Online Professional Development

Topic: BCSS Implementation of MasteryConnect Assessments and Trackers

Presenter: Abbey Goldin

Needs Assessment: Buford Central Office Assessment Directors have expressed a need to
implement the use of MasteryConnect in conjunction with Canvas to gather student common
Benchmark student data.

Needs Assessment Background Information: MasteryConnect is an assessment tool purchased

prior to the 2020-21 school year coupled with the Learning Management system, Canvas by BCSS.
Teachers will use MasteryConnect to track student mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence in
each content area. This tool will serve as a collection of teacher-created assessments serving the
Buford City Schools district. The “mastery” part of the website will help teachers plan assessments
linked to Georgia state standards and analyze data collected from common district assessments. The
“content” part of the website will help teachers establish a storehouse of assessment questions to
assess student learning in a variety of ways. Through a community of peers users can modify criteria
to fit individual student or classroom learning objectives.

Why Use MasteryConnect will help identify levels of understanding, target students for intervention
and self-evaluate teaching and learning in the classroom.

Learner Analysis:
● Buford City School Teachers (grades K-12)
● All teachers possess at least a Bachelor’s degree in education
● Teaching Experience (+1 year or more)
● Survey results indicate less than 5% of teachers have MasteryConnect experience

Professional Development Goals & Objectives:

1. Learners will be able to use real-time actionable data using MasteryConnect assessment tools.
2. Learners will be able to develop Georgia standard-aligned assessments using
MasteryConnect.
3. Learners will be able to share or access assessment questions through MasteryConnects
collaborative professional learning community either within BCSS or outside BCSS
communities.
4. Learners will use student assessment data to collaborate and improve teaching practices.
5. Learners will use MasteryConnect to assess standards to monitor student learning
performance and report mastery to district leadership, administration, content area teachers,
students, and teachers.
6. Learners will use MasteryConnect data to measure student level of standard understanding to
effectively and efficiently target interventions and drive instructional practices.

MasteryConnect - Assessment Data Features:

● Track individualized student growth
 ● Development of district common assessment
● Georgia Standards of Excellence aligned resources
● Content curriculum mapping
● Real-time data reporting features
● Technology-enabled grading tools
● Virtual learning community

Assessment Plan:
● Pre-Professional Development Survey - collect data on background knowledge on
MasteryConnect Implementation
● Formative - Teachers create class and settings
● Formative - Teachers create multiple choice assessment
● Summative - Teacher implement and assess students using a MasteryConnect Assessment
and analyze data report
● Post-Professional Development Survey

Evaluation Plan:
Teachers will complete a post professional development survey. The survey will ask about the
assessment features and usability of the MasteryConnect program. Feedback from teachers on the
professional development session will also be assessed.

Professional Development - Learner Content Outline (Scope/Sequence):

❏ MasteryConnect Purpose
❏ Overview of MasteryConnect Platform & Tools - How is a Report Card Used?
❏ MasteryConnect Tracker Features - How To’s: Find, Create & Interpret
❏ Assessment - Creation, Conduction, and Performance Grading Tools (introduce a variety of
assessment types)
❏ Next Steps - MasteryConnect Community & Resources
❏ Practice Using MasteryConnect - Learner Build Assessment