BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160310T193000Z DTEND:20160310T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Government Affairs Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:What does Every Child Succeed mean in North Dakota?:\n\nA new federal education law that dramatically changes North Dakota's approach to education will soon be developed over the next year. Under No Child Left Behind\, which had been in place since 2002\, the quality of a school district was only measured by graduation rates and standardized test results in English\, math and science. Schools that failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress test goals received penalties.\n\n\n\nNow\, states are free to make their own decisions on education and broaden the number of quality measurements without requiring verification from the U.S. Department of Education. It's an opportunity to open up a new way of looking at education\n\n\n\nSome changes are certain\, such as students spending less time an hour and a half less on the state assessment. States will also be given more flexibility to shift required high school tests to different grades.\n\n\n\nA student test task force through the DPI is considering moving some tests in 11th grade\, a test-heavy year\, to a different grade\, she said.\n\n\n\nKirsten Baesler stated\, the law does not reduce the number of tests students are given. State and federal laws state students must take the state assessment in English\, math and science once during grades nine through 12 and that juniors take the ACT college entrance exam.\n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n1:30 p.m. Introductions\n\n\n Bernie Dardis\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\n1:35 p.m. Education Policy Where are we going under the new Federal Law\n\n\n Kirsetn Baesler\, Superintendent of Public Instruction\n\n2:10 p.m. Open Discussion Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\n Bernie Dardis\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\n2:30 p.m. Adjourn\n\nNext meeting - April 14\, 2016 @ 1:30pm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nWhat does Every Child Succeed mean in North Dakota?:
\nA new federal education law that dramatically changes North Dakota'\;s approach to education will soon be developed over the next year. Under No Child Left Behind\, which had been in place since 2002\, the quality of a school district was only measured by graduation rates and standardized test results in English\, math and science. Schools that failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress test goals received penalties.
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\nNow\, states are free to make their own decisions on education and broaden the number of quality measurements without requiring verification from the U.S. Department of Education. It'\;s an opportunity to open up a new way of looking at education
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\nSome changes are certain\, such as students spending less time&mdash\;an hour and a half less&mdash\;on the state assessment. States will also be given more flexibility to shift required high school tests to different grades.
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\nA student test task force through the DPI is considering moving some tests in 11th grade\, a test-heavy year\, to a different grade\, she said.
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\nKirsten \;Baesler stated\, the law does not reduce the number of tests students are given. State and federal laws state students must take the state assessment in English\, math and science once during grades nine through 12 and that juniors take the ACT college entrance exam.
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\nAgenda:
\n1:30 p.m. &ndash\; Introductions\n\n\n1:35 p.m. &ndash\; Education Policy &ndash\; Where are we going under the new Federal Law\n\n\n2:10 p.m. &ndash\; Open Discussion &ndash\; Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\n2:30 p.m. &ndash\; Adjourn
\nNext meeting  \;- April 14\, 2016 @ 1:30pm LOCATION:GNDC Office 2000 Schafer Rd Bismarck\, ND 58502 -or- Go To Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/963263925 888.640.7162 or 626.521.0016 Access Code: 963.263.925 UID:e.2286.37 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260408T065428Z URL:http://business.ndchamber.com/events/details/government-affairs-committee-meeting-03-10-2016-37 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR