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Over the past several years, Oregon’s statewide assessments have become an integral part of the school lives of Oregon students, teachers, and administrators. Two key networks of professionals help the Oregon Department of Education make Oregon’s assessment efforts a success; these are district test coordinators and Education Service District (ESD) Assessment Support Partners. The district test coordinator plays the key role in administration of assessments, coordination of administration throughout each district, reporting results to the Oregon Department of Education, and tracking the progress of students moving through the assessment system. ESD Assessment Support Partners provide support to school and district personnel by staffing help desks and by providing direct services to school and district staff as needed.

To help keep everyone current with developments in the assessment system, ODE publishes the Assessment and Accountability Update every Thursday. These brief newsletters are delivered to all district test coordinators and to others by subscription.

Assessment and Accountability Briefs
Policy and analytical research documents that explicate aspects of Oregon’s Assessment and Accountability System. The topics are driven by requests from stakeholders.
Assessment and Accountability Update
This page is updated weekly and highlights news, updates, and changes to the state's assessment efforts.
Assessment and Accountability Updates - Archive
Archived Updates for the current school year
Assessment and Accountability Numbered Memos
This page links to Assessment and Accountability related ODE Executive Numbered Memoranda going back to the 2005-2006 school year.
District Test Coordinators
This site contains information that District Test Coordinators will find useful in understanding their role in facilitating valid and reliable state assessments.

Smarter Balanced
"Stay Connected," FAQs, Publications and Resources from Smarter Balanced are available to keep educators updated on the Common Assessments in math and English language arts, which will be used by Oregon students and others throughout the U.S. beginning in 2014-2015.