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Assessment Task Force
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The Assessment Task Force was commissioned by the 2013 General Assembly to study the state’s assessment needs and to recommend a new state assessment for public and accredited nonpublic schools.
Meeting Dates, Agendas, and Notes
March 11,2016
February 16, 2016
January 20, 2016
January 15, 2016
December 15, 2015
November 10, 2015
October 27 and 30, 2015
September 30, 2015
December 17, 2014
- 2014-12-17 Assessment Task Force Agenda (virtual meeting)
December 10, 2014
November 4, 2014
October 23, 2014
October 15, 2014
September 17, 2014
August 14,2014
July 30, 2014
- 2014-07-30 Assessment Task Force Agenda (virtual meeting)
- 2014-07-30 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes
July 17, 2014
July 11 and 15, 2014
June 12, 2014
June 6, 10 and 11, 2014
May 22, 2014
- 2014-05-22 Assessment Task Force Agenda (virtual meeting)
May 6, 2014
- 2014-05-06 Assessment Task Force Agenda (virtual meeting)
April 15, 2014 - Meeting Cancelled
March 28,2014
March 14, 2014
February 20, 2014
January 15, 2014
December 13, 2013 - The Assessment Task Force WILL NOT meet as a group during this time. The next full meeting of the Task Force is scheduled for January 15, 2014. Instead, the work subgroup assigned to prepare draft scoring rubric items will have a working meeting.
November 22, 2013
October 29, 2013
Membership
Lead: David Tilly
- Ann Benzshawel, Secondary Curriculum Facilitator, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines (replaced member Shelly Bosovich in September 2015)
- Catherine Blando, Educator, Iowa City
- Kathy Brenny, Consultant, Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, Storm Lake
- Martha Bruckner, Superintendent, Council Bluffs Community School District, Council Bluffs
- Joe DeHart, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness, DMACC, Ankeny
- Lowell Ernst, Director of K-12 Instruction, Pella Community School District, Pella
- Diana Gonzalez, Chief Academic Officer, Board of Regents, Urbandale
- Harry Heiligenthal, Leadership Development Director, Iowa Association of School Boards, Des Moines
- Tina Hoffman, Regional Administrator, Grant Wood Area Education Agency, Cedar Rapids
- Kenda Jochimsen, Principal and Director of Human Resources, Urbandale Community Schools, Urbandale (replaced member Ruth Allison in September 2015)
- Mark Lane, Principal, Jensen Elementary, Urbandale
- Jo Ellen Latham, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Southeast Polk Community School District, Pleasant Hill
- Jane Lindaman, Superintendent, Waterloo Community School District, Waterloo
- Jon McKenzie, Director of Assessment & Comprehensive Improvement, Area Education Agency 267, Cedar Falls
- Angela Olson, Associate Principal, Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids
- Elliott Smith, Executive Director, Iowa Business Council, Des Moines
- David Tilly, Deputy Director, Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines
- Denise Wall, Educator, IKM-Manning Middle School, Manilla
- Tammy Wawro, President, Iowa State Education Association, Des Moines
- Melanie Wirtz, Teacher, Union High School, La Porte City
- Karen Woltman, Parent, Swisher
Work
Evaluating Assessments
The Assessment Task force is currently evaluating a variety of proposed assessments submitted by vendors that provided letters of intent as a part of an earlier request for information process.
Scoring Rubric for Initial Assessment Review - The scoring rubric Assessment Task Force members use to conduct the initial review of assessments proposed by the vendors.
Questions and Answers for Assessment Vendors (2014-07-07) - This document answers questions submitted to the Assessment Task Force regarding the assessment evaluations.