Assessment Task Force

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

• 2016-03-11 Assessment Task Force Agenda

February 16, 2016

• 2016-02-16 Assessment Task Force Agenda

January 20, 2016

• 2016-01-20 Assessment Task Force Agenda

January 15, 2016

December 15, 2015

• 2015-12-15 Assessment Task Force Agenda

November 10, 2015

• 2015-11-10 Assessment Task Force Agenda

October 27 and 30, 2015

• 2015-10-27 and 30 Assessment Task Force Small-Groups Agenda

September 30, 2015

• 2015-09-30 Assessment Task Force Agenda

December 17, 2014

• 2014-12-17 Assessment Task Force Agenda (virtual meeting)

December 10, 2014

• 2014-12-10 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2014-12-10 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

November 4, 2014

• 2014-11-04 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2014-11-04 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

October 23, 2014

• 2014-10-23 Assessment Task Force Small-Groups Agenda

October 15, 2014

• 2014-10-15 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2014-10-15 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

September 17, 2014

• 2014-09-17 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2014-09-17 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

August 14,2014

• 2014-08-14 Assessment Task Force Small-Groups Agenda

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