Illuminating Implementation of Disciplinary Practices and Student-Centered Assessment in the Secondary Classroom

Assessment Learning Network with GELN Disciplinary Leaders, MAC Consultants, Classroom Practitioners


We wrap up the season by bringing together all the learning engaged in during the 2024-25 sessions. Participants will share and explore how they implemented their learning about disciplinary literacies and student-centered assessment approaches. We’ll describe the impact new practices had on our students and our professional practice.

Framing Questions

  1. What are examples of how disciplinary literacy instruction and components of an equitable assessment system are working together in your secondary classroom setting?
  2. Which examples of disciplinary literacy instruction and student-centered approaches to assessment serve to engage and motivate student learning?
  3. What resources are available to support my continuing professional growth and that of my colleagues?

This session is co-sponsored and presented by the Disciplinary Literacy Task Force of the GELN and the Michigan Assessment Consortium.

Presentation Video

ALN Presentation–Connecting Disciplinary Literacy learning to CEAS

Presentation Files

Presenter: Various experts and practitioners

This rich ALN session features Ellen Vorenkamp (MAC) and Jenelle Williams (MAISA GELN) who will connect recent learning on disciplinary literacy and student-centered assessment to MAC's Components of an Equitable Assessment System and to GELN's Essential Instructional Practices. In addition, ALN participants who are teacher and administrator practitioners will describe the ways they are implementing this season's learning into their individual classrooms and schools. Practitioners include: Ben Briere, Robert Freeman, Cait Seguin, and a panel of early career teachers from GVSU.

Learning Moments

Screenshot of opening slide
ALN Presentation–Connecting to Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy
ALN Presentation–Implementation Story (MLL) Briere (password required)
ALN Presentation–Implementation Story (Mathematics) Freeman (password required)
ALN Presentation–Implementation Story (equity and student engagement) Cait Seguin (password required)
ALN Presentation–Implementation Story: Early Career Teacher Perspective (password required)

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