October 26-27, 2011

KASA has provided the initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned the role of evaluator of certified personnel as required by KRS 156.557. Under the guidance of the Kentucky Department of Education, we have made every effort to make this training meaningful and effective for promoting the evaluation process as a vehicle to positively impact teacher effectiveness and student learning. Each year through feedback provided by current participants, a specially selected group of educators and KDE staff, we refine and update the training to reflect current research-based best practices and the most recent legislation that impacts the process.

September 7-8, 2011

KASA has provided the initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned the role of evaluator of certified personnel as required by KRS 156.557. Under the guidance of the Kentucky Department of Education, we have made every effort to make this training meaningful and effective for promoting the evaluation process as a vehicle to positively impact teacher effectiveness and student learning. Each year through feedback provided by current participants, a specially selected group of educators and KDE staff, we refine and update the training to reflect current research-based best practices and the most recent legislation that impacts the process.

KASA has provided the initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned the role of evaluator of certified personnel as required by KRS 156.557. Under the guidance of the Kentucky Department of Education, we have made every effort to make this training meaningful and effective for promoting the evaluation process as a vehicle to positively impact teacher effectiveness and student learning. Each year through feedback provided by current participants, a specially selected group of educators and KDE staff, we refine and update the training to reflect current research-based best practices and the most recent legislation that impacts the process.

KASA has provided the initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned the role of evaluator of certified personnel as required by KRS 156.557. Under the guidance of the Kentucky Department of Education, we have made every effort to make this training meaningful and effective for promoting the evaluation process as a vehicle to positively impact teacher effectiveness and student learning. Each year through feedback provided by current participants, a specially selected group of educators and KDE staff, we refine and update the training to reflect current research-based best practices and the most recent legislation that impacts the process.

July 7-8, 2011

KASA has provided the initial Certified Evaluation Training for administrators newly assigned the role of evaluator of certified personnel as required by KRS 156.557. Under the guidance of the Kentucky Department of Education, we have made every effort to make this training meaningful and effective for promoting the evaluation process as a vehicle to positively impact teacher effectiveness and student learning. Each year through feedback provided by current participants, a specially selected group of educators and KDE staff, we refine and update the training to reflect current research-based best practices and the most recent legislation that impacts the process.

June 13 -14, 2011

Aug. 3-5, 2011

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, will sponsor a 3-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) database for education research and policy analysis. The main NAEP database contains nationally representative achievement scores on 4th, 8th, and 12th graders from public and non-public schools in a variety of academic subjects. The database also contains background information on the students who were assessed and their learning environment.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), will sponsor a 2.5-day meeting of the membership of the National Forum on Education Statistics. This will be immediately followed by the annual NCES Data Conference.
July 25-29, 2011

The Data Conference is an opportunity for professional networking, updates on federal and national activities affecting data collection and reporting, and information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics. The Conference will include training and business meetings for state CCD and EDFacts data coordinators. In addition, there will be a range of informative sessions targeted toward interests in "101" introductory sessions, data collection and management, data dissemination, data linking beyond K-12, data privacy, data standards/quality, data usage, and finance.

HSTS Database Training Seminar June 22-24, 2011


The NAEP High School Transcript Study collects transcripts from representative samples of America’s public and private high school graduates. The most recent data available is from the 2009 study, conducted in conjunction with grade 12 NAEP in mathematics and science. Previous studies were conducted in 2005, 2000, 1998, 1994, and 1990. Training on the HSTS 2009 will be relevant for researchers and analysts who plan to analyze multiple years of data. The HSTS databases include information on students’ coursetaking, credits earned, grade point average, performance on the NAEP assessment, and student and school background characteristics.

Applicants will be sent information about meeting and lodging arrangements.