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<div><b>Direct link to PDF:</b><font color="maroon"> </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_14_14.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_14_14.pdf</u></font></a><font color="maroon">
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Test Administration - </b><b><i>OAKS Online, ELPA & Writing</i></b> </span></font></div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Kindergarten Assessment Data Collection Trainings </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">POSTED: Kindergarten Assessment Frequently Asked Questions </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">2014-2015 Kindergarten Assessment Window Open August 11 - October 23 </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">How to Locate a Spanish Bilingual Assessor to Administer the Kindergarten Assessment Early Spanish Literacy Measure </li></span></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Accountability Reporting</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></font></div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">School and District Report Card Appeals Process </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">District Validations in Achievement Data Insight Closing on August 15, 2014 </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Student Centered Staging and Third Period Cumulative ADM to Close for Final Report Card Processing </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Setting the 1% Cap on Extended Assessments for Report Card </li></span></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Extended Assessments and Accommodations</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></font></div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Interim Oregon Accessibility Manual (OAM) and Additional Resources </li></span></font>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Smarter Balanced Assessment, ELPA21, and Next Generation Science Standards</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></font></div>
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