RDRSSP April 2024 Meeting Minutes

Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Selection Panel

Final Minutes of Meeting: April 19, 2024
(Panel approved on June 6, 2024)

Report of Action
Friday, April 19, 2024

Panelists Present:

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

Panelists Participating Remotely:

• Timothy Odegard

Please note that the complete proceedings of the April 19, 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 9:01 a.m.
   
   
2. Salute to the Flag
   Panelist Graveline 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 and Vice-Chair Guerrero did not provide opening remarks.
Action: No action was taken.

Item 02:

Subject: Approve March Meeting Minutes
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: The CDE recommends that the Panel approve the minutes of the March 15, 2024, RDRSSP meeting.
Action: Vice-Chair Guerrero moved to approve the CDE staff recommendation.
Panelist Wilson 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 (SBE) 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: Approve and Recommend the Review Process to the SBE
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: The CDE recommends that the Panel approve and recommend the review process to the SBE as presented.
Action: Panelist Niessen moved to approve the CDE staff recommendation.
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 05:

Subject: Approve and Recommend the Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria to the SBE
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Panel approve and recommend the Review Elements and Evaluation Criteria to the SBE, with the following changes, as specified:

• Page 3, clarify what is meant by “exceptionality status” using parenthetical examples
  
  
• Pages 2 and 3, clearly describe what is meant by “language background”
  
  
• Page 4, replace the reference to “decoded” to “interpreted”,
  
  
• Page 2, replace reference to “linguistic” on to “language”
  
  
• Page 2, remove reference to “identity”
  
  
• Simplify document by removing duplicative references to subgroups within “Psychometrics” section
  
  
• Page 2, correct alphanumeric error

Action: Panelist Niessen moved to approve the CDE staff recommendation.
Panelist Grasso 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 06:

Subject: Draft Scoring Rubric
Type of Action: Action, Information
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Panel approve and recommend the draft Scoring Rubric to the SBE, with the following changes, as specified:

• Incorporate changes from Item 05 to the Rubric
  
  
• Reconcile numbering of Rubric and Evaluation Criteria
  
  
• Add the name of each review element as a header to the corresponding section of the Rubric
  
  
• Make formatting changes, as specified, to provide emphasis
  
  
• Hyperlink student demographics to subgroups in criterion 5

Make wording changes, as specified, for criteria 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4a.1, 4d.1, 5.1, and 5.2.

Action: Panelist Wilson moved to approve the CDE staff recommendation.
Panelist Graveline 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: Discussion of the Implementation of the Scoring Rubric
WestEd staff gave a presentation and led a study session on the implementation of the Scoring Rubric.
Type of Action: Information
Action: No action was taken.

Item 08:

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 4:46 p.m.