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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the new Nebraska NWEA User&#39;s Group Blog. The notes from the April meeting are posted in the section called &quot;File Storage&quot;.&nbsp; I will ask Jane Stavem from Columbus to post her Spanish version of the Parent Activities page,&nbsp; if she is willing.&nbsp; I have learned the hard way that if you click the &quot;Click here to leave the community&quot;--you actually delete yourself from the blog.&nbsp; Don&#39;t do what I did--Use the &quot;log off&quot; to close it totally.</p><p>I have found a great source you all might visit to see how you could do similar things in your own school systems.&nbsp; Remember that we were told about the Poway School System&#39;s use of NWEA....their website&nbsp;has a pdf file that tells their procedures--and has some great ideas.&nbsp; The document is called &quot;The New and Improved Taming Data Tool kit: Interpreting MAP Data for Teachers and Students.&quot;&nbsp; It includes testing and accessing reports, interpreting results, goal setting and lexile tools.&nbsp; Handy!&nbsp; My favorite is the &quot;Extreme Academic Makeover Goals&quot;--kid appeal!&nbsp; </p><p>I found it at: &nbsp;<a href="http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/MAPS/PDFs/9-07%20Toolkit/FinalMAPsToolkit9-11-07.pdf">http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/MAPS/PDFs/9-07%20Toolkit/FinalMAPsToolkit9-11-07.pdf</a></p><p>&nbsp;The actual document also says it is available at:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.pusdmap.com/">http://www.pusdmap.com</a> </p><p>&nbsp;At the same school district I also enjoyed their tech department&#39;s support with pictoral directions for teachers on how to do things with MAPS--It even has powerpoints for parent orientation--and a powerpoint about assessment &quot;Of and For&quot;.&nbsp; Look at this site:</p><p><a href="http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/EdTechCentral/Training/MAPsGoals.htm">http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/EdTechCentral/Training/MAPsGoals.htm</a></p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meeting Notes Lexington]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:52 GMT</pubDate>
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