The Maryland Assessment Group's Board of Directors thanks you for your participation in the 2008 Maryland Assessment Group Annual Conference.

Here are some of the presentations that were made during the conference:

• Educational Testing Service - Maryland's Alternate Assessments based on Grade-Level Content Standards & Modified Academic Achievement Standards
• Gary Brager, Research Office, Baltimore County Public Schools - SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Case of an Improving School
• Tara D. Beaner, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services, Maryland State Department of Education (PowerPoint presentation)
• Tara D. Beaner, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services, Maryland State Department of Education (.pdf Handout)
• Tara D. Beaner, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services, Maryland State Department of Education (.pdf Handout)
• Anne Arundle County Public Schools - "Are you Smarter Than The MSA?" (PowerPoint presentation)
• Anne Arundle County Public Schools - MSA Parent Nights (PowerPoint presentation)
• Anne Arundle County Public Schools - Quest for Success (PowerPoint presentation)
• Patterson Park Public Charter School - Hitting a Homerun with Attendance (PowerPoint presentation)

Once again thank you for your continued support.

Julian Katz
Executive Director, MAG