Georgia Department of Education

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Georgia Department of Education

• Testing Division Update

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Department Goal

• Produce well-designed, aligned tests with timely
  dissemination of data

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Division Goals

• 1. Improve our ability to measure changes in
  student academic achievement

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• 2. Make the unbearable lightness of
  education more bearable.
• Stake R. E., GERA Keynote Address, November
  2002

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Steps We Are Taking

• Reorganize division to provide greater access to
  staff
• Increase access to test scores, and to item
  response analyses
• Form a practitioner advisory committee of system
  test coordinators, school and central office
  staff, and RESA personnel

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• Provide student identification labels at state
  expense for all tests except fall GKAP-R, to
  reduce data matching problems
• Update EOCT to allow for tests to be administered
  over one day or two, to allow calculator use to
  parallel GHSGT rules, expanding the
  administration window, and providing a local
  scoring option
• Make all Test Updates and other communications
  publicly available on the web at
  www.doe.k12.ga.us

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Produce well-designed, aligned tests

• Research and Development
• Marian Dabney [phone]
• Coordinates RD functions
• Responsible for GHSGT and writing test
  psychometric development

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Produce well-designed, aligned tests

• Research and Development Chris Domaleski
  [phone]
• Responsible for CRCT psychometric development

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Produce well-designed, aligned tests

• Research and Development Lloyd Komatsu
  [phone]
• Responsible for on-line delivery systems and EOCT
  psychometric development

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with timely dissemination of data.

• Data utilization Amanda Ferster [phone]
• Coordinates utilization activities
• Responsible for most statistical analysis and
  reporting

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with timely dissemination of data.

• Data utilization Millard Clark [phone]
• Responsible for materials logistics, and data
  analysis and reporting

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• Test administration - Dale Joiner
  [phone]
• Coordinates administration functions
• Administers GHSGT, PSAT, and AP

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• Test administration - James Demery
  [phone]
• Administers CRCT

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• Test administration - Phyllis Blackmon
  [phone]
• Administers EOCT

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• Test administration - Linda Calhoun
  [phone]
• Administers GKAP-R and all writing tests

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• Test administration - Deborah Houston
  [phone]
• Administers NRT, GAA, and LEP test
• Coordinates with Exceptional Students and ESOL

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• Test administration - Jeff Barker
  [phone]
• Administers NAEP

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• Interim Director
• Mike Harmon [phone]

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• Administrative Assistant
• Phyllis Miller [phone]

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• Mike Harmon
• [phone]
• mharmon_at_doe.k12.ga.us