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. The Assessment Task Force will examine past, present, and future options for accountability assessment. Recommendations are expected by January 1, 2015.

Meeting Dates, Agendas and Notes

October 29, 2013

• 2013-10-29 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2013-10-29 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

November 22, 2013

• 2013-11-22 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2013-11-22 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

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.

• 2013-12-13 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2013-12-13 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

January 15, 2014

• 2014-01-15 Assessment Task Force Agenda
• 2014-01-15 Assessment Task Force Meeting Notes

February 20, 2014

• 2014-02-20 Assessment Task Force Agenda

March 14, 2014

• 2014-03-14 Assessment Task Force Agenda

April 18, 2014
May 22, 2014  
June 12, 2014
July 17, 2014 (tentative - if needed)
August 14, 2014
September 17, 2014 (tentative - if needed)

Membership

Lead: David Tilly

• Ruth Allison, Administrative Consultant, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Des Moines
• Catherine Blando, Educator, Iowa City
• Shelly Bosovich, Executive Director, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines
• 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
• Mark Lane, Principal, Jensen Elementary, Urbandale
• Jo Ellen Latham, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Southeast Polk Community School District, Pleasant Hill
• Jane Lindaman, Associate Superintendent for Educational Services, 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