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Register- Conference Nov 17-19
(301) 401-8344

Reshaping Education for Tomorrow

Mission Statement

  • To improve the knowledge base and practices of educational assessment within the state of Maryland;
  • To promote the best practices of school improvement as it relates to research, evaluation, and assessment;
  • To promote and endorse the design of reliable and valid instruments to be used by Maryland educators as they strive to improve learning for all Maryland public school students; and
  • To support and promote staff development activities, educational best practices, and policies dealing directly or indirectly with educational measurement.

About Us

The History of Our Organization
In October 1985, a group of local accountability coordinators, the assessment staff from the Maryland State Department of Education, and department heads from the University of Maryland, College Park, met in Ocean City, Maryland. The purpose of that meeting was to explore the possibility of creating a group to discuss issues facing Maryland's accountability program. Hurricane Gloria couldn't put a stop to this meeting, and over cocktails and spirited discussions, the Maryland Assessment Group (MAG) of Sykesville, Maryland, was formed.
In October 1986, the first annual MAG conference was held. That meeting began on Thursday afternoon and ended promptly at noon on Friday. In the beginning, only assessment staff members were invited to attend the MAG conference. The varieties of topics covered were technical and test-specific in nature.
The conference continued to thrive in the next few years, shifting from Ocean City to Wisp Ski Resort in Western Maryland and Solomon's Island. In October 1990, budget cuts and revisions to the state testing schedule almost derailed MAG, as most districts decided not to send representatives to the annual conference in Western Maryland. Approximately 80 people attended our teacher's conference.
A decision about the conference was made to revisit the schedule and allow it to continue without interrupting testing schedules while making it more affordable for districts to send representatives.
To accomplish this, the conference date was changed to November, and Ocean City became the permanent home of the MAG conference. In addition, the session was open to teachers and curriculum leaders throughout the state of Maryland. The following year and each year thereafter saw attendance grow, from 80 people attending in 1990 to more than 200 the following year.
Since that time, MAG has continued to average around 550 members annually. The conference continues to provide timely and meaningful information and allows members and vendors to engage in lively and informative discussions.
Contact Info.:
Phone: (301) 401-8344Email: mdassessmentgroup@yahoo.com
Service Areas:
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, DC
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