> ***** Please forward to Assistant Superintendents, Curriculum
> Coordinators, and Building Principals *****
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> Note:  The Administrative and Informational Letters are available on our
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> http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/homepage.htm
> <http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/homepage.htm>
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> INFORMATIONAL LETTER:  40
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> POLICY CODE:  CGD
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> To:   Superintendents and Principals (please forward to Assistant
> Superintendents, Curriculum Coordinators, and Building Principals)
>
> From: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner
>
> Date: October 27, 2003
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> Re:   Grade Level Expectations for Reading
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> This letter is posted to update you on the progress to date on the
> development of Maine's Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) in reading, and to
> invite your comments on the current draft of this document. It is intended
> to supplement Informational Letter 28 (October 3, 2003) and provide you
> with the most current version of the reading GLEs for grades 3-8.
>
> As you know, to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA),
> Maine must develop and test GLEs for mathematics and reading in grades
> 3-8. Maine's goal in the development of GLEs is threefold: to measure
> important facets of student learning in mathematics and reading, to
> reflect the breadth and depth of the Maine Learning Results for these
> disciplines, and to develop a manageable set of GLEs to test for NCLBA
> purposes. As a result, the number of GLEs in a grade for each content area
> is smaller than the number of Learning Results performance indicators for
> the grade span. Every attempt was made to create a set of expectations
> that clearly represent the content area and, at the same time, leave room
> for local choice in curriculum details and sequences.
>
> The GLE Reading Panel met on October 7, 2003 to finalize their
> recommendations. The results of their work are attached to this letter in
> a Word document. These reading GLEs will be available for comment and
> feedback until November 10, 2003. Please send your written feedback to
> English Language Arts Specialist Diana Doiron at 23 State House Station,
> Augusta, ME 04333 or email at [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >.
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> Future Timelines
>         Maine's mathematics GLEs and reading GLEs will be reviewed by the
> Department's Technical Advisory Committee, Policy Advisory Committee, and
> Learning Results Steering Committee. These reviews should be completed by
> December, 2003 and the final set of mathematics GLEs and reading GLEs
> published then for use by districts.
>
> Annual testing based on the Grade Level Expectations will begin in March,
> 2005. This will help Maine comply with the NCLBA requirement of reporting
> test results to the federal government in 2006.
>
> Thank you in advance for your review and thoughtful responses to this
> document.  Please respond by November 10, 2003.
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> Attachments:
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> Maine Reading Grade Level Expectations for Grades 3-8
> <http://www.state.me.us/education/edletrs/2004/ilet/ilet40readinggle.pdf
> <http://www.state.me.us/education/edletrs/2004/ilet/ilet40readinggle.pdf>
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