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Mar 25 2013 1:52PM

The March/April 2013 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a bi-monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and studen...

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Mar 15 2013 1:51PM

The Oregon Publisher Briefing is intended for educational publishers and organizations. The meeting is facilitated by Oregon Department of Education staff and seeks to provide an overview of the Oregon Content Standards, Criteria, and the Oregon rev...

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Mar 14 2013 9:16AM

Technology Clarification to the Field During the first year of the operational Smarter Balanced testing (which will be spring of the 2014-15 school year) districts will need to have headphones for each student during the English Language Arts/Litera...

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Feb 18 2013 2:26PM

The Oregon Process Meeting is intended for educational publishers and organizations. The meeting is facilitated by Oregon Department of Education Staff and seeks to provide an overview and opportunity for feedback regarding the Oregon Instructional...

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Feb 18 2013 10:47AM

The following materials have been posted for publisher action as the next step in the Oregon CCSS ELA & L and ELP/D process.The forms and materials included in this notice contain deadlines which will guide you throughout the Instructional Materials ...

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Feb 13 2013 3:02PM

The January/February 2013 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a bi-monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and s...

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Feb 6 2013 5:20PM

The revised Smarter Balanced Initial Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) for both Math and English language arts/literacy, which include the draft college content-readiness definition and policy framework, are now posted for review. ALDs descri...

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Feb 1 2013 8:59AM

In the February 2013 Social Sciences Teacher Update you will read about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competitions and awards, and much more. To learn about subscribing to the Social Sciences Teacher Update, please visit...

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Jan 30 2013 5:03PM

In mid-December 2012, ODE received the initial list of schools from Oregon that were randomly selected to participate in the scientific sample of the Smarter Balanced Pilot Test. Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) has been recruiting schools since th...

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Jan 30 2013 4:55PM

The Scientific Sample Pilot testing will take place between February 20 and May 10, 2013. Tests at different grade levels and content areas will be available during different specific testing windows within this broader window and this will determine...

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Jan 25 2013 10:05AM

On January 25, 2013 the State Board of Education adopted the criteria for the above subjects. Listed are the adopted criteria.CCSS English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy - Cat 1-3 English Language Proficiency/Development (ELP/D) - Cat 4

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Jan 23 2013 1:16PM

The Accessibility and Accommodation Guidelines for the Smarter Balanced Pilot Tests are now posted to the Smarter Balanced portal. They are under “Additional Resources” on the Resources and Documentation page: http://sbac.portal.airast.org/Pilot...

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Jan 9 2013 12:13PM

The Oregon Department of Education is looking for nominations of teachers, curriculum specialists and others who have interest and expertise in Common Core State Standards (CCSS) English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy and English Language Proficienc...

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Jan 8 2013 12:00AM

The document provided below is the Circular of Information announcing the upcoming adoption of instructional materials for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts (ELA) and Literacy andEnglish Language Proficiency/Development (ELP/D...

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Dec 21 2012 10:07AM

The November/December 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and stu...

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Dec 19 2012 5:06PM

The Oregon Department of Education would like to share the following update from Smarter Balanced regarding a progress update about the data reports that will be developed for the assessment. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium WestEd ...

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Dec 19 2012 1:49PM

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter) will administer a pilot of the Smarter assessments from February 20 - May 10, 2013. As the start of the Pilot approaches, many districts from across the consortium have submitted questions to Smart...

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Dec 12 2012 2:50PM

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will be working with schools from partner states around the country to pilot test items this spring. Smarter Balanced will be conducting both a scientific pilot and a broader, non-scientific pilot. The Orego...

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Nov 28 2012 2:06PM

The scientific sample of schools to participate in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter) Pilot test in Oregon have been identified, and schools that were selected to participate will be notified by ODE on November 30, 2012 via email (S...

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Nov 28 2012 2:00PM

The Consortium released draft initial achievement level descriptors (ALDs) for feedback and review through January 15, 2013. The initial ALDs describe levels of student performance in English language arts/literacy and mathematics on the Smarter Bala...

