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<div>Good afternoon everyone!</div>
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<div>Below (scroll down) is the link to this week’s AA Update as well as the link to the AA Update webpage. The AA Update webpage has links to individual articles for those of you who need to share individual announcements with your colleagues. </div>
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<div><b>A few changes we want to share with you:</b></div>
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<div style="padding-left:36pt;">-Our headers look a bit different. Please note that we have sections for <i>Test Administration, Accessibility Supports, Essential Skills, Accountability Reporting,</i><i> and Future Assessment Developmen</i><i>t</i></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">-We are flagging old content </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">within
the update </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">with</span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C0504D"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>(</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C0504D"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>REPEAT</b></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#C0504D"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>)</b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">-We are flagging new dates added to our “Important Dates for the Weeks and Months Ahead” </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">section
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<div>Thank you for all of your feedback on how to make our AA Update more user-friendly and time-efficient! For those of you who have asked to be removed from our listserv yet received this email, we are working to update our listserv and will remove you shortly…although
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<div>Have a great day!</div>
<div>Jess</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#888888"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><b>Jessie McGraw</b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#888888"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Public Affairs Specialist </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2" color="#888888"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Oregon Department of Education</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="mailto:jessica.mcgraw@ode.state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>jessica.mcgraw@ode.state.or.us</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Webdings" size="2" color="#437A00"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>P</b><font face="Calibri"><b> </b></font><font face="Calibri" color="#76923C"><b>Please consider our planet before printing this e-mail.</b></font></span></font></div>
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<div>PDF:<font color="maroon"> </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_28_14.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/testing/asmtacty_update_08_28_14.pdf</u></font></a></div>
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<div> <i>A&A Update</i> webpage<font color="maroon">: </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1303"><font color="blue"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1303</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:15pt;"><b>In This Issue:</b></span></font></div>
<div><b>General Announcements</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Make Your Voice Heard on Smarter Balanced Achievement Level Scores! <i>(repeat)</i></li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Test Administration</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Record Options for Kindergarten Assessment Literacy and Math</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 <i>(repeat)</i></li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Update: No Four-Domain Exemptions Allowed for the 2014-15 ELPA <i>(repeat)</i></li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Accessibility Supports</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile Tool Released by Smarter Balanced</li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><b>Essential Skills</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Stay tuned for future articles</li></ul>
<div><b>Accountability Reporting</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">District Validations for Report Card Open in Achievement Data Insight (ADI)</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Achievement Compact Collection NOW OPEN: August 28 - October 15, 2014 <i>(repeat)</i></li></ul>
<div><b>Future Assessment Development</b> </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Free PSAT Workshops for School Counselors</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Smarter Balanced Digital Library Free Preview <i>(repeat)</i></li></ul>
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