[NMScience] FW: Announcement of 2008 Science Alignment study; short timeline for teachers to apply!

[Daniel, Maryjo, PED]

Notice of the Alignment Study has just been released and the
registration timeline is SHORT. The online registration opens today and
will close at 5 pm on Friday May 23.  The alignment study meetings will
be held in the Albuquerque area on July 8-10.   

Please read through the notice below for more information and share this
information with other science educators. Thank you for your support of
this important work! 

 

 

Mary Jo Daniel, Ph.D.

Science Specialist

Math and Science Bureau

New Mexico Public Education Department

300 Don Gaspar

Santa Fe, NM  87501

Phone:  (505) 476-1882

Fax:  (505) 827-1784

________________________________

From: Bradley, Anne, PED 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 3:28 PM

 

Dear Science Educator:

 

The New Mexico Public Education Department is planning to hold an
alignment study for our grade 3-8 and 11 SBA science assessments. This
is to meet a federal mandate for NCLB requiring states to convene an
independent panel (non-PED staff) to certify that their assessments are
indeed aligned to state standards along several dimensions. The
dimensions are fairly complex, using the Norman Webb alignment model;
this should be an interesting and rich professional development activity
for the participants. A short document describing this activity and how
the results will be used, entitled Overview of the 2008 Alignment Study
of the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment in Science, is posted to
the Assessment and Evaluation website at the following link 

http://ped.state.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AssessmentEvaluation/ind
ex.html

 

The training and work sessions will be conducted by an outside
consultant, the same consultant who conducted New Mexico's alignment
studies for SBA reading and mathematics in 2005. Dates are July 8-10,
2008 and the meetings will be held in the Albuquerque area at a location
to be determined. We need a total of 24 panelists: 8 for grade band 3-5,
8 for grade band 6-8, and 8 for grade 11.  The 3-5 and 6-8 groups will
meet for three days (July 8, 9, and 10).  The grade 11 group will only
need to meet for two days (July 8 and 9). 

 

This study is being funded by PED, not by our vendors; however, the
usual stipend of $100 per day (for teachers not on contract during July)
and reimbursement for mileage and up to $15 per day for dinner will be
provided. Participants will have breakfast and lunch onsite.  Hotel
accommodations will be provided for participants traveling more than 50
miles from home.

 

You can register online at the following web address:

http://www.gotoaconference.com/sas/reg.php

The registration deadline is May 23.  

 

Thank you for your interest and willingness to help with this important
and interesting activity.

Anne Bradley
Director of State Assessments
Assessment and Evaluation Bureau
New Mexico Public Education Department
300 Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 134
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Phone: (505) 827-4276
Mobile: (505) 934-3372
  

 



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