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Nov 26 2012 9:57AM

In spring 2013, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter) will conduct a pilot of the Smarter mathematics and English language arts assessments with students in grades 3 - 11. The attached flyer contains an overview of the pilot and infor...

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Oct 10 2012 11:36AM

Today Smarter Balanced released sample items and performance tasks to help teachers, administrators, and policymakers implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and prepare for next-generation assessments. The Smarter assessments are being des...

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Oct 4 2012 2:52PM

Educators and experts will help draft achievement level descriptors (ALDs) during a workshop October 1-5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Smarter Balanced work group members, grade level and content experts, K-12 teachers, and higher education faculty will par...

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Oct 4 2012 2:46PM

Sample Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy and Math Items and Performance Tasks will be released to the public on October 9, 2012. The samples illustrate the rigor and complexity of the ELA/Literacy and Math items and performance tasks s...

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Oct 4 2012 1:35PM

Welcome Back! The Office of Assessment and Information Systems (OAIS) have developed new Assessment Updates for the 2012-2013 school year. These one page handouts are available for English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Sciences (ELPA will ...

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Oct 2 2012 10:47AM

The September/October 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and stu...

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Sep 20 2012 12:05PM

Students will have an opportunity to participate in a field test of prompts for Oregon’s Writing Assessment this November and December. ODE’s Office of Assessment is seeking students in Grades 11 and 12 to complete essays on prompts under development...

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Aug 28 2012 11:15AM

ODE is continuing its CCSS webinar series in 2012-13. While topics and dates have not been set for the entire series, the following webinars have been scheduled: September 18 – What Administrators Want to Know September 24 – Teacher Implement...

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Aug 14 2012 11:03AM

On October 12, 2012 the State Board of Education adopted the 2012 Bridge Year: English/Language Arts & Mathematics Instructional Materials. To view the adopted list of materials and publisher contacts visit: Adopted Materials List To view ev...

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Jul 11 2012 9:42AM

The July/August 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student c...

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Jun 4 2012 1:27PM

The May/June 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student comp...

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Apr 19 2012 9:18AM

As a continuation of the publisher process for the Bridge Year the following materials are enclosed for continued action by publishers currently involved with the Oregon process. The forms and materials included in this notice contain deadlines (p...

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Apr 4 2012 1:52PM

The March/April 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student c...

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Mar 16 2012 3:27PM

The 2012 Oregon Publisher Briefing is intended for existing contracted publishers in ELA and Mathematics. The meeting is facilitated by ODE staff and seeks to provide an overview of the Common Core State Standards, Criteria, and the Oregon review pr...

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Feb 22 2012 12:18PM

The following materials have been posted for publisher action as the next step in the Oregon Bridge Year process.The forms and materials included in this notice contain deadlines which will guide you throughout the Instructional Materials process. ...

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Feb 22 2012 11:59AM

Smarter Balanced will make the common assessments in mathematics and English language arts available beginning in 2014-2015. In previous issues, the Assessment & Accountability Update has addressed recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assess...

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Feb 22 2012 7:36AM

The Oregon Process Meeting is intended for the education of publishers and organizations. The meeting is facilitated by Oregon Department of Education staff and seeks to provide an overview and opportunity for feedback regarding the Oregon Instruct...

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Feb 15 2012 11:13AM

Oregon is a governing state of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), and will make the common assessments available beginning in 2014-2015. For the past months, the Assessment and Accountability Update have addressed recent activities of...

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Feb 15 2012 11:11AM

SMARTER Balanced, in collaboration with PARCC, has contracted with Pearson to develop a Technology Readiness Tool to support states' planning as they transition to next-generation assessments to be launched beginning in 2014. This new open source too...

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Feb 14 2012 3:18PM

The January/February 2012 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and stud...

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Feb 6 2012 10:21AM

The Oregon Department of Education is requesting the nomination of teachers, curriculum specialists, and others who have interest and experience with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English/Language Arts (ELA) and/or Mathematics. Nomination...

