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<div>The Assessment and Accountability Update for August 1, 2013 is now available!</div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Direct link to PDF:</b> <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_01_13.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_01_13.pdf</u></font></a>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Link to AA Update webpage and individual articles:</b><font color="#244061"> </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1303"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1303</u></font></a></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Link to current and past issues:</b> <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1312"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1312</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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<a name="bookmark0"></a><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b>Test Administration </b></span><b> -</b><b> </b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b><i>OAKS</i></b></span><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b><i> </i></b></span><b><i>Online</i></b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b><i>,</i></b></span><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b><i>
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<div style="padding-left:7.2pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Test Administration Manual Now Available: Final for 2013-14</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:7.2pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">DTC Training Schedule and Registration</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:7.2pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Kindergarten Assessment Training, Schedule and Highlights</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0.5pt;padding-left:7.2pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">ELPA Test Specifications and Blueprints Updated</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:7.2pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Science Local Performance Assessment Clarifications</span></font></div>
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<div style="padding-left:4.25pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b>Accountability Reporting</b></span></span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:4.25pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Setting the 1% Cap on Extended Assessments</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:4.4pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Supplemental 2012-13 Report Card Data</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:4.4pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">School and District Report Cards for 2012-13</span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:4.4pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">School and District Report Card Trainings</span></font></div>
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<div style="padding-left:2.25pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:13pt;"><span style="font-variant:small-caps;"><b>Smarter Balanced Assessment, ELPA21, and Next Generation Science Standards</b></span></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.9pt;padding-left:2.25pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Smarter Balanced Practice Test and Scoring Guides </span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.9pt;padding-left:2.25pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Smarter Balanced State Leadership Team and State Network of Educators Update </span></font></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.9pt;padding-left:2.25pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">College and Career Ready English Language Proficiency Standards: Timeline </span></font></div>
<div style="padding-left:2.25pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Next Generation Science Standards and Oregon Science Education </span></font></div>
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