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Oct 18 2012 12:38PM

The State Board of Education has approved the ACT Writing test as an assessment option for the Essential Skill of Writing, with an achievement standard, or “cut score” of 19. Please keep in mind that this is the combined English/Writing test, meaning...

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Mar 30 2011 4:58PM

The PowerPoint presentations and handout materials for the Overview workshops for the Essential Skills of Reading and Writing have all been updated to reflect changes made at the March State Board of Education meetings when additional assessment opti...

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Mar 30 2011 4:43PM

A variety of WebEx training of trainers sessions on the Essential Skills have been scheduled with a number of new sessions listed for April and May. These sessions provide district and building staff responsible for professional development with stra...

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Mar 2 2011 3:09PM

A complete list of trainings for the Essential Skills of Reading, Writing and Mathematics is available at http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=2042. This list includes trainings through April 7. Additional trainings will be scheduled in April an...

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Jan 13 2011 1:24PM

Two new workshop packages, designed to assist districts in training high school and/or middle school teachers in assessing the Essential Skill of Writing, will be available in late January. Available workshops are as follows: The Essential Sk...

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Sep 8 2010 1:53PM

Background: In 2008-09, ODE administered an operational pilot of Online Writing for high school students through the OAKS Online testing system. In 2009-10, ODE offered Online Writing as an option for all high school students and administered an o...