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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 19, 2010 8:57 AM<br>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Winter Writing Test Window Closes
February 26 </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Math Read-Aloud Training
Materials Online </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminder: New Item Types Coming
this Spring </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deployment of Practice Tests for
New Item Types and Grade 3 Spanish Reading </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Updates to the 2009-10 TAM </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Extended Assessment Reminders </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:green'>Crystal Greene</span></b>
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Department of Education</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(503)
947-5878</span><br>
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