Handouts are posted as submitted.

1. Overview of Current Accountability System
   • Dr. Shirley J. Neeley, Commissioner of Education
   • Dr. Criss Cloudt, Associate Commissioner for Accountability and Data Quality, Texas Education Agency - (138KB / PDF)
   • Additional Handouts from Criss Cloudt:
   • 2006 Accountability Manual - (15.1MB / PDF)
   • 2006 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Guide - (3.7MB / PDF)
   • 2004-2005 Pocket Guide - (150KB / PDF)
   • 2004-2005 State AEIS Report - (51KB / PDF)
   
   
   
2. Value-added School District Accountability
   • Dr. William Sanders, Senior Manager, Value-Added Assessment and Research, University of North Carolina System, Senior Research Fellow
   
   
   
3. Accountability Standards
   • Don McAdams, President, Center for Reform of School Systems - (972KB / PDF)
   • Bill Hammond, Executive Director, Texas Association of Business
   • Dr. Mike Strozeski, Assistant Superintendent, Accountability and Student Services, Richardson ISD - (432KB / PDF)
   • Dr. David Splitek, Superintendent, Lackland ISD - (432KB / PDF)
   
   
   
4. Assessments
   • Dr. Mary Lyn Bourque, Director, Mid-Atlantic Psychometric Services, Inc. - (676KB / PDF)
   • John H. Stevens, Executive Director, Texas Business and Education Coalition - (404KB / PDF)
   • Additional handout from John H. Stevens - (76KB / PDF)
   • Dr. Chrys Dougherty, Director of Research, National Center for Educational Accountability - (31KB / PDF)
   • Additional handout from Chrys Dougherty - (434KB / PDF)
   
   
   
5. On-line Delivery
   • Lisa Chandler, Director of Student Assessment, Texas Education Agency - (124KB / PDF)
   • Additional handout: Online Planned Schedule (2007-2010) - (56KB / PDF)
   • Dr. Whitcomb G. Johnstone, Division Director of Planning, Evaluation and Research, Irving ISD - (12KB / PDF)
   • Sam Farsaii, Director, Instructional Technology, Irving ISD - (12KB / PDF)
   
   
   

Public Testimony

• Written Testimony by Jennifer Canaday - (1.0MB / PDF)
• Written Testimony by Eric Hartman - (1.2MB / PDF)
• Written Testimony by Melissa Karp - (40KB / PDF)
• Written Testimony by Robert Kimball - (1.7MB / PDF)
• Written Testimony by Dick Lavine - (652KB / PDF)
• Written Testimony by Andrea Webster - (44KB / PDF)

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