Standards-based Grading and Reporting Committee Meeting- April 29th

Dear School Leaders,

On March 18, the OCS held our first informal gathering to consider the timing of moving more effectively into standards-based grading and standards-based reporting prototypes. Our school leaders were very positive and felt the timing is right for us to move forward with committee design work. Members of the ELA Committee will also be joining us in this conversation.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Standards-based Grading and Report Card Committee Meeting - 2nd Gathering
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
910 Marion St., Isaac Orr South Conference Room, The Chancery.
Space is limited. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION - April 25, 2014

Our Intended Audience: PowerSchool Consortium leaders and other PreK - 8 school leaders, who are interested in moving forward with standards-based assessments and reporting. We welcome Dr. Aubrey Scheopner Torres who will be sharing current national research and help us frame our discussion.

Dr. Aubrey Scheopner Torres is a senior associate at the Education Development Center (EDC). As part of her work with EDC, Dr. Scheopner Torres is a researcher for the Regional Educational Laboratory – Northeast and Islands (REL NEI). Specifically, she works closely with the Northeast College and Career Readiness Research Alliance. The research alliance includes a group of stakeholders across the Northeast region working to provide needed research on proficiency- and competency-based learning. Dr. Scheopner Torres also works with a team of researchers at EDC evaluating the Nellie Mae Education Foundation District Level Systems Change/Building New Models initiative in eight school districts across New England, gathering and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to measure whether and how schools receiving the grant are meeting stated outcomes. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Boston College and a masters in teaching at Seattle University. Earlier in her career she taught second grade at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Seattle, Washington.

Here is the registration link to the April 29 meeting from 1 - 3 p.m.: http://www.ocsww.org/web-form/view.php?id=88701

We hope you or a representative from your school can attend this as we shape a committee to begin this important work.

Respectfully,
Sandy Smith, Kristin Dixon, and Steve Deibert