Local Requirements

Alignment of course content and assessment under NCLB requires states to adopt challenging academic content and achievement standards for all students. Achievement standards must be aligned with content standards.

To do this as well as to meet Oregon Educational Act requirements, all Oregon school districts and schools must develop and maintain continuous improvement plans for meeting state and federal NCLB requirements.

To meet annual reporting requirements for continuous improvement planning, the Department of Education encourages districts to use a process that involves:

• Analysis – Data based self-evaluations of district programs
• Goal setting with public input based on the analysis of district programs
• Development of a district action plan that includes activities and strategies that support district and individual school improvement goals
• Procedures to evaluate and measure performance in meeting improvement goals.

Districts must submit to the Oregon Department of Education in May of each year their updated continuous improvement plans, with their application for federal funding included as part of the plan. Course content, course format, teaching materials and teaching methods are local decisions.

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