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The National Academies
Board on Testing and Assessment
SECOND MEETING OF THE
ROUNDTABLE ON EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Agenda
November 5, 2009
Washington, DC
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9:00 am
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Welcome and Introductions
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Stuart Elliott, Director, BOTA
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Susan Fuhrman and Tom Luce, Co-Chairs
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9:15
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Overview of the Agenda and Plan for the Day
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Susan Fuhrman and Tom Luce
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Using Value-Added Methods for Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation, and Accountability
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
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9:30
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Report from the Committee: Overview of the workshop, key points made by presenters
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Scott Marion and Jane Hannaway (committee members)
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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Implications for Policy Makers
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Discussion Leaders: Mitchell Chester, David Francis, Helen Quinn
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Advance Reading
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• Goals and Uses of Value-Added Models by Derek Briggs |
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• Measurement Issues with Value-Added Methods by Robert Linn |
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• Value-Added Models: Analytic Issues by Dan McCaffrey and J.R. Lockwood |
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• Seven Key Issues for Assessing Value Added in Education by J. Douglas Willms |
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Discussion Topics
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• Given the ideas in this set of papers, what are the appropriate policy uses of VAM? |
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• What do policy makers need to know about using VAM for evaluating programs, schools, and teachers? |
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12:00 pm
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Working Lunch
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Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates
1:00 – 3:30 pm
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1:00
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Report from the Committee
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Technical Issues in Calculating Dropout and Completion Rates
Elaine Allensworth, Committee Member
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Presentation
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Using Comprehensive Data Systems to Improve Policy and Practice
Russell Rumberger, Committee Member
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Presentation
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2:00
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Break
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2:15
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Implications for Policy Makers
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Discussion Leaders: Judy Jeffrey, Delia Pompa, and Laura Schwalm
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Advance Reading
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• Technical Issues Underlying Dropout and Completion Indicators by Elaine Allensworth |
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• An Early Warning System by Ruth Curran Neild, Robert Balfanz, and Liza Herzog |
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• Solving California’s Dropout Crisis by California Dropout Research Project |
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• Improving California’s Student Data Systems to Address the Dropout Crisis by California Dropout Research Project |
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Discussion Topics
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• What do policy makers need to know about calculating dropout and completion rates? |
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• How can comprehensive data systems be used to address the dropout problem and to improve graduation rates in this country? |
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3:30
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Closing Discussion
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4:00
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Adjourn
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