Challenges and Considerations in Measuring the Growth of Students With Disabilities

TQ Center Webcast
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

Summary

The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center), in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), hosted this second webinar in a series designed to address challenges in measuring the growth of students with disabilities for use in educator evaluation. This webinar highlighted important challenges and considerations that states should contemplate when using or designing various state and district approaches to measuring the growth of students with disabilities for the purpose of teacher evaluation. Presenters included:

  • Melody Musgrove, Office of Special Education Programs
  • Lynn Holdheide, National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality
  • Heather Buzick, ETS
  • Marcella Franczkowski, Maryland State Department of Education
  • Jean Satterfield, Maryland State Department of Education