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Educator assessment system

Purpose

The Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) is convening a workgroup to review state policy regarding the educator assessment system.

On April 24, 2019, Governor Inslee signed HB 1621, a bill to help admit more candidates into the teaching profession by removing the requirement of meeting a specific score on the WEST-B (WA Educator Skills Test – Basic) exam. As a result of this significant policy change, the educator assessment system workgroup will examine current educator assessment requirements, particularly the passing requirement for edTPA, and the case-by-case exception process for Washington content knowledge assessments.

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Meeting information and materials

Meeting Date Materials
1 November 21, 2019 Materials (folder)
2 December 12, 2019 Materials (folder)
3 January 31, 2020 Materials (folder)
4 February 20, 2020 Materials (folder)
5 March 26, 2020 Materials (folder)
6 May 4, 2020 Materials (folder)
7 May 6, 2020 Materials (folder)

Workgroup outcome

This workgroup will create recommendations for a coherent assessment system that ensures a properly credentialed and diverse teaching workforce. These recommendations will be presented at a future board meeting.

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Staff Contact:

Jisu Ryu
Jisu.Ryu@k12.wa.us

Leiani Sherwin
Leiani.Sherwin@k12.wa.us

Work Group Members:

Adam Aguilera
PESB Board Member

Julia Aguirre
WACTE

Leanna Aker
City University

Brandy Alley
WWU

Ailene M. Baxter, Ed.D.
Puyallup School District

Teddi Beam-Conroy
UW

Mel Boyd
Bethel School District

Candis Eckert
Pierce College

Mike Esping
ESD 112

Jason Greenberg Motamedi
REL Northwest

Daniel Harada
WEA

Tara Haskins
EWU

Kurt Hatch
AWSP

Grace Inae Blum
CWU

Jan-Olov Johansson
WACTE

Maren Johnson
PESB

Keith Lambert
Whitworth University

Mary Jo Larsen
PLU

Melissa Matczak
YVCC

Jim Meadows
WEA

Megan Moore
PESB Staff

Taylor Nakamura
WEA

Rana Nakkour
WEA

Mark Oursland
CWU

Victorya Rouse
Spokane Schools

Neria Sebastien
WACTE

Patrick Sexton
UW

Sobia Sheikh
WEA

Sharon Straub
Gonzaga

Kari Terjeson
Heritage University

Luke Thomas
PESB Board Member

Kim Van Atta
Seattle Public Schools

Jan Weiss
WACTE

Sun Young Yoon
REL Northwest

Tim York
OSPI

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