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Essential Skills Local Performance Assessment
Overview The Essential Skills are nine skills all students should have at the end of high school. They are skills that students should develop by being enrolled in Oregon schools from kindergarten through graduation.

These are the skills that are necessary for success in colleges and careers, three of which are required in order to earn an Oregon diploma.

Local performance assessments are tools that Oregon teachers use to support students in learning.

When students complete local performance assessments they are learning during the assessment. Then after the assessment teachers score the student work and provide students with feedback on their academic progress.
Skills Students must demonstrate the following skills in order to graduate:
  1. Read and comprehend a variety of text
  2. Write clearly and accurately
  3. Apply mathematics in a variety of settings

Students should also have the following skills when they graduate:
  1. Listen actively and speak clearly and coherently
  2. Think critically and analytically
  3. Use technology to learn, live, and work
  4. Demonstrate civic and community engagement
  5. Demonstrate global literacy
  6. Demonstrate personal management and teamwork skills
 Teachers must annually administer local performance assessments in the following skill areas:

Teachers may also annually administer local performance assessments in the following skill area:
Additional Information Home Page Home Page
Requirement Description, including Reporting Essential Skills Graduation Requirement Description PDF

 Local Performance Assessment Requirement Information PDF



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