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PROGRAMS
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ASSESSMENT:
STANDARDS & ASSESMENT BULLETIN
(Updated 5/8/09)
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OVERVIEW
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The Standards & Assessment Bulletin is a quarterly publication with issues scheduled for release in September, December, February and May of each year. The bulletin provides information about the work of the team and examples of innovation and best practice in schools across the state. Each issue will include the five following sections:
- Field Notes: An in-depth exploration of innovation in schools
- Building Assessment Literacy: A focus on assessment design and interpretation of results
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day
- Odds and Ends: General information of interest to the field
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STANDARDS & ASSESSMENT BULLETIN (Updated 5/8/09)
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May 2009 (Added 5/8/09)
- Field Notes: A Community of Learners at Burlington High School
- Building Assessment Literacy: Vermont Item Bank Assessment
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day – “How many ELL students do Vermont schools serve?”
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – Grades 3-8 NECAP student performance over past 4 years
- Odds and Ends: Educators Needed to Participate in an Item Review & Bias/Sensitivity Review
for the 2010 NECAP Science Assessment
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December 2008
- Field Notes: Moving to a Math Specialist Model at Moretown Elementary
- Building Assessment Literacy: ACCESS: Assessing English Language Learners
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day – “How many ELL students do Vermont schools serve?”
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – Distribution of ELL students in Vermont (2007)
- Odds and Ends: Maine Joins NECAP Partnership
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September 2008
A September issue was not published. |
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May 2008
- Field Notes: Making the Grade at B.F.A. St. Albans
- Building Assessment Literacy: Understanding Vermont’s School Accountability System
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “How does the Department calculate graduation rates for AYP purposes?”
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – What percentage of Vermont high school students graduate within four years of entering 9th grade?
- Odds and Ends: NECAP Science 2008
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February 2008
- Field Notes: Student Support Programs Flourish at Colchester Middle School
- Building Assessment Literacy: Unraveling the Mystery of the Scaled Score
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “What is the difference between Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities and Grade Expectations (GEs)?”
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – How do 2nd graders perform on the Vermont Developmental Reading Assessment?
- Odds and Ends: Network Meetings
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December 2007
- Field Notes: Formative Assessment Project (FAP) at Mt. Anthony Union High School, Bennington
- Building Assessment Literacy: NECAP is a universally designed assessment...what does that mean?
- From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “Why do the School Quality Standards include a local assessment requirement?”
- Data Grab: Statistic of the Day - Does the combination of gender and poverty have a greater impact on Vermont student achievement than either gender or poverty by itself?
- Odds and Ends: Communicating with the Standards & Assessment Division
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For questions or additional information, contact Susan Hayes at (802) 828-5892 or susan.hayes@state.vt.us. |
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