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Gail Goldberg Consulting

Topics I’m frequently asked to address include:

• Best Practices in Writing Instruction and Classroom Assessment

• Teaching Reading “Through the Writing Door”

• Using Assessment to Inform Instruction in Reading

• Performance-Based Instruction Across the Content Areas

• Gender and Literacy Learning (Closing the “New Gender Gap”)

• Assessment in the Arts

As a consultant, I provide support in the following capacities, 
among others:

Diagnosis

I work alone and in concert with local educational agency or organization/institution staff to:

• Identify degree/nature of alignment of local or district-level objectives with statewide or national outcomes/objectives or standards

• Identify degree/nature of alignment of instructional practices with outcomes/standards

• Examine current classroom assessment practices and recommend alternatives/enhancements

• Examine sample lessons/conduct observations to profile evidence of effective performance-based instruction

Training

I prepare and conduct (individually, collaboratively, or indirectly through training of “support team”) workshops on:

• Designing and implementing effective classroom assessment strategies

• Understanding the development, administration, scoring, and interpretation of data from large-scale performance assessment instruments

• Performance-based instruction

• Preparing students for large-scale (summative) assessments

Technical Support

I work individually and collaboratively to:

• Interpret performance data and develop strategies for applying results to instructional practice

• Identify means and purposes of focused data analyses

• Design and implement alternative and/or supplementary reporting mechanisms for classroom, school, and school system uses

Community Outreach

I prepare and conduct (individually, collaboratively, or indirectly through training of “support team”) presentations and workshops for:

• Parents

• Community members

• School administrators

• Representatives to local and statewide governing bodies

Resource Development

I produce and/or review the production by others of:

• Assessment items and performance assessment tasks and related scoring tools

• Scoring training manuals and supporting materials

• Guidesheets for alternative evaluation strategies

• Reviews and reports

• Videos and other electronic resources

• Parent/community resource materials

Hand-Scoring Projects

I can lead and/or participate in:

• Development of scoring tools and scoring guides/training sets

• Design and implementation of training protocols

• Rangefinding

• Training and monitoring readers