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A6 • HERM IS TONHERA LD .COM BY JADE MCDOWE L L STAFF WR ITER a round th e Sm a r t e r B a l - an c ed s t a t e t e s t , th e O r egon D ep a r tm en t o f Edu c a t ion h ad som e good n ew s l a s t w e ek : O r egon s tud en t s a r e ex c e ed ing exp e c t a t ion s on th e n ew t e s t . Th e s t a t e announ c ed th a t w i th 95 t S CHOO L S percen o f th i s sp r ing ’ s t e s t s g r ad ed , O r egon s tu - d en t s a r e ou tp e r fo rm ing COMMUN I T Y • FOOD F EA TU R E “Th e r e i s s t i l l mu ch r e su l t s ind i c a t e ou r s t a t e i s h e ad ed in th e r igh t d i r e c - in t end en t S a l am Noo r s a id in a s t a t em en t . Exp e c t a t ion s w e r e no t h igh fo r th i s y e a r . Th e Sm a r t e r B a l an c ed t e s t i s th an th e s t a t e ’ s fo rm e r a s - s e s sm en t o f cho i c e , w i th e s s ay qu e s t ion s and in t e r - p r e c lud e WEDNESDA Y , JU LY 8 , 2015 mu l t ip l e - cho i c e j e c t and in ev e ry g r ad e l ev - t e a ch e r s ’ in exp e r i en c e in e l , w i th th e ex c ep t ion o f p r ep a r ing s tud en t s fo r th e i t look s l ik e H e rm i s ton i s on t r a ck to a l ign w i th o r ex - c e ed s t a t e av e r ag e s . Um a t i l l a S choo l D i s t r i ct Sup e r in t end en t H e id i S ip e s a id in an em a i l th a t a f t e r n ew fo rm a t , h ad s t a t e o f - Th i rd g r ad e r s h ad th e c au s e compu t e r i z ed s co r ing low e s t Eng l i sh s co r e s , w i th p e r c en t o f s tud en t s wou ld a p a s s r a t e o f 47 p e r c en t , d i s t r i c t s 97 p e r c en t o f t e s t p a s s th e i r s t a t e t e s t s . s co r e s in s t an t ly . Th e up - a l so a t 47 p e r c en t . 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H e rm i s ton r e c e iv ed a “W e don ’ t h av e th e t a r - p e r c en t o f s tud en t s h av e p r e l im in a ry r epo r t Thu r s - s co r ed a th r e e o r fou r on th e c au s e w e don ’ t know wh e r e t e s t ’ s fou r -po in t s c a l e . o f th e i r d i s t r i c t ’ s t e s t s h ad s a id . how ev e r , 69 p e r c en t o f s tu - Th i s y e a r ’ s d a t a i s s t i l l Th e d a t a th e d i s t r i c t w a s d en t s h av e p a s s ed th e t e s t , g iv en Thu r sd ay i s rough d e fy ing th e s t a t e ’ s p r ed i c - a r e u s ed to g e t t ing th e in - w a i t ing fo r th e s t a t e t e s t ing m e ch an i sm to c a t ch up w i th th e d i s t r i c t ’ s cu r r i cu lum , sh e w a s h appy t e a ch e r s w i l l h av e th e too l s to s t a rt m ak ing mo r e d a t a -d r iv en ad ju s tm en t s to th e i r cu r r i c - u lum . “ I look fo rw a rd to s e e ing w i th ou r t e am to u s e th e d a t a to r ed e s ign in s t ru c t ion Peach -per fect d ishes for summer GR ILLED PEACHES W ITH TOPP ING P e a ch e s a r e th e p e r f e c t summ e r f ru i t . Wh en th ey ’ r e r ip e , th ey a r e th e sw e e t t a s t e o f summ e r , wh e th e r e a t en ou t o f h and o r in you r f avo r i t e d e s s e r t . Th e r e a r e two typ e s o f pe a ch e s : E a r ly p e a ch e s a r e c l ing s ton e (woody c en t e r 1 H e a t g r i l l o r s t o v e t o p g r i l l p a n , a n d g r e a s e t h e g r i l l o r p a n w i t h a n e u t r a l a v o r e d o i l h e n g r i l l i s h o t , p l a c e p e a c h e s , c u t - s i d e d ow n , o n i t f o r 5 m i n u t e s o r u n t i l p e a c h e s s o f t e n a n d h a v e g r i l l m a r k s . 2 . T u r n p e a c h e s c u t - s i d e u p ; b r u s h w i t h m e l t e d b u t t e r a n d s p r i n k l e e a c h w i t h s u g a r . R em o v e p e a c h e s f r om g r i l l . S p r i n k l e h a l f o f c r u s h e d c o o k i e s o n e a c h p e a c h . T o p w i t h L em o n H o n e y C r e am T o p p i n g a n d s p r i n k l e w i t h r em a i n i n g c o o k i e m i x t u r e . S e r v e s 4 . 4 l a r g e , f r e s h , r i p e p e a c h e s , h a l v e d 1 1 / 2 t a b l e s p o o n s b u t t e r , m e l t e d 2 t a b l e s p o o n s s u g a r L em o n H o n e y C r e am T o p p i n g ( r e c i p e f o l l ow s ) 8 g i n g e r s n a p s o r v a n i l l a w a f e r s , c r u s h e d LEMON HONEY CREAM 2 c u p s h a l f - a n d - h a l f 1 / 4 c u p s u g a r , s t e v i a o r a g a v e n e c t a r 1 t a b l e s p o o n c o r n s t a r c h 2 t a b l e s p o o n s h o n e y 1 / 2 t a b l e s p o o n l em o n j u i c e 1 / 8 t e a s p o o n s a l t 3 e g g y o l k s m id - summ e r p e a ch e s a r e f r e e s ton e (woody p i t f a l l s ou t e a s i ly wh en f ru i t i s cu t c ann ing , g r i l l ing o r add ing to s avo ry cook ed d i sh e s . F r e e s ton e p e a ch e s a r e so f t - h i s k t o g e t h e r a l l i n g r e d i e n t s i n a h e a v y 3 -u a r t s a u c e p a n . r i n g t o b o i l o v e r m e d i um h e a t , i l , w h i s k i n g c o n s t a n t l y , f o r 1 m i n u t e . R em o v e f r om h e a t . S e r v e w a rm w h i s k i n g c o n s t a n t l y . o o r c o l d . M a k e s a p p r o x im a t e l y 2 1 / 3 c u p s fu l . B e s t o f a l l , p e a ch e s a r e a good sou r c e o f po t a s s i - P e a ch e s a l so a r e con s id e r ed a d iu r e t i c and a m i ld l ax a - t iv e . 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