From Kathy.Brazeau at ode.state.or.us Wed Aug 13 09:46:54 2014 From: Kathy.Brazeau at ode.state.or.us (BRAZEAU Kathy) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:46:54 +0000 Subject: [AsmtActbyUpdates] REMINDER: School and District Report Card Appeals Due to ODE on August 13, 2014 Message-ID: <5a234ed6c57c4213b4cf92a8a1d5619f@BN1PR04MB278.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> Please call if you are submitting your appeal by email please call the contact person on the appeal form to confirm it has been received. http://www.ode.state.or.us/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?ID=10007&TypeID=6 Kathy Brazeau Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol St NE | Salem, OR 97310 | 503-947-5928 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Messages to and from this e-mail address may be made available to the public under Oregon law. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 7055 bytes Desc: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg URL: From Kathy.Brazeau at ode.state.or.us Thu Aug 14 14:49:39 2014 From: Kathy.Brazeau at ode.state.or.us (BRAZEAU Kathy) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:49:39 +0000 Subject: [AsmtActbyUpdates] Assessment and Accountability Update - August 14, 2014 Message-ID: Direct link to PDF: http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_14_14.pdf Link to AA Update webpage and individual articles: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1303 Link to current and past issues: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1312 In This Issue: Test Administration - OAKS Online, ELPA & Writing * Kindergarten Assessment Data Collection Trainings * POSTED: Kindergarten Assessment Frequently Asked Questions * 2014-2015 Kindergarten Assessment Window Open August 11 - October 23 * How to Locate a Spanish Bilingual Assessor to Administer the Kindergarten Assessment Early Spanish Literacy Measure Accountability Reporting * School and District Report Card Appeals Process * District Validations in Achievement Data Insight Closing on August 15, 2014 * Student Centered Staging and Third Period Cumulative ADM to Close for Final Report Card Processing * Setting the 1% Cap on Extended Assessments for Report Card Extended Assessments and Accommodations * Interim Oregon Accessibility Manual (OAM) and Additional Resources Smarter Balanced Assessment, ELPA21, and Next Generation Science Standards * Stay tuned for next week's articles Kathy Brazeau Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol St NE | Salem, OR 97310 | 503-947-5928 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Messages to and from this e-mail address may be made available to the public under Oregon law. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 7055 bytes Desc: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg URL: From jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us Thu Aug 21 13:38:25 2014 From: jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us (MCGRAW Jessica) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:38:25 +0000 Subject: [AsmtActbyUpdates] AA Update--AUGUST 21ST, 2014 Message-ID: <29033030e3da46c38a07235859ca75d3@BLUPR04MB184.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> Good afternoon! This is the Assessment & Accountability Update for August 21, 2014. You can access this and past issues of the Assessment & Accountability Update on the ODE website. In This Issue: Test Administration - OAKS Online, ELPA & Writing * Update: No Four-Domain Exemptions Allowed for the 2014-15 ELPA * 2014-2015 Kindergarten Assessment Window Open August 11 - October 23 * How to Locate a Spanish Bilingual Assessor to Administer the Kindergarten Assessment Early Spanish Literacy Measure Accountability Reporting * Achievement Compact Collection Open August 28 - October 15, 2014 Extended Assessments and Accommodations * Stay tuned for next week's articles Smarter Balanced Assessment, ELPA21, and Next Generation Science Standards * Smarter Balanced Digital Library Free Preview * Revised Smarter Balanced Technology Strategy Framework and Testing Device Requirements Have a great day! Jess Jessie McGraw Public Affairs Specialist Office of Learning Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97310 Ph. 503-947-5970 jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us * Please consider our planet before printing this e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 752 bytes Desc: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) 1.jpg URL: From jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us Thu Aug 28 14:19:55 2014 From: jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us (MCGRAW Jessica) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:19:55 +0000 Subject: [AsmtActbyUpdates] AA Update--AUGUST 28TH, 2014 Message-ID: Good afternoon everyone! Below (scroll down) is the link to this week's AA Update as well as the link to the AA Update webpage. The AA Update webpage has links to individual articles for those of you who need to share individual announcements with your colleagues. A few changes we want to share with you: -Our headers look a bit different. Please note that we have sections for Test Administration, Accessibility Supports, Essential Skills, Accountability Reporting, and Future Assessment Development -We are flagging old content within the update with (REPEAT) -We are flagging new dates added to our "Important Dates for the Weeks and Months Ahead" section with NEW! Thank you for all of your feedback on how to make our AA Update more user-friendly and time-efficient! For those of you who have asked to be removed from our listserv yet received this email, we are working to update our listserv and will remove you shortly...although a friendly reminder never hurts :) Have a great day! Jess Jessie McGraw Public Affairs Specialist Office of Learning Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97310 Ph. 503-947-5970 jessica.mcgraw at ode.state.or.us * Please consider our planet before printing this e-mail. PDF: http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_28_14.pdf A&A Update webpage: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1303 In This Issue: General Announcements * Make Your Voice Heard on Smarter Balanced Achievement Level Scores! (repeat) Test Administration * Record Options for Kindergarten Assessment Literacy and Math * How to Locate a Spanish Bilingual Assessor to Administer the Kindergarten Assessment Early Spanish Literacy Measure (repeat) * Update: No Four-Domain Exemptions Allowed for the 2014-15 ELPA (repeat) Accessibility Supports * Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile Tool Released by Smarter Balanced Essential Skills * Stay tuned for future articles Accountability Reporting * District Validations for Report Card Open in Achievement Data Insight (ADI) * Achievement Compact Collection NOW OPEN: August 28 - October 15, 2014 (repeat) Future Assessment Development * Free PSAT Workshops for School Counselors * Smarter Balanced Digital Library Free Preview (repeat) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: