[ELPA] FW: Oregon's Approved ESEA Waiver

[WHITE Cari]

These attachments from Dr. Rudy Crew's original message were inadvertently left off. Sorry for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused.

Cari White
Oregon Department of Education
Assessment and Information Services
503-947-5821

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From: WHITE Cari
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:15 AM
To: 'elpa at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'
Subject: Oregon's Approved ESEA Waiver

Thanks to those of you who gave input for and helped with this ESEA Flexibility Waiver and process.  Here we are sharing the announcement of its approval from Oregon's Chief Education Officer, Dr. Rudy Crew.


To: Superintendents and Principals
Re: Oregon's Approved ESEA Waiver

Today is an exciting day for our state as we look ahead at implementing a new, home-grown accountability system designed to better meet the needs of our districts, schools, and students. After months of hard work by over 120 stakeholders from around the state, Oregon's final flexibility proposal has been accepted by the federal government, freeing Oregon from the cookie-cutter sanctions of No Child Left Behind.  Our approved waiver application describes a new model for rating and supporting schools which will replace AYP. This new model is aligned to the state's PK-20 efforts and puts us firmly on the path to meet our 40-40-20 goal.

I want to thank all of the dedicated educators and community members who came together to help design this new system which provides a framework for college and career readiness, school accountability, and educator support. We could not have done this work without you!

We are currently in a period of transition and not all of the elements of the waiver will be in place immediately. This year, we will be using an interim system based on the current Oregon Report Card rating system, which will bridge the transition to the new model.  Over the next two years, we will phase the following features into the Oregon Report Card and our approach to making targeted improvements at schools:

*       alignment with the achievement compacts;

*       accountability for ensuring underserved students are demonstrating academic growth and graduation rates that allow us to close the state's achievement gap;

*       emphasis on individual student growth and demonstrations of proficiency in reading and math;

*       customized support plans designed to help struggling schools better serve all kids; and

*       collaborative systems of teacher and administrator evaluation designed to improve student outcomes by better supporting professional growth.

I know that many of you will be fielding questions about this new system and what it will mean for your schools.  Attached to this email you will find several resource documents which include:

*       High-level Talking Point that you may find useful in sharing this announcement with your local media and stakeholders

*       An Executive Summary of the Waiver Proposal;

*       A Comparisons Chart outlining the differences between NCLB and our new system; and

*       An overview of some upcoming key dates

*       A copy of the Waiver Press Release sent out to media at 9pm last night

I would also invite you to visit our Next Generation of Accountability webpage at: http://www.ode.state.or.us/go/nextgen.  On this page you will find the final approved waiver application, stakeholder survey results, planning documents, guiding principles, and much more.

I look forward to working with you over the coming months and years as we work together to build a stronger, better, and more streamlined education system.

Sincerely

Dr. Rudy Crew
Chief Education Officer
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