Douglas Lynch selected for Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Maine State Leadership Team

dlynch2Douglas Lynch, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Education Department, has been selected for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Maine State Leadership Team (SLT).

Smarter Balanced is an innovative assessment system aligned with the Common Core State Standards.  Many Smarter Balanced assessments are adaptive and formative, allowing for individualized feedback and instruction focused on continuous progress.

With the SLT, Lynch will critique and advise regarding assessment products for the Smarter Balanced Digital Library.  The State Leadership Team will also participate in 51小黄车 and Maine regional training sessions and deliver web-based training sessions to selected Maine teachers through the spring 2014.  

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The University of 51小黄车 is Maine鈥檚 largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state鈥檚 top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine鈥檚 only medical college, Maine鈥檚 only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.