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Monday, 28 September 2009
Governor Kulongoski and Superintendent Castillo Announce Oregon Race to the Top Team

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Governor Kulongoski and Superintendent Castillo Release Blueprint for K-12 Education Reform

U.S. Department of Education Opens Race to the Top Competition

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Oregon Race to the Top Design Team and Working Groups

The design team will prepare the state’s application with the input and feedback of the work groups. Each of Oregon’s work groups will focus on one of four assurances that a state must make to succeed in the Race to the Top competition:

1. The use of benchmarked standards and assessments to prepare students for success;
2. Recruiting and retaining effective teachers and principals;
3. The use of assessment data to improve instruction and practices; and
4. Turning around the state’s lowest performing schools.

The work groups have already begun their work and will continue to meet regularly until a final application is approved by the design team. In addition, the state is in the process of finalizing advisors and stakeholders who will provide feedback on the draft application.

Full List of Design Team and Working Groups PDF

10/26/2009 (395.02 KB)

Race to the Top Design Team:

Roster 09/24/2009 (5.13 KB)

Working Groups:

Standards Assessments and Longitudinal Data Systems - Assessment Team

Roster 10/20/2009 (5.44 KB)

Standards Assessments and Longitudinal Data Systems - Sub Data Team

Roster 10/02/2009 (4.67 KB)

Effective Teachers and Principals

Roster 10/02/2009 (4.67 KB)

Low-performing Schools

Roster 10/26/2009 (5.44 KB)

Advisors/Stakeholders:

Advisors/Stakeholders List PDF

10/28/2009 (16.92 KB)

Other:

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) PDF

10/05/2009 (4.72 KB)

RTTT Final Application Submitted to US Department of Education

Race to the Top Summary Application (2 pages) PDF

01/19/2010 (253.59 KB)

RTTT Application Cover Letter PDF

01/19/2010 (554.59 KB)

Criteria and Priorities PDF

01/19/2010 (531.52 KB)

RTTT Budget PDF

01/19/2010 (1.09 MB)

Appendix Table of Contents PDF

01/19/2010 (58.35 KB)

Appendix

01/19/2010 (40.01 MB)

Districts Involved/Participating with Phase 1 Application Excel Spreadsheet

03/12/2010 (41 KB)

RTTT School District Solititation of Guidelines, MOU and Scope of Work

Letter from Governor Kulongoski, Superintendent Castillo and Vickie Fleming to School Districts PDF

12/15/2009 (58.38 KB)

Exhibit 1 - Scope of Work PDF

12/15/2009 (52.44 KB)

Proposed MOU PDF

12/15/2009 (65.74 KB)

Final summary of recommendations that will inform the writing of the grant application

RTTT Final Summary 12/10/09 PDF

12/23/2009 (66.90 KB)

Combined Draft of Working Groups

Draft Combined Recommendations of the Working Groups from 10/30/09 Meeting PDF

11/09/2009 (428.95 KB)

First Draft of Working Groups

Cover Letter from Vickie Fleming, Superintendent of Redmond SD PDF

10/23/2009 (572.25 KB)

Teacher and Principal Effectiveness PDF

10/23/2009 (374.12 KB)

Low Performing Schools PDF

10/23/2009 (420.21 KB)

Standards Assessment and Data PDF

10/23/2009 (317.99 KB)

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) PDF

10/23/2009 (405.76 KB)

Projected Timelines

October 15, 2009 - Public Meetings of Work Groups
October 23, 2009 - Work Group Recommendations from 10/15/09 meeting posted to ODE website, sent to advisors
October 30, 2009 - Public meeting #1 with Design Team and Work Group Leads
November 4, 2009 - Draft recommendations from 10/30/09 meeting posted to ODE website, send to advisors
November 12, 2009 - Public meeting #2 with Design Team

Completed Public Meetings

Final Public Meeting with Design Team - November 12, 2009
2:00-5:00pm Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront – Room Salon D

Public Meeting with Design Team and Work Group Leads - October 30, 2009:
1:00-4:00 PM - State Capitol, Hearing Room F (note room change)
Limited Public testimony welcomed (3 minutes each)
To listen to this meeting click here

Public Meetings of the Work Groups - October 15, 2009:

If you would like to listen to the live audio of these meetings please click on the links below. If you would like to submit feedback please put it in writing and send to here

Standard Assessment and Data Work Groups
9:00-12:00 AM - State Capitol, Room 343
Agenda: Review draft working group recommendations
To listen to this meeting click here

Effective Teachers and Principals
9:00-12:00 AM - State Capitol, Hearing Room E
Agenda: Review draft working group recommendations
To listen the first segment of this meeting click here
To listen the second segment of this meeting click here

Low-performing Schools
9:00-12:00 AM - State Capitol, Hearing Room D
Agenda: Review draft working group recommendations
No audio is available for this meeting. The sound was turned off because they broke into work groups.

If you would like to submit feedback or have questions regarding Race to the Top, please click here

USDOE Guidance & Reading Materials:

RTTT Criteria and Evidence   09/17/2009 (83.88 KB)
RTTT Guidance from Joanne Weiss   10/05/2009 (34.53 MB)
Overview from Colorado, by the National Center on Teacher Quality   09/17/2009 (993.49 KB)

Oregon Related Materials:

Oregon Context: Core Values and Beliefs, written by Pat Burk and Courtney Vanderstek   09/17/2009 (101.50 KB)
Oregon Education Roundtable White Paper on Proficiency   09/17/2009 (534.82 KB)
Proficiency Practice: Oregon’s Innovation in Race to the Top   10/13/2009 (57.97 KB)

Articles:

Arne Duncan announcing the guidelines   09/24/2009 (39.02 KB)
Education Week general overview
Wisconsin Story on RTTT that Highlights Oregon   11/06/2009 (124.70 KB)
Remarks by the President on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School   01/19/2010 (63.55 KB)