The matched them to state content standards. Copies of the draft were distributed to the consortium members. Ellen pointed out that there were many holes in the content when compared to the state standards. Ellen asked for feedback on the current document. She asked that it not be distributed at this time.
Feedback can be on the content of the samples, the structure of the document etc.
Cathy Jaffe has a group working on this type of project over the summer. If people send comments to Ellen, she will make sure the Cathy gets them for the writing project. Paul mentioned that this phase of the project does presents a model that does not have any requirements like the IEP forms or Census data. He suggested that we might develop a review process for development of this part of the project. Jerry suggested that one thing we would want to look at measurement.