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Feb 2 2012 1:51PM

Each week, we will address recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) of which Oregon is a governing state. Beginning in 2014-2015, SBAC will deliver the common assessment in Mathematics and English Language Arts. Com...

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Jan 25 2012 12:29PM

Each week, we will address recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) of which Oregon is a governing state. Beginning in 2014-2015, SBAC will deliver the common assessment in Mathematics and English Language Arts. At that ...

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Jan 23 2012 4:19PM

To provide states with additional Common Core State Standards implementation support, CCSSO will host a webinar on Thursday, January 26th at 11:00 AM PST to share tools and resources to support teachers and districts on text complexity, which is the li...

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Jan 18 2012 3:01PM

The Fourth Quarter Project Report from the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium is available—The quarterly project report for the period ending September 30, 2011 can be found at http://www.smarterbalanced.org/Resources.aspx. The report details the...

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Jan 11 2012 4:30PM

Oregon and colleague states governing the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium will vote on the Content Specifications claims for ELA/literacy next week. ODE is interested in your feedback. ODE’s vote is due on January 18. As you may know, the...

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Jan 11 2012 4:10PM

Each week, we will address recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) of which Oregon is a governing state. Beginning in 2014-2015, SBAC will facilitate delivery of the common assessments in Mathematics and English Langua...

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Dec 14 2011 11:53AM

Work is focused on procurement of services from vendors through Requests for Proposals. The RFP for the Item Authoring and Item Pool (RFP 07) application has been released to vendors - Proposals are due Wednesday, January 18. The Consortium is seekin...

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Dec 7 2011 10:05AM

SBAC Receives Funding to Establish ELL Advisory Committee The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to form an English-language learners advisory committee to build research-b...

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Nov 30 2011 4:52PM

Interim Assessments: With development and procurement activities underway on the summative assessment, SBAC is focusing attention on the design of their interim assessments. As part of a balanced assessment system, interim assessments can provide i...

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Nov 17 2011 12:24PM

The November/December 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and stu...

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Nov 16 2011 10:37AM

Each week, we will address recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) of which Oregon is a governing state. Beginning in 2014-2015, SBAC will deliver the common assessment in Mathematics and English Language Arts. At that ...

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Nov 9 2011 10:39AM

Each week, we will address recent activities of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) of which Oregon is a governing state. Beginning in 2014-2015, SBAC will deliver the common assessment in Mathematics and English Language Arts. At that ...

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Oct 13 2011 3:07PM

The October 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student compe...

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Sep 21 2011 11:26AM

SMARTER Balanced has announced that the Consortium’s revised content specifications for English language arts/literacy are available for review. This draft reflects revisions based on feedback from more than 200 individuals and organizations. Stakeho...

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Sep 19 2011 9:21AM

In the September 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update you will read about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competitions and awards, and much more. To learn about subscribing to the ELA Teacher Update, please visit the...

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Sep 14 2011 10:25AM

The Oregon Department of Education is looking for nominations of teachers, curriculum specialists and others who have interest and experience in English Language Arts and Mathematics to participate in the development of instructional materials criteria...

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Sep 2 2011 11:13AM

The Oregon Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Stewardship Team and Oregon Department of Education staff are sponsoring a series of CCSS webinars beginning this fall and continuing throughout the school year. The webinars will provide updates ...

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Aug 15 2011 1:23PM

The July-August 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student c...

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Jun 10 2011 11:33AM

A State-level Common Core State Standards Implementation Timeline is now available on the ODE CCSS webpage. This State-level CCSS Implementation Timeline was developed based on the draft timeline presented to the State Board of Education in October 2...

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Jun 9 2011 9:05AM

The June 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competit...

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Jun 7 2011 12:00AM

The June/July 2011 Superintendent's Pipeline is now available online at: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=684. The Superintendent's Pipeline is the main source of ODE news, announcements, information, recruitments, grants and othe...

