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<div><b>Direct link to PDF:</b> <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_09_27_13.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_09_27_13.pdf</u></font></a></div>
<div><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><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">
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<div><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> </div>
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<div style="margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>In This Issue:</b></span></font></div>
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<b>Test Administration - </b><b><i>OAKS Online, ELPA & Writing</i></b> </div>
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<li style="margin-bottom:5pt;">Monthly Informal WebEx for District Test Coordinators </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">TIDE Opens for 2013-14 on October 1 </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Transfer Students and the Kindergarten Assessment </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Kindergarten Assessment Data Collection Update </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Writing Appeals Deadline Nears </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Reminders of recent articles that remain relevant </li></ul>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Oregon's 2013-14 Accommodations Manual </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Administering Spanish/English Kindergarten Early Math </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Test Administration Manual Available: Final for 2013-14 </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;">Science Local Performance Assessment Clarifications </li></ul>
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<b>Accountability Reporting</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-bottom:5pt;">Achievement Compact Data Not Suppressed </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">2013-14 First Period Cumulative ADM Opening </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Comparison Group Reports for 2012-2013 </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Spanish and English School and District Report Cards Final Preview </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">New Cumulative ADM Report </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;">Important Dates for the Weeks and Months Ahead </li></ul>
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<b>Extended Assessments and Accountability</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-bottom:5pt;">Extended Assessment Field Test Review (Online) </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;">Sign Language Interpretation Accommodation and Statewide Assessments</li></ul>
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<b>Smarter Balanced Assessment, ELPA21, and Next Generation Science</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-bottom:5pt;">Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Releases New Performance Tasks </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Smarter Balanced Adopts Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Smarter Balanced Launches Webpage to Reach Broader Audience </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Smarter Balanced Field Test: Participation Opportunities for Schools and Districts </li></ul>
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