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PROGRAMS & SERVICES:
ASSESSMENT:
STANDARDS & ASSESMENT BULLETIN
(Updated 4/29/08)

   
OVERVIEW
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  The Standards & Assessment Bulletin is a quarterly publication with issues scheduled for release in September, December, February and May of each year. The bulletin provides information about the work of the team and examples of innovation and best practice in schools across the state. Each issue will include the five following sections:
  • Field Notes: An in-depth exploration of innovation in schools
  • Building Assessment Literacy: A focus on assessment design and interpretation of results
  • From the Mailbag: Question of the Day
  • Data Grab: Statistic of the Day
  • Odds and Ends: General information of interest to the field
   
STANDARDS & ASSESSMENT BULLETIN (Updated 4/29/08)
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May 2008Clicking this link will open a PDF document (Added 4/29/08)

  • Field Notes: Making the Grade at B.F.A. St. Albans
  • Building Assessment Literacy: Understanding Vermont’s School Accountability System
  • From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “How does the Department calculate graduation rates for AYP purposes?”
  • Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – What percentage of Vermont high school students graduate within four years of entering 9th grade?
  • Odds and Ends: NECAP Science 2008
   
  February 2008Clicking this link will open a PDF document  
  • Field Notes: Student Support Programs Flourish at Colchester Middle School
  • Building Assessment Literacy: Unraveling the Mystery of the Scaled Score
  • From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “What is the difference between Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities and Grade Expectations (GEs)?”
  • Data Grab: Statistic of the Day – How do 2nd graders perform on the Vermont Developmental Reading Assessment?
  • Odds and Ends: Network Meetings
   
 

December 2007Clicking this link will open a PDF document

  • Field Notes: Formative Assessment Project (FAP) at Mt. Anthony Union High School, Bennington
  • Building Assessment Literacy: NECAP is a universally designed assessment...what does that mean?
  • From the Mailbag: Question of the Day - “Why do the School Quality Standards include a local assessment requirement?”
  • Data Grab: Statistic of the Day - Does the combination of gender and poverty have a greater impact on Vermont student achievement than either gender or poverty by itself?
  • Odds and Ends: Communicating with the Standards & Assessment Division
   
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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  For questions or additional information, contact Susan Hayes at (802) 828-5892 or susan.hayes@state.vt.us.
   

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