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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The 2017 Legislature passed a law making significant changes to the K-12 assessment requirement, including shifting the timing of the high school assessment from the 11<sup>th</sup>
grade to the 10<sup>th</sup> (that was already the case in practice for English but NOT for math). This shift means we need to revisit our placement agreements, so a work group met in December to recommend changes in the language in order to maintain the agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We’re seeking feedback on the recommendations before we take them to our system leadership for final approval; here’s a link to the document with the proposed changes:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Math: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1noQ30Umg1V41ZjisDz5VX7uw-YIhyyTS">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1noQ30Umg1V41ZjisDz5VX7uw-YIhyyTS</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">English: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D4oLkl-Pu7BRfFvnq4A57PK4M2AJGW9n"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D4oLkl-Pu7BRfFvnq4A57PK4M2AJGW9n</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition to the recommendations the document includes a bit more background to the new law as well as a link to a Google form for providing feedback;
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">the deadline for input is <b>
January 23<sup>rd</sup>.</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feel free to share as widely as you’d like with colleagues who would like to provide some feedback!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Let me know if you have any questions—take care!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">William S. Moore, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Director, Core to College Alignment & K-12 Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">State Board for Community & Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">Olympia, WA 98504-2495
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://bridgetocollegecourses.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">http://bridgetocollegecourses.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#002060">
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