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<div>Great discussion. While a cutoff window is not perfect, it seems reasonable for this year. As we move forward to next year we'd want to clearly and repeatedly make it clear that there will not be a cutoff window for invalidating tests other than the test
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<div>We are still very much growing into the administration of SBAC and the additional consideration of being a part of a consortium. Meaning it is no longer just Oregon's call alone.</div>
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<div>I am intrigued by the recommendation that the state just set a start date. That does have the potential to clean up a lot of this. If there is a process for districts to apply for a, dare I say it, waiver window, that would make it easier to train and
track as part the approval process. You could even use the Wonder Woman logo on the application if Marvel Comics doesn't mind :-)</div>
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On Mar 10, 2016, at 2:28 PM, HEIDE Jordan - ODE <<a href="mailto:jordan.heide@state.or.us">jordan.heide@state.or.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font color="#1F497D">ODE has received a few reports of students testing before the 66% instructional day threshold has been met. This testing impropriety is outlined in Section 5.2 of the Test Administration Manual where it states, “ODE may invalidate
tests if school-level test windows do not meet each of the following criteria…” For those cases reported to us to date (reflecting testing four weeks, three weeks, and one week before the threshold), ODE has so far determined to treat these improprieties as
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<div><font color="#1F497D">Please reply with your input by the end of the day this Monday, March 14. Thank you as always for your consideration!</font></div>
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