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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 to you on behalf of:</div>
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<div>Nancy Latini, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Assistant Superintendent</div>
<div>Student Learning & Partnerships</div>
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<div>January 4, 2012</div>
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<div><b>RE: </b><b>Take This Survey When You Can</b></div>
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<div><i>Hello – I am hoping you can take time to complete the survey on the ESES waiver. The link to the survey is below. We need feedback from our special education perspective. It is not a difficult survey to complete. Each of the sections has a summary
of the content in the waiver and then a set of questions. Feel free to use the comment section for each part as you feel necessary. I certainly did! Thanks much! Nancy Latini</i></div>
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<div>Oregon’s first draft of its application for an ESEA Flexibility request, including waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind, is ready for your review. The waiver provides a first-hand look at a new accountability and reporting system for our
state. Your input will be valuable and early input may be even more valuable as we will start looking at survey results right away.</div>
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<div>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:</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 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></ul>
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<div>Your feedback is important to us and will help guide us as we create a new accountability and reporting system for Oregon. Please take a few minutes from now until January 10, 2012 to review the first draft of Oregon’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver Request.
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<div><b>You can find the ESEA Flexibility Waiver Request, survey and you’re welcome to leave your comments by clicking here: </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></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant </i></font></div>
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<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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