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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Colleagues: </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Happy New Year to each of you and best to you in 2012.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Please consider taking the ESEA flexibility waiver survey yourself and participating in one of the webinar opportunities.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Superintendent Castillo and Governor Kitzhaber’s Education Policy Advisor Ben Cannon would like to invite you to attend a webinar <b>Thursday, January 5 at 4 p.m</b>. or <b>Monday, January 9 at 4 p.m.</b> to discuss
first draft of Oregon’s application for ESEA flexibilit<font color="#1F497D">y</font>. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Superintendent Castillo and Ben Cannon will participate in a live webinar highlighting the waiver request, including an overview of a new accountability and reporting system for our state. During the webinar, you
will be able to submit questions to Superintendent Castillo or Ben Cannon<font color="#1F497D">. </font>Questions will be answered at the end of the presentation. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Oregon’s draft waiver proposal is the product of months of work by over 100 educators, business and community leaders, and government staff. Some of the issues addressed in the waivers include:</font></div>
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<li>A process for revising and improving the Oregon Report Card;</li><li>Recommendations for including measures beyond standardized testing to provide a more accurate picture of whether students are on track to college and career success;</li><li>A process for identifying schools and districts with the greatest need for support;</li><li>A customized system of supports and interventions based on diagnosis;</li><li>Changes to Title IA funding and opportunities for schools and districts identified for improvement;</li><li>Guidelines for teacher and principal evaluation; and</li><li>Plans for implementation of college and career ready standards and assessments.</li></font>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Your input and review of the draft ESEA waiver request is important to us. Please join us and take part in Oregon’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver Webinar.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Also, you can find the </b><b>ESEA </b><font color="#1F497D"><b> </b></font><b> waiver</b><b> </b><b>request and survey by clicking on the following link</b><b>: </b><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3475"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3475</b></u></font></a><b>
We welcome your comments.</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">The webinars will be recorded and posted on the Oregon Department of Education’s website for review at anytime.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><b>ESEA Flexibility Webinar</b><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I<br>
</b></font>Thursday, January 5, 2012 <br>
Time: 4 p.m., Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) </font></div>
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<li>Online Web portion at <a href="http://oregoned.webex.com"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://oregoned.webex.com</u></font></a> </li></font>
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<li>Meeting Number/Access Code: 925 674 549 <br>
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<li>Audio participation: We recommend calling into the WebEx Audio Conferencing Service for the best quality.<br>
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<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Call-in toll-free number: 1-877-668-4493 </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><b>ESEA Flexibility Webinar II<br>
</b>Monday, January 9, 2012 <br>
Time: 4 p.m., Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) </font></div>
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<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 1-877-668-4493</font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Call-in toll number (US/Canada):1-408-600-3600</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Thank you,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Ed Dennis</font></div>
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