Ashley McGrath - Montana Assessment Director

Ms. McGrath will launch the ASSIST Conference by sharing resources and tips to navigate the two-day virtual conference and recommendations on how to build an agenda that is tailored to your professional learning needs. She will further lead the keynote in a webinar-style main room zoom to share with attendees the State of Affairs in Assessment including the status on data use and needs through Montana’s robust, interim assessment system; the OPI’s efforts on the strategic waivers; the OPI’s efforts on modifying test blueprints; and the OPI’s efforts on the MontCAS policies and procedures for participation in state testing. Although the session will have limited built-in zoom interaction by design, the keynote itself will be highly interactive to collect feedback from participants on the strategic waivers and their remaining 2020–2021 professional learning and technical assistance needs.