Friday, October 13

Meeting Objectives:

  1. Define and organize FAST SCASS: discuss member expectations and goals, establish core leadership group, and subgroups by area of focus, and develop communications plan.
  2. Develop shared understanding of CCSSO Formative Assessment Initiative, which centers on the Chiefs' strategic aim #1 "to inform teaching and learning for the 21st century."
  3. Work towards a vision of a balanced assessment system and a durable "definition" of high quality formative assessment, relevant at both the classroom and district level.
  4. Specify Concrete Priorities and Action Plans for this year: Explore member state and organizational priorities and needs for integrating formative assessment in standards-based assessment and learning systems in areas such as research, policy, implementation, professional development, and technology (including small group activity) and Recommend overarching scope of work for sustained and coherent efforts across SCASS projects in advancing formative assessment, and specify scope of work for FAST.

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9:00 A.M. RECENTERING EDUCATION REFORM ON THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TEACHERS
Speaker: Ray Pecheone, Stanford University
9:45 A.M. CROSS-SCASS DIALOGUE ON SCOPE OF WORK WITH TILSA (TECHNICAL ISSUES IN LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENT)
This will be via teleconferencing and WebEx (if possible) with Phoebe Winter and TILSA members in Richmond, VA
10:30 A.M. BREAK
10:45 A.M. GROUP DISCUSSION OF SCOPE OF WORK
Speaker: Jim Popham, moderator
11:45 P.M. WRAP-UP AND NEXT STEPS
Speakers: Don Long, Doug Rindone, and All

The SCASS vision and mission is to support Chiefs' leadership to focus national education policy on "Informing Learning and Teaching for the 21st Century"

  1. Good practice should be the basis of policymaking – inform other efforts with policy implications of our work (e.g., Advisory Group, Other SCASS projects, Presession at Chiefs’ Annual Policy Forum, ESEA Reauthorization Task Force, etc.)
  2. Share this preliminary scope of work with other SCASS members and CCSSO Advisory Group
  3. Discuss and finalize in conference calls following Fall 2006 SCASS Meetings
  4. Begin to survey constituents and members on information needs as defined by scope of work
  5. Plan agenda for February 2007 MEGA SCASS Conference in New Orleans, reflective of this scope of work
  6. Develop and enhance CCSSO Formative Assessment Initiative: Educate policymakers and stakeholders on shared vision of new language in support of “assessment for learning,” assessment as integral to effective schools
12:00 P.M. ADJOURN
PLEASE COMPLETE AND HAND IN YOUR EVALUATIONS. THANK YOU.