Category Archives: Assessment

Contribute to SBAC by joining Maine’s State Network of Educators

Posted on May 8, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Maine, a member of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, is seeking educators who have significant experience in formative assessment and deep knowledge of the Common Core State Standards to join Maine’s State Network of Educators (SNE). The Maine DOE invites K-12 teachers and administrators and higher educational professionals to apply if they have experience working with the following student populations: general education, gifted and talented, English language learners and students with disabilities. Continue reading →

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Posted in Administrators, English Language Arts, Featured, Mathematics, Professional Development, Smarter Balanced, Special Populations, Teachers

Two Maine schools invited to participate in AP STEM Access program

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The College Board shared the following news release with the Maine DOE for publication.

AUGUSTA—Hampden Academy and Scarborough High School are among 800 schools across the country invited to participate in the AP STEM Access program, created to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented minority and female high school students that participate in Advanced Placement® courses in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines. Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessment, Cumberland County, Funding, High School, Penobscot County, Press Releases, Science & Technology, Students

Smarter Balanced practice test more broadly available

Posted on April 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium shared the following news release March 28.

Due to the overwhelming demand for access to the Smarter Balanced Volunteer Pilot assessment from principals, teachers, parents and the public, the Executive Committee has decided to release a more complete and more broadly available “practice test” in lieu of the Volunteer Pilot assessment. As will be stressed in messaging to schools and districts, the change from a Volunteer Pilot to Practice Test does not impact current testing in support of the Scientific Pilot; all schools signed up for the Scientific Pilot are still expected to test as scheduled.

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Preview new English language proficiency test

Posted on April 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The 31 states that have banded together to create a new, computer-based assessment system for English language learners are getting their first glimpses at the new English-language proficiency exam being developed to measure the language demands of the Common Core State Standards. Prototypes will be available to the public in the summer.

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Posted in Assessment, Dispatches, English Language Arts, Students, Teachers

AP4ALL registration now open

Posted on March 20, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Student registration for AP4ALL, which provides online Advanced Placement courses free of charge to any student residing in a Maine school administrative unit who is educated at the public expense, opens Wednesday, March 20, at 8 a.m. By offering online Advanced Placement courses at no charge, AP4ALL provides equity of access to any student residing in a Maine public high school regardless of where they live and the limits of resources available in their local school.

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Department welcomes new Chief Academic Officer Tome

Posted on March 11, 2013 by | 5 Comments

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Rachelle Tome to the position of Maine Department of Education Chief Academic Officer.

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Posted in Academics, Adult Ed, Assessment, From the Commissioner, Instruction, Standards

Maine NECAP test results released

Posted on February 4, 2013 by | Leave a comment

State preparing for move to Smarter Balanced assessment in 2014

AUGUSTA – Reading and math scores in grades 3 through 8 are flat, while writing scores increased slightly after a decline the previous year. The scores are from the latest New England Common Assessment Program tests, taken in October 2012.

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PAAP online Task Bank available

Posted on January 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The PAAP secure online Task Bank is available to all test administrators. The PAAP testing window is Dec. 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013. Please ensure that all students are enrolled in the Task Bank no later than March 1, 2013.

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Posted in Administrators, Assessment, Dispatches

MeCAS computer-based testing pilots available for grade 8

Posted on January 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Department of Education is pleased to announce an opportunity for schools to participate in two separate computer-based testing pilot opportunities.

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Posted in Administrators, Assessment, English Language Arts, Featured, Middle School, Science & Technology

View state-level data on assessments

Posted on December 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

New state-level data on high school exit exams, college entrance and college- and career-readiness assessments, as well as state efforts to support college- and career-readiness standards, are now available on the State Education Reforms website.

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Posted in Administrators, Assessment, Data Management, Featured, High School, Higher Ed, Standards, Teachers