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May 10 2011 3:01PM

The May 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competiti...

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Apr 12 2011 1:53PM

The April 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competi...

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Mar 2 2011 11:02AM

The March 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competi...

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Mar 1 2011 9:37AM

An online professional development portal, to support the Oregon K-12 Literacy Framework is now available! Mirroring the framework in its design, this portal offers modules organized around the six Framework components: Goals, Assessment, Instruction,...

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Mar 1 2011 9:16AM

As we work together to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), we will all have a role to play in ensuring that students, parents, teachers, and communities understand what the standards are, why they are important, and what we can all do to ...

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Feb 4 2011 12:48PM

The February 2011 English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and student compet...

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Jan 10 2011 2:40PM

The December/January 2011 Oregon English Language Arts Teacher Update is now posted! The ELA Teacher Update is a monthly e-newsletter that provides teachers and other educators with information about professional development opportunities, teacher and...

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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...

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Dec 24 2009 9:00AM

The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is a joint effort by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with Achieve, ACT and the College Bo...

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Oct 14 2009 1:51PM

Reminder – Only two more days to register for the Fall Online Writing Field Test. Registration is open through Thursday, October 15. Help Oregon perfect its online writing system. Sign up today! Why participate? Help ensure that the online ...

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Mar 30 2009 12:53PM

Volunteers are needed to field test a reading performance assessment for high school students. The test is designed to allow students to demonstrate proficiency in the essential skill of reading which is required for a diploma beginning with the clas...

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Sep 3 2008 1:24PM

Students will have an opportunity to participate in a field test of prompts for Oregon’s Writing Assessment this October and November. ODE’s Office of Assessment is seeking students in Grades 5, 8, 10, and 11 to complete essays on prompts under devel...

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Jun 18 2008 1:15PM

OAKS Online high school assessments in mathematics and reading - plus the writing performance assessment -- will have an additional purpose next year. Each of these assessments will be available for 9th graders ready to see if they can yet demonstra...

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Jun 4 2008 1:59PM

In the June 2008 English Language Arts Teacher Update you will read about professional development opportunities, teacher and student competitions and awards, and much more. To learn about subscribing to the English Language Arts Teacher Update, plea...

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May 5 2008 9:51AM

This is the Assessment & Accountability Update - Retrospective Edition. This edition contains important reminders and key dates from news published during the past few months.

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Apr 21 2008 2:08PM

This is the Assessment & Accountability Update for April 21, 2008. This edition contains information about the High School Diploma, Spring Student Membership Collection, Winter Writing scores, and Extended Assessments.

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Apr 21 2008 1:38PM

WINTER writing scores can be downloaded from both Secure Assessment Reports and Student Centered Staging beginning May 8, 2008. Both the Reporting Schedule (http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/testing/schedules/asmtreportsched0708.pdf ) and the As...

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Mar 27 2008 5:00PM

Lexiles Required: K-8 Mathematics Instructional Materials Adoption Criteria requires that the materials provide an analysis of readability using the Lexile Framework for Reading. Recognized as the most widely adopted reading measure, Lexiles enable e...

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Oct 9 2007 12:59PM

This is the Accountability Reporting Update for October 8, 2007. This issue includes information about reporting accommodations on assessments, the high school completers and early leavers collection, and new and revised documents online.

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Sep 17 2007 12:00AM

Students will have an opportunity to participate in a field test of prompts for Oregon’s Writing Assessment this October and November. ODE’s Office of Assessment is seeking students in Grades 5, 8, 10, and 11 to complete essays on prompts under develop...

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Apr 20 2007 12:00AM

Register school and district teams by June 1 for the Summer Institute, August 6-8, at the Oregon Convention Center. Team grants available.

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Apr 7 2006 8:11AM

House Bill 3129, signed into law by Governor Kulongoski, raises the high school diploma credit requirements. The new law raises the minimum unit of credit requirement for the high school diploma to 24 units and requires that each student complete 4 uni...