>course is designed for teachers, program administrators, professional

>development providers, and state adult literacy and basic education

>staff who want to understand fundamental assessment information

>necessary for quality in test administration and design, and score

>interpretation and use.  Topics covered include benefits and limitations

>of different types of assessments; studying assessment tools and

>frameworks; working with student goals; developing assessments for the

>classroom; and interpreting test results and using data.

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>If you are interested in taking advantage of this free offer, please

>contact Marie Cora, Course Facilitator, at

>marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com.

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>For more information about AE Pro and how it can serve your needs,

>please visit:  http://aeprofessional.org/.