The INDEPENDENT, August 1, 2012
Vernonia Justice Court
July 17 - 24, 2012
Traffic.......................... 7
Police/Court Abbreviations
Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol &
Drug; DUII, Driving Under the In-
fluence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boat-
ing Under the Influence of Intoxi-
cants; CCSO, Columbia County
Sheriff’s Office; DWS, Driving
While License is Suspended; MIP,
Minor In Possession of Intoxi-
cants; MV, Motor Vehicle Acci-
dent; PCS, Possession of Con-
trolled Substance; ODL, Oregon
Driver License; FTA, Failure to Ap-
pear in Court; NTSI, National Traf-
fic Safety Institute; DA, District At-
torney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel;
FF&A, Fines, Fees and Assess-
ments.
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NCLB waiver allows Oregon to choose teaching tools
From page 12
port for educators. The plans
described in Oregon’s waiver
are consistent with broader ed-
ucation efforts, led by the Gov-
ernor and Dr. Crew, to establish
an integrated system of public
education from birth through
graduate school.
“The waiver builds upon the
hard work of the Governor and
Legislature in 2011 and 2012 to
build a solid foundation for im-
provement across Oregon,”
said Chief Education Officer
Rudy Crew. “This approval will
provide our state with a wider
range of tools to support our
schools, our districts, and our
communities to achieve out-
comes our students need and
deserve.”
Oregon’s approved applica-
tion describes a new model for
rating and supporting schools,
replacing the Adequate Yearly
Progress designations and
sanctions of NCLB. To bridge
the transition to the new model,
an interim system based on the
current Oregon Report Card
rating system has been devel-
oped for the 2011-12 school
year. These reports will replace
the federal Adequate Yearly
Progress reports.
In 2012-13 and beyond, fea-
tures of the plan to be imple-
mented include:
• alignment with new
achievement compacts, which
describe how each district will
improve key student outcomes;
• accountability for ensuring
underserved students are
demonstrating
academic
growth and graduation rates
that allow us to close the
state’s achievement gap;
• emphasis on individual stu-
dent growth and demonstra-
tions of proficiency in reading
and math;
• customized support plans
designed to help struggling
schools better serve all kids; and
• collaborative systems of
teacher and administrator eval-
uation designed to improve stu-
dent outcomes by better sup-
porting professional growth.
Critics of NCLB noted that
the law’s emphasis on stan-
dardized testing and AYP
caused schools to narrow cur-
riculum, penalize teachers and
schools, and limit focus to get-
ting students over a specific
bar. The new system will stress
the importance of student
growth and more authentic
measures of college and ca-
reer readiness, such as think-
ing skills and academic behav-
iors. The state will conduct a pi-
lot to study a teacher evalua-
tion framework that includes
measuring teachers’ impacts
on student learning, but stated
its opposition to any system
that evaluates teachers based
solely on standardized test
scores.
Oregon joins 31 other states
and the District of Columbia
that have received federal flex-
ibility waivers from ESEA man-
dates.
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