From the Maine Department of Education
Work continues as the Standardized Assessment Task Force participates in an email exchange of questions and answers, a system which was designed to be less invasive on members’ summer vacation and repeated travel to Augusta (even from as far away as St Agatha) for structured meetings.
Let’s review the first meeting of the selected members of educators (including Maine Education Association members), principals, superintendents, including some members of the Maine DOE staff. At the June gathering, each member of the task force offered their likes and dislikes with explanations in regard to last year’s assessment. Those comments included an appreciation for the past year’s testing as: shorter, more rigorous, flexible, connected to curriculum, web based, a wider window of testing, a secured platform, having a structured writing component, and statewide there were few issues.
Notices and Reporting
- Local Entitlement Application, due Sept. 15 (Reminder)
- Leased Space Application, due Sept. 15 (Reminder)
- Special Education Tuition & Board Report (EF-S-07), due Sept. 15 (Reminder)
- Title VI: Rural Education Performance Report, due Sept. 15 (Reminder)
- EF-M-240 Year End Report of Private Schools, due Oct. 15
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News & Views
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Suicide awareness and prevention training
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Indirect cost rate application process announced
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Consultation as a special education service
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Office of Special Services announces new learning disability evaluation form
Maine DOE’s Office of Special Services has revised Maine’s Learning Disability Evaluation Report form. | More
Clarifying calculation of Local Entitlement for IDEA funds
The Maine DOE Office of Special Services is clarifying the calculation of local entitlement funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). | More
Deeper Learning manuscripts sought
Journal of Maine Education seeks manuscripts that discuss specific ways in which deeper learning is provided for students. | More
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