RDRSSP March 2024 Meeting Minutes

Final Minutes of Meeting: March 15, 2024
Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Selection Panel

An advisory body to the California State Board of Education

(Panel approved on April 19, 2024)

Report of Action
Friday, March 15, 2024

Panelists Present:

• Young-Suk Kim, Chair
• Yesenia Guerrero, Vice Chair
• Dominic Grasso
• Carlin Graveline
• Martha Martinez
• Jessica Niessen
• Gisela O’Brien
• Timothy Odegard
• Tamara Wilson

Please note that the complete proceedings of the March 15, 2024, Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Selection Panel (Panel or RDRSSP) meeting, including closed-captioning, are available on the RDRSSP web page.

Agenda

California Department of Education (CDE)
1430 N Street, Room 1101
Sacramento, CA 95814

1. Call to Order
   Chair Kim called the meeting to order at approximately 8:59 a.m.
   
   
2. Salute to the Flag
   Panel Member Grasso led the salute to the flag.
   
   
3. Communications
   
   
4. Announcements
   
   
5. Special Presentations.
   • Public notice is hereby given that special presentations for informational purposes may take place during this session.
     
     
6. Agenda Items
   
   
7. Adjournment

Agenda Items

Item 01

Subject: Opening Remarks of Chair and Vice-Chair
Type of Action: Information
Chair Kim gave opening remarks.
Action: No action was taken.

Item 02

Subject: Approval of Meeting Minutes
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: The CDE recommends that the Panel approve the minutes of the February 16, 2024, RDRSSP meeting.
Action: Vice Chair Guerrero moved to approve the CDE staff recommendation.
Panel Member Martinez seconded the motion.
Yes votes: Panelists Grasso, Graveline, Guerrero, Kim, O’Brien, Odegard, Niessen, Martinez, and Wilson
No votes: None
Members Absent: None
Abstentions: None
Recusals: None
The motion passed with nine votes.

Item 03

Subject: Review of the Statute and Panel Process
Type of Action: Information
State Board of Education staff gave a presentation that provided the Panel an opportunity to learn the statute that governs the Panel and their processes.
Action: No action was taken.

Item 04

Subject: Proposed Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria
Chair Kim gave a presentation on the proposed Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria. WestEd staff facilitated a Panel discussion on the item.
Type of Action: Action, Information
Action: No Action Taken.

Item 05

Subject: Discussion of the Draft Scoring Rubric
WestEd staff gave a presentation and led two study sessions on the draft Scoring Rubric.
Type of Action: Information
Action: No Action Taken.

Item 06

Subject: Consider Revisions to the Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Panel approve the RDRSSP Proposed Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria to meet requirements of California Education Code Section 53008, subdivisions (b) and (g), and inform an evaluation rubric for consideration by the Panel.
Action: Panel Member Wilson moved to direct staff to make the proposed changes in slides 3−13 of the presentation to the RDRSSP Proposed Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria and to bring it back to the Panel for approval at the April 19, 2024, RDRSSP meeting.
Vice Chair Guerrero seconded the motion.
Yes votes: Panelists Grasso, Graveline, Guerrero, Kim, O’Brien, Odegard, Niessen, Martinez, and Wilson
No votes: None
Members Absent: None
Abstentions: None
Recusals: None
The motion passed with nine votes.

Item 07

Subject: General Public Comment.
Public Comment is invited on any matter not included on the printed agenda. Public comment will be limited to one minute.
Type of Action: Information

Adjournment of Meeting
Chair Kim adjourned the meeting at approximately 4:58 p.m.