In his August 15 newsletter, Commissioner Chester extended the deadline for submission of DDM implementation plans to June, 2014. Commissioner’s DDM Memo 8.15.13 February, 2014 had been the deadline for districts to hand in plans for rolling out district determined measures of student growth.

Also addressed in the Commissioner’s newsletter is the opportunity for districts to apply for extra time to pilot DDMs. This “Extension by Exception” would allow a district to pilot certain DDMs in the 2014-15 academic year and not collect data toward Student Impact Ratings in these subjects and grades until 2015-16.