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Achievement compacts

March 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Education, Office of Assessment and Information Services

Every Oregon school district must specify how many students it aims to graduate, get to college
(Oregonian, 3/14/2012)
Oregon board looks at achievement (Statesman Journal, 3/14/2012)
Achievement compacts : questions and answers [PDF] (2012) Oregon Education Investment Board

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Oregon Mentoring Project

February 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Mentoring pays off for Salem-Keizer teachers (Statesman Journal, 2/12/2012)
Program brief on Oregon Mentoring Project [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of Education, Office of Educational Improvement and Innovation

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Accountability system for schools

January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Oregon seeks OK to judge schools on overall performance, not success with small groups that typically struggle (The Oregonian, 1/8/2012)
Schools in improvement [PDF] (annual), Oregon Department of Education

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School report card

December 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Oregon statewide report card (OPB, 12/1/2011)
More Oregon schools earn ‘needs improvement’ in state ratings (Statesman Journal, 12/1/2011)
Oregon Releases Statewide School ‘Report Card’ (KTVZ, 12/1/2011)
Oregon statewide report card [PDF] (annual serial), Oregon Department of Education

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Homeless students

September 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Oregon’s homeless student population continues to increase (The Oregonian, 9/28/2011)
Homeless students K-12 count, 2010-11 [PDF] (2011), Oregon Department of Education

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Oregon Virtual School District

July 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Virtual Combat (Willamette Week, 7/26/2011)
2011 Oregon Virtual School District overview [PDF] (2011) Oregon Department of Education

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Mathematics Standards

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

State superintendent: Math scores may drop (Albany Democrat Herald, 5/24/2011)
Common core state standards for mathematics [PDF] (2011) Oregon Department of Education

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High School Graduation Rates

April 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Oregon high school graduation rate at 66%: ‘We have got to do better’ (Oregonian, 4/27/2011)
Summary of four-year cohort graduation rates [PDF] (annual) Oregon Department of Education

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Public school enrollment

February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Oregon public school enrollment shows little overall growth (Oregonian, 2/9/2011)
Fall membership report (annual report) Oregon Department of Education

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Progress for English language learners

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

More Oregon students are learning English, state report shows (Oregonian, 12/14/2010)
Mixed results in English language learners report (Statesman Journal, 12/14/2010)
Annual measurement of achievement objectives (annual report) Oregon Department of Education

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Higher Math and English Standards for Oregon Schools

November 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Office of Assessment and Information Services

Oregon considers higher math standards–mostly for elementary school students (Oregonian 10/28/2010)
A higher bar = lower math scores and student success ahead (Oregonian 10/27/2010)
Oregon students soon could face tougher math, English standards (Statesman Journal 10/27/2010)
Oregon Board of Education approves higher math achievement scores in a split vote (Oregonian 10/28/2010)
Oregon schools adopt tougher standards for math, english [...]

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Homeless students

September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Number of homeless students in Oregon continues to increase (The Register-Guard, 9/23/10)
Homeless students K-12 count, 2009-10 (2010)
Oregon Department of Education

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Special education statistics

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Developmental delays surge in Oregon kids, and educators say that should mean increased services for them (The Oregonian, 3/10/10)
State releases 2009-10 special education child count (Oregon Department of Education, 3/10/10)
2009-2010 IDEA federal reports (2010)
Oregon Department of Education

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Oregon Department of Education statistics

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Dept. of Education

Average principal pay in Oregon: $95,000 (The Oregonian, 12/1/09)
Oregon statewide report card (annual report)
Oregon Department of Education

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