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Finding the Opportunity in DDMs

October 27, 2013 by Damon Douglas

I know that the timing is tough– educators are already grappling with a new evaluation system and the Common Core State Standards. But I see three opportunities for teachers, schools, and districts when building measures of student growth.

Here they are, in reverse order:

#3: When selecting a DDM, teachers choose from non-traditional measures like portfolios and performance assessments. In many schools these methods are already in place– think running records and collections of student writing.  Portfolios and performance assessments are less of a drain on instructional time than multiple choice tests.

#2: Teachers are building DDMs that are meaningful and useful. DESE says teachers ought to measure what matters most to them– and do so in a way that provides useful information.

#1: These new assessments are district-determined; they are selected and constructed locally, not in Malden or at Pearson’s corporate headquarters.

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More Time, Extensions Available for DDM Planning

August 16, 2013 by Damon Douglas

In his August 15 newsletter, Commissioner Chester extended the deadline for submission of DDM imple1st_down_measurement_at_UCLA_at_Cal_10-25-08mentation 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.

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