School Improvement

Oregon State Academic Content Standards

• Oregon Academic Content Standards
• Writing Formative Assessments aligned to the CCSS
• Smarter Balanced Writing Rubrics
• Common Core State Standards – 3 minute video http://vimeo.com/51933492
• Common Core State Standards – 3 minute video http://vimeo.com/51947947 – Spanish

Communication Resources for Parents

• Smarter Balanced Website
• Smarter Balanced Practice Tests
• ELPA21 Website

Communication Resources for Educators &
Test Administrators

Two key networks of professionals help the Oregon Department of Education make Oregon’s assessment efforts a success: district test coordinators and regional Education Service District (ESD) Assessment Support Partners.

To help keep everyone current with developments in the assessment system, please see below for additional assessment communications resources for school/district personnel.

• Assessment and Accountability Update
• District Test Coordinators

Smarter Balanced/Assessment

• Smarter Balanced: Frequently Asked Questions
• Smarter Balanced: Parent Fact Sheet
• SMARTER Balanced Communications Toolkit: Toolkit for Educators
• SMARTER Balanced Quick Facts: 5 Quick Facts About Oregon’s New State Tests

District Test Coordinators (DTC’s)

• Student Assessment ODE Home Page
• Assessment and Accountability Checklist
• OAKS Portal
• Test Administration Manual
• Subscribe to Assessment DTC list serve – Emails DTCs with important updates and notification of issues.
• Subscribe to Assessment and Accountability Newsletter
• Target up Template
• Testing Delegation Form

Teacher Evaluation

• Certified Evaluation Handbook
• Teacher Standards
• Smart Goals and Submissions Form

The TEACHER Growth and Evaluation Tools

Digital Citizenship

All schools receiving E-rate discounts must comply with the Internet safety educational requirements outlined in the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

Explaining E-rate and CIPA

Districts should keep a record of the Internet safety and digital citizenship education you’ve provided to keep E-Rate funding.

• Common Sense Media
• Netsmartz – supplemental curriculum
• iKeepSafe-Faux Paw – supplemental curriculum

Federal Laws

Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

School districts are required by CIPA to have technology measures and policies in place that protect students from harmful materials including those that are obscene and pornographic. This means that student Internet access is filtered. Websites containing harmful content from inappropriate sites are attempted to be blocked.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

COPPA applies to commercial companies and limits their ability to collect personal information from children under 13. By default, Google advertising is turned off for Apps for Education users. No personal student information is collected for commercial purposes.

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents rights to review student records. Under FERPA, schools may disclose directory information (name, phone, address, grade level, etc.) but parents may request that the school not disclose this information.
• The school will not publish confidential educational records (grades, student ID #, etc.) for public viewing on the Internet.
• The school may publish student work and photos for public viewing but will not publish student last names or other personally identifiable information.
• Parents may request that photos, names and general directory information about their children not be published.
• Parents have the right at any time to investigate the contents of their child’s email and Apps for Education files.