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Goals of the Assessment Program Support 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 practice Includes 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 1/14/2010
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Race to the TopAssessment Competition
Public & Expert Input MeetingsProcurementWashington, DCJanuary 14, 2010
Race to the Top Assessment Competition
Race to the Top State Competition: $4B competitive grant to encourage and reward States implementing comprehensive statewide reforms across four key areas
Race to the Top Assessment Competition: $350M to support consortia of States implement common standards by funding the development of a new generation of common assessments aligned to them
Timeline: March 2010 Release notice inviting applications June 2010 Applications due September 2010Grants awarded
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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 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 – Procurement Discussion
9:00-9:15 am Welcome/Setting the Stage9:15-10:35 Expert Presentations 10:35-10:40 Break10:40-11:50 Round Table Discussion11:50-12:00 pmBreak (public speakers queue up)12:00-12:30 Public Speakers12:30 Adjourn
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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
[email protected] (deadline is 5pm Eastern time on January 20th)
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States Attending TodayArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisKentuckyLouisianaMassachusettsNew YorkTennesseeWyoming
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On the PanelInvited Experts Larry Berger, CEO & Co-Founder, Wireless Generation Allan Burman, President, Jefferson Solutions Mark Colley, Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLC Doug Richins, Former Director, State of Utah Division of Purchasing & General Services
From the U.S. Department of Education Phil Maestri, Director of Risk Management Services, Office of the Secretary 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
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Key Procurement Questions1. How do differences in State procurement rules affect
how you would design and manage a consortium? How will State procurement regulations, processes and time frames likely affect how a consortium carries out the development, piloting, and implementation of common assessments? (You may use examples from outside the education sector, if relevant.)
2. States have expressed interest in acquiring information about, and input and ideas from, potential assessment partners/vendors in advance of completing their applications. What actions, if any, would you advise the Department to take to help facilitate this?
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Key Procurement Questions, con’t.3. States expressed a desire to run competitive (as
opposed to sole-sourced) processes for selecting partners/vendors. How would you advise the Department to structure the application to enable States to do so? What other ideas would you offer in designing a process that is flexible enough to accommodate other challenges that States might encounter over time (e.g., challenges related to partner/vendor selection or contract change management)?
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Additional Information
For more information on the Race to the Top Assessment Program, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-assessment/index.html
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