User and student registration will open next month for the National Center and State Collaborative Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Standards (NCSC AA-AAS) that will be used to assess mathematics and English language arts.
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Smarter Balanced practice and training tests are now available at https://mercerpublishing.com/smarter-balanced-assessment
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The Personalized Alternate Assessment Portfolio (PAAP) task bank is up and running with 206 students registered so far. The PAAP will be used this year to assess science in grades 5, 8, and the third year of high school.
The Maine DOE is seeking public preschool classrooms to pilot a research-based classroom observation tool called CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System).
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The Maine DOE is inviting teachers of grades 6-12 to participate in its 2015 Social Studies Document-Based Question (DBQ) Workshop series scheduled for March 9 and May 6 in Brewer and March 10 and May 8 in Portland.
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The Department is reminding school and district leaders to complete the short technology readiness survey in advance of the spring administration of the new Maine Educational Assessment for Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
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The American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division is inviting Maine students to submit work to the 2015 Law Day Art Contest.
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The Maine DOE is continuing its work to ensure an effective teacher in every classroom and an effective leader in every school. Continue reading “Maine to develop plan to ensure equitable access to effective educators”
The following Priority Notice was distributed on Tuesday, Jan. 6 to superintendents and business managers reminding them of the expectation to submit 2013-14 EDFacts Annual Academic Staff Survey as required by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Tom Desjardin has been appointed by Governor Paul R. LePage as Acting Education Commissioner. Continue reading “Tom Desjardin named Acting Education Commissioner”
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