Meeting+Notes+-+October+4,+2011


 * CDE - Transition to the new state standards/new state assessment**
 * Transition to the new state assessment will occur over the next few years
 * Spring 2014 - New Colorado Summative Assessment administered
 * Still under consideration by CDE
 * frequency of science testing
 * high school assessment design - //when// and //how// are still up in the air after 2014
 * Standards are meant to be a "meet or exceeds" level of mastery
 * Big changes:
 * all students, all standards
 * 21st century skills + prepared graduate competencies = postsecondary/workforce readiness (college, career, citizens)


 * National Frameworks**
 * the "common core" for science
 * guidelines for writing new national science standards
 * 3 dimensions
 * scientific and engineering practices
 * cross-cutting concepts
 * disciplinary core ideas
 * based on learning progressions


 * Other items of note**
 * States are forming consortia around assessment - assessment is expensive; states join together - not sure about CO participation currently