> ***** Please forward to Assistant Superintendents, Curriculum > Coordinators, and Building Principals ***** > > Note: The Administrative and Informational Letters are available on our > website at the following address: > http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/homepage.htm > <http://www.maine.gov/education/edletrs/homepage.htm> > > > INFORMATIONAL LETTER: 40 > > POLICY CODE: CGD > > > To: Superintendents and Principals (please forward to Assistant > Superintendents, Curriculum Coordinators, and Building Principals) > > From: Susan A. Gendron, Commissioner > > Date: October 27, 2003 > > Re: Grade Level Expectations for Reading > > > 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]> >. > > 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. > > > Attachments: > > 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> > > > > > > >