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Organized with CTU, IL Families for Public Schools, Raise Your Hand, Learning Disability Association, Paul Zavitkovsky from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Urban School Leadership program -
ISBE decides to POSTPONE vote on Request for Sealed Proposals for a vendor for a statewide interim system. They state that they are "seeking more community input" before moving forward with changing assessments.
UPID began meeting with AFT to discuss state and federal strategy;
held a member and community webinar (125+ attendees statewide) -
Drafting of legislator letter to ISBE expressing concern over proposed assessment plan;
Introduction to Scott Marion of the Center for Assessment;
IFT members (CTU, Local 943, Peoria) become trainers of AFT Reclaiming Assessment Course -
IFT P20 Ed Policy Committee works to identify speakers at state board meetings;
IFT members of ISBE State Assessment Review Committee attempt to authentically involve SARC but blocked by ISBE at meeting -
ISBE states that they are moving forward with original proposal; engagement/organizing with SARC;
UPID meets with AFT Ed Issues for national support -
Engagement with SARC through one-on-one meetings;
planning for assessment convening begins with IFT members (Local 4131, Local 943, CTU) and AFT, IFPS, Paul, Scott Marion;
coalition begins drafting video scripts;
IFT Executive Board passes IFT assessment resolution submitted by P20 Education Policy Committee -
Subject matter hearing Education Committee of General Assembly; IFT’s trainers of AFT Reclaiming Assessment begin planning for spring to hold free, virtual workshops for members on assessment: IFT staff present with AFT VP Jolene DiBrangi on an assessment action agenda to the AFT Teachers Program and Policy Council -
IFT cautions members on email re: ISBE survey;
Letter from 37 legislators to ISBE on concerns with ISBE interim plan;
Teach Not Test website goes live;
Assessment convening planning continues;
IFT staff, President Dan Montgomery and VPs Rachel Esposito and Elaine Barlos meet with Center for Assessment and ISBE to express concerns with interim testing plan -
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Assessment Convening with assessment experts, educators, students on impacts of standardized testing and possibilities for more humane, effective assessments;
IFT members and staff participate in ISBE focus groups on assessment proposal -
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Engagement of members/legislators on Too Young to Test;
IFT virtual workshops on assessment for members;
Work begins to draft resolution on Assessment for AFT convention (with RIFTH, OFT, Linn, Mass Teachers Union Local 1037, AFT Colorado/Douglas County Federation of Teachers; Florida Education Association) -
IFT virtual workshop on assessment for members;
IFT staff work to promote AFT Summer Educator Reclaiming Assessment course, to continue to build IFT trainer cadre -
Too Young to Test bill passes into law -
Coalition partner letter to ISBE advocating for Center for Assessment recommendations
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AFT joint resolution on assessment passed at Convention;
meetings with LEND/SCOPE, LUDA to advocate for improvement to current summative test, IL Assessment of Readiness (IAR):
-better reportage
-shorten time
-consider computer adaptive design
