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State assessment audit prompts questions about Madison’s common-assessment model and staff burden

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Committee members reviewed a state-mandated assessment audit (cited as "02/1993") requiring districts to catalog assessments; Madison reported a locally developed, common-assessment structure and staff raised concerns about one-size-fits-all interpretation and staff time to compile the audit.

District staff briefed the committee on a state-directed audit of district assessments described in presentation slides as required by "02/1993," which the presenters said directs the state Department of Education to collect comprehensive information about assessments used in public school districts.

Kale, assistant superintendent, said the audit asks districts to list every assessment by grade and content area and to indicate how teachers use assessments (universal screening, formative/interim, summative, diagnostics, progress monitoring). Staff told the…

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