Mrs. Ann Frank

Mrs. Ann Frank
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Ann Frank is the Coordinator of Assessment and Professional Growth for the Department of Catholic Schools.Her primary functions are to coordinate the planning and implementation of all diocesan staff development experiences for Catholic schools, serve as a resource to administrators and teachers in the area of staff development and faith formation, administer the assessment program for schools throughout the Diocese, and provide leadership and support to school administrators in implementing assessment programs.

Ann earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Nazareth College.Before working for the Catholic Schools, she was a program director/instructor at a private business college.She belongs to several professional education organizations and serves on the New York State Interdiocesan Curriculum Committee.

Ann and her husband, Greg, live in Pittsford, New York and have three children.

Its implementation has affected curriculum design and influenced what takes place in the classroom, according to such educators as Ann Frank, coordinator of assessment and professional growth for the Diocese of Rochester's Department of Catholic Schools.Overall, Frank said, the state's heightened standards have invited students to become critical and articulate thinkers.

"You have a lot more participation as far as the students are concerned," Frank said."Now it's like they are becoming part of the lesson that's taking place."

She added that students are challenged more today than were students of the past.For example, math students must explain how they got a math answer right, not simply write a correct answer on the test, she noted.

Ann Frank , Assessment

Coordinator , Diocese of Rochester

Tired of the same old assessments.Come explore different ways to assess your students' understanding.This workshop will concentrate on different types of assessment for the classroom today.Participants will have a chance to share success stories and questions.

Ann Frank, assessment coordinator for schools in the Diocese of Rochester, said Thursday she was too busy to comment on the scores.

Private school students make up about 12 percent of the test-takers statewide at the fourth-grade level, and about 10 percent at the eighth-grade level, according to the state Department of Education.

Mrs. Ann FrankAssessment Coordinator