members rotating out each year and being replaced by new representatives. The following table describes the structure Fig. 1 Sample Oregon Writing Form of these groups. Panel members commit up to 6 school days of service with an additional 3 or 4 days during the summer. However, panels will be convened remotely rather than in person as secure technology improvements allow distributed work. Although committee members on district Committee/Panel Review contracts are not compensated for their service, they do receive travel reimbursement for committee travel of more ODE convenes a series of advisory groups to advise ODE than 70 miles, and substitute teachers are provided for both on assessment-related policy and on item development. service during the school year. When classroom teacher ODE seeks to ensure that membership on these advisory groups reflects the demographics of student members work for ODE during non-contract time, they are Oregon’s compensated at an hourly wage as temporary employees. population. Each advisory group has approximately 15–35 members who serve three-year terms with one-third of the Structure of ODE Assessment-Related Advisory Groups Number of Meeting Frequency Who Nominates Members? Committee/Panel Members Assessment Policy Advisory Committee School districts, COSA, OSBA, OEA, ESDs, 15–20 2-3 times a year and OPTA Sensitivity Panel School districts, OEA, ESDs 15–20 4–6 times a year (application process) English/Language Arts Content and School districts, OEA, ESDs, and 35 4-6 times a year Assessment Panel (application process) Mathematics Content and Assessment Panel School districts, OEA, ESDs, and 35 4 - 6 times a year (application process) Science Content School districts, OEA, ESDs, and 35 4- 6 times a year and Assessment (application process) Panel Social Sciences Content and School districts, OEA, ESDs, and 25 1 - 2 times a year Assessment Panel (application process)
Fig. 1 Sample Oregon Writing Form Committee/Panel Review ODE convenes a series of advisory groups to advise ODE both on assessment-related policy and on item development. ODE seeks to ensure that membership on these advisory groups reflects the demographics of Oregon’s student population. Each advisory group has approximately 15–35 members who serve three-year terms with one-third of the members rotating out each year and being replaced by new representatives. The following table describes the structure of these groups. Panel members commit up to 6 school days of service with an additional 3 or 4 days during the summer. However, panels will be convened remotely rather than in person as secure technology improvements allow distributed work. Although committee members on district contracts are not compensated for their service, they do receive travel reimbursement for committee travel of more than 70 miles, and substitute teachers are provided for service during the school year. When classroom teacher members work for ODE during non-contract time, they are compensated at an hourly wage as temporary employees. Structure of ODE Assessment-Related Advisory Groups Committee/Panel Number of Members Meeting Frequency Who Nominates Members? Assessment Policy Advisory Committee 15–20 2-3 times a year School districts, COSA, OSBA, OEA, ESDs, and OPTA Sensitivity Panel 15–20 4–6 times a year School districts, OEA, ESDs (application process) English/Language Arts Content and Assessment Panel 35 4-6 times a year School districts, OEA, ESDs, and (application process) Mathematics Content and Assessment Panel 35 4 - 6 times a year School districts, OEA, ESDs, and (application process) Science Content and Assessment Panel 35 4- 6 times a year School districts, OEA, ESDs, and (application process) Social Sciences Content and Assessment Panel 25 1 - 2 times a year School districts, OEA, ESDs, and (application process)
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