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=November 2011 Meeting Notes=

The following items were discussed:

> Wendy Grey shared information about the 2011 Speak Up Survey. The survey opened 10/10/11 and will close on 12/23/11. Directions for participation are included in the slides (see link above). > Wendy Grey shared information about monitoring that is taking place for Title IID Grants. See slides for more details (see link above). > Christina Clayton reminded us of the many resources already available to school systems via [|www.georgiavirtuallearning.org]. In addition she shared that all newly developed materials will be an Open Educational Resource (OER). The development cycle is about 18 months so look for some new resources coming soon. > The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Assessment is the national assessment being developed to assess Common Core Standards. This is a completely online assessment scheduled to go live in 2014-2015. Chris Shealy is serving on the federal task force determining how this might come to be. He shared some of the logistical issues that are taking place and will continue to update us regularly on progress. Right now there aren’t many details available as the team works to release an RFP. See [|www.parcconline.org] for more information about PARCC.
 * 2011 Speak Up Survey
 * [|Nov IT Committee GaDOE Updates.pptx]
 * Georgia Virtual School Moves to OER
 * PARCC Update