APPENDIX A COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Appendix A Committee Membership 1 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
MCAS Alternate Assessment Statewide Advisory Committee Updated November 2010 Advisory Committee Member MaryAnn Byrnes UMass Alice Donahue Nancy Dutton Cynthia Essex Perkins School for the Blind Liz Fleming Carrie Ingrassia ETL/Special Education Department Julia Landau MA Advocates for Children Donna Lehr Department of Special Education University Rob Orlando Center (and Pepin) Elementary School Suzanne Recane The Learning Center for Deaf Role(s) Higher Education Special Education Administrator Special Education Consultant President MA CEC High School English Language Arts Specialist Approved Private Special Education School Higher Education Special Education Administrator Advocacy Organization Higher Education Principal Interim Education Director Approved Private Special Education School Rich Robison Federation for Children with Special Needs Anita Woods Cape Cod Collaborative Laura Hines Approved Private Special Education School ~ College Campus School Brenda Lang Karen Orlando Parent Advocacy Organization Educational Collaborative Program Director MCAS-Alt Teacher Consultant MCAS-Alt Teacher Consultant MCAS-Alt Teacher Consultant Educational Consultant Appendix A Committee Membership 2 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Measured Progress Staff Advisory Committee Member Pat DeVito Rebecca Walk Susan Izard Jake Goldsmith Faith Kirk Role Director of Client Services Division Director (Special Education) Assistant Division Director (Special Education) MCAS-Alt Project Manager MCAS-Alt Program Assistant Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Staff Advisory Committee Member Marcia Mittnacht Special Education Policy and Planning Office Madeline Levine Special Education Policy and Planning Office Meg Nelson Special Education Policy and Planning Office Elizabeth Davis Student Assessment Services Dan Wiener Student Assessment Services Heather Vigorito Student Assessment Services Role State Director of Special Education Assistant Director of Special Education Education Specialist Acting Director of Student Assessment Services Administrator of Inclusive Assessment MCAS Accommodations Specialist MCAS Appeals Coordinator Appendix A Committee Membership 3 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
ADC and Bias Committees 2011 2012 English Language Arts Assessment Development Committee Members Name Grade 3 English Language Arts Lori Black Tricia Clifford Melissa Dearborn Karen Diaz Eric Dugan Phyllis Finstein Josselyn Prendergast Sarah Renaud Jessica Travaline Meghan Walsh Elizabeth Wojtusik Grade 4 English Language Arts Anne Axton-Jones Phyllis Feaster Jean Ferguson Joan Frank Brian Gentile Patricia Heldenbergh Mary Lou Massery Lisa Maucione Judy McLaughlin Cindy Olson Amy Traficante Maureen Wiklund Grade 5 English Language Arts Jean Bednarski Richard Bettano Joyce Biagini Kara Carlson Megan Farrell Timothy Harkins Joyce Koss-McGregor Mary Claire Manning Dolores Martinez Marsha Messer Melissa Newell Mary-Anne Ryan Grade 6 English Language Arts Jennifer DiSarcina AlysonFerney Holly Goodrich Jennifer McPartland School District Sherborn Lynnfield West Danvers Easton Renaissance Charter School Grafton Westford Northampton South Hadley Concord Hopkinton Southbridge Lynnfield Dartmouth Everett Easton Methuen Sandwich North Middlesex Regional Marshfield Nantucket Oak Bluffs Andover Auburn West Easthampton Lawrence Nauset Regional Attleboro East Bridgewater Appendix A Committee Membership 4 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Grade 6 English Language Arts (Continued) Nancy Melbourne Elizabeth Moro Alecia Pettengill Amy Reece Jean Silva Shannon Szymczyk Irene Thomas Heather Vowels Grade 7 English Language Arts Linda Callahan Elaine Hanson Astrid Lindstrom Lisa MacDonald-Devine Carol Mahedy Ann McConchie Connie Norwood Ivy Peritz-Smith Sarah Redman KathyAnn Voltoline Grade 8 English Language Arts Elizabeth Angell Linda Crockett Ben Francavilla Donna Goldstein Maria Griffith Suzanne McGlone Deborah Piragis Vidula Plante Mary Whitaker Grade 10 English Language Arts Susanne Bronstein Eamon Cunningham Abbey Dick Luis Fialho Sean Gormley Heather Griffin Kristin Hayes Frohock Peter Jacob-Dolan James Keefe Jason Peledge Andrea Watson Boxborough Dracut Holyoke Martha s Vineyard Canton Hatfield Pentucket Regional Lynnfield Brockton Holyoke Revere Dennis-Yarmouth Nauset Regional Granville Palmer Danvers Quincy Westfield Everett Attleboro Fall River Athol-Royalston Manchester-Essex Lunenburg Ashland Milford Millis Brockton Hopedale Dracut Bedford Lynn Framingham Nashoba Valley Appendix A Committee Membership 5 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Mathematics Assessment Development Committee Members Grade 3 Mathematics Mary Berle Lisa Davis Connie Henry Gretchen Henry Sarah Kent Michelle Massa Ruthann McHugh Judy Moore Elizabeth Pontius Jennifer Powers Susan Smith Steven Tringali Grade 4 Mathematics John Cardoza Katie Condon Rachel Correia Olivio Franty Lynne