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Designing Standards-Aligned Classroom Assessments

Explore What it Takes to Design High-Quality Assessments

Virtual | June 22, 2026

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Designing Standards-Aligned Classroom Assessments

This interactive workshop, educators will explore what it takes to design high-quality assessments that are truly aligned to what students are expected to know and do. Through collaborative learning and hands-on work time, participants will begin applying key principles of assessment design directly to their own classroom contexts. This session will focus on:

  • Identifying the characteristics of high-quality assessments, including clarity, alignment, fairness, and instructional value

  • Designing or refining classroom assessments to ensure they are directly aligned to standards or learning targets, include varied ways for students to show understanding, and provide actionable information to guide instruction

  • Determining the most appropriate modality of assessment based on the learning target (e.g., performance tasks, selected response, observations)

  • Exploring ways to differentiate assessments to support diverse learners

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how to craft meaningful assessments and time to begin developing or improving assessments that support clarity, equity, and student growth.

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Event Details

June 22, 2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm CENTRAL
Zoom Event

Registration Cost

$199/person

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Session Recording

This session will be recorded and available until September 30, 2026.

Event Presenters

Becky Peppler (Updated)

Becky Peppler

Presenter

Becky Peppler is the Director of the FIRST Education Center for Assessment and Grading (a division of FIRST Educational Resources). She has 15 years of professional experience in public education, working in the Winneconne Community School District in northeast Wisconsin. Becky has spent time as a 6-12 Instructional Coach with a focus on supporting teachers in the classroom on a daily basis. Prior to her role as an instructional coach, Becky taught Chemistry and Forensic Science and was the 6-12 Science Curriculum Chair. She is a member of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST), where she was awarded the Excellence in Science Education Award for the state of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Science Education Leadership Association (WSELA). Becky has helped the Winneconne Community School District transition to Target Based Grading at the middle and high school levels. She has a passion for designing meaningful assessments practices, making reassessment work, target based learning implementation, building social and emotional skills and ensuring that all students continue to learn at high levels. Becky currently consults to school districts all over the United States in these areas.