Welcome to the

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Welcome to the CCSSO-SCASS Healt
h Education Assessment Project (HEAP)
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Council of Chief State School Officers
State Collaborative on Assessment and Student
Standards
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The SCASS Health Education Assessment Project was
started in 1993 to identify and develop
assessment measures in the area of health
education. We have been hard at work for 10
years!!
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HEAP Member States
Philadelphia
Dept. of Defense Education System
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Nancy Hudson HEAP Coordinator
Kathleen Middleton President, ToucanEd
Todd Neilsen Senior Test
Development Associate
Sue Shaw Project Officer- DASH
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Financial support for this project is provided
through participation fees from member states and
the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Division of Adolescent School
Health (DASH).
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HEAP Mission To develop effective health
education assessment resources through a
collaborative process, and to increase members
capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and
assessment to improve student health literacy
through improved health education instruction.
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Why Is Health Education Assessment Important?
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State Collaborative on Assessment and Student
Standards (SCASS) Health Education Assessment
Project (HEAP)
CCSSO
CDC DASH
Steering Committee (SC)
State Representative Teams (SRT)
Professional Development Committee
Performance Assessment Committee
Technology Committee
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Steering Committee
Purpose The purpose of the Steering Committee
(SC) is to provide leadership and advice to the
project staff, sub-contractors, and CDC Project
Officer (core team) on the issues and concerns of
the State Representative Team (SRT) members in
planning, developing, and using relevant health
education assessment materials.
Tami Benham Deal University of Wyoming
Kathleen Courtney Arkansas Dept. of Education
Darrel Lang Kansas Dept. of Education
Jennifer Rousseve California Dept. of Education
Lynda Van Kleeck Vermont Dept. of Education
Pam Tollefsen Washington-Office Public Instr
Sharon Strom Wisconsin Dept. of Public Inst
Vacant
Chair Vice Chair
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SCASS-HEAP Steering Committee
State Assignments September 2003
Tami Benham Deal Wyoming Kathleen
Courtney Arkansas Alaska
Philadelphia
Colorado South Carolina
Darrell Lang Kansas Jennifer
Rousseve California New
Jersey Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland Sharon Strom Wisconsin
Pam Tollefsen Washington
Michigan Hawaii
South Dakota
North Carolina Nancy
Hudson CCSSO
Dept. of DEA
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SRT Collaborative Past A group of scouts
forging unexplored territory. Our scouts have
explored many areas and cleared many paths. We
owe our scouts respect. We need to listen to
their varying perspectives as they challenge us
all to move ahead.
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Today A group of pioneers working TOGETHER to
settle the land that moves health education to
new heights within the education reform movement.
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Qualities of our pioneers Have a sense of
adventure Are willing to take risks Know they
dont have all of the answers Rely on each
other Sometimes flounder Sometimes make
mistakes!
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Sometimes make the wrong turn but are willing
to evaluate and try another direction Keep on
trying Look ahead and see possibilities that
others dont Are visionaries Are fiercely
independent Are very special people!!!
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Collaborating TOGETHER to Meet the
Mission
Reflect and Review
React and Respond
Evaluate
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A HEAP of ACTION

• Philadelphia (9/11)
• Need for professional development
• Need anchors on assessments with same prompt
• Little Rock
• Practice scoring to determine anchors
• Example of sessions
• Evaluation Need professional developmental
  materials (paper and electronic)
• Charlotte
• Searchable Database
• CD upgrade
• Extra Special Stuff
• More professional development sessions
• Priorities, Priorities, Priorities

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• New Orleans Mega SCASS
• Aligning with NCLB
• Brain Trust Safe and Drug Free Schools
• Connecting with Universities
• Connecting with other states
• Connecting with other SCASS projects
• Professional Development and Beyond
• Web-based learning
• Professional Development CD
• Extra Special CD
• Beta Version of Database Item Bank CD
• CCSSO-SCASS-HEAP Timeline Posters

Benham Deal, Tami
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Phase I - Building a Foundation for Developing
an Assessment System.
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Phase I II Item Development
Health Education Standard 1
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Phase I II
NHES 2-7
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Phase III Supporting Implementation in
Member States
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Think
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CCSSO
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SCASS
HEAP
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Health Literacy
Alignment
Coordinated School Health
Literature
Physical Education
Character Education
Rubrics
Assessment
___________ _________
Knowledge
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Curriculum Instruction
Skills
Reading
In-Service
Pre-Service
Standards
No Child Left Behind
Health Outcomes
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Next Five Years
HEAPs Energizing Forces

• Vision/Innovation
• Networking/Communication
• Learning Environment
• Quality Products and Services
• Strategic Partnerships

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HEAPs Next 2 ½ Days Day 1 Business Meeting
Subcontractors Reports
CDC Report

State of the State of HEAP
Collaborative SRT
opportunity for in-put regarding Strategic Plan
for next five years
State
Sharing Whats working out there Day 2 3
Professional Development Tuesday Breakout
Sessions Wednesday State Sharing/Networking
Finish by 1200 p.m. on Wednesday!!
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Contact Information Nancy Hudson
nancyh_at_ccsso.org CCSSO
202-336-7008
Tami Benham Deal
benham_at_uwyo.edu
University of Wyoming 307-766-4284
Kathleen Courtney
kcourtney_at_arkedu.k12.ar.us Arkansas Dept. of
Education 501-683-3600
http//www.ccsso.org/scass