Work Group Meetings

November 12, 2008

Agenda

Presentations and Handouts

• Staff Presentation,  Susan Mielke, Senate Committee Staff
• Northwest Evaluation Association, Dr. Bob Baker, Director of State Relations and Michael P. Dahlin, Ph.D.
  • Presentation for WASL Study Group 
  • WASL Study Group Questions about MAP and NWEA  
  • A Study of the Alignment of the NWEA RIT Scale with the Washington Assessment System
• A School District's Perspective 
  • Vancouver School District, Layne Curtis, Curriculum Director - Elementary
  • Richland School District, Dr. Jean Lane, School District Superintendent; Jennifer Hubbard, 5th Grade Teacher, White Bluffs Elementary; Mike Hansen, Principal, White Bluffs Elementary; Todd Baddley, Exec. Dir. Student Services; Pete Knollmeyer, School Board Member

October 13, 2008

Agenda

Presentations and Handouts

• Balanced Assessment Systems: Trends in other states,
  • Introduction, Legislative Staff
  • Presentation, Dr. Brian Gong, Executive Director National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
• Update on Implementation of Math End-of-Course Assessments,  Joe Willhoft, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment, OSPI
• Balanced Assessment in Spokane Public Schools, Tammy Campbell, Executive Director, Teaching and Learning & Dr. Sharon Robinson, Director, Professional Learning
• Balanced Assessment at the District Level: Experiences in Three Districts
  • Nooksack, Bruce Herzog and Joni Heutink, 5th Grade Teachers, Nooksack Elementary School Nooksack Valley School District
  • Spokane, Dr. Sharon Robinson, Director, Professional Learning Tammy Campbell, Executive Director, Teaching and Learning, Spokane School District
  • Kent, David Staight, Executive Director for Elementary School Improvement, Kent School District
• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Achievement, and Assessment
  • Introduction, Legislative Staff
  • Presentation, Dr. Christine Katayama, City University
  • Presentation, Dr. Lila Jacobs, California State University, Sacramento

September 22, 2008

Agenda

Presentations and Handouts

• Commercially-Developed Tests, Susan Mielke and Barbara McLain, Committee Staff
• Standards, Assessment & Accountability - Brief Summary of WA State and Federal Legal Requirements, Committee Staff
• Background for Discussion of Multiple Choice and Open Ended Questions in an Assessment System, Bryon Moore, Committee Staff
• Request for WASL Performance Audit Discussion , Ruta Fanning, Legislative Auditor, JLARC
• Diagnostic Assessments Overview: Barbara McLain, Committee Staff
• Diagnostic Assessments Update , Joe Willhoft, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment, OSPI

August 25, 2008

Agenda

Presentations and Handouts

• Purpose and design of assessments , Dr. Rick Stiggins, ETS Assessment Training Institute
• Exit exams in other states, Jennifer Vranek, Education First Consulting

July 28, 2008

Agenda, Revised 11/24/08

Presentations and Handouts

• Possible Work Plan for the WASL Work Group
• WASL: Origins, Requirements, Recent Changes and Costs, Susan Mielke, Senate Committee Services
• Overview of Washington’s Student Assessment System, Barbara McLain, House Office of Program Research
• Brief Summary of Recent Legislative Activity, Ben Rarick, House Appropriations Committee Staff
• Presentation on Washington’s Assessment System by OSPI, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction 
• Analysis of Student Achievement Data and Assessment Alternatives by WSIPP, Annie Pennucci, Washington State Institute for Public Policy