Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is looking for parent and community volunteers to serve on the school system’s District Committee on Assessment.
State law requires each local school system to create a district committee on assessment every two years to review and evaluate the district’s assessment plan, as well as make recommendations to the Board of Education. This will be the fourth time since 2018 that CCPS is forming an assessment committee.
CCPS parents and community members interested in volunteering should complete the interest form below. Deadline to complete the form is 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 29.
All committee meetings will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the CCPS administrative offices located at the Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building at 5980 Radio Station Road in La Plata. Meeting dates are Dec. 12; Jan. 16; Feb. 13, March 13; and April 10. Staff from the CCPS offices of accountability and teaching and learning will oversee the committee.
Below are topics for each meeting:
Meeting 1: Review of Section 7-203 of the Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, previous recommendations, College and Career Readiness (CCR), Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) and CCPS common assessments.
Meeting 2: Testing minutes, Stiggins rubrics to review assessments, level meetings and review of current assessments.
Meetings 3 and 4: Individual work groups to evaluate the assessments using rubrics and create recommendations.
Meeting 5: Finalize recommendations.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 28,162 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).