In order to get the most out of our September 30
teleconference, please review these materials online, or if you prefer,
download them to your computer, or print them out. Thank you.
I. Materials for Teleconference 4
Building Tests To Support Instruction and Accountability: A Guide for
Policymakers
http://aasa.org/issues_and_insights/assessment/Building_Tests.pdf
(10/23/01) Link takes you to aasa.org
A new
independent commission report that offers nine requirements for states
to design tests that promote better teaching and learning. Prepared by
the Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment.
Illustrative Language for an RFP To Build Tests To Support Instruction and
Accountability
http://aasa.org/issues_and_insights/assessment/Illustrative_Language_for_an_RFP.pdf
(10/23/01) Link takes you to
aasa.org
Prepared by the Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment.
II. Additional Resources
We may post an additional draft for use in future
teleconferences on this topic just prior to the call.
Panelists for the September 30, 2002
Teleconference
Research Panelists
Jim Popham,
Professor Emeritus UCLA
Marcie Dianda,
National Education Association, with additional context from the Commission
on Instructionally Supportive Assessment
Kansas Panelists
Dr. Alexa Pochowski, Assistant Commissioner, Learning Services Division at the Kansas State
Department of Education, will lead a team from special education,
assessment, and Title I offices at KDE that will include:
- Judi Miller, Coordinator, State and Federal
Programs Administration Team
- Dr. Cherie Randall, Coordinator, State Assessment
Program
- Lynnett Wright, Education Program Consultant (State
Assessment, Alternate Assessment, Continuous Improvement Monitoring and
Regional Consultant)
- Theresa Cote
Senior Administrative Specialist
Federal Panelists
OSEP: David Malouf and Cynthia
Bryant
Title I: Sue Rigney
Co-hosts
Eileen Ahearn, National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Rachel Quenemoen, National Center on Educational Outcomes
