The National Research Council is conducting a five-year review of mayoral control and the D.C. Public schools.
The committee created for this purpose will meet on March 22.
There is an open session at 1 pm to discuss test security and the validity of test scores in D.C.
This is a good opportunity to listen, learn, and perhaps determine whether the researchers intend to conduct a probe that is more thorough than the cursory reviews of two inspectors general.
Here are the details:
Committee for the Five-Year (2009-2013) Summative Evaluation of the District of Columbia Public Schools
Meeting Two
March 22, 2013
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington DC
DRAFT Agenda
OPEN SESSION
1:00 – 3:00
Discussion of Test Security and Validity of Achievement Test Data
• Overview of test security issues and session goals
Lorraine McDonnell and Carl Cohn
• Best practices for preventing security violations
Carswell Whitehead, ETS
• Statistical tools for flagging anomalies and issues they raise
Carswell Whitehead, ETS
• Strategies and issues in forensic investigation of possible security violations
Steve Ferrara, Pearson Assessments
• Case Study: What can DC learn from events in other districts?
Heather Vogel, Atlanta Journal Constitution
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Pearson vs. Rhee, that will be interesting. Wonder if erasures will be seen as a security violation or if they will get off on a technicality. Will accountability will go all the way to the top for any of these players?
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Accountability is only for the little people.
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Been there, done that. Both Public Ed and Charters have signicant problems. Let’s now talk about solutions.
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The solution is to put an end to all this testing, once and for all.
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If they do not come up with the fact that Rhee was a total failure financially, academically and in every other factor including public relations we will know that the group was cheaply bought off once again.
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A quick look at the panel and topics seems to say testing is a priori de facto transcendental foundation of everything, am I wrong?
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