<div dir="ltr"><div>Jordan & Brad,<br><br>Please see my comments below, in CAPS....I hope they are useful.<br><br></div>Bill<br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:48 AM, HEIDE Jordan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jordan.heide@state.or.us" target="_blank">jordan.heide@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We’d like to request your review of the attached proposed Oregon Extended Assessment Observational Rating Assessment (ORA)(see attached Administration Instructions
and ORA) designed to provide instructional and functional information for teachers and parents in in four domains: attention, math concepts, receptive and expressive communication. The ORA is designed to be administered to students who are not able to access
the academic tasks presented on the Oregon Extended Assessment (ORExt), even when extensive, universal supports are provided. The ORA will be incorporated into the Extended Assessment beginning 2015-16.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Given the description and purpose of the ORA, we are seeking feedback on the questions below
<b><u>by 9/30/15</u></b>:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Is the purpose of the ORA clearly stated? YES, BUT IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD REVERSE THE ORDER OF THE FIRST TWO SENTENCES...GIVE THE 'WHY &WHAT' FIRST.<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Is the intended population who will participate in the ORA clear YES, THE INTENDED POPULATION SEEMS CLEAR. HOWEVER THE DECISION RULE IS <u><b>NOT</b></u> CLEAR! (i.e., is the decision rule used to determine whether to administer
the ORA clear)? THE QA INTRO STATEMENT AND THE ITALICIZED STATEMENT SEEM OUT OF ORDER WITH THE PARAGRAPH THAT FOLLOWS.<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Does the ORA appear to be a useful tool for the intended population (i.e., face validity)? ON THE SURFACE, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT <u>COULD</u> BE USEFUL, BUT I'D LIKE SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW IT WILL ACTUALLY BE USED. WHAT IS THE REQUIRED USE VS AN ALLOWABLE OR OPTIONAL 'BEST PRACTICE' USE OF THE TOOL, IF ANY?<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Are the ORA administration instructions
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">clear, particularly in the areas of describing the LOI and COM scales? SORT OF... WHY ARE THERE TWO, FAIRLY REDUNDANT DOCUMENTS? ALSO WHY ARE THERE NO CUES FOR SCORING ITEMS 1-4 IN THE EXPRESSIVE DOMAIN? SEEMS ODD (CONFUSING TO USERS?) TO HAVE CUES FOR THE ALL REACTIVE DOMAIN ITEMS AND JUST ONE ITEM WITH CUES IN THE EXPRESSIVE. WHERE IS THE "STEP 1, STEP 2..." SEQUENCE IN THE ADMIN DIRECTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT IS NEEDED.<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Are the ORA scoring instructions clear? GENERALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME USERS IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SCORING AND SUMMARY PAGES.<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Do you feel that IEP teams will be able to use this information for students who are so low functioning that they cannot access the academic
demands of the ORExt? PROBABLY, BUT SOME EDITING FOR CLARITY AND SEQUENCING WOULD BE HELPFUL.<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Do you feel that clear directions regarding the use of the results from the ORA have been provided? NOT AS CLEAR AS NEEDED. NOT LINEAR ENOUGH FOR SOME USERS. & BRAD<br></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Do you have any recommended edits/changed to the ORA? SEE ABOVE.<br></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Please submit your feedback to Brad Lenhardt
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">(<a href="mailto:brad.lenhardt@state.or.us" target="_blank">brad.lenhardt@state.or.us</a>).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Finally, we would appreciate it if you would keep this information confidential at this time. Once we finalize the ORA we will distribute it through the typical ODE communication channels.<u><u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sincere thanks<i> for your expert consideration and assist<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></p>
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