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MEPA
(Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment)

Qualified MELA-O Trainer (QMT) Training Manual - Fall 2010

Summary of Changes since Summer 2008 version

PageChanges
Cover and other relevant pages
  • Selected references to "retraining," "requalifying," and "previously qualified" deleted, in reference to QMTs and QMAs who were qualified prior to 2007.
  • Footer changed from "Massachusetts Department of Education" to "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education"
  • Document version listed on cover and in footer changed from "Summer 2008" to "Fall 2010"
  • Department address changed from 350 Main Street" to "75 Pleasant Street;" Zip code changed from "02148-5023"
ForewordReference deleted to the "Commissioner's memo of April 2, 2007" referring to the need to retrain and requalify all previously-qualified QMTs and QMAs
TOCMinor revisions to reflect removal of Appendix D
1Section rewritten in past tense on "Retraining of QMTs and QMAs Who Qualified Before Spring 2007"
2
  • MEPA performance levels changed from "four" to "five," and from "Beginning" etc. to "Levels 1-5"
  • MEPA Components changed to include mention of computer-based MEPA tests.
3MELA-O Administration and Scoring changed to add: "A QMT or QMA may be the classroom teacher of the LEP student being assessed, though this is not a requirement."
13 Bullets 1-4 changed to replace "2007 QMT Training Manual" with "revised QMT Training Manual"
16
  • "Retraining" deleted from the title
  • Deleted from b): "(or to retrain and requalify existing QMTs/QMAs)"
  • Deleted from Agenda, bullet 2: Retraining"
18 (bottom) and 20 (top)The 2008 version was amended from 2007 to allow QMTs to play each student video sample twice during the qualifying test, rather than once.
20The 2008 version was amended from 2007 to allow:
  • QMTs to receive a score of either 35 correct out of 50 possible, with no more than 2 discrepant scores; or 31-34 correct scores with no more than 1 discrepant score; AND
  • QMAs to receive a score of either 30 correct (out of 50 possible), with no more than 2 discrepant scores; or 26-29 correct scores, with no more than 1 discrepant score.
  • Added: explanation of a "discrepant score"
Appendix D Deleted: Commissioner Driscoll's memo of April 2, 2007, explaining the Department's plan to retrain and requalify all MELA-O Trainers (QMTs) and Administrators (QMAs) by January 31, 2010


last updated: July 3, 2010
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