[MaineLiteracy] Paid Virtual Panelist Opportunity - Apply by Tuesday, June 30, 2023

[Saucier, Danielle M]

Paid Virtual Panelist Opportunity for Maine Educators

The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is currently recruiting elementary and secondary educators in grades 3-8 and high school to participate in an upcoming educator committee opportunity for the State general assessment in Reading and Math, the Maine Through Year Assessment<https://www.maine.gov/doe/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/NWEA>.  Maine educators and the DOE play a crucial role in the development of this assessment. Assessment development is an iterative process in which educator committees meet annually to review and improve elements of the Maine Through Year Assessment. 

While no prior experience is required, panelists should be experts teaching the students who participate in the Maine Through Year Assessment and, also have a thorough understanding of the Common Core State Standards in their subject area(s) of expertise: Reading and Math.

Panelists will support the Embedded Standard Setting (ESS) and Alignment Study for Maine’s Reading and/or Math Assessments. Panelists will review the Common Core State Standards and provide ratings regarding the alignment of the Maine Through Year Assessment forms, items, and achievement level descriptors (ALDs) for each grade, 3 through 8 and grade 10. The educator panels will be grade and content-area specific for a total of 14 panels. Given the adaptive structure of the assessments in grades 3 through 8, panelists will review three test forms for each content area in each of these grades. One form will represent the items that a student earning a lower score would have experienced, one form the items that a student scoring in the mid-range of the score scale could have experienced, and one form the items that a student earning a higher score would have experienced. For grade 10, which is not yet adaptive, panelists will review a fixed form.

ESS analyses will be performed to identify achievement level cut scores that optimize the consistency between alignment study panelists’ item-ALD alignments and empirical data.

Current needs include:
Subject
Date/Time*
Location
# of Educators
Stipend
Reading
July 18-20, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Virtual
5 educators per grade-level panel
$300 ($100 per day)
Math
July 25-27, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Virtual
5 educators per grade-level panel
$300 ($100 per day)
*Participants must be able to attend all three days.

Please consider applying and sharing this upcoming opportunity with colleagues. The expertise and contributions of Maine educators are a critical element of the continued development cycle for the Maine Educational Assessments.  

Interested? Complete the panelist registration survey<https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7358975/2023-Maine-Through-Year-Assessment-Standard-Setting-and-Alignment-Study> by Tuesday, June 20, 2023. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Krista Averill, Assessment Coordinator, at krista.averill at maine.gov<mailto:krista.averill at maine.gov> or (207) 215-6528.
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Danielle M. Saucier, M.Ed. Literacy Specialist
Inclusive Education Literacy Specialist & Dyslexia Coordinator
Office of Special Services & Inclusive Education
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
Email: danielle.m.saucier at maine.gov<mailto:danielle.m.saucier at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-441-1383
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