Assessment Working Group Meeting Summary

Below is a summary of the last Assessment Working Group meeting from John Hoover, the facilitator of the group.

Members of the Assessment Working Group met on November 22 to organize their efforts for the year.  A brief list of activities and topics is provided below.

Teacher Development and Evaluation in Minnesota

The meeting included rousing discussions of the Teacher Development and Evaluation Plan as described in Minnesota Statutes 122A.40 and 122.41.  We agreed to explore the local plans on which partner district representatives have worked. We believe that these plans will affect our ability to document our  candidates’ performance once they are hired.

Revisiting Charges and Milestones & Development of a Short-Term Work Plan

Members of the committee reviewed committee charges and the milestones documented for the Bush Foundation.  Based on these working documents, members of the committee plan to accomplish the following four activities on the short run: (a) undertake a review of teacher evaluation systems in partner districts, (b) provide chapter-by-chapter reports on a highly-regarded text (Danielson, 2013), (c) perform fact-finding on the status of the common metrics instruments, and (d) explore assessment and evaluation needs with the Support Working Group facilitator.

Guiding Principles

Members of the working group developed and approved a list of guiding principles for the work of the committee. 

What other ideas do you have regarding assessment needs at SCSU and in P-12?