Griffin Julie Hilliard Lorie Kelly Elka Kuhlman Kathleen Puopolo Darlene Ratliff Jessica Redman Howard Tuttman Grade 5 Mathematics Anna Cotton Stacey DeSimone Sarah Dorer Rebecca Gutierrez Susan Hollister Laura Hubert Judith Johnson Lisa Mikus Maureen Perkoski Kelly Rogers Sherry Sajdak Shira Werb Grade 6 Mathematics Cynthia Bennett Adrienne Bowman Anne Brown Elizabeth D Ambrosia Julia Glennon Lore Mathurin Margaret McGinty Berkshire Hills Regional Harvard Everett Franklin Harvard Dennis-Yarmouth Northbridge Middleborough Whitman-Hanson Sherborn Danvers Lynnfield Newton Lynnfield Berkshire Hills Regional Everett Martha s Vineyard Public Charter School Hill View Montessori Bedford Greenfield Franklin Newton Attleboro Littleton Easton Lawrence Fall River Mansfield North Attleboro Holyoke Sudbury Grade 6 Mathematics (Continued) Appendix A Committee Membership 6 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Pamela Megan-Srybny Anne Natale Ralph Paine Sharon Stearns Grade 7 Mathematics Kathy Boland Susan Buchanan Kathleen Chlanda Pamela Hannigan Katherine Madden Wendy Mastronardi Janis McGrory Victoria Miles Julianna Pasetto Marilyn Pistorino Karen Roberts Stephanie Wooley Grade 8 Mathematics Brian Angell Erin Casey Jane Daly Linda Ferreira Patricia Kavanaugh Erika Masciadrelli Megan McCuiston Alexis Rosenblatt Frederica Scheeder Mary Shook Megan Stewart Elizabeth Thompson Grade 10 Mathematics Ann-Marie Belanger Clare Brady Michelle Bussiere Sharon DeCicco Kimberly Donovan Patricia Izzi Deatrice Johnson Alison Kellie Denise Sessler Paula Sweeney Patricia Tranter Metheun Reading Easton Nauset Regional Chicopee South Hadley Fall River West Revere Harwich Weymouth Westport Littleton Agawam Cohassset Quincy Marlborough Seekonk Attleboro Manchester-Essex Westfield Medway Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Berkshire Hills Regional Lawrence Greater New Bedford Regional Voc-Tech Sandwich South Hadley Ashburnham-Westminster Regional Agawam Attleboro Cambridge Harwich Lowell West Boylston Appendix A Committee Membership 7 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Science and Technology/Engineering Assessment Development Committee Members Grade 5 STE Joellen Beaudet Janice Berthiaume Mary Chmielecki Judith Hebert Karen McDeed Daniel Monahan Wai Chin Ng Shelly Pagnotta Alison Riordan Mary Taft Kathryn Turmel Grade 8 STE Hatim Abuselmi Patricia Adams Sheri Boyle David Hagberg Janet Hogan Joan Kadaras Patricia Locke Llama Maynard Stacey Militello Sean O Connor Jessica Sanchez Karen Schliefke High School Biology Diana Cost Kathleen Elich Richard Fardy Kara LaBrie Christyna Laubach William Long Mary Mitchell Carla Romney Shaina Squires Ronald St. Amand Karen Woods Melrose Milbury Mansfield Chicopee Walpole Cambridge Dedham Plymouth Hampden-Wilbraham Methuen Belchertown Lowell Seekonk Westborough Mansfield Chelmsford Manchester-Essex Pioneer Valley Charter School Shrewsbury Andover Swansea Framingham Weymouth King Philip Regional Wilmington Pembroke Lenox Worcester Lynn University Brockton Somerville Appendix A Committee Membership 8 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
High School Chemistry Richard Boucher Kerry Breinlinger Norman Clark Tony DiLuna Darlene Doucet Shawn Kenner Christine Lander Lisa Lundy Jennifer Morgan Peter Nassiff Diane Perito Julie Shea Linda Weber High School Physics Michael Adamiak Joseph Clement Cheryl Creeden Kenneth DiBiasio Gita Foster Cynthea Givens Kristin Newton Abraham Phelps Wayne Tanson Amy Winston High School Technology/Engineering Denise Barlow Martha Cyr Thomas Fischer Ramiro Gonzalez Mark Kobel Gary LeFave Paul Morrison Bruce Rawley Susan Sanford Nancy Schalch Stephen Van Voorhis King Philip Regional Tantasqua Regional Masconomet Regional Woburn Andover Sharon Lynn Freetown-Lakeville Brockton Burlington Malden Revere Natick South Middlesex Regional Beverly Quabbin Regional Tantasqua Regional Weston Andover Cambridge Uxbridge Newton Framingham Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hopedale Gardner Wakefield Clinton Millbury Worcester Beverly East Bridgewater Appendix A Committee Membership 9 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report
Bias and Sensitivity Review Committee Members Donna Adams Judy Callahan Elaine Cawley Weintraub Naila Jirmanus Steven Lester (ret.) Tiffany Luther Paula Martin Lyudmila Moiseyeva Jinnee Strus Melanie von Bitter New Bedford Martha s Vineyard Medford Marshfield Lawrence Sudbury Newton Fitchburg The Learning Center for Deaf Technical Advisory Committee Lynn Catarius, Ph.D., Director of Assessment & Accountability, Lawrence Public Schools Barbara Plake, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Former Director, Buros Center for Testing, Former President of NCME, Co-chair of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing Charles DePascale, Ph.D., Center for Assessment (NCIEA) Roger Trent, State Assessment Director Emeritus, Ohio Henry Braun, Ph.D., Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy, Lynch School of Education, College Appendix A Committee Membership 10 2012 MCAS and MCAS-Alt Technical Report