Projects & Clients: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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The Center for Assessment has been contracted to assist the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development in designing a school rating system that meets the requirements of the legislation passed in 2000 and meets them in an educationally appropriate and technically sound way.

Special concerns include identifying indicators that can be feasibly collected and used, and dealing with large numbers of very small, rural schools that often serve primarily native communities. An additional issue is that the school rating system should be integrated with the high school student accountability system that is being implemented over the next several years.

Contact:
Les Morse, Assessment and Student Information
Department of Education and Early Development, Juneau, AK