ATMIM Winter Conference 2018

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 - Hopedale, MA

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Next-Generation MCAS



Event Details


When:   Tuesday, January 23, 2018

3:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Snow Date:


Registration 3:30-4:00

Keynote Address 4:00-5:15

Breakout Sessions 5:25-6:25

Dinner 6:30-7:15

Panel Discussion

and Q&A  7:15-8:00

Where: Hopedale Jr-Sr High School

25 Adin Street

Hopedale, MA


Cost: $45 for ATMIM Members; non-

Members / renewing Members

                will need to pay additional $ 

                for membership. (Please check your 

                membership status prior to

                registering.)


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Keynote Address - General Session


Simone Johnson, Student Assessment Office, MA DESE


The main presentation at this conference will provide the latest information on the Next-Generation MCAS. How will Next-Gen MCAS impact your students this year and into future years?




Breakout Sessions


Breakout sessions will explore particular issues related to different grade spans around Next-Generation MCAS.


Breakout Session 1: Grades 3-5

Presenter: Mary Lou Beasley

This presentation will include the changes to the grades 3-5 test designs, and updates to any grade level reference sheets. It will also include varying technology enhanced interactions that will appear on the updated practice tests.

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Breakout Session 2: Grades 6-8

Presenter: Haley Freeman

This presentation will include the changes to the grades 6-8 test designs, and updates to all grade level reference sheets. It will also include varying technology enhanced interactions that will appear on the updated practice tests.

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Breakout Session 3: Grade 10

Presenter: Jim Verdolino

This presentation will include information regarding the upcoming field test, changes to the 2019 grade 10 test design. It will also include a demonstration of varying technology enhanced interactions that will appear on the 2018 field test and the 2019 test.




About the Presenters


Simone Johnson has worked for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the past fourteen years. She is currently the Administrator for Math Test Development in the Student Assessment Services office. Before becoming the administrator, Simone led the development of the middle school MCAS mathematics tests for six plus years. She has been diligently working alongside a great team of test developers to manage and produce the Next Generation MCAS Math tests. Prior to working in the Student Assessment Services office, Simone worked  with the Curriculum and Instruction office, where she worked on the 2011 revision of the Math framework as well as the development of the Massachusetts Model Curriculum Units. She is a graduate and former pre-Algebra Instructor at Suffolk University.






 

 

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