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DPASII - Revised Update - Student Growth Measures DoE: Some student assess- ments will be ready for next year Work continues this spring and summer on develop- ment of student assess- ments and performance indicators. education, sent a memo to the superintendents, principals and curriculum directors on March 29, giving them an update on how the development of student growth measures for Component 5 of DPAS II-Revised (the teacher evaluation system) is going. Representatives of Cohort 5 (see bottom chart), will meet for three more days in May to devel- op growth goal indicators for use next year. These are to be "indica- tors of success similar to previous- ly-used examples of goal setting." If you work in Cohorts 1-4 (see D top chart) and would like to join these groups, please contact your principal and ask to be nominated for this work. While DoE will con- tinue to reimburse districts for sub- stitutes, no other expenses will be paid (eg., mileage, lunch). Tested subjects to develop another assessment this summer As you can see by the chart here, Cohorts 1-4 – will be reconvened this summer by the Dept. of Education to develop one more pre/post test, using the same speci- fication tables and blueprints they developed during this current year. Participation will be solicited online, and open to all educators in graded subjects. You'll soon receive information on how to register online if you would like to partici- pate. DoE will pay a stipend for partici- pants in these groups as well. www.dsea.org/Accountability/ DPASII.html 14 March/April 2012 DSEA ACTION! www.dsea.org iane Donohue, former DSEA president and now special assistant to the secretary of