Links of interest:
New York Times article about Character report cards: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/what-if-the-secret-to-success-is-failure.html
NAIS monograph, Value Add Measurements of Learning: http://www.nais.org/sustainable/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151607
Contact for the PISA Based testing for Schools pilot in Canada: For any questions, please email pisabasedtestforschools@oecd.org or Charles Cirtwill at charlescirtwill@aims.ca
21k12 
October 15, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Nice! Extremely comprehensive; kind of the Executive Summary so many of us need. Hope the audience enjoyed it and that you enjoyed the experience. Thanks!