MINUTES

Thirty-First Annual Meeting

The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation

CCSSO Headquarters - Washington, DC

September 22-24, 2005

Attendees: Joint Committee members

Edith Beatty (ASCD)

Carrie Billy (AIHEC)

Rolf Blank (CCSSO)

Jeffery Braden (APA)

Flora Caruthers (NLPES)

James Cullen (CES)

Paula Egelson (CREATE)

Segun Eubanks (NEA) (attended Friday)

Arlen Gullickson, Chair (at large)

Elmima Johnson (AEA)

Patty McDivitt (ACA)

Lyn Shulha (CSSE)

Donald Yarbrough (NCME)

Guest

Barbara Howard (Task force chair, revising The Personnel Evaluation Standards)

Joint Committee staff

Sally Veeder

The meeting was opened by Arlen Gullickson (chair) at 1:22 p.m. on Thursday, September 22. Sally Veeder served as secretary. The meeting continued through Friday, September 23, and Saturday, September 24.

The 2004 minutes were read and approved. The main motions are listed below:

Status of Motions From 2005 Meeting Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation
Item	Action	Motion/Action
1	No further action required	Approve the agenda (Beatty: passed)
2	No further action required	Approve the 2004 meeting minutes (Cullen: passed)
3	No further action required	Invite the American Indian Higher Education Consortium to become a sponsoring organization (Yarbrough: passed)
4	Diversity Committee work accordingly and come back to the JCSEE with a working framework on diversity	Adjust the diversity statement as a working statement for the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, attempt to revise the fourth item of the diversity statement to put on the Web site for JCSEE members and others to respond to, and come back to the JCSEE to vote on the working framework (Yarbrough: passed)
5	No further action required	Nominate Elmima Johnson for a two-year term on the Executive Committee (Caruthers: passed by acclimation)
6	No further action required	Nominate Donald Yarbrough for a three-year term as vice chair (McDivitt: passed by acclimation)
7	No further action required	Nominate Arlen Gullickson for another three-year term as chair (Yarbrough: passed by acclimation)
8	No further action required	Continue contract with The Evaluation Center for the next three years for service as outlined in previous agreements (Yarbrough: passed)
9	No further action required	Accept the Task Force report on revising The Program Evaluation Standards and encourage task force to go ahead with plans for 2005-06 (Cullen: passed)
10	JCSEE staff to make changes	Move that Section 4.2.2.7 of the Operating Procedures be revised to add “associates” to the list of individuals who might receive 1-year appointments, change “Staff Director” to Committee Chair, and remove “As funds permit.” [The Joint Committee Chair will have the authority to offer 1-year appointments to Visiting Scholars, Fellows, Interns, and Associates. Appointments may be renewed for an additional year. . . .] (Shulha: passed)

The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24.