Lauress Wise, HumRRO

"content matters"
what are you trying to accomplish?

• school accountability
• teacher or principal performance indicator
• evaluating instructional programs
• providing diagnostic data

"tremendous opportunity to move things forward"...paraphrasing RFK in asking "why not?"

one test in unlikely to meet all goals (this current slide includes the phrase "micro-level growth trajectory targets"...and the next one has "macro-level growth trajectory targets")

hang on...he just said that it's difficult for publishers when there are fifty different standards to create tests for. Are we doing this for the publishers?

Maybe this is the time to point out that there is a note explicitly saying that participating in these panels does not keep panelists or their organizations from, basically, making money later on from RTTT.

yes, now he's speaking of "states and their vendors"

Don't make it arbitrary numbers.

mulitple assessments focused on smaller sets of content, teacher scored

year-to-year end of year assessments

"most states have complained about the peer-review requirements" (said to warm chuckles)

useful not to put all your eggs in a single basket that will allow you to take some risks

"not just about building test questions"

tests that provide diagnostic and formative information rather than just summative

emphasize teacher involvement