Race to the Top Assessment Competition Public & Expert Input Meetings Boston, MA November 12-13, 2009

Race to the Top Assessment Competition 2/21/ 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 Applicants: Consortia of States; 50% of the funding must be passed through to participating LEAs Timeline: March 2010Release notice inviting applications June 2010Applications due September 2010Grants awarded

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 2/21/2016 3

Other Requirements Subjects and Grades – at a minimum: Reading/language arts and mathematics Grades 3-8 and high school Summative assessments – at a minimum – but: Not necessarily end-of-year Not necessarily once during the year Not necessarily one test May replace rather than add to assessments currently in use Be valid, reliable, and fair 2/21/2016 4

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. 2/21/2016 5

Agenda 10:00-10:15Welcome/Setting the Stage 10:15-12:15Expert Presentations 12:15-1:15Lunch (on your own) 1:15-2:15Expert Presentations 2:15-3:30Round Table Discussion 3:30-3:45Break (public speakers queue up) 3:45-4:45Public Speakers 4:45-5:00Conclusion 2/21/2016 6

Housekeeping Submitting your questions Time keeping Cell phones on vibrate please Today’s session will be transcribed and posted to together with the presentations Additional written input may be submitted to 2/21/2016 7

States Attending Today Arizona Arkansas Connecticut Illinois Louisiana Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Utah West Virginia Wisconsin 2/21/2016 8

Invited Experts Henry Braun, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Boston College Gary Cook, Associate Scientist, University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Education Jim Dueck, Assistant Deputy Minister of Accountability and Reporting, Alberta Ministry of Education Scott Marion, Vice President, National Center for the Improvement in Education Assessment (NCIEA) Jeff Nellhaus, Commissioner of Education, MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Lauress Wise, Principal Scientist, Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) 2/21/2016 9

Additional Information For more information on the Race to the Top Assessment Program, please visit: assessment/index.html 2/21/