Notes from the November Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: opening comments

 The agenda is here. The livestream will turn up over here.

there's a panel here and we don't know who it is or what they're talking about
okay, sounds like a gifted and talented panel of public testimony. Not sure that mic is on?
NAGE appears to be the organization testifying here: advanced learners, twice exceptional 
"languishing and nothing has improved in their schools"
asking for an adaptive MCAS; looking for a competency based system of education

Craven: looking at having a retreat in January or February
Stewart had mentioned implicit bias training; looking for additional items

Peyser: no report this week

Riley: safety coordinator doing podcast at national level on safety drills
DESE will be giving test kits for teachers and students for upcoming breaks
Boston: meetings
investigation on transportation for special education students; more information coming
will either clear or have a finding
continue to look at MCAS data: English learner data; and performance of boys
Craven: joint meeting of higher ed and K-12; tracking longitudinal outcome data
Hills: when next 'deliverables' from Boston?
Riley: were many over summer, now buses, bathrooms, data review in February
Hills: assume after that, more substantive reporting upcoming
"with respect to transportation, is DESE dealing with a complaint" or getting pulled into larger issue?
Riley: prior to complain, had other issues
Hills: "I don't know anything about transportation" but know about sole source
"working your way back up the funnel" to know why people didn't bid 
Riley: think it's something to be considered
"we, too, were surprised one person bid"
well, then you know nothing about this, clearly

Hills: Commissioner assessment committee: talk about criteria, process