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<div><b>School and District Report Card Appeals</b></div>
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<font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">A district may appeal the results of the 2013-2014 school and district report cards either on its own behalf or on behalf of its schools. ODE will consider appeals for report card ratings and Annual
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<li>A written request from the school district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee, received at the Oregon Department of Education by <b>5:00 PM on August 13, 2014</b>.</li></span></font>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">These appeals will be presented to the Accountability Reporting Advisory Committee, as described in <a href="http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_500/oar_581/581_002.html"><font color="blue"><u>OAR
581-022-0090</u></font></a>. The committee will make recommendations to the Oregon Department of Education on appeals from districts regarding accountability data where: </span></font></div>
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<li>The school or district submitted incorrect data or failed to submit data due to unique events that could not be predicted and/or controlled by the school or district; and </li><li>The data issue could not otherwise be remedied by correcting data used in a school or district rating during the validation window available for each data collection; and </li><li>The data have not been publicly released in final form. </li></span></font>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">More information on the report cards and accountability can be found on the School and District Report Card page: <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1786"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1786</u></font></a>.
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Appeals will only be accepted through email to <a href="mailto:josh.rew@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>josh.rew@state.or.us</u></font></a> or U.S. mail to 255 Capitol St NE Salem, OR 97310 Attn: Josh Rew
– Report Card Appeals. Appeals sent by fax will <b>not</b> be accepted. <br>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Appeals are due to ODE no later than <b>Friday, August 13, 2014, 5:00 PM</b>. Please note: If you are sending your appeal by U.S. mail, it must <b>arrive</b> by the 13th. Post-marks will not be accepted.
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As described above, appeals are resolved in a committee process. For questions, please contact <a href="mailto:josh.rew@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>josh.rew@state.or.us</u></font></a>.
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Note for Smarter Balanced Field Test Schools: </b>There is a separate process for accountability appeals due to the Smarter Balanced Field Test. For more information on field test accountability appeals,
see: <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=4136"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=4136</u></font></a>.</span></font></div>
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<b>Reminder:</b> Preliminary Report Card Rating Details were posted for district review on <b>June 19</b>, and school and district report cards will be available for preview on <b>July 31</b>. </span></font></div>
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