race to the top assessment competition public & expert input meetings high school boston, ma...
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Race to the TopAssessment Competition
Public & Expert Input MeetingsHigh SchoolBoston, MA
November 13, 2009
Goals of the Assessment ProgramSupport States in delivering a system of more effective and
instructionally useful assessments:More accurate information about what students know and can do:
Achievement of standards Growth On-track to college and career ready by the time of high school graduation
Reflects and supports good instructional practiceIncludes all students, including English language learners and students
with disabilities
Usable to inform: Teaching, learning, and program improvement Determinations of school effectiveness Determinations of principal and teacher effectiveness for the purposes of
evaluation and support Determinations of individual student college and career readiness
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Other RequirementsSubjects and Grades – at a minimum:
Reading/language arts and mathematicsGrades 3-8 and high school
Summative assessments – at a minimum – but:Not necessarily end-of-yearNot necessarily once during the yearNot necessarily one test
May replace rather than add to assessments currently in use
Be valid, reliable, and fair
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Goals for the Input Meetings
Paint a vision of the what the next generation of assessment systems could and should look like.
Provide concrete expert and public guidance to ED staff, in response to questions asked in the notice.
Help prepare States to develop the highest quality proposals with the greatest likelihood of impact.
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Agenda – High School
1:30-1:40 Welcome/Setting the Stage1:40-3:00 Expert Presentations 3:00-3:45 Round Table Discussion3:45-4:00 Break (public speakers queue up)4:00-5:00 Public Speakers
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Housekeeping
Submitting your questionsTime keepingCell phones on vibrate please Today’s session will be transcribed and posted to
www.ed.gov, together with the presentationsAdditional written input may be submitted to
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On the PanelInvited Experts Gene Bottoms, Senior Vice President
Southern Regional Education Board Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education
Stanford University, School of Education Shelley Loving-Ryder, Assistant Superintendent
Virginia Department of Education Lauress Wise, Principal Scientist
Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)
From the U.S. Department of Education Joanne Weiss, Director of Race to the Top, Office of the Secretary Ann Whalen, Special Assistant to the Secretary Judy Wurtzel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development Amy Laitenen, Office of the Undersecretary (Postsecondary)
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Key QuestionsHow would you demonstrate that high school
students are on track to college and career readiness, and at what points throughout high school would you recommend measuring this?
Discuss your recommendations around the use of end-of-course assessments versus comprehensive assessments of college and career readiness.
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