From Peter.Bernard at maine.gov  Tue May 20 11:22:45 2008
From: Peter.Bernard at maine.gov (Bernard, Peter)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:22:45 -0400
Subject: [PAAP] PAAP News: May 20, 2008
Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B03CA7C2E@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us>

Welcome to the Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP)
ListServe!  We hope your subscription to this service will provide you
with up-to-date information that, combined with the PAAP Manual,
Rubrics, and Task Bank, will enable you and your students to make
alternate assessment a true learning experience.

Scoring of the 2007-08 PAAP was completed on May 7th, after nearly three
weeks' work.  Thanks to the approximately 70 Maine teachers who
participated in scoring, the process took a day-and-a-half less than had
been anticipated.

Score reports will be posted on the Measured Progress secure website at
the end of July, along with the MEA scores.  Maine principals will be
sent information on the posting, including the codes needed to access
the scores.  Portfolios will be returned to schools on September 12.

Information pertaining to the 2008-09 PAAP process, which includes
alignment to the 2007 Maine Learning Results, will be shared in
subsequent messages.

We hope you will check in to get the latest PAAP news throughout the
summer.  We also hope you find time to relax and enjoy your vacation!

Linda Parkin
Kim Schroeter
Peter Bernard

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From Peter.Bernard at maine.gov  Wed May 28 15:56:58 2008
From: Peter.Bernard at maine.gov (Bernard, Peter)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:56:58 -0400
Subject: [PAAP] Science Task Review
Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B03CA7C4D@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us>

Good Afternoon,
 
I hope you all are enjoying the wonderful spring weather and will have a
chance to slow your pace as summer approaches! We, here at Measured
Progress and the Maine Department of Education have been very busy the
past few months, as I am sure you have been.
 
As summer approaches, we are in need of dedicated educators like you who
have been trained in the PAAP process, to help us by providing feedback
on draft 2009 PAAP Science Tasks to ensure that the final products are
of the highest quality.  The knowledge and experience you have had with
both the assessment and the types of students participating makes your
comments invaluable. The feedback participants provide allows us to make
informed decisions and raises the overall quality of the final Tasks. We
hope you will consider volunteering to participate in the Task Review
for Science.
 
Reviewers are asked to provide feedback on 2-4 Levels of Complexity for
2-4 Tasks through a short online questionnaire. Science only has two
Tasks per Level of Complexity, so completing the questionnaire should
not take more than an hour of your time. The review period for the
Science Tasks is expected to begin in mid-June and last through early
August. All of the final Tasks resulting from your work will be posted
and available to teachers at the start of the 08-09 school year.
 
If you think you can volunteer some time to assist us in this critical
development phase over the summer, please sign up by going online to 
http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/paap/updates/index.htm, complete
the linked form, and fax it to me, Stephanie Arroyo, at 1-866-283-2197.
Remember to include your home or other appropriate summertime mailing
address.
 
Measured Progress and the Maine Department of Education truly appreciate
your commitment! There is no one like a Maine Educator!
 
Thank you,
Stephanie Arroyo
Measured Progress
 
 

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