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<div>TO: All District and ESD Special Education Directors</div>
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<div>The message below is being sent<font color="#FF0000"> </font>to you on behalf of:</div>
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<div>Nancy Latini, PhD</div>
<div>Assistant Superintendent</div>
<div>Student Learning & Partnerships</div>
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<div>September 7, 2011</div>
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<div>In response to the new Science content standards adopted by the Oregon State Board of Education, the Oregon Department of Education this summer convened a panel of <font color="#221E1F">19 educators, parents, and community partners from around the state</font>
to recommend new <u><b>alternate</b></u> achievement standards (descriptors and cut scores linked to the <font color="#221E1F">2009 science content standards for each grade tested in science</font>) for the OAKS Science Extended Assessments. Oregon’s alternate
assessments (‘Extended Assessments’) are designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Approximately 5000 students take these assessments each year. </div>
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<div>ODE is seeking stakeholder input before taking these proposed alternate achievement standards to the Oregon State Board of Education for adoption. To provide your input on the proposed alternate science achievement standards, please respond to the survey
posted under News Announcements (“<b>Survey – Proposed Alternate Achievement Standards</b>”)<font color="#1F497D"> </font>at <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178</u></font></a><font color="#1F497D">.</font>
Once final, the new science alternate achievement standards will be posted for use at<font color="#221E1F"> </font><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=178</u></font></a><font color="#1F497D">.</font></div>
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<div>For additional information please contact Brad Lenhardt at <a href="mailto:brad.lenhardt@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>brad.lenhardt@state.or.us</u></font></a> Thank you!</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant to</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Nancy Latini, Assistant Superintendent</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Office of Student Learning & Partnerships</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Oregon Department of Education</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>503-947-5738 FAX: 503-378-5156</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>ruby.sandberg@state.or.us</i></font></div>
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