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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">TO: District and ESD Special Education Directors
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Assistant Superintendent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Office of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">______________________________________________
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">March 24, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">RE: Final Preview of Special Education Report Card<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Timeline for 2015-2016 Special Education Report Card Public Release
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The public release date for the 2015-16 Special Education Report Cards is Wednesday
<b>April 5, 2017.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Districts and EI/ECSE Programs were given the opportunity to view their Special Education Report Cards between the dates of March 13<sup>th</sup> through the 17<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Districts and EI/ECSE Programs will have the
<b>opportunity to view their Special Education Report Cards once again on March 29<sup>th</sup> through April 4<sup>th</sup></b>, before the cards are released to the public on
<b>April 5<sup>th</sup></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Drafts of the 2015-16 Special Education Report Cards will be posted on the secure district site for your preview: <a href="https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/" title="https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/">https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Technical Assistance Documents for the 2015-16 Education Report Cards can be accessed on the Oregon Department of Education (ODE)
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=1831">website</a> or:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-districts/reportcards/SpEdReportCards/Pages/default.aspx">
http://www.oregon.gov/ode/schools-and-districts/reportcards/SpEdReportCards/Pages/default.aspx</a>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Report Card formats: ODE will produce each district’s report in English and Spanish.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2015-16 Technical Manual for use in calculating and validating your data.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Notes for the 2015-16 School District Special Education Report Cards</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> for your use in
communicating the information to parents and community members. ODE will produce the
<i>Notes</i> in English and Spanish. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ODE expects each district and EI/ECSE Program to proof its Special Education Report Card. Should the district have questions or concerns regarding
their data, the district will provide details of the correction(s) being requested to
<a href="mailto:Bruce.Sheppard@state,or.us">Bruce.Sheppard@state,or.us</a> or (503) 947-5612. However, please be advised that ODE will not change any data that have been submitted and previously validated by the district. For additional information, please
email <a href="mailto:ODE.SchoolAgeRpt@state.or.us" title="mailto:ODE.SchoolAgeRpt@state.or.us">
ODE.SchoolAgeRpt@state.or.us</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 5: Final Special Education Report Cards Available to Districts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Final pdf versions of the 2015-16 Special Education Report Cards will be available to districts on the secure district site:
<a href="https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/" title="https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/">
https://district.ode.state.or.us/apps/login/</a>, and to the public on the ODE website. No changes will be made
<u>on or after</u> this date. ODE will issue a press release about the Special Education Report Cards and the Special Education Child Count.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For further information, please contact Bruce Sheppard, (503) 947-5612.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC">Oregon achieves . . . together!</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">R</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC">uby Sandberg, Executive Assistant</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1B75BC"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> to Assistant Superintendent Sarah Drinkwater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> Office of Student Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:90%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"> 503-947-5738
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ode"><span style="color:blue">www.oregon.gov/ode</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:90%;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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