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RELEASE: February 12, 2003 |
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- measure student achievement using multiple measures of student academic achievement from multiple sources;
- chart student progress over time; or
- evaluate student academic achievement through the development of comprehensive academic assessment instruments, such as performance- and technology-based academic assessment.
LEAD STATE | CONTACT | GRANT AMOUNT |
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Utah | Director of Evaluation & Assessment 801-538-7810 |
$1,842,893 |
Collaborators: | Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming & North Dakota | |
The project aims to develop a series of assessments of English language proficiency at four levels (K-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12) to enable teachers diagnose the proficiency level of English language learners (ELLs). | ||
Rhode Island | Todd Flaherty, deputy commissioner 401-222-4600 |
$1,788,356 |
Collaborators: | Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont | |
The project will build upon an existing collaboration among Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and will help compare progress across states and combine resources to develop the highest quality assessments. States will examine the impact of computer-based testing accommodations on the validity of test scores for students with and without special needs, and train teachers to create and use the assessments. | ||
South Carolina | Inez Tenenbaum, superintendent 803-734-8492 |
$1,719,821 |
Collaborators: | American Association for the Advancement of Science, Austin Independent School District, The Council of Chief State School Officers, District of Columbia Public Schools, Maryland & North Carolina | |
The project will help gather valid information about ELLs' academic knowledge and skills, and different types accommodations that can match students with the proper accommodations. | ||
Oklahoma | Sandy Garrett, superintendent 405-521-4885 |
$1,442,453 |
Collaborators: | Alabama, California, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming, West Virginia & Wisconsin | |
The project will work to expand and automate a process for judging the alignment of assessments with content standards, serve students with disabilities and help link assessments across grades. The alignment process system will be available on a CD-ROM that can be readily distributed to states to increase the use of the alignment tool in assessment development and verification. | ||
Nevada | Sharyn Peal, project director 775-687-9212 |
$2,266,506 |
Collaborators: | Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas & West Virginia | |
The project will help states implement assessments to measure the annual growth of English language development in speaking, listening, reading and writing. The project will produce test forms and an item bank from which states can draw to create test forms that reflect local needs and characteristics, and will help states predict ELLs' readiness for English language assessment. | ||
Pennsylvania | Vickie Phillips, education secretary-designee 717-787-5820 |
$1,810,567 |
Collaborators: | Maryland, Michigan & Tennessee | |
This project is designed to help states assess ELLs by analyzing state standards, establishing content benchmarks and developing standards-based assessments drawn from scientific research. The resulting assessments are to be shared with interested states and districts. | ||
Colorado | William Windler, grants officer 303-866-6631 |
$1,746,023 |
Collaborators: | Iowa, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, West Virginia & Wyoming | |
The project will help improve alternative assessments for students with complex disabilities, and the assessment methods will be developed, pilot tested and analyzed during the course of this project. | ||
Wisconsin | Tim Boals 608-267-1290 |
$2,338,169 |
Collaborators: | Alaska, Delaware & Center for Applied Linguistics, Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, Second Language Acquisition, University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois | |
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction plans to develop and enhance assessment instruments specially designed to measure ELLs' performance and progress in English proficiency and literacy skills based on state standards on reading, writing and language arts and alternate assessments to measure their performance in other academic content areas. | ||
Minnesota | Reg Allen, manager, statewide assessments 651-582-8256 or Anne Cutler, manager, learner options 651-582-8628 |
$2,013,503 |
Collaborators: | Nevada, North Carolina & Wyoming | |
This project will develop new tools to measure the progress of ELLs using technology to pilot language assessment, develop new methods to organize, collect and score student assessment data and combine data from multiple measures to improve the evaluation of student progress over time. Staff development will help teachers use assessment results to improve instruction and the methods will be available to other states. |
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Last Modified: 12/15/2003