Jan.+2010

Type in the content of your page here. Common Exam Initiative Meeting; 1-26-10 Those members attending were Michelle Bartlett, John Bingham, Debbie Fetzer, Chad Henderson, Cassie Lesniczak, Camilla Mancari, Colette McDonald, Jane McFann, Kerri Moore, Angela Ogunde, Cathy Phillips, Jeanne Qvarnstrom, Terri Pruitt, Jane Rae, Marlene Schreiber, and Barbara Wisniewski. I. Join the Wiki! a. Go to redclay-cei.wikispaces.com b. Hit “join” c. Type in user name and password d. Go to English section for CEI materials e. Go to “Discussion “ tab to log comments after meeting with colleagues in respective schools f. As a member of the committee you are required to log notes from your meeting with your colleagues at your respective schools i.  Log after each district meeting ii. Log before the next district meeting II. Jeanne addressed goals of the committee a. Develop a professional development bond and hone skills in assessment and creation of quality items to effectively measure student learning b. Remember, it is a requirement to complete the zoomerang survey after every meeting (only 7 committee members responded last time) i.  Discussed comments from last survey ii. Schools can decide to add to the test as grade levels – as grade levels or as individual teachers iii. This is the test that will be administered during finals week – this year! iv. Special Education accommodations can and must be made. c. DCAS item review applications i.  78 Red Clay district members applied; good job! ii. On Thursday, decisions will be made (most likely) after presenting info to superintendents of all districts III. Passages used in the CEI a. Committee members surveyed teachers back at schools and no one currently uses the chosen pieces. b. **Ask and remind teachers to NOT USE any of the passages already selected for the 9th and/or** **10th grade tests for instructional purposes at any time throughout the year.** IV. Error in last week’s meeting notes on 10th grade passage selection (time for a new recorder) a. Use “Joe Rosenthal’s Famous Photograph” b. Not “from Hunger of Memory” V. Share info brought back from respective schools VI. Plan of Action a. Review test design of DSTP and DCAS b. Common Part of Test i.  Initially the committee will come up with 5 passages with total breakdown of questions as follows 1. 8 determining (2 each passage) 2. 10 interpretive (2 each passage) 3. 15 extended (3 each passage) ii. the committee will create 33 multiple choice questions VII. 10th grade committee selected final passages a. informative (Water, Water Everywhere) b. technical (Wholly Water) VIII. Review process for selecting pieces and writing questions IX. Create questions for passages to submit to Cookie X. Grade 9 completed questions for 2 passages; Grade 10 completed questions for 3 passages. ** XI. **Each group is to either **__send their completed questions with the name of the passage to Marlene or post the questions on the wiki by Friday, January 29th.__** XII. Prizes were given for superlative questions. XIII. Next meeting is Feb. 9th at 3:15 in the Dickinson Library.