MN P-20 Education Partnership

CCRPI Assessment and Accountability Work Group

In late May, the Minnesota Legislature passed and Governor Pawlenty signed a law authorizing the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for the next generation of Minnesota’s high school assessment and accountability system. The Assessment and Accountability Task Force will conduct its work as part of a larger effort being led by the Minnesota Department of Education with support from national partner organizations to ensure that all students graduate from high school truly ready for postsecondary education and a rewarding career. The task force is comprised of leaders from K-12 organizations, higher education institutions, businesses and other key stakeholders in Minnesota’s educational system. The group is being co-chaired by Dirk Mattson, the Director of Assessment at the Minnesota Department of Education and Kent Pekel, Executive Director of the University of Minnesota’s College Readiness Consortium. In the fall of 2009, the task force will release and seek feedback on a set of recommendations for the next generation of Minnesota’s high school assessment and accountability system. The task force will present its final recommendations to the Commissioner of Education and the legislature before the end of December, 2009.

The task force has developed a work plan that includes ten distinct Decision Gateways that the group will consider in sequential order. You can view those Gateways on the following form: Decision Gateways Graphic

In addition the Taskforce has created a feedback form through which interested individuals can share their thoughts on high school assessment and accountability. Please complete this form as soon as possible and not later than July 15. Thank you in advance for your time and ideas.

Background and working materials for the task force meetings can be accessed through the links below.

PAST MEETINGS

December 16, 2009 Meeting notes
December 2, 2009 Meeting notes
November 20, 2009 Meeting notes
October 28, 2009 Meeting notes
October 6, 2009 Meeting notes
September 16, 2009 Meeting notes
August 27, 2009 Meeting notes
August 7, 2009 Meeting notes
July 17, 2009 Meeting notes
June 10, 2009 Meeting notes

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Minnesota Educators' and Students' Insights on Assessment and Accountability 2/15/10

DRAFT Proposal for the Next Generation of High School Assessment and Accountability in Minnesota 1/10

CCRPI Promising State Practices: Supports and Interventions CCRPI Promising State Practices and Interventions

Work Group Timeline

Summary of online responses

November 2009 report from the Center on Education Policy: State High School Exit Exams: Trends in Test Programs, Alternate Pathways, and Pass Rates

FEEDBACK FORMS

Potential Subject Areas Form
Assessment Mix Brainstorm Form
Guiding Principles Worksheet Subject Area Decision Form 8-09 meeting
Gateway 2 Input Form
Green Grid Questions and Resources
Stakeholder Analysis Exercise
Proposal for the Subjects and Content Areas
Guiding Principles (revised 7/28/09)

REPORTS
High-Stakes Accountability For Individual Students: A Review of the Research
Strength and Weaknesses of CCR Anchor Strategies
American Diploma Project: Approaches to College and Career Ready Anchor Assessments
Anchor Assessment Stakes
EOE States and Stakes
ACT States and Stakes
P21 Framework Definitions
21st Century Skills Assessment: A partnership for 21st Century Skills e-paper
Transforming Statewide High School Assessment Systems: A Guide for State Policymakers (November 2008)
State High School Exit Exams: A Move Toward End-of-Course Exams
How Have High School Exit Exams Changed Our Schools? Some Perspectives From Virginia & Maryland
Accountability Policy Brief

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

 

CHAIRS

Dirk Mattson, Ph.D.
Director, Research & Assessment
Minnesota Department of Education
1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113
Phone: 651.582.1611 Fax: 651.582.8874
Email: dirk.Mattson@state.mn.us

Kent Pekel
Executive Director, College Readiness Consortium
University of Minnesota
100 Church St. SE, 110 Morrill
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-7002 Fax: 612-626-8388
Email: pekel@umn.edu

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