The South Dakota Department of Education’s Office of Assessment will hold four meetings for the general education and alternate science assessments in grades 5, 8, and 11 this summer. Participants should have a science and/or special populations background.

These meetings will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams and will generally last all day, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. Cameras and reliable internet are required. Participants will be paid an honorarium of $125 per day.

Please fill out this form to apply by April 21.

Schedule

• Science Alternate Assessment Content Advisory Committee Meeting: July 22
• Science Alternate Assessment Achievement Level Descriptor Meeting: July 25
• Science Alternate Assessment Standard Setting Meeting (set cut scores): July 26–27 (participants must attend both days)
• Science Standard Validation Meeting (validate cut scores): July 28–29 (participants must attend both days)
• Science Independent Alignment Study review: dates and times to be determined
  • An item alignment study for science and alternate science assessments will also be held sometime this summer. Details are